The Art Directors Guild announced the winners of its 26th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 13 categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, during a black-tie dinner gala at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on March 5 2022.
Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell), Dune (Patrice Vermette), No Time to Die (Mark Tildesley), and Encanto (Ian Gooding, Lorelay Bové) won Best Production Design for Feature Film.
Television winners included Loki (Kasra Farahani), Squid Game (Chae Kyoung-sun), WandaVision (Mark Worthington), What We Do in the Shadows (Kate Bunch), Family Reunion (Aiyana Trotter), Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (John Janavs), and Live in Front of a Studio Audience (Stephan Olson) respectively. Additional winners include Taylor Swift: All Too Well (Ethan Tobman) and Apple Music: Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever (François Audouy).
The awards took place before an audience of guild members, industry executives and press. ADG president Nelson Coates, ADG, and Art Directors Council Chair Mark Worthington, ADG, presided over the awards ceremony with actress/comedian Yvette Nicole Brown serving as host. Producer of the 2022 ADG Awards was art director Michael Allen Glover, ADG (The Alienist, Solos, Station Eleven). Joining the team as stage designer was Emmy winning production designer Brian J. Stonestreet, ADG (Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards).
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, who recently made Oscars history as the first woman with two best director nominations, received the esteemed Cinematic Imagery Award, honouring her prestigious spectrum of award-winning motion pictures. The award was accepted by presenter Benedict Cumberbatch, star of The Power of the Dog, as Ms. Campion was unable to attend in person.
Academy Award-winning production designer William A. Horning (Ben-Hur, Gigi, North by Northwest, The Wizard of Oz), was inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame for his extraordinary contributions to the visual art of storytelling, with a special presentation by production designer and ADG president Nelson Coates, ADG. Joining Horning with a Lifetime Achievement Award was Oscar-nominated production designer, costume designer and producer Polly Platt (Say Anything, Terms of Endearment, A Star is Born, Broadcast News), presented by production designer Denise Pizzini, ADG (Better Call Saul).
Academy Award-nominated Director Denis Villeneuve was feted with the esteemed William Cameron Menzies Award for his numerous legendary movies including the recent Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Dune, presented by Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek).
Oscar-nominated production designer Ida Random, ADG, best known for her trailblazing work on Rain Man, The Big Chill, Silverado, and Fast and the Furious, received the ADG Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Council (AD), presented by Kevin Costner (Silverado, Yellowstone). Michael and Denise Okuda, prolific artists known for their creative designs for the Star Trek franchise and other iconic space adventure productions, were honoured by the Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists Council (STG), presented by Emmy-nominated Production Designer Herman Zimmerman, ADG (Star Trek series). Set designer/art director Ann Harris, ADG, feted for her over 60 movie and television design credits including Edward Scissorhands and Schindler’s List, was awarded by the Set Designers and Model Makers (SDMM) Council, presented by Art Director Christopher Burian-Mohr (Spiderman 3). Concept illustrator and storyboard artist Donna Cline, ADG, who brings a unique plethora of art and technical experience to feature films and television series (The Doctor, Outbreak and Bones) was honoured by the Illustrators and Matte Artists (IMA) Council, presented by Tamara Taylor, a star of the forensic crime drama Bones.”
Additional presenters for the ADG Awards include Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jeffrey Wright (No Time to Die), James Pickens Jr. (Grey’s Anatomy, Yellowstone, The Connors), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows, Reacher), Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), Soleil Moon Frye (The Proud Family, Punky Brewster), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks), Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), among others.
