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The Art Directors Guild said Wednesday that its 24th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown in Wilshire Grand Centre. The date falls the same weekend as last year’s ADG Awards, where Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians and The M…

Actor and comedian David Alan Grier will host the 23rd Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards (ADG, IATSE Local 800) on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The announcement was made today by ADG Awards producer Scott Moses, ADG. Grier is a three-time Tony and…

The Art Directors Guild said today that production designer Ed Verreaux, scenic artist Jim Fiorito and art director William F. Matthews will join previously announced production designer Jeannine Oppewall as recipients of the guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The four will be honored at the 23rd Annual ADG…

Jeannine Oppewall, a four-time Oscar-nominated production designer whose credits include L.A. Confidential and Pleasantville, has been selected to receive the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be presented February 2 at during guild’s 23rd annual ADG Awards ceremony at the Wilshire Grand…

The Art Directors Guild has set Saturday, February 2, as the date for its 2019 ADG Awards. The 23rd annual trophy show will be held for the first time at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown in the Wilshire Grand Centre. ADG President Nelson Coates, Council Chair Mark Worthington and event producers Scott Moses…

The Shape of Water, Blade Runner 2049, Logan and Coco took top film honors tonight at the 22nd annual ADG Awards. Blade Runner 2049 and The Shape of Water will face off for the Production Design Oscar March 3. Logan was not nominated. For the first time, the Art Directors Guild included animated feature in its film…

Dunkirk, Get Out, Darkest Hour and Star Wars: The Last Jedi are among the film nominees for the Art Directors Guild’s 22nd annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Winners will be honored January 27 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland. Nominations are spread across three film categories (for…

The Art Directors Guild said today that Oscar-nominated writer-directors Ron Clements and John Musker will receive its 2018 William Cameron Menzies Award. The award recognizes the filmmaking partners’ innovative artistic work on numerous Disney animated movies of the past 30 years including Moana, The Princess and the…

The Art Directors Guild said that scenic artist John Moffitt, set designer James J. Murakami and senior illustrator Martin Kline will join previously announced production designer Norm Newberry as recipients of the guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The honors will be bestowed January 27 during the 22nd annual ADG…

Norm Newberry, who has worked on such films Avatar, War of the Worlds and The Polar Express, Jaws and The Sting along many TV shows, as is set to receive the Art Directors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award during the ADG Awards on January 27 at Hollywood & Highland. Newberry has worked as a set designer, art director…

The 22nd annual Art Directors Guild Awards has its career honoree. Kathleen Kennedy, the eight-time Oscar nominee who heads Lucasfilm, is set to receive the group’s Cinematic Imagery Award during the ADG Awards on January 27 at Hollywood & Highland. “We are thrilled to recognize the amazing contributions Kathleen…

The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 is set. Sir Ken Adam, the Oscar-winning production designer behind Dr. Strangelove and the James Bond franchise, and Bambi illustrator and longtime Warner Bros veteran Tyrus Wong will be inducted during the 22nd annual ADG Awards on January 27 at the Ray Dolby…