Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Dune,’ ‘Nightmare Alley,’ Are Big Winners As Kevin Costner, Denis Villeneuve Liven Up Show

Who’d have thought the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards would be such a good party?

Community alum and host Yvette Nicole Brown kicked things off with great energy and a few genuinely funny jokes. There followed two genuinely engaging acceptance speeches from Ethan Tobman and François Audouy and then a genuinely emotional — and funny — introduction from Kevin Costner for his longtime collaborator, production designer Ida Ransom, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“I’m so impressed how many production designers are not freaked out by talking up here,” said a visibly nervous Costner. “It’s freaking me out.”

The guild also awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards to Donna Cline, Anne Harris and Denise & Michael Okuda.

Oscar-nominated Dune director Denis Villeneuve received the William Cameron Menzies Award, for which he credited all the production designers he has worked with, especially frequent collaborator Patrice Vermette. Vermette, it turns out, won the gong for Fantasy Feature Film.

After Vermette’s name was announced, Villeneuve walked to the podium and admitted, “Patrice is not here tonight because of me.” He explained the production designer was already hard at work on Dune II.

The trophies were handed out at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Check out the list of winners below, followed by the nominees.

The awards recognize excellence in production design and art direction in the film, TV, commercials and music videos. Since the guild launched its trophy show in 1996, one of its top prize winners has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 17 of the 25 years, including the past eight in a row. Last year’s ADG Period Film winner Mank went on to score the Academy Award.

The ADGs awarded a Feature Film prize for its first four years, then split its top categories into Period/Fantasy Film and Contemporary. Since 2006, it has handed out separate trophies for Period, Fantasy and Contemporary films.

The Power of the Dog‘s Jane Campion — who last month became the first woman nominated twice for the Best Director Oscar — received the Cinematic Imagery Award.

Oscar-winning production designer William A. Horning and Oscar-nominated production designer, costume designer, writer and producer Polly Platt were inducted into the Art Directors Guild’s Hall of Fame.

Here are all the winners at the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards:

WINNERS

Fantasy Feature Film

Dune
Production Designer: Patrice Vermette

Period Feature Film

Nightmare Alley
Production Designer: Tamara Deverell

Contemporary Feature Film

No Time to Die
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley

Animated Feature Film

Encanto
Production Designers: Ian Gooding, Lorelay Bové

Television Movie or Limited Series

WandaVision
Production Designer: Mark Worthington

One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series

Loki: “Glorious Purpose”
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series

Squid Game: “Gganbu”
Production Designer: Chae Kyoung-sun

Half Hour Single-Camera Series

What We Do in the Shadows: “The Prisoner,” “The Cloak of Duplication,” “The Siren”
Production Designer: Kate Bunch

Multi-Camera Series

Family Reunion: “Remember When M’Dear Changed History?”
Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter

Variety, Reality or Competition Series

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses: “Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff”
Production Designer: John Janavs

Variety Special

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “Facts of Life – Kids Can Be Cruel (320) & Diff’rent Strokes –
Willis’ Privacy (115)
Production Designer: Stephan Olson

Commercial

Apple Music: “Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever”
Production Designer: François Audouy

Music Video

Taylor Swift: “All Too Well”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman

NOMINEES

Period Feature Film

The French Dispatch
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

Licorice Pizza
Production Designer: Florencia Martin

Nightmare Alley
Production Designer: Tamara Deverell

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Production Designer: Stefan Dechant

West Side Story
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

Fantasy Feature Film

Cruella
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie

Dune
Production Designer: Patrice Vermette

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Production Designer: François Audouy

The Green Knight
Production Designer: Jade Healy

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Production Designer: Sue Chan

Contemporary Feature Film

Candyman
Production Designer: Cara Brower

Don’t Look Up
Production Designer: Clayton Hartley

In the Heights
Production Designer: Nelson Coates

The Lost Daughter
Production Designer: Inbal Weinberg

No Time to Die
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley

Animated Feature Film

Encanto
Production Designers: Ian Gooding, Lorelay Bové

Luca
Production Designer: Daniela Strijleva

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Production Designer: Lindsey Olivares

Raya and the Last Dragon
Production Designers: Paul Felix, Mingjue Helen Chen, Cory Loftis

Sing 2
Art Director: Olivier Adam

TELEVISION

One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series

Foundation: “The Emperor’s Peace”
Production Designer: Rory Cheyne

The Great: “Dickhead,” “Seven Days,” “Wedding”
Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola

Loki: “Glorious Purpose”
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani

Lost In Space: “Three Little Birds”
Production Designer: Alec Hammond

The Witcher: “A Grain of Truth”
Production Designer: Andrew Laws

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series

The Handmaid’s Tale: “Chicago”
Production Designer: Elisabeth Williams

The Morning Show: “My Least Favorite Year,” “It’s Like the Flu,” “A Private Person”
Production Designer: Nelson Coates

Squid Game: “Gganbu”
Production Designer: Chae Kyoung-sun

Succession: “The Disruption,” “Too Much Birthday”
Production Designer: Stephen Carter

Yellowstone: “No Kindness for the Coward”
Production Designer: Cary White

Television Movie or Limited Series

Halston
Production Designer: Mark Ricker

Mare of Easttown
Production Designer: Keith P. Cunningham

The Underground Railroad
Production Designer: Mark Friedberg

WandaVision
Production Designer: Mark Worthington

The White Lotus
Production Designer: Laura Fox

Half Hour Single-Camera Series

Hacks: “Primm”
Production Designer: Jon Carlos

Only Murders in the Building: “True Crime”
Production Designer: Curt Beech

Schmigadoon!: “Schmigadoon!”
Production Designer: Bo Welch

Ted Lasso: “Carol of the Bells,” “Man City,” “Beard After Hours”
Production Designer: Paul Cripps

What We Do in the Shadows: “The Prisoner,” “The Cloak of Duplication,” “The Siren”
Production Designer: Kate Bunch

Multi-Camera Series

Bob ❤ Abishola: “Bowango”
Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen

Call Your Mother: “Pilot”
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello

The Conners – Season 3: “A Stomach Ache, a Heartbreak and a Grave Mistake,”
“An Old Dog, New Tricks and a Ticket to Ride”
Production Designer: John Shaffner

Dave: “Ad Man,” “Enlightened Dave,” “Dave”
Production Designer: Almitra Corey

Family Reunion: “Remember When M’Dear Changed History?”
Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter

Punky Brewster: “Put a Ring on It”
Production Designer: Kristan Andrews

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.