Art Directors Guild announce ‘Excellence in Production Design’ award winners

The Art Directors Guild announced the winners of its 26^th 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 26^th 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