28th Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards: ‘Poor Things,’ ‘The Bear’ Top Winners
The 28th Art Directors Guild (ADG) awards were held tonight where Oppenheimer, Poor Things, The Great and The Bear were among the top winners for production design in feature film, television, commercials, animated features and music videos.
Feature film winners Oppenheimer and Poor Things are Oscar-nominated alongside Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, which were all also nominated here.
Lifetime achievement awards were handed to Francine West, David Lowery, Wynn P. Thomas and Greg Papalia as well as legendary production designer Lawrence G. Paull (Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Romancing the Stone) being inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame and celebrated director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact, ER, The Morning Show) received the Cinematic Imagery award.
The ceremony was hosted by Max Greenfield (New Girl) live from the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Ovation Hollywood.
Here is the complete list of winners.
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
Asteroid City
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Killers of the Flower Moon
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Maestro
Production Designer: Kevin Thompson
Napoleon
Production Designer: Arthur Max
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Production Designer: Ruth De Jong
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Barbie
Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
The Creator
Production Designer: James Clyne
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Production Designer: Beth Mickle
Poor Things – WINNER
Production Designers: James Price, Shona Heath
Wonka
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Beau is Afraid
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Production Designer: Kevin Kavanaugh
The Killer
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Production Designer: Gary Freeman
Saltburn – WINNER
Production Designer: Suzie Davies
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Art Director: Yoji Takeshinge
Elemental
Production Designer: Don Shank
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – WINNER
Production Designer: Patrick O’Keefe
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Production Designer: Guillaume Aretos
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Production Designer: Yashar Kassai
TELEVISION NOMINEES
ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
The Crown – “Sleep Dearie Sleep”
Production Designer: Martin Childs
The Gilded Age – “His Grace the Duke,” “Close Enough to Touch,” “Warning Shots”
Production Designer: Bob Shaw
The Great – “You the People,” “Fun,” “Peter and the Wolf” – WINNER
Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Susan”
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Perry Mason – “Chapter Eleven”
Production Designer: Keith Cunningham
ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
For All Mankind – “The Bear Hug”
Production Designer: Seth Reed
The Last of Us – “Infected” – WINNER
Production Designer: John Paino
Loki – “Ouroboros”
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
The Mandalorian – “Chapter 23: The Spies”
Production Designers: Doug Chiang, Andrew L. Jones
Silo – “Machines”
Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Fargo – “Trials and Tribulations”
Production Designer: Trevor Smith
The Morning Show – “The Kármán Line,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Love Island”
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
Poker Face – “Escape From Shit Mountain”
Production Designer: Judy Rhee
Succession – “America Decides” – WINNER
Production Designer: Stephen Carter
Yellowjackets – “Digestif”
Production Designer: Margot Ready
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
All the Light We Cannot See
Production Designer: Simon Elliott
A Murder at the End of the World
Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando
Beef – WINNER
Production Designer: Grace Yun
Daisy Jones & The Six
Production Designer: Jessica Kender
Lessons in Chemistry
Production Designer: Cat Smith
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
The Bear – “Omelette”
Production Designer: Merje Veski
Only Murders in the Building – “Sitzprobe,” “Opening Night”
Production Designer: Patrick Howe
Our Flag Means Death – “Impossible Birds,” “Red Flags,” “Man on Fire”
Production Designer: Ra Vincent
Reservation Dogs – “Deer Lady” – WINNER
Production Designer: Brandon Tonner-Connolly
What We Do in the Shadows – “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor”
Production Designer: Shayne Fox
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
Bob Hearts Abishola – “Twerk O’ Clock”
Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen
Bunk’d -“The Glitching Hour”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
The Conners – “Road Trip and Guilt Trip”
Production Designer: Jerry Dunn
Frasier – “Moving In” – WINNER
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
That 90’s Show – “Free Leia”
Production Designer: Greg J. Grande
VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES
A Black Lady Sketch Show – “I’m Clapping From My Puss,” “What Kind of Medicine Does Dr. King Practice?,” “Peek-A-Boob, Your Titty’s Out”
Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
History of the World, Part II -“VIII”
Production Designer: Monica Sotto
RuPaul’s Drag Race -“Blame it on the Edit”
Production Designer: Gianna Costa
Saturday Night Live – “Jenna Ortega/The 1975,” “Nate Bargatze/Foo Fighters”
Production Designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph DeTullio
Squid Game – The Challenge: “War” – WINNER
Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Benjamin Norman
VARIETY SPECIAL
76th Annual Tony Awards
Production Designer: Steve Bass
80th Golden Globe Awards – WINNER
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
Production Designer: Bruce Ryan
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Production Designer: Misty Buckley
The Weeknd: Live at Sofi Stadium
Production Designer: Es Devlin
COMMERCIALS (tie)
Apple: The New Macbook Pro: “Scary Fast” – WINNER
Production Designer: François Audouy
Booking.com: “Somewhere, Anywhere,” The Musical – WINNER
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Dom Perignon: “Lady Gaga – The Labor of Creation”
Production Designer: Dylan Kahn
Giorgio Armani: “Armani Si”
Production Designer: Annie Beauchamp
M&M’s: “Ma&Ya’s”
Production Designer: Natalie Groce
SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS
Apple: “The Underdogs: Swiped Mac”
Production Designer: Jason Hougaard
boygenius: “the film”
Production Designer: Jen Dunlap
Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste: “Candy Necklace”
Production Designer: Brandon Mendez
Miley Cyrus: “River”
Production Designer: Kurt Gefke
Taylor Swift: “I Can See You” – WINNER
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
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