Nominations Announced for Art Directors Guild 22nd Annual Excellence In Production Design Awards

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced nominations for the 22^nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and, for the first time, animation features. Winners will be honored at the Awards Gala on Saturday, January 27, 2018, in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland. Today's announcement was made by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, ADG, and Awards Producers Thomas Walsh, ADG, and Thomas Wilkins, ADG.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM:

1.    PERIOD FILM 

          DARKEST HOUR
               Production Designer: SARAH GREENWOOD
          DUNKIRK
               Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY
          MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
               Production Designer: JIM CLAY
          THE POST
               Production Designer: RICK CARTER 
          THE SHAPE OF WATER
               Production Designer: PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY

2.    FANTASY FILM

          BEAUTY AND THE BEAST   
               Production Designer: SARAH GREENWOOD
          BLADE RUNNER 2049
               Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER
          STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
               Production Designer: RICK HEINRICHS
          WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
               Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND
          WONDER WOMAN
               Production Designer: ALINE BONETTO

3.    CONTEMPORARY FILM

          DOWNSIZING
               Production Designer: STEFANIA CELLA
          GET OUT
               Production Designer: RUSTY SMITH
          LADY BIRD
               Production Designer: CHRIS JONES
          LOGAN
               Production Designer: FRANÇOIS AUDOUY
          THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
               Production Designer: INBAL WEINBERG

4.    ANIMATED FILM 

          CARS 3
               Production Designers: WILLIAM CONE, JAY SHUSTER
          COCO        
               Production Designer: HARLEY JESSUP
          DESPICABLE ME 3
               Art Director: OLIVIER ADAM
          THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE
               Production Designer: GRANT FRECKELTON
          LOVING VINCENT
               Production Designer: MATTHEW BUTTON

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION ARE:

5.    One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series

          A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: "The Bad Beginning: Part One," "The Reptile 
          Room: Part One," "The Wide Window: Part One"
               Production Designer: BO WELCH 
          THE CROWN: "A Company of Men," "Beryl," "Dear Mrs. Kennedy"
               Production Designer: MARTIN CHILDS
          GAME OF THRONES: "Dragonstone," "The Queen`s Justice," "Eastwatch"
               Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY
          MINDHUNTER: "S1:E1," "S1:E4," "S1:E9"
               Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
          STRANGER THINGS: "Chapter Six: The Spy," "Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer," 
          "Chapter Nine: The Gate"
               Production Designer: CHRIS TRUJILLO

6.    One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series

          AMERICAN GODS: "The Bone Orchard," "The Secret of Spoons," "Head Full of Snow"
               Production Designer: PATTI PODESTA
          THE HANDMAID'S TALE: "Pilot, Offred," "Birth Day," "Nolite Te Bastardes
          Carborundorum" 
               Production Designer: JULIE BERGHOFF
          THE HANDMAID'S TALE: "The Bridge"
               Production Designer: ANDREW STEARN
          MR. ROBOT: "eps3.0_power-saver-mode.h," "eps3.1_undo.gz," "eps3.2_legacy.so"
               Production Designer: ANASTASIA WHITE
          TWIN PEAKS: "Ep. 1: Part 1," "Ep. 8: Part 8," "Ep. 15: Part 15"
               Production Designer: RUTH DE JONG

7.    Television Movie or LIMITED Series

          AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT: "Election Night," "Winter of Our Discontent"
               Production Designer: JEFF MOSSA
          BIG LITTLE LIES: "Somebody`s Dead," "Living the Dream," "You Get What You Need"
               Production Designer: JOHN PAINO
          BLACK MIRROR: "USS Callister"
               Production Designer: JOEL COLLINS
          FARGO: "The Narrow Escape Problem," "The Law of Inevitability," "Who Rules the 
          Land of Denial?"
               Production Designer: ELISABETH WILLIAMS
          FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN: "Pilot," "And the Winner is…," "You Mean All This Time 
          We Could Have Been Friends?"
               Production Designer: JUDY BECKER

