The winners of the 2026 Art Directors Guild Awards have been announced – with Frankenstein and One Battle After Another among those taking top prizes. After scooping Production Design at the BAFTAs last week, Frankenstein’s Tamara Deverell and her team took Period Feature Film, while One Battle After Another won Contemporary Feature Film. Elsewhere in … Read more
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) announces that a portion of all proceeds from the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will be donated to disaster relief efforts benefiting behind-the-camera workers in the entertainment industry impacted by the recent California wildfires. “Our membership and filmmaking community have been impacted by these devastating … Read more
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The ceremony, hosted by acclaimed actress and comedian Rachael Harris, will take place on Feb. 15, 2025, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The ADG Awards celebrate excellence in production design across theatrical motion … Read more
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
The Art Directors Guild announces Production Designer Dina Lipton has been elected President of the ADG, succeeding outgoing President Nelson Coates who completes 8.5 years at the helm of the Guild. Lipton will lead a twenty-member Executive Board. For the first time in the Guild’s history, the four top ranking members are all female executive … Read more
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 (ADG, IATSE Local 800) announce acclaimed director and producer Mimi Leder will receive the 2024 Cinematic Imagery Award at the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Leder currently serves as the executive producer and director of the hit AppleTV+ series, “The Morning how,” starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup. Most notably, … Read more
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
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
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has revealed that the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will return to the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood on Saturday 10 February 2024. The ADG Awards continue to recognize Art Directors Guild members and the creative work they do in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, … Read more
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE, Local 800) will honour multi- Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the prestigious William Cameron Menzies Award, celebrating his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. The ceremony will take place at the 27th Annual Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Awards on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The announcement … Read more
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE, Local 800) has revealed that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his long-time producing partner and collaborator, Academy Award-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, known for their visually stunning movies, including the recent highly acclaimed Elvis, will receive the esteemed 2023 Cinematic Imagery Award. The Luhrmann/Martin 30-year collaboration has produced decades of successful and … Read more
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 … Read more
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced nominations for the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. Winners will be honoured at the ADG Awards ceremony, returning to a live-in person ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel on … Read more
Just one language – visual language Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Just one language – visual language Across The Pond / Mark London Williams By the time you read this in March – which side of the “Ides” you find yourself on – the Oscars and award season itself will be, as previously … Read more
Singing the Praises Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Singing the Praises Across The Pond / Mark London Williams One of the great ironies of the now-concluded award season in L.A. (by which we mean, “the lull before the Emmy campaigns start”) especially for this column, is that if you wanted to talk to … Read more