FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
Another clean sweep for Frankenstein keeps Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau at the top where they’ve been for months. Here are my final winner predictions... Read More
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Interview: Production Designer Arthur Max on Rebuilding Rome and Filling the Colosseum with Water in ‘Gladiator II’
Production designer Arthur Max knows Rome wasn’t built in a day, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t rebuild it in a few months. In Ridley... Read More
Interview: Legendary Production Designer Jack Fisk on Building a Town in Osage County, Creating Spaces for Actors, and Collaborating with Martin Scorsese on ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Before production designer Jack Fisk was the legendary artisan he is now, he was a young art school graduate in his twenties working as the... Read More
Interview: ‘Oppenheimer’ Production Designer Ruth De Jong Talks Natural Set Design, the American West, and Her Close Bond with Jack Fisk
Ruth De Jong never expected to become one of the most exacting, talented production designers working in Hollywood today. Having come up as a painter... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) reveal nominations on January 5, 2024. Art Directors Guild (ADG) nominations are announced January 9. Oscar nominations will be... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
Fantasy, history and period biopics are what you can expect to find in one of the deepest bench categories of the season, Production Design. While... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
With Art Directors Guild (ADG), BAFTA and Critics’ Choice, Babylon is the film to beat for Production Design. While the first Avatar won this category... Read More
Interview: Production designer John Paino talks ‘The Last of Us,’ Easter eggs and visually immersive storytelling
Current television has surpassed the wildest dreams of anyone who didn’t think the medium would ever be on the same level as films. Some have... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
Five films have landed the four main precursors for Production Design: Avatar: The Way of Water, Babylon, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once and The... Read More
Interview: Production Designer Florencia Martin on recreating the architectural kaleidoscope of 1920s Los Angeles and the cinematic jewel boxes of ‘Babylon’
Florencia Martin knows Los Angeles. As a production designer, she recreated the suburban sprawl of the 1970s San Fernando Valley in Licorice Pizza and the... Read More
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards: ‘F1’ Takes Top Film Prize; ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio,’ ‘Adolescence’ are TV Winners 
2026 True/False Film Fest Dispatch #1: ‘The Oldest Person in the World,’ ‘Broken English’ 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING 
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