The Art Directors Guild awarded winners in 14 categories at the 27th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards February 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel. The awards honored theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features.
All five Academy Award nominees for Best Production Design — “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Babylon,” “Elvis,” and “The Fabelmans” — were also Adg Award nominees, with “Babylon” production designer Florencia Martin taking home the award for Period Feature Film.
Fantasy Feature Film went to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” production designer Jason Kisvarday and Contemporary Feature Film went to “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” production designer Rick Heinrichs, both of whom were not nominated by the Academy. The technical and artistic achievements of “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” continued its impressive guild run with production designers Guy Davis and Curt Enderle winning the Adg for Best Animated Feature film,...
All five Academy Award nominees for Best Production Design — “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Babylon,” “Elvis,” and “The Fabelmans” — were also Adg Award nominees, with “Babylon” production designer Florencia Martin taking home the award for Period Feature Film.
Fantasy Feature Film went to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” production designer Jason Kisvarday and Contemporary Feature Film went to “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” production designer Rick Heinrichs, both of whom were not nominated by the Academy. The technical and artistic achievements of “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” continued its impressive guild run with production designers Guy Davis and Curt Enderle winning the Adg for Best Animated Feature film,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
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 InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel. The announcement was made today by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer’s Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg.
Returning as producer of this year’s Adg Awards is Art Director Michael Allen Glover, Adg. Joining the team as coproducer is Production Designer Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg.
Adg Awards are open only to productions when made within the US by producers signatory to the IATSE agreement. Foreign entries are acceptable without restrictions.
Nominees For Feature Film:
1. Period Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Designer: Christian M. Goldbeck...
Winners will be unveiled at the Adg Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel. The announcement was made today by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer’s Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg.
Returning as producer of this year’s Adg Awards is Art Director Michael Allen Glover, Adg. Joining the team as coproducer is Production Designer Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg.
Adg Awards are open only to productions when made within the US by producers signatory to the IATSE agreement. Foreign entries are acceptable without restrictions.
Nominees For Feature Film:
1. Period Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Designer: Christian M. Goldbeck...
- 1/9/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“Elvis,” “Babylon,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Top Gun: Maverick” are among the films nominated by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800).
The guild announced the nominations for its 27th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.
Winners will be named at the Adg Awards ceremony on Feb. 18 at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. “All Quiet on the Western Front, “Babylon,” “Elvis, “The Fabelmans” and “White Noise” were nominated in the period feature film category.
“The Batman,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Nope” earned recognition in the fantasy feature film category.
Rounding out the contemporary feature film nominations were “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, “Bullet Train,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick.
The guild announced the nominations for its 27th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.
Winners will be named at the Adg Awards ceremony on Feb. 18 at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. “All Quiet on the Western Front, “Babylon,” “Elvis, “The Fabelmans” and “White Noise” were nominated in the period feature film category.
“The Batman,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Nope” earned recognition in the fantasy feature film category.
Rounding out the contemporary feature film nominations were “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, “Bullet Train,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick.
- 1/9/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) announced the nominations for the 27th annual Adg Excellence in Production Design Awards.
Live-action features are divided into three categories: period, fantasy and contemporary film. Nominees for a period film are All Quiet On The Western Front, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans and White Noise. Fantasy film nominees are Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Nope. The contemporary film category nominees are Bardo, Bullet Train, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design three times: in 2018 for The Shape of Water, in 2020 for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and in 2021 for Mank. The production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category in 2019, for Black Panther; and 2022 for Dune.
Live-action features are divided into three categories: period, fantasy and contemporary film. Nominees for a period film are All Quiet On The Western Front, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans and White Noise. Fantasy film nominees are Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All At Once and Nope. The contemporary film category nominees are Bardo, Bullet Train, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design three times: in 2018 for The Shape of Water, in 2020 for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and in 2021 for Mank. The production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category in 2019, for Black Panther; and 2022 for Dune.
- 1/9/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Babylon,” “Elvis,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” are among the films that have been nominated by the Art Directors Guild for the 2023 Adg Excellence in Production Design Awards, the guild announced on Monday.
