Nominations Announced for Art Directors Guild 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards

Nominations Announced for Art Directors Guild 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards

Awards Celebrate "From Silver Screen to Every Screen" Jan. 31 at the Beverly Hilton; there is a TIE in the Variety, Reality or Competition Series Category Resulting in Six Nominees

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominees for the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced today by ADG Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins.

The 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards presented by DXV by American Standard, will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.

THE NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2015 ARE:

1. PERIOD FILM

BRIDGE OF SPIES
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN

CRIMSON PEAK
Production Designer: THOMAS E. SANDERS

THE DANISH GIRL
Production Designer: EVE STEWART

THE REVENANT
Production Designer: JACK FISK

TRUMBO
Production Designer: MARK RICKER

2. FANTASY FILM

CINDERELLA
Production Designer: DANTE FERRETTI

JURASSIC WORLD
Production Designer: EDWARD VERREAUX

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Production Designer: COLIN GIBSON

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Production Designers: RICK CARTER, DARREN GILFORD

TOMORROWLAND
Production Designer: SCOTT CHAMBLISS

3. CONTEMPORARY FILM

EX MACHINA
Production Designer: MARK DIGBY

JOY
Production Designer: JUDY BECKER

THE MARTIAN
Production Designer: ARTHUR MAX

SICARIO
Production Designer: PATRICE VERMETTE

SPECTRE
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER

THE NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION IN 2015:

4. ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

DOWNTON ABBEY: "A Moorland Holiday"
Production Designer: DONAL WOODS

GAME OF THRONES: "High Sparrow," "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken," "Hardhome"
Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY

GOTHAM: "Strike Force," "Dammed If You Do..."
Production Designer: RICHARD BERG

THE KNICK: "Ten Knots," "The Best With The Best To Get The Best," "Wonderful Surprises"
Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS

MAD MEN: "Person to Person"
Production Designer: DAN BISHOP

5. ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

BETTER CALL SAUL: "Five-O," "Rico," "Marco"
Production Designer: TONY FANNING

EMPIRE: "Pilot"
Production Designer: STEVE SAKLAD

HOMELAND: "The Tradition of Hospitality," "All About Allison," "The Litvinov Ruse"
Production Designer: JOHN D. KRETSCHMER

HOUSE OF CARDS: "Chapter 29," "Chapter 36"
Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD

TRUE DETECTIVE: "The Western Book of the Dead," "Night Finds You," "Omega Station"
Production Designer: ALEX DiGERLANDO

6. TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL: "Checking In"
Production Designer: MARK WORTHINGTON

BESSIE
Production Designer: CLARK HUNTER

FARGO: "Waiting For Dutch," "Before the Law," "Fear and Trembling"
Production Designer: WARREN ALAN YOUNG

TUT: "Power," "Betrayal," "Destiny"
Production Designer: MICHAEL HANAN

WOLF HALL: "Three Card Trick"
Production Designer: PAT CAMPBELL

7. HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH: "Alive in Tucson," "Is Anybody Out There?," "Silent Night"
Production Designer: BRUCE ROBERT HILL

THE MUPPETS: "The Ex-Factor," "Pig's in a Blanket"
Production Designer: DENISE PIZZINI

SILICON VALLEY: "Sand Hill Shuffle," "Homicide," "Adult Content"
Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON

TRANSPARENT: "Kina Hora," "The Book of Life," "Oscillate"
Production Designer: CAT SMITH

VEEP: "Joint Session," "Election Night"
Production Designer: JAMES GLOSTER

8. MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

2 BROKE GIRLS: "And the Escape Room," "And the Maybe Baby," "And the Coming Out Party"
Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO

THE BIG BANG THEORY: "The Skywalker Incursion," "The Mystery Date Observation," "The Platonic Permutation"
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER

CLIPPED: "Dreamers," "Wi-Fi," "World's Rudest Barbershop"
Production Designer: GREG GRANDE

MOM: "Mashed Potatoes and A Little Nitrous," "Six Popes and Red Ferrari," "Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation"
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER

TRUTH BE TOLD: "Pilot," "Big Black Coffee," "Members Only"
Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON

9. AWARDS OR EVENT SPECIAL

67(th) ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS
Production Designers: TAMLYN WRIGHT, BAZ HALPIN

THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: 2015
Production Designers: JOE STEWART, JOHN SHAFFNER

THE OSCARS: 2015
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: "40(th) Anniversary Special"
Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N.JOSEPH DeTULLIO, PETER BARAN

THE WIZ LIVE
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE

10. SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL: "Hallways"
Production Designer: ZACH MATHEWS

APPLE MUSIC: "The History of Sound"
Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR

DURACELL - STAR WARS: "Battle For Christmas Morning"
Production Designer: TOM MEYER

MADONNA: "Ghosttown"
Production Designer: EMMA FAIRLEY

VICTORIA'S SECRET: "Rome"
Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT

11. VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES

CONAN: "At Comic-Con"
Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER GOUMAS

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW: "Halloween"
Production Designer: SCOTT MOSES

KEY & PEELE: "Ya'll Ready For This?" "The End"
Production Designer: GARY KORDAN

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: "Tracey Morgan/Demi Lovato," "Scarlett Johansson/Wiz Khalifa," "Miley Cyrus"
Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO

TOP CHEF: "Stop the Presses"
Production Designer: JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY

THE VOICE SEASON 9: "Blind Auditions Premiere," "Battles Premiere," "The Knockouts Premiere"
Production Designers: ANTON GOSS, JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY

As previously announced, Academy Award® winning director David O. Russell will receive the Guild's prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host Robert Osborne will be the first to receive ADG's newly created William Cameron Menzies Award for his work in championing classic motion pictures.

Recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards include Scenic Artist Bill Anderson, Oscar®-nominated Matte Artist Harrison Ellenshaw, Set Designer William J. Newmon, II and Emmy® and Oscar®-winning Production Designer Patrizia von Brandenstein.

Four legendary women - Production Designer Carmen Dillon, Production Designer and Illustrator Dorothea Holt Redmond, Production and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, and Art Director and Set Designer Dianne Wager - will be inducted into the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Hall of Fame.

Producers of this year's ADG Awards (#ADGawards) are Production Designers Tom Wilkins and Judy Cosgrove. ADG Awards are open only to productions, when made within the U.S., by producers signatory to the IATSE agreement. Foreign entries are acceptable without restrictions. For information about the 20(th) Anniversary of the ADG Awards, please contact Debbie Patton, Manager of Awards & Events at Debbie@artdirectors.org or visit www.adg.org.

The presenting sponsor for the 20(th) Annual Awards is DXV by American Standard. Media sponsors include The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Below the Line and SHOOTonline.

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About the Art Directors Guild:

The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists. Established in 1937, the ADG's ongoing activities include a Film Society, an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design), a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, figure drawing and other creative workshops and year-round Gallery 800 art exhibitions. The Guild's Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org. Connect with the Art Directors Guild and #ADGawards on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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