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“Sinners” (Hannah Beachler), “Frankenstein” (Tamara Deverell), “Wicked: For Good” (Nathan Crowley) and “F1” ( Ben Munro and Mark Tildesley) are among the films nominated by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) for its 30th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercials and music video categories.
Also nominated are the production designers behind Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” (Ethan Tobman) and Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” (Wesley Goodrich) music videos.
The ADG divides live-action features into three categories, splitting period feature film, fantasy feature film and contemporary feature film. “Hamnet” (Fiona Crombie), “Marty Supreme” (Jack Fisk) and “The Phoenician Scheme” (Adam Stockhausen) round out the period film category.
In the fantasy feature race, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Dylan Cole, Ben Procter), “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (Kasra Farahani), “Mickey 17” (Fiona Crombie), “Superman” (Beth Mickle) and last year’s winner “Wicked: For Good” (Crowley) are nominated.
The contemporary film category sees the production designers from “Bugonia” (James Price), “F1” (Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley), “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Gary Freeman), “One Battle After Another”(Florencia Martin) and “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (Rick Heinrich) among the nominees.
On the TV side, “The Bear,” “Stranger Things” and “The Studio” are among the nominated shows.
For the past three years, the ADG honorees have matched the winners of the production design Oscar. Last year’s ADG winner, “Wicked,” went on to take home the Oscar. Prior to that, “Poor Things” (Shona Heath and James Price) and “Dune” (Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos) also won the Oscar for production design.
The event will be produced by Megan Elizabeth Bell, Michael Allen Glover and Tom Wilkins.
“As we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Excellence in Production Design Awards, we celebrate not just the outstanding achievements of the past year, but also three decades of visionary artistry that have defined the visual storytelling of film and television,” said Dina Lipton, President of the Art Directors Guild. “This milestone honors the Art Directors, Illustrators, Storyboard Artists, Set Designers, Scenic and Graphic Artists and all of the creative minds who work in the art department and continue to captivate and inspire audiences worldwide.”
Bell, Glover and Wilkins said, “This 30th Annual ADG Awards marks a meaningful moment in our industry’s history, as we recognize the remarkable creativity and innovation that drive production design forward. We’re honored to gather the creative community to celebrate this year’s standout work across film, television, and beyond—and to pay homage to the legendary artists whose lifelong contributions have helped shape the art and craft of our profession.”
The ceremony will take place on Feb. 28 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
FEATURE FILM NOMINEES:
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
“Frankenstein”
Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
“Hamnet”
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
“Marty Supreme”
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
“The Phoenician Scheme”
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
“Sinners”
Production Designer: Hannah Beachler
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Production Designers: Dylan Cole, Ben Procter
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
“Mickey 17”
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
“Superman”
Production Designer: Beth Mickle
“Wicked: For Good”
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
“Bugonia”
Production Designer: James Price
“F1”
Production Designers: Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
Production Designer: Gary Freeman
“One Battle After Another”
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“The Bad Guys 2”
Production Designer: Luc Desmarchelier
“Elio”
Production Designer: Harley Jessup
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Production Designers: Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich
“The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants”
Production Designer: Sean Haworth, Animation Production Designer: Pablo R. Mayer
“Zootopia 2”
Production Designer: Cory Loftis
TELEVISION NOMINEES:
ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
“The Gilded Age” – If You Want to Cook an Omlette
Production Designer: Bob Shaw
“House of Guinness” – Episode 101
Production Designers: Richard Bullock
“It: Welcome to Derry” – The Blackspot
Production Designer: Paul Austerberry
“1923” – Wrap Thee in Terror
Production Designers: Cary White, Lisa Ward
“Palm Royale” – Maxine Drinks Martini’s Now, Maxine Serves a Swerve
Production Designer: Jon Carlos
ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
“Andor”- Who Are You?
Production Designer: Luke Hull
“Alien: Earth” – Neverland
Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
“The Last of Us” – Day One
Production Designer: Don MacAulay
“Stranger Things” Chapter Four: Sorcerer
Production Designer: Chris Trujillo
“Wednesday” Chapter Four – If These Woes Could Talk
Production Designer: Mark Scruton
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
“Pluribus” – Grenade
Production Designer: Denise Pizzini
“Severance” – Chikhai Bardo
Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
“Slow Horses” – Incommunicado, Tall Tales
Production Designer: Choi Ho Man
“The Pitt” – 7:00 A.M.
Production Designer: Nina Ruscio
“The White Lotus” – Amor Fati
Production Designer: Cristina Onori
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
“Adolescence”
Production Designer: Adam Tomlinson
“Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity”
Production Designer: Miranda Jones
“Black Rabbit”
Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando
“Death By Lightning”
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Production Designer: Matthew Flood Ferguson
HALF-HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
“The Bear”- Bears
Production Designer: Merje Veski
“Hacks” – A Slippery Slope
Production Designer: Rob Tokarz
“Murderbot” – FreeCommerce
Production Designer: Sue Chan
“Only Murders in the Building” – The House Always…
Production Designer: Patrick Howe
“The Studio” – The Note
Production Designer: Julie Berghoff
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
“Mid-Century Modern” – Bye, George
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
“Mid-Century Modern” – Love Thy Neighbor
Production Designer: Greg J. Grande
“Poppa’s House” – “Baby Girl,” “Magic Shine Again”
Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter
“Vampirina: Teenage Vampire” – First Nightmare
Production Designer: Maggie Ruder
“Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” – The Wizard at the End of the World Part II
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES
“Dancing with the Stars” – Wicked Night
Production Designer: James Yarnell
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”- Jimmy Kimmel Live Brooklyn
Production Designer: David Ellis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Kids Pitch”
Production Designers: Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman
“Saturday Night Live” – Lady Gaga Host
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio, Andrea Purcigliotti
“Squid Game: The Challenge” – Catch
Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Ben Norman
VARIETY SPECIAL
“Atsuko Okatsuka: Father”
Production Designer: Gary Kordan
“Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful”
Production Designer: David Meyer
“78th Annual Tony Awards with Host Cynthia Erivo”
Production Designer: Steve Bass
“SNL 50: The Anniversary Special”
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night”
Production Designer: Misty Buckley
COMMERCIALS
Anderson: “Trust Your Home to Anderson”
Production Designer: Natalie Groce
Prada: “Galleria Bag”
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
State Farm “Batman vs Bateman”
Production Designer: David Skinner
Target – “Step into the Holidays”
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
Xbox: ROG Xbox Ally – “Dancing in the Dark – Launch Trailer”
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS
Apple – Someday by Spike Jonze: “AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation”
Production Designer: Shane Valentino
Coldplay: “All My Love”
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra”
Production Designer: Wesley Goodrich
Sabrina Carpenter: “Tears”
Production Designer: Brittany Porter
Taylor Swift: “The Fate of Ophelia”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
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