In the Period Feature Film category, “Babylon” and “Elvis” will be competing against “The Fabelmans,” “White Noise” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the German film that has been scoring extremely well in guild awards and on shortlists so far this awards season.
In the Fantasy Feature Film category, “Avatar” and “Everything Everywhere” are nominated alongside “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Nope.”
And in Contemporary Feature Film, “Glass Onion” will go up against “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Bullet Train,” “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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In the Period Feature Film category, “Babylon” and “Elvis” will be competing against “The Fabelmans,” “White Noise” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the German film that has been scoring extremely well in guild awards and on shortlists so far this awards season.
In the Fantasy Feature Film category, “Avatar” and “Everything Everywhere” are nominated alongside “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Nope.”
And in Contemporary Feature Film, “Glass Onion” will go up against “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Bullet Train,” “Tár” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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- 1/9/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Stranger Things” is nominated for 13 Emmy Awards including Best Drama Series, so we convened a special roundtable panel with seven nominees behind Netflix’s sci-fi/horror series: casting director Carmen Cuba, music supervisor Nora Felder, prosthetics designer Barrie Gower, hair department head Sarah Hindsgaul, stunt coordinator Hiro Koda, production designer Chris Trujillo and editor Dean Zimmerman.
SEECraig Henighan (‘Stranger Things’ sound design) on orchestrating creepy clocks and demogorgons [Exclusive Video Interview]
The series takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where a portal is opened into a parallel world known as the Upside Down. And in season four the creature who emerged from that dark dimension was Vecna, who psychically cursed his victims. He’s played by Jamie Campbell Bower, and casting him was “challenging for multiple reasons,” remembers Cuba. Part of that was keeping the show’s storylines secret: “We obviously were in no way allowed to talk about what...
SEECraig Henighan (‘Stranger Things’ sound design) on orchestrating creepy clocks and demogorgons [Exclusive Video Interview]
The series takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where a portal is opened into a parallel world known as the Upside Down. And in season four the creature who emerged from that dark dimension was Vecna, who psychically cursed his victims. He’s played by Jamie Campbell Bower, and casting him was “challenging for multiple reasons,” remembers Cuba. Part of that was keeping the show’s storylines secret: “We obviously were in no way allowed to talk about what...
- 8/15/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Stranger Things earned 13 Emmy nominations this season, including Outstanding Drama Series, thanks to the unsung heroes of the show—the below-the-line departments who put in the tireless effort to create the “surreal madness” of the series. From ‘de-aging’ Millie Bobbie Brown to building Vecna and his lair in the Upside Down, the collaboration of the craft departments continues to bring the series to new heights. Here, some of the Emmy-nominated craft department heads give insight into the most important aspects of this season.
Eleven
One of the most difficult tasks this season was de-aging Eleven for flashback scenes. “Before shooting we explored just about every option, including deepfake, full CG head replacement, smoothing and warping,” says VFX supervisor Michael Maher Jr. “Luckily, our experienced friends at Lola Visual Effects agreed to take on the work and help us out. They arranged a shoot with a special, proprietary camera and lighting rig called an egg.
Eleven
One of the most difficult tasks this season was de-aging Eleven for flashback scenes. “Before shooting we explored just about every option, including deepfake, full CG head replacement, smoothing and warping,” says VFX supervisor Michael Maher Jr. “Luckily, our experienced friends at Lola Visual Effects agreed to take on the work and help us out. They arranged a shoot with a special, proprietary camera and lighting rig called an egg.
- 8/13/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
“What was most exciting was knowing that we were going to get to visit the wider world,” explains “Stranger Things production designer Chris Trujillo on Season 4’s immense scope. “It was a really nice change.” The latest season goes beyond the familiar locales to explore the deep interiors of a secret lab, a brutalist Russian prison, and a haunted house that exists across worlds. The massive undertaking earned the designer an Emmy nomination for Best Production Design of a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
The scope of Trujillo’s work is perhaps best embodied in the Creel House, home to the new series villain Vecna. “The Creel house existed in a past, pristine state. And then it existed in a dilapidated state in the Right Side Up. Then it also existed in the Upside Down. Then it also had an iteration where it was...
