Nominations Announced for 19th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) today announced nominations in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Art Directors Guild's 19th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The nominations were announced by ADG Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards co-producers Dave Blass and James Pearse Connelly. The black-tie ceremony revealing winners will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2015, from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.

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As previously announced, the recipient of the Guild's prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award will be Academy Award® winner Christopher Nolan, whose film Interstellar is in current release. Production Designer Jim Bissell, Senior Illustrator Camille Abbott, Senior Set Designer John P. Bruce and Scenic Artist Will Ferrell will be awarded the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Awards. Hall of Fame inductees are John Gabriel Beckman, Charles Lisanby and Walter Tyler.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2014:

Period Film

INHERENT VICE
     Production Designer: DAVID CRANK
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL            
     Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
THE IMITATION GAME                              
     Production Designer: MARIA DJURKOVIC
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING              
     Production Designer: JOHN PAUL KELLY
UNBROKEN                                                 
     Production Designer: JON HUTMAN

Fantasy Film

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER    
     Production Designer: PETER WENHAM
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES  
     Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY                            
     Production Designer: CHARLES WOOD
INTERSTELLAR                                                      
     Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY
INTO THE WOODS                                                 
     Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER

Contemporary Film

AMERICAN SNIPER                                    
     Production Designers: JAMES J. MURAKAMI, CHARISSE CARDENAS
BIRDMAN                                         
     Production Designer: KEVIN THOMPSON
FOXCATCHER                                             
     Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR
GONE GIRL
    Production Designer: DONALD GRAHAM BURT
NIGHTCRAWLER                                        
     Production Designer: KEVIN KAVANAUGH                                   

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION 2014:

One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series

GAME OF THRONES: "The Laws of Gods and Men," "The Mountain and the Viper"         
     Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY     
MAD MEN: "Time Zones"                                                  
     Production Designer: DAN BISHOP
GOTHAM: "Pilot," "Selina Kyle," "Arkham"                                          
     Production Designer: DOUG KRANER
THE KNICK: "Method and Madness," "Working Late a Lot"    
     Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS
BOARDWALK EMPIRE:  "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"                
     Production Designer: BILL GROOM                                                            

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series

HOMELAND: "The Drone Queen"                                                
     Production Designer: JOHN D. KRETSCHMER
HOUSE OF CARDS: "Chapter 18"                        
     Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
JUSTIFIED: "Murder Of Crowes," "Wrong Roads," "The Toll"
     Production Designer: DAVE BLASS
THE NEWSROOM:  "Boston," "Main Justice," "Contempt"                 
     Production Designer: KAREN STEWARD
TRUE DETECTIVE: "The Locked Room," "Form and Void"                
     Production Designer: ALEX DiGERLANDO

Television Movie or Mini-Series

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW: "Massacres and Matinees"                                      
     Production Designer: MARK WORTHINGTON                  
COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY: "Unafraid of the Dark"
     Production Designer: SETH REED
FARGO: "The Crocodiles Dilemma"                                          
     Production Designer: JOHN BLACKIE        
HOUDINI: "Part I," "Part II"                                           
     Production Designer: PATRIZIA VON BRANDENSTEIN
SHERLOCK: "His Last Vow"                                                       
     Production Designer: ARWEL W. JONES

Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series

CALIFORNICATION:  "Faith, Hope, Love," "Like Father Like Son," "Kickoff"
     Production Designer: RAY YAMAGATA
HOUSE OF LIES: "Wreckage," "Middlegame," "Zha- Moreng"
     Production Designer: RAY YAMAGATA
MODERN FAMILY: "Halloween 3: Awesomeland," "Marco Polo," "Won't You Be Our Neighbor"
     Production Designer: CLAIRE BENNETT   
SILICON VALLEY:  "Articles of Incorporation," "Signaling Risk," "Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency"
     Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
VEEP: "Clovis," "Special Relationship," "Debate"
     Production Designer: JAMES GLOSTER

Multi-Camera Television Series

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: "How Your Mother Met Me"
     Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON
MIKE & MOLLY: "Mike & Molly's Excellent Adventure," "The Dice Lady Cometh"
     Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
THE BIG BANG THEORY: "The Locomotive Manipulation," "The Convention Conundrum," "The Status Quo Combustion"
     Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER:
THE MILLERS: "You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings, Man," "Con-Troversy," "Papa Was a Rolling Bone"
     Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO 
UNDATABLE: "Pilot"                                                                     
     Production Designer: CABOT McMULLEN           

Awards or Event Special

86^th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS                                  
     Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
PETER PAN LIVE!                                                   
     Production Designer: DEREK McLANE                                          
SUPER BOWL XLVIII HALFTIME SHOW: STARRING BRUNO MARS           
     Production Designer: BRUCE RODGERS
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2014              
     Production Designer: JOE STEWART
THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE BEATLES                      
     Production Designer: MATTHEW RUSSELL                                                                     
THE 66^th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS               
     Production Designer: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD

Short Format: WebSeries, Music Video or Commercial

APPLE: "Perspective"                                            
     Production Designer: SEAN HARGREAVES
COLDPLAY: "Magic"                                              
     Production Designer: EMMA FAIRLEY
IKEA: "Carousel"                                                    
     Production Designer: RICHARD LASSALLE
KATY PERRY: "Dark Horse"                                 
     Production Designer: JEREMY REED
SIMPSON'S MARATHON                                       
     Production Designer: ZACH MATHEWS                                                     

Variety, Competition, Reality, or Game Show Series

KEY & PEELE: "Halloween Episode," "Alien Imposters"
      Production Designer: GARY KORDAN
PORTLANDIA: "Celery"                             
     Production Designer: TYLER B. ROBINSON                     
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: "Louis C. K. with Sam Smith," "Anna Kendrick with Pharrell Williams," "Chris Rock with Prince"
     Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON: "1," "45," "56"                                      
     Production Designers: EUGENE LEE, PETER BARAN                                   
THE VOICE: "Blind Auditions Premiere"
     Production Designers: JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY, ANTON GOSS

ADG Awards Media Sponsors:
The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and SHOOTMagazine/SHOOTonline. 

Further inquiries regarding the ADG Awards may be directed to Debbie Patton in the ADG Awards Office at 818.762.9995 or via email.

TO REQUEST MEDIA CREDENTIALS, please go to bit.ly/ADGAwards.

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.

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