Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mad Max: Fury Road, Bridge of Spies and The Martian are among the nominees for the Art Directors Guilds 20th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which will be presented Jan. 31 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
The guild recognizes work in feature film in three categories: period, fantasy and contemporary.
Nominees in the category for period films include Bridge of Spies (whose production designer, Adam Stockhausen, won an Oscar last year for The Grand Budapest Hotel), Crimson Peak, Danish Girl, The Revenantand Trumbo.
The fantasy film nominees are Cinderella, Jurassic World, Fury Road, The Force Awakens and Tomorrowland. And in the contemporary film category, the ADG nominated Ex Machina, Joy, Martian, Sicario and Spectre.
Absent from the nominees list are period dramas Carol and Brooklyn.
Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones and the finale of Mad Men are among the TV nominees. As the result of a tie, the category for a variety, reality or competition series has six nominees: Conan, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Key & Peele, Saturday Night Live, Top Chef and The Voice.
The complete list of nominees follows:
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2015:
Period Film
Bridge of Spies - Production designer: Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak - Production designer: Thomas E. Sanders
The Danish Girl - Production designer: Eve Stewart
The Revenant - Production designer: Jack Fisk
Trumbo - Production designer: Mark Ricker
Fantasy Film
Cinderella - Production designer: Dante Ferretti
Jurassic World - Production designer: Edward Verreaux
Mad Max: Fury Road - Production designer: Colin Gibson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Production designers: Rick Carter, Darren Gilford
Tomorrowland - Production designer: Scott Chambliss
Contemporary Film
Ex Machina - Production designer: Mark Digby
Joy - Production designer: Judy Becker
The Martian - Production designer: Arthur Max
Sicario - Production designer: Patrice Vermette
Spectre - Production designer: Dennis Gassner
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION IN 2015:
One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series
Downton Abbey: A Moorland Holiday - Production designer: Donal Woods
Game of Thrones: High Sparrow, Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken, Hardhome - Production designer: Deborah Riley
Gotham: Strike Force, Dammed If You Do - Production designer: Richard Berg
The Knick: Ten Knots, The Best With the Best to Get the Best, Wonderful Surprises - Production designer: Howard Cummings
Mad Men: Person to Person - Production designer: Dan Bishop
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series
Better Call Saul: Five-O, Rico, Marco - Production designer: Tony Fanning
Empire: Pilot - Production designer: Steve Saklad
Homeland: The Tradition of Hospitality, All about Allison, The Litvinov Ruse - Production designer: John D. Kretschmer
House of Cards: Chapter 29, Chapter 36 - Production designer: Steve Arnold
True Detective: The Western Book of the Dead, Night Finds You, Omega Station - Production designer: Alex Digerlando
Television Movie or Limited Series
American Horror Story: Hotel: Checking In - Production designer: Mark Worthington
Bessie - Production designer: Clark Hunter
Fargo: Waiting for Dutch, Before the Law, Fear and Trembling - Production designer: Warren Alan Young
Tut: Power, Betrayal, Destiny - Production designer: Michael Hanan
Wolf Hall: Three Card Trick - Production designer: Pat Campbell
Half Hour Single-Camera Series
The Last Man on Earth: Alive in Tucson, Is Anybody out There?, Silent Night - Production designer: Bruce Robert Hill
The Muppets: The Ex-Factor, Pigs in a Blanket - Production designer: Denise Pizzini
Silicon Valley: Sand Hill Shuffle, Homicide, Adult Content - Production designer: Richard Toyon
Transparent: Kina Hora, The Book of Life, Oscillate - Production designer: Cat Smith
Veep: Joint Session, Election Night - Production designer: James Gloster
Multi-Camera Series
2 Broke Girls: And the Escape Room, And the Maybe Baby, And the Coming out Party - Production designer: Glenda Rovello
The Big Bang Theory: The Skywalker Incursion, The Mystery Date Observation, The Platonic Permutation - Production designer: John Shaffner
Clipped: Dreamers, Wi-Fi, Worlds Rudest Barbershop - Production designer: Greg Grande
Mom: Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous, Six Popes and Red Ferrari,Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation - Production designer: John Shaffner
Truth Be Told: Pilot, Big Black Coffee, Members Only - Production designer: Stephan Olson
Awards or Event Special
67th Annual Emmy Awards - Production designers: Tamlyn Wright, Baz Halpin
The American Music Awards: 2015 - Production designers: Joe Stewart, John Shaffner
The Oscars: 2015 - Production designer: Derek Mclane
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special - Production designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph Detullio, Peter Baran
The Wiz Live - Production designer: Derek Mclane
Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial
American Horror Story: Hotel: Hallways - Production designer: Zach Mathews
Apple Music: The History of Sound - Production designer: Jess Gonchor
Duracell - Star Wars: Battle for Christmas Morning - Production designer: Tom Meyer
Madonna: Ghosttown - Production designer: Emma Fairley
Victorias Secret: Rome - Production designer: Jeffrey Beecroft
Variety, Reality or Competition Series
Conan: At Comic-Con - Production designer: Christopher Goumas
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Halloween - Production designer: Scott Moses
Key & Peele: Yall Ready for This? The End - Production designer: Gary Kordan
Saturday Night Live: Tracey Morgan/Demi Lovato, Scarlett Johansson/Wiz Khalifa, Miley Cyrus - Production designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph Detullio
Top Chef: Stop the Presses - Production d
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mad Max: Fury Road, Bridge of Spies and The Martian are among the nominees for the Art Directors Guilds 20th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which will be presented Jan. 31 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
