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The Art Directors Guild will present Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the William Cameron Menzies Award, to honor his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. Del Toro will receive the award at the 27th ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards on Saturday, February 18 at the…

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and collaborator, Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, will be this year's recipients of the Art Directors Guild's Cinematic Imagery Award. Their 30-year collaboration includes work on such films as The Gre…

The 27th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards has announced its nominations in 14 categories, including theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. Winners will be unveiled at the ADG Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the…

James J. Murakami, an art director, production designer and set designer on numerous film and television projects, died Dec. 15 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 91 and suffered complications from a fall, according to his wife. Related Story Hollywood & Media De…

Scenic artist Michael Denering will be honored in February with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild. Denering is best known for his creative painting of artwork for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Toys, Die Hard, Batman Returns, Jurassic Park and Bram Stoker's Dr…

In a stinging rebuke of the Art Directors Guild and Chuck Parker, its national executive director, an NLRB administrative law judge has found that Parker "unlawfully" fired the guild's longtime accountant "in retaliation" for her successful efforts to form a union among the guild's staff. In a…

They were drug dealers. Murderers. Disloyal criminals breaking almost every law imaginable. And now there are statues of them in a proud hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The “Breaking Bad” team of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman (Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, respectively) were honored…

Another awards season is looming, and the Art Directors Guild has set a date for its 27th annual ceremony. The 2023 ADG Awards is set for Saturday, February 18, in-person at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Nominations will be announced on Monday, January 9. See the 85-year-old guild’s full timeline below. Ch…

Chuck Parker has been re-elected national executive director of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800. Three years ago, he ran unopposed, but this year four challengers were on the ballot. With 391 votes, Parker handily defeated former guild president Thomas Walsh, who received 171 votes; former guild president…

Chuck Parker is facing a tough re-election bid as national executive director of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800. Three years ago, he ran unopposed, but this time four challengers — including two former guild presidents — are running against him. Ballots will go out March 29 and will be counted April 19. The…

The Art Directors Guild will co-host Cal State L.A.'s Eagle-Con, a three-day event focused on science fiction, fantasy, comic books and superheroes, which starts Friday. All the exhibits and panels at Eagle-Con be seen for free virtually and in person at the university. “We are proud that Eagle-Con continues to break…

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…