The scope of Trujillo’s work is perhaps best embodied in the Creel House, home to the new series villain Vecna. “The Creel house existed in a past, pristine state. And then it existed in a dilapidated state in the Right Side Up. Then it also existed in the Upside Down. Then it also had an iteration where it was...
- 8/2/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“The Gilded Age” production designer Bob Shaw didn’t want to go overboard as he gave the grand home of Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) a “lived-in” feeling. He hung portraits on top of one another and used patterns on the wallpaper, the curtains and the chairs — all of this to show old money. “The layering is what gave that sense that they had lived there for 20 years,” says Shaw.
Airing last summer, Disney+’s “Loki” was still Emmy eligible, earning six nominations. Emmy nominee Kasra Farahani was tasked by series creator Michael Waldron to build a look inspired by “Mad Men” meets “Blade Runner.” Farahani says the architecture of the Time Variance Authority offices, where a lot of action takes place, was influenced by brutalism and Soviet-style modernism. The palette, materials and whimsical patterns also used are very much inspired by mid-century modernism. Says Farahani, “Creating this cognitive dissonance...
Airing last summer, Disney+’s “Loki” was still Emmy eligible, earning six nominations. Emmy nominee Kasra Farahani was tasked by series creator Michael Waldron to build a look inspired by “Mad Men” meets “Blade Runner.” Farahani says the architecture of the Time Variance Authority offices, where a lot of action takes place, was influenced by brutalism and Soviet-style modernism. The palette, materials and whimsical patterns also used are very much inspired by mid-century modernism. Says Farahani, “Creating this cognitive dissonance...
- 7/29/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s horror phenomenon,”Stranger Things,” topped all craft categories Tuesday with 12 nominations, riding the strength of Season 4’s popular Vecna monster story line — and becoming the streamer’s most viewed English-language series. However, right behind was HBO’s acclaimed gritty teen drama, “Euphoria,” which grabbed 11 nominations for its breakthrough Season 2, after collecting only two craft wins out of seven nominations for Season 1 and two subsequent special episodes.
Meanwhile, grabbing nine nominations apiece were “The White Lotus” satirical anthology series (HBO) and “Only Murders in the Building” comedy series (Hulu); Getting eight was “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime Video), while the critically-acclaimed “Severance” sci-fi thriller (Apple TV+) shared seven along with the surprisingly strong “Moon Knight” (Marvel/Disney+), “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+), “Barry” (HBO), and “Hacks” (HBO Max).
Securing six craft nominations were “Succession” (HBO), “Squid Game” (Netflix), the first non-English speaking show competing for Best Drama Series, “Loki...
Meanwhile, grabbing nine nominations apiece were “The White Lotus” satirical anthology series (HBO) and “Only Murders in the Building” comedy series (Hulu); Getting eight was “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime Video), while the critically-acclaimed “Severance” sci-fi thriller (Apple TV+) shared seven along with the surprisingly strong “Moon Knight” (Marvel/Disney+), “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+), “Barry” (HBO), and “Hacks” (HBO Max).
Securing six craft nominations were “Succession” (HBO), “Squid Game” (Netflix), the first non-English speaking show competing for Best Drama Series, “Loki...
- 7/12/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains spoilers for “Stranger Things 4.”]
For the supersized, penultimate Season 4 of “Stranger Things” (Volume 1 is currently streaming on Netflix; Volume 2 premieres July 1), creators Matt and Ross Duffer channeled “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to give a more tangible horror vibe to their latest monster: Vecna, a humanoid creature from the Upside Down. Similar to the “Elm Street” franchise’s Freddy Krueger, Vecna preys on his victim’s minds, psychically manipulating their traumatic memories into terrifying hallucinations before murdering and possessing them.
