ADG names lifetime achievement and hall of fame honourees for this year’s awards

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 (ADG 800) announces the Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Award honourees, to be honoured at the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Feb. 15, 2025. Lisa Frazza, Barbara Mesney, Dan Sweetman, and J. Dennis Washington will receive the guild’s Lifetime Achievement awards. The ADG will induct legendary production … Read more

ADG announces Lifetime Achievement Award recipients

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 (ADG 800) is honoured to extend Lifetime Achievement Awards to guild members David Lowery, Greg Papalia, Wynn P. Thomas and Francine West. The Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be celebrated at the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, on Feb. 10, 2024. “It’s our honor and privilege to recognize … Read more

The Art Directors Guild announces nominees for the Excellence in Production Design Awards

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) announce the nominees for the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Honouring excellence in production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films, ADG Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 10, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood. … Read more

Art Directors Guild to induct Lawrence G. Paull into hall of fame

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) will bestow its Hall of Fame honour on legendary production designer Lawrence G. Paull, who passed away in 2019. The announcement was made by award show producers Michael Allen Glover, ADG and Megan Elizabeth Bell, ADG. Paull will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as part … Read more

March 2022: Championing craft contributions 

And so, the blurred end to award season is now in sight. We’ll have Oscar talk next month, after the existential suspense is already taken care of (though Dune is certainly looking good in the crafts categories). We’ll also be taking not one, but two different COVID tests to get into the restricted Oscar interview … Read more