8.    Half Hour Single-Camera Series

          FUTURE MAN: "Pandora's Mailbox," "Beyond The Truffledome," "A Date With Destiny"
               Production Designer: JESSICA KENDER
          GLOW: "Pilot," "The Wrath of Kuntar," "The Dusty Spur"
               Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED
          MASTER OF NONE: "Le Nozze," "Thanksgiving," "Amarsi Un Po"
               Production Designer: AMY WILLIAMS
          SILICON VALLEY: "Hooli-Con," "Server Error"
               Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
          VEEP: "Omaha"
               Production Designer: JIM GLOSTER

9.    MULTI-CAMERA Series

          9JKL: "Pilot," "Lovers Getaway," "Set Visit"
               Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON
          THE BIG BANG THEORY: "The Romance Recalibration," "The Separation Agitation,"
          "The Explosion Implosion"
               Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
          THE RANCH: "My Best Friend," "Last Dollar (Fly Away)," "Wrapped Up in You"
               Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
          SUPERIOR DONUTS: "Pilot," "Crime Time," "Arthur`s Day Off"
               Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON
          WILL & GRACE: "Eleven Years Later," "A Gay Olde Christmas"
               Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO

10.  Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial

          APPLE: "Bulbs"
               Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND
          CHANEL: "Gabrielle"
               Production Designer: SHANE VALENTINO
          KATY PERRY: "Bon Appétit"
               Production Designer: NATALIE GROCE
          NIKE: "Equality"
               Production Designer: RUTH DE JONG
          STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II: "Rivalry / PS4"
               Production Designer: JASON EDMONDS

11.  Variety or Competition Series/AWARDS OR EVENT SPECIAL 

          BILL NYE SAVES THE WORLD: "Earth Is A Hot Mess"
               Production Designer: JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY
          GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS: "74^th Annual"
               Production Designer: BRIAN STONESTREET 
          PORTLANDIA: "Portland Secedes," "Ants," "Fred`s Cell Phone Company"
               Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN
          SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: "Aziz Ansari + Big Sean," "Alec Baldwin + Ed Sheeran," 
          "Larry David + Miley Cyrus"
               Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA            
                                                       YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEPH DeTULLIO
          SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW: "STARRING LADY GAGA"
               Production Designer: BRUCE RODGERS

As previously announced, ADG Awards will honor eight-time Academy Award®-Nominee KATHLEEN KENNEDY with the Cinematic Imagery Award. The "William Cameron Menzies Award" will honor Disney's Oscar®-nominated animation filmmakers RON CLEMENTS and JOHN MUSKER. A special Leadership Award will be bestowed upon International IATSE President MATTHEW D. LOEB. The Outstanding Creative Achievement Award will be given to Production Designer MICHAEL BAUGH. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Production Designer NORM NEWBERRY, Emmy®-winning and Oscar®-nominated Production Designer/Set Designer JAMES MURAKAMI, Scenic Artist JOHN MOFFITT, Senior Illustrator/Art Director MARTIN KLINE, and. The late Oscar®-winning Production Designer SIR KEN ADAM (Dr. Strangelove, James Bond) Senior Illustrator and Bambi's Concept Designer TYRUS WONG will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame.

Producers of this year's ADG Awards (#ADGawards) are Production Designers Thomas A. Walsh, ADG, and Thomas Wilkins, ADG. Final online balloting will be held Jan. 8-25, and winners will be announced at the dinner ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 27. 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.

The ADG Awards is proud to be sponsored by Design Vanguard Level: Shutterstock; Platinum Level: Astek Wallcovering, Trio Entertainment Services Group; Silver Level: All-Access Staging & Productions, JC Backings, Bridgeman Images; Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and SHOOT.

Further inquiries regarding the ADG Awards may be directed to Debbie Patton, ADG Awards & Events Director, at 818.762.9995 or Email: [email protected].

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ABOUT THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents 2,500 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, Model Makers and Previs Artists. Established in 1937, the ADG's ongoing activities include a Film Society, an annual Awards Banquet, 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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