Winners of the 26th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards:
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
Winner: Nightmare Alley – Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
The French Dispatch – Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Licorice Pizza – Production Designer: Florencia Martin
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Production Designer: Stefan Dechant
West Side Story – Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Winner: Dune – Production Designer: Patrice Vermette
Cruella – Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Production Designer: François Audouy
The Green Knight – Production Designer: Jade Healy
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Production Designer: Sue Chan
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Winner: No Time to Die – Production Designer: Mark Tildesley
Candyman – Production Designer: Cara Brower
Don’t Look Up – Production Designer: Clayton Hartley
In the Heights – Production Designer: Nelson Coates
The Lost Daughter – Production Designer: Inbal Weinberg
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Winner: Encanto – Production Designers: Ian Gooding, Lorelay Bové
Luca – Production Designer: Daniela Strijleva
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Production Designer: Lindsey Olivares
Raya and the Last Dragon – Production Designers: Paul Felix, Mingjue Helen Chen, Cory Loftis
Sing 2 – Art Director: Olivier Adam
ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Winner: Loki: “Glorious Purpose” – Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
Foundation: “The Emperor’s Peace” – Production Designer: Rory Cheyne
The Great: “Dickhead,” “Seven Days,” “Wedding” – Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola
Lost In Space: “Three Little Birds” – Production Designer: Alec Hammond
The Witcher: “A Grain of Truth” – Production Designer: Andrew Laws
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Winner: Squid Game: “Gganbu” – Production Designer: Chae Kyoung-sun
The Handmaid’s Tale: “Chicago” – Production Designer: Elisabeth Williams
The Morning Show: “My Least Favorite Year,” “It’s Like the Flu,” “A Private Person” Production Designer: Nelson Coates
Succession: “The Disruption,” “Too Much Birthday” – Production Designer: Stephen Carter
Yellowstone: “No Kindness for the Coward” – Production Designer: Cary White
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Winner: WandaVision – Production Designer: Mark Worthington
Halston – Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Mare of Easttown – Production Designer: Keith P. Cunningham
The Underground Railroad – Production Designer: Mark Friedberg
The White Lotus – Production Designer: Laura Fox
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Winner: What We Do in the Shadows: “The Prisoner,” “The Cloak of Duplication,” “The Siren” Production Designer: Kate Bunch
Hacks: “Primm” – Production Designer: Jon Carlos
Only Murders in the Building: “True Crime” – Production Designer: Curt Beech
Schmigadoon!: “Schmigadoon!” – Production Designer: Bo Welch
Ted Lasso: “Carol of the Bells,” “Man City,” “Beard After Hours” – Production Designer: Paul Cripps
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
Winner: Family Reunion: “Remember When M’Dear Changed History?” Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter
Bob ❤ Abishola: “Bowango” – Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen
Call Your Mother: “Pilot” – Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
The Conners – Season 3: “A Stomach Ache, a Heartbreak and a Grave Mistake,”
“An Old Dog, New Tricks and a Ticket to Ride” – Production Designer: John Shaffner
Punky Brewster: “Put a Ring on It” – Production Designer: Kristan Andrews
COMMERCIALS
Winner: Apple Music: “Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever” -Production Designer: François Audouy
Anhauser-Busch Super Bowl LV: “Let’s Grab a Beer” – Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Apple: Introducing iPhone 13 Pro – Production Designer: Dylan Kahn
Apple: “Saving Simon” Shot on iPhone 13 Pro – Production Designer: Chelsea Oliver
Gucci: “Aria” – Production Designer: Jeremy Reed
Neom: “Made to Change” – Production Designer: François Audouy
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
Coldplay “Higher Power” Production Designer: Patrick Tatopoulos
Coldplay X BTS: “My Universe” Production Designer: François Audouy
Ed Sheeran: “Shivers” Production Designer: François Audouy
P!nk: “All I Know So Far” Production Designer: François Audouy
VARIETY, REALITY OR COMPETITION SERIES
Winner: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses: “Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff” Production Designer: John Janavs
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “If I’m Paying These Chili’s Prices, You Cannot Taste My Steak!” Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Condragulations,” “Bossy Rossy Rubot,” “Gettin’ Lucky” Production Designer: James McGowan
Saturday Night Live: “Host: Dan Levy + Music: Phoebe Bridgers,” “Host: Maya Rudolph + Music: Jack Harlow,” “Host: Kim Kardashian West + Music: Halsey”
Production Designers: Keith Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph De Tullio Waffles + Mochi: “Tomato” Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
VARIETY SPECIAL
Winner: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “The Facts of Life – Kids Can Be Cruel (320) & Diff’rent Strokes – Willis’ Privacy (115)” – Production Designer: Stephan Olson
American Express – Unstaged (with SZA) – Production Designer: Carlos Laszlo
Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster – Production Designer: James Kronzer
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 – Supervising Art Director: Steve Morden
Yearly Departed – Production Designer: Frida Oliva
