ADG: 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards Nominations

ADG Awards

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced the nominees on January 9 for the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

Honoring 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. Emmy®-nominated actor and comedian Max Greenfield will host the ceremony.

“It’s our honor and privilege to gather the guild to recognize the excellence among our members,” says award show producers Michael Allen Glover, ADG and Megan Elizabeth Bell, ADG in a joint statement.

As previously announced, legendary production designer Lawrence G. Paull will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame as part of the ceremony.

Final voting will begin on January 22 and run until voting closes on February 8 at 5 PM PT.

The ADG Excellence Production Design Awards nominees are as follows:

FEATURE FILM NOMINEES:

PERIOD FEATURE FILM

  • Asteroid City
    • Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Production Designer: Jack Fisk
  • Maestro
    • Production Designer: Kevin Thompson
  • Napoleon
    • Production Designer: Arthur Max
  • Oppenheimer
    • Production Designer: Ruth De Jong

FANTASY FEATURE FILM

  • Barbie
    • Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
  • The Creator
    • Production Designer: James Clyne
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    • Production Designer: Beth Mickle
  • Poor Things
    • Production Designers: James Price, Shona Heath
  • Wonka
    • Production Designer: Nathan Crowley

CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM

  • Beau is Afraid
    • Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
  • John Wick: Chapter 4
    • Production Designer: Kevin Kavanaugh
  • The Killer
    • Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    • Production Designer: Gary Freeman
  • Saltburn
    • Production Designer: Suzie Davies

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  • The Boy and the Heron
    • Art Director: Yoji Takeshige
  • Elemental
    • Production Designer: Don Shank
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    • Production Designer: Patrick O’Keefe
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    • Production Designer: Guillaume Aretos
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    • Production Designer: Yashar Kassa

TELEVISION NOMINEES:

ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

  • The Crown: “Sleep Dearie Sleep”
    • Production Designer: Martin Childs
  • The Gilded Age: “His Grace the Duke,” “Close Enough to Touch,” “Warning Shots”
    • Production Designer: Bob Shaw
  • The Great: “You the People,” “Fun,” “Peter and the Wolf”
    • Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Susan”
    • Production Designer: Bill Groom
  • Perry Mason: “Chapter Eleven”
    • Production Designer: Keith Cunningham

ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

  • For All Mankind: “The Bear Hug”
    • Production Designer: Seth Reed
  • The Last of Us: “Infected”
    • Production Designer: John Paino
  • Loki: “Ouroboros”
    • Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
  • The Mandalorian: “Chapter 23: The Spies”
    • Production Designers: Doug Chiang, Andrew L. Jones
  • Silo: “Machines”
    • Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet

ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

  • Fargo: “Trials and Tribulations”
    • Production Designer: Trevor Smith
  • The Morning Show: “The Kármán Line,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Love Island”
    • Production Designer: Nelson Coates
  • Poker Face: “Escape From Shit Mountain”
    • Production Designer: Judy Rhee
  • Succession: “America Decides”
    • Production Designer: Stephen Carter
  • Yellowjackets: “Digestif”
    • Production Designer: Margot Ready

TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • All the Light We Cannot See
    • Production Designer: Simon Elliott
  • A Murder at the End of the World
    • Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando
  • Beef
    • Production Designer: Grace Yun
  • Daisy Jones & The Six
    • Production Designer: Jessica Kender
  • Lessons in Chemistry
    • Production Designer: Cat Smith

HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

  • The Bear: “Omelette”
    • Production Designer: Merje Veski
  • Only Murders in the Building: “Sitzprobe,” “Opening Night”
    • Production Designer: Patrick Howe
  • Our Flag Means Death: “Impossible Birds,” “Red Flags,” “Man on Fire”
    • Production Designer: Ra Vincent
  • Reservation Dogs: “Deer Lady”
    • Production Designer: Brandon Tonner-Connolly
  • What We Do in the Shadows: “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor”
    • Production Designer: Shayne Fox

MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

  • Bob Hearts Abishola: “Twerk O’ Clock”
    • Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen
  • Bunk’d: “The Glitching Hour”
    • Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
  • The Conners: “Road Trip and Guilt Trip”
    • Production Designer: Jerry Dunn
  • Frasier: “Moving In”
    • Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
  • That 90’s Show: “Free Leia”
    • Production Designer: Greg J. Grande

VARIETY or REALITY SERIES

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show: “I’m Clapping From My Puss,” “What Kind of Medicine Does Dr. King Practice?,” “Peek-A-Boob, Your Titty’s Out”
    • Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
  • History of the World, Part II: “VIII”
    • Production Designer: Monica Sotto
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Blame it on the Edit”
    • Production Designer: Gianna Costa
  • Saturday Night Live: “Jenna Ortega/The 1975,” “Nate Bargatze/Foo Fighters”
    • Production Designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph DeTullio
  • Squid Game: The Challenge: “War”
    • Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Benjamin Norman

VARIETY SPECIAL

  • 76th Annual Tony Awards
    • Production Designer: Steve Bass
  • 80th Golden Globe Awards
    • Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
  • Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
    • Production Designer: Bruce Ryan
  • Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
    • Production Designer: Misty Buckley
  • The Weeknd: Live at Sofi Stadium
    • Production Designer: Es Devlin

COMMERCIALS

  • Apple: The New Macbook Pro: “Scary Fast”
    • Production Designer: François Audouy
  • Booking.com: “Somewhere, Anywhere,” The Musical
    • Production Designer: Florencia Martin
  • Dom Perignon: “Lady Gaga – The Labor of Creation”
    • Production Designer: Dylan Kahn
  • Giorgio Armani: “Armani Si”
    • Production Designer: Annie Beauchamp
  • M&M’s: “Ma&Ya’s”
    • Production Designer: Natalie Groce

SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS

  • Apple: “The Underdogs: Swiped Mac”
    • Production Designer: Jason Hougaard
  • boygenius: “the film”
    • Production Designer: Jen Dunlap
  • Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste: “Candy Necklace”
    • Production Designer: Brandon Mendez
  • Miley Cyrus: “River”
    • Production Designer: Kurt Gefke
  • Taylor Swift: “I Can See You”
    • Production Designer: Ethan Tobman

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Danielle Solzman is native of Louisville, KY, and holds a BA in Public Relations from Northern Kentucky University and a MA in Media Communications from Webster University. She roots for her beloved Kentucky Wildcats, St. Louis Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, and Boston Celtics. Living less than a mile away from Wrigley Field in Chicago, she is an active reader (sports/entertainment/history/biographies/select fiction) and involved with the Chicago improv scene. She also sees many movies and reviews them. She has previously written for Redbird Rants, Wildcat Blue Nation, and Hidden Remote/Flicksided. From April 2016 through May 2017, her film reviews can be found on Creators.