2023 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)

Here are my 2023 Oscar predictions in Production Design for December.

Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new entry ♦

1. Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, production designers; Shaun Barry, Beverly Dunn, Daniel Reader, set decorators (Warner Bros) – CCA
2. The Fabelmans – Rick Carter, production designer; Karen O’Hara, set decorator (Universal) – CCA
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Hannah Beachler: production designer; Lisa K. Sessions, set decorator (Marvel Studios) – CCA
4. Babylon – Florencia Martin, production designer; Anthony Carlino, set decorator (Paramount Pictures) – CCA
5. Avatar: The Way of Water – Dylan Cole & Ben Procter, production designers; Vanessa Cole, set decorator (20th Century Studios) ↑ – CCA

6. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rick Heinrichs, production designer; Elli Griff, set decorator (Netflix)
7. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guy Davis, Curt Enderle, production designers (Netflix)
8. Bardo, or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Eugenio Caballero, production designer; Daniela Rojas, set decorator (Netflix) ↓
9. White Noise – Jess Gonchor, production designer; Claire Kaufman, set decorator (Netflix) ↓
10. The Batman – James Chinlund, production designer; Laura Ng, Lee Sandales, set decorators (Warner Bros) ↑

Other contenders (alphabetical)

All Quiet on the Western Front – Christian M. Goldbeck, production designer; Ernestine Hipper, set decorator (Netflix) ↓
Amsterdam – Judy Becker, production designer; Patricia Cuccia, Erin Fite, set decorators (20th Century Studios)
Armageddon Time – Happy Massee, production designer (Focus Features)
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mark Tildesley, production designer; Michael Standish, set decorator (Searchlight Pictures)
Blonde – Florencia Martin, production designer; Erin Fite, set decorator (Netflix)
Don’t Worry Darling – Katie Byron, production designer; Rachael Ferrara, set decorator (Warner Bros)
Emancipation – Naomi Shohan, production designer; Cynthia La Jeunesse, set decorator (Apple Original Films)
Empire of Light – Mark Tidlesley, production designer; Kamlan Man, set decorator (Searchlight Pictures)
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Jason Isvarday, production designer; Kelsi Ephraim, set decorator (A24) – CCA
Living – Helen Scott, production designer; Sarah Kane, set decorator (Sony Pictures Classics)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Liz Toonkel, production designer; Ahmed Delgado, set decorator (A24)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Luciana Arrighi, production designer; Istvan Margit, Nóra Talmaier, set decorators (Focus Features)
Nope – Ruth De Jong, production designer; Gene Serdena, set decorator (Universal Pictures)
The Northman – Craig Lathrop, production designer; Robert Cowper, Paul Ghirardani, set decorators (Focus Features)
RRR – Sabu Cyril, production designer (Variance Films)
Thirteen Lives – Molly Hughes, production designer; Emma Rudkin, set decorator (Amazon Studios)
Till – Curt Beech, production designer; Cassaundra Marie, set decorator (UAR/Orion Pictures)
Triangle of Sadness – Josefin Åsberg, production designer (NEON)
The Whale – Mark Friedberg, production designer; Lisa Scoppa, set decorator (A24)
The Woman King – Akin McKenzie, production designer; Renee Filipova, set decorator (Tri-Star)
Women Talking – Peter Cosco, production designer; Friday Myers, set decorator (UAR)
The Wonder – Grant Montgomery, production designer; Margot Cullen, set decorator (Netflix)