Art Directors Guild (ADG) winners: ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel’
The Favourite won the Production Design for a Feature Film – Period. Four of the last 7 Oscar winners have first won this category first (Hugo, The Great Gatsby, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water).
Black Panther’s Hannah Bleacher won for Fantasy Film and Nelson Coates took home the Contemporary win for Crazy Rich Asians.
The Favourite and Black Panther go head to head at the Oscars on February 24th. Historically, The Favourite has the upper hand as the correlation between Period and the Oscars is stronger than Fantasy. Mad Max: Fury Road is the only fantasy film winner this decade to do it.
In Television, GLOW, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Alienist and The Handmaid’s Tale came out on top.
Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns), Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning filmmaker, producer, theater director and choreographer, will receive the prestigious ADG Cinematic Imagery Award. British Production Designer and Set Decorator Anthony Masters, nominated for an Academy Award® for the film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and Benjamin Carré, best known for his work on The Phantom of the Opera and The Wizard of Oz, will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Oscar-nominated Production Designer Jeannine Oppewall, Senior Illustrator and Production Designer Ed Verreaux, Scenic Artist Jim Fiorito and Set Designer and Art Director William F. Matthews.
Here are the full list of nominees and winners.
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM
PERIOD FILM
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Production Designer: AARON HAYE
THE FAVOURITE – WINNER
Production Designer: FIONA CROMBIE
FIRST MAN
Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY
ROMA
Production Designer: EUGENIO CABALLERO
FANTASY FILM
BLACK PANTHER – WINNER
Production Designer: HANNAH BEACHLER
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
Production Designer: STUART CRAIG
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS
Production Designer: JON HUTMAN
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Production Designer: JOHN MYHRE
READY PLAYER ONE
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
CONTEMPORARY FILM
A QUIET PLACE
Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT
A STAR IS BORN
Production Designer: KAREN MURPHY
CRAZY RICH ASIANS – WINNER
Production Designer: NELSON COATES
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
Production Designer: PETER WENHAM
WELCOME TO MARWEN
Production Designer: STEFAN DECHANT
ANIMATED FILM
DR. SEUSS’ THE GRINCH
Art Director: COLIN STIMPSON
INCREDIBLES 2
Production Designer: RALPH EGGLESTON
ISLE OF DOGS – WINNER
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN, PAUL HARROD
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Production Designer: CORY LOFTIS
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Production Designer: JUSTIN K. THOMPSON
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION
ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: “THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR: PART ONE”
Production Designer: BO WELCH
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE: “THE BENT-NECK LADY”
Production Designer: PATRICIO M. FARRELL
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE: “NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE CARE ABOUT YOU,” “HISTORY ENDS,” “JAHR NULL”
Production Designer: DREW BOUGHTON
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: “SIMONE,” “WE’RE GOING TO THE CATSKILLS!” – WINNER
Production Designer: BILL GROOM
WESTWORLD: “AKANE NO MAI”
Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
BETTER CALL SAUL: “PIÑATA,” “COUSHATTA”
Production Designer: JUDY RHEE
CASTLE ROCK: “THE BOX”
Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “JUNE,” “UNWOMEN” – WINNER
Production Designer: MARK WHITE, ELISABETH WILLIAMS
HOUSE OF CARDS: “EPISODE 627: CHAPTER 72”
Production Designer: JULIE WALKER
OZARK: “ONCE A LANGMORE…,” “THE GOLD COAST”
Production Designer: DEREK R. HILL
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
THE ALIENIST: “THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE” – WINNER
Production Designer: MARA LePERE-SCHLOOP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE: “FIRE AND REIGN”
Production Designer: VALDAR WILT
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
Production Designer: JUDY BECKER
MANIAC
Production Designer: ALEX DIGERLANDO
SHARP OBJECTS
Production Designer: JOHN PAINO
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
ATLANTA: “TEDDY PERKINS”
Production Designer: TIMOTHY O’BRIEN
GLOW: “VIKING FUNERAL,” “PERVERTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO,” “ROSALIE” – WINNER
Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED
THE GOOD PLACE: “JANET (S)”
Production Designer: IAN PHILLIPS
HOMECOMING: “MANDATORY”
Production Designer: ANASTASIA WHITE
SILICON VALLEY: “TECH EVANGELIST,” “ARTIFICIAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE”
Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
THE BIG BANG THEORY: “THE NOVELIZATION CORRELATION,” “THE SIBLING REALIGNMENT,” “THE BOW TIE ASYMMETRY”
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
MURPHY BROWN: “#MURPHYTOO”
Production Designer: JANE MUSKY
THE RANCH: “TRAVELIN’ PRAYER,” “TIE OUR LOVE (IN A DOUBLE KNOT),” “FRESH OUT OF FORGIVENESS”
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
SESAME STREET: “BOOK WORMING,” “THE COUNT’S COUNTING ERROR,” “STREET FOOD” – WINNER
Production Designer: DAVID GALLO
WILL & GRACE: “THE THREE WISE MEN,” “TEX AND THE CITY,” “ANCHOR AWAY”
Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO
SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL (TIE)
APPLE: “WELCOME HOME” – WINNER
Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER GLASS
ARIANA GRANDE: “no tears left to cry”
Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: “THE SPACE PROGRAM”
Production Designer: KAI BOYDELL
KENDRICK LAMAR: “ALL THE STARS”
Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN
NESPRESSO: “QUEST”
Production Designer: MICHAEL GAW
“ROLEX: “2018 ACADEMY AWARDS”
Production Designer: SHANE VALENTINO, CRAIG PAVILIONIS
VARIETY, REALITY OR EVENT SPECIAL
DRUNK HISTORY: “HALLOWEEN”
Production Designer: CHLOE ARBITURE
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Production Designer: JASON ARDIZZONE-WEST
THE OSCARS: “90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS” – WINNER
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
PORTLANDIA: “RIOT SPRAY”
Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “BILL HADER + ARCADE FIRE,” “JOHN MULANEY + JACK WHITE,” “DONALD GLOVER + CHILDISH GAMBINO”
Production Designer: KEITH RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA
YOSHIMURA, JOSEPH DeTULLIO
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