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EXCLUSIVE: Amid allegations of "union-busting," the office staff at the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, will vote this month in a contentious battle over whether they want to be represented by a union. In early June, a slim majority of the bargaining unit – which now stands at 28 – signed union representation…

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…

Chuck Parker has been re-elected national executive director of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800. He and the guild's associate national executive director, who goes by the name dooner, were reelected at the guild's bi-annual general membership meeting last Saturday. They both ran unopposed. "I am so pleased…

The trophies for the 23rd Annual Art Directors Guild Awards were handed out on Saturday night at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown with two of the most game-changing inclusive films of the year Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians taking home awards for film and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and The Handmaid’s…

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced nominations for the 23rd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in film, TV, commercials, videos and animation features. Among the candidates: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Favourite and Roma, and, on the TV side, Sharp Objects and Glow. Winners…

Legendary production designers Anthony Masters and Ben Carré, whose work appeared in some of the most iconic films of the 20th century, will be inducted into the Art Directors Guild’s Hall of Fame at the organization’s 23rd annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Masters, who died in 1990, was Oscar-nominated…

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…

Today's tentative agreement on a new IATSE film and TV contract is being recommended for membership ratification by leaders of 12 of IATSE's 13 Hollywood locals, including two of its three national locals – Cinematographers Guild Local 600 and Art Directors Guild Local 800. Only the Editors Guild Local 700 is…

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…