Vecna represents the series’ most ambitious creature work to date; it’s good enough that it could win the series’ first VFX Emmy. In a throwback to Season 1’s Demogorgon, the VFX team leaned more on practical effects than CG with Vecna. The Duffers wanted the creature to mirror shapes and textures from the Upside Down and its monstrous denizens: roots, vines, organic shapes, fibrous muscle. Vecna’s color palette also contains purple, dark red,...
For the supersized, penultimate Season 4 of “Stranger Things” (Volume 1 is currently streaming on Netflix; Volume 2 premieres July 1), creators Matt and Ross Duffer channeled “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to give a more tangible horror vibe to their latest monster: Vecna, a humanoid creature from the Upside Down. Similar to the “Elm Street” franchise’s Freddy Krueger, Vecna preys on his victim’s minds, psychically manipulating their traumatic memories into terrifying hallucinations before murdering and possessing them.
Vecna represents the series’ most ambitious creature work to date; it’s good enough that it could win the series’ first VFX Emmy. In a throwback to Season 1’s Demogorgon, the VFX team leaned more on practical effects than CG with Vecna. The Duffers wanted the creature to mirror shapes and textures from the Upside Down and its monstrous denizens: roots, vines, organic shapes, fibrous muscle. Vecna’s color palette also contains purple, dark red,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The last time audiences saw the Byers family on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” they were leaving town. After a lengthy hiatus, the highly anticipated fourth season returns to Netflix on May 27.
This time, the family has been relocated for their safety to Southern California, where they moved from fictional Hawkins, Ind. (actually filmed in Georgia).
The family has expanded, with Eleven (Millie Bobbie Brown) joining Joyce, played Winona Ryder, Noah Schnapp’s Will and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton).
In finding the new home, production designer Chris Trujillo thought about building from the ground up, but there was something more special in finding a practical location.
Albuquerque, N.M. subbed for California. Trujillo and his team looked for a “time capsule” house that would show the family had taken a socioeconomic step up, thanks to Dr. Sam Owens (Paul Reiser). An actual house, Trujillo says, meant they could move between inside and...
This time, the family has been relocated for their safety to Southern California, where they moved from fictional Hawkins, Ind. (actually filmed in Georgia).
The family has expanded, with Eleven (Millie Bobbie Brown) joining Joyce, played Winona Ryder, Noah Schnapp’s Will and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton).
In finding the new home, production designer Chris Trujillo thought about building from the ground up, but there was something more special in finding a practical location.
Albuquerque, N.M. subbed for California. Trujillo and his team looked for a “time capsule” house that would show the family had taken a socioeconomic step up, thanks to Dr. Sam Owens (Paul Reiser). An actual house, Trujillo says, meant they could move between inside and...
- 5/27/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“A lot of [Season 3] was about figuring out how to scale up the world and the action, and go more kind of summer blockbuster, without losing any of the heart of the show. We really wanted to push the pool, and push the mall, to really make you feel summer, in a way that obviously wasn’t present in the first two seasons.” — Chris Trujillo
The Starcourt food court featured a quintessential selection of ’80s eateries, including Burger King, Great Panda, Orange Julius, Hot Sam and New York Pizza. It was just one key element of the massive mall production designer Chris Trujillo took on for Season 3.
Built in Duluth, Ga in the ’80s, the Gwinnett Place Mall was selected as a base for Trujillo’s work over a dozen other Georgia malls, given its period charm. Inside, the art department recreated period branding for stores, including J.C. Penney and The Gap.
The Starcourt food court featured a quintessential selection of ’80s eateries, including Burger King, Great Panda, Orange Julius, Hot Sam and New York Pizza. It was just one key element of the massive mall production designer Chris Trujillo took on for Season 3.
Built in Duluth, Ga in the ’80s, the Gwinnett Place Mall was selected as a base for Trujillo’s work over a dozen other Georgia malls, given its period charm. Inside, the art department recreated period branding for stores, including J.C. Penney and The Gap.
- 6/29/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Writer-Director M. Night Shyamalan wrapped his trilogy with this January’s Glass and now our friends at Universal Home Entertainment have provided us with a Blu-ray to giveaway.
