
The Art Directors Guild today announced nominations in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Art Directors Guild's 19th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The nominations were announced by ADG Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards co-producers Dave Blass and James Pearse Connelly.The black-tie ceremony revealing winners will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2015, from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
As previously announced, the recipient of the Guild's prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award will be Academy Award winner Christopher Nolan, whose film Interstellar is in current release. Production Designer Jim Bissell, Senior Illustrator Camille Abbott, Senior SetDesigner John P. Bruce and Scenic Artist Will Ferrell will be awarded the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Awards. Hall of Fame inductees are John Gabriel Beckman, Charles Lisanby and Walter Tyler.
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2014:
Period Film
INHERENT VICE
Production Designer: DAVID CRANK
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
THE IMITATION GAME
Production Designer: MARIA DJURKOVIC
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Production Designer: JOHN PAUL KELLY
UNBROKEN
Production Designer: JON HUTMAN
Fantasy Film
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Production Designer: PETER WENHAM
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Production Designer: CHARLES WOOD
INTERSTELLAR
Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY
INTO THE WOODS
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER
Contemporary Film
AMERICAN SNIPER
Production Designers: JAMES J. MURAKAMI, CHARISSE CARDENAS
BIRDMAN
Production Designer: KEVIN THOMPSON
FOXCATCHER
Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR
GONE GIRL
Production Designer: DONALD GRAHAM BURT
NIGHTCRAWLER
Production Designer: KEVIN KAVANAUGH
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION 2014:
One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series
GAME OF THRONES: The Laws of Gods and Men, The Mountain and the Viper
Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY
MAD MEN: Time Zones
Production Designer: DAN BISHOP
GOTHAM: Pilot, Selina Kyle, Arkham
Production Designer: DOUG KRANER
THE KNICK: Method and Madness, Working Late a Lot
Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS
BOARDWALK EMPIRE: Golden Days for Boys and Girls
Production Designer: BILL GROOM
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series
HOMELAND: The Drone Queen
Production Designer: JOHN D. KRETSCHMER
HOUSE OF CARDS: Chapter 18
Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
JUSTIFIED: Murder Of Crowes, Wrong Roads, The Toll
Production Designer: DAVE BLASS
THE NEWSROOM: Boston, Main Justice, Contempt
Production Designer: KAREN STEWARD
TRUE DETECTIVE: The Locked Room, Form and Void
Production Designer: ALEX DiGERLANDO
Television Movie or Mini-Series
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW: Massacres and Matinees
Production Designer: MARK WORTHINGTON
COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY: Unafraid of the Dark
Production Designer: SETH REED
FARGO: The Crocodiles Dilemma
Production Designer: JOHN BLACKIE
HOUDINI: Part I, Part II
Production Designer: PATRIZIA VON BRANDENSTEIN
SHERLOCK: His Last Vow
Production Designer: ARWEL W. JONES
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
CALIFORNICATION: Faith, Hope, Love, Like Father Like Son, Kickoff
Production Designer: RAY YAMAGATA
HOUSE OF LIES: Wreckage, Middlegame, Zha- Moreng
Production Designer: RAY YAMAGATA
MODERN FAMILY: Halloween 3: Awesomeland, Marco Polo, Won't You Be Our Neighbor
Production Designer: CLAIRE BENNETT
SILICON VALLEY: Articles of Incorporation, Signaling Risk, Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency
Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
VEEP: Clovis, Special Relationship, Debate
Production Designer: JAMES GLOSTER
Multi-Camera Television Series
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: How Your Mother Met Me
Production Designer: STEPHAN OLSON
MIKE & MOLLY: Mike & Molly's Excellent Adventure, The Dice Lady Cometh
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Locomotive Manipulation, The Convention Conundrum, The Status Quo Combustion
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER:
THE MILLERS: You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings, Man, Con-Troversy, Papa Was a Rolling Bone
Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO
UNDATABLE: Pilot
Production Designer: CABOT McMULLEN
Awards or Event Special
86th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
PETER PAN LIVE!
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
SUPER BOWL XLVIII HALFTIME SHOW: STARRING BRUNO MARS
Production Designer: BRUCE RODGERS
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2014
Production Designer: JOE STEWART
THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE BEATLES
Production Designer: MATTHEW RUSSELL
THE 66th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
Production Designer: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD
Short Format: WebSeries, Music Video or Commercial
APPLE: Perspective
Production Designer: SEAN HARGREAVES
COLDPLAY: Magic
Production Designer: EMMA FAIRLEY
IKEA: Carousel
Production Designer: RICHARD LASSALLE
KATY PERRY: Dark Horse
Production Designer: JEREMY REED
SIMPSON'S MARATHON
Production Designer: ZACH MATHEWS
Variety, Competition, Reality, or Game Show Series
KEY & PEELE: Halloween Episode, Alien Imposters
Production Designer: GARY KORDAN
PORTLANDIA: Celery
Production Designer: TYLER B. ROBINSON
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Louis C. K. with Sam Smith, Anna Kendrick with Pharrell Williams, Chris Rock with Prince
Production Designers: KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, N. JOSEP
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