All you need to do to enter is tell us which of the characters — David Dunn, Elijah Price, or Kevin Wendell Crumb — is your favorite and why. We need your responses no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 12. The contest is open only to North American readers and the decision of the ComicMix judges will be final.
Bonus Features Exclusive To 4K Ultra HD, Blu-raytm & Digital
The Collection of Main Characters – A look at all the main players and how they fit in the universe created by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
o David Dunn
o Elijah Price
o Kevin Wendell Crumb
o The Rest of the Family
· Bringing the Team Back Together – M. Night Shyamalan is famous for working with many...
All you need to do to enter is tell us which of the characters — David Dunn, Elijah Price, or Kevin Wendell Crumb — is your favorite and why. We need your responses no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 12. The contest is open only to North American readers and the decision of the ComicMix judges will be final.
Bonus Features Exclusive To 4K Ultra HD, Blu-raytm & Digital
The Collection of Main Characters – A look at all the main players and how they fit in the universe created by filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
o David Dunn
o Elijah Price
o Kevin Wendell Crumb
o The Rest of the Family
· Bringing the Team Back Together – M. Night Shyamalan is famous for working with many...
- 4/8/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
As the small town Hawkins continued to be invaded by the Upside Down in Season Two of “Stranger Things,” the Duffer Brothers lightened the tension for most of the imperiled kids. As a result, the lighting became darker as well as more colorful.
“We wanted to play more to the fun side of ‘Stranger Things,” said cinematographer Tim Ives, who was nominated for his second consecutive Emmy for “Chapter One: Madmax.” “It’s got scary moments but within 10 seconds you might be laughing pretty hard, so we added a little more color saturation to the palette.
“We also did a lot of interesting camera moves, starting something wide and coming close, going from a master to an extreme close-up, really introducing one character to another. We progressed naturally and with more confidence.”
In Season Two, Will (Noah Schnapp) gets possessed by an Upside Down monster known as a Mind Flayer,...
“We wanted to play more to the fun side of ‘Stranger Things,” said cinematographer Tim Ives, who was nominated for his second consecutive Emmy for “Chapter One: Madmax.” “It’s got scary moments but within 10 seconds you might be laughing pretty hard, so we added a little more color saturation to the palette.
“We also did a lot of interesting camera moves, starting something wide and coming close, going from a master to an extreme close-up, really introducing one character to another. We progressed naturally and with more confidence.”
In Season Two, Will (Noah Schnapp) gets possessed by an Upside Down monster known as a Mind Flayer,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
One of the biggest television phenomena of our time, what would the Duffer brothers’ Stranger Things be without The Upside Down, or its perfectly calibrated retro aesthetic? As expected last season, the series’ production design found its place among 18 total Emmy nominations, though production designer Chris Trujillo and his team were not among those leaving the night with a statuette. With the stellar expansion of the singularly imaginative series’ world this season, all that could change very soon.
As the Emmys’ first phase of voting heads into its final weekend, the Stranger Things team presents a video breaking down the extraordinary worldbuilding that has gone into the series to date.
Setting out to work with the Duffer brothers on Season 1, the series’ production designer found creative minds that were “on a very similar page.”
“We discussed all of the classics that are very obvious—your Goonies and your Spielberg films,...
As the Emmys’ first phase of voting heads into its final weekend, the Stranger Things team presents a video breaking down the extraordinary worldbuilding that has gone into the series to date.
Setting out to work with the Duffer brothers on Season 1, the series’ production designer found creative minds that were “on a very similar page.”
“We discussed all of the classics that are very obvious—your Goonies and your Spielberg films,...
- 6/22/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Animated feature films were included for the first time this year, Coco among them.
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
- 1/5/2018
- by Elbert Wyche
- ScreenDaily
The Upside Down of “Stranger Things” became an apt metaphor for this divisive year, and, maybe not so strangely, “Stranger Things,” along with several other Best Drama Emmy contenders, offered unifying themes to combat the forces of oppression, hate, and turmoil.
These included “Westworld,” “The Crown,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Feud: Bette and Joan,” and “Big Little Lies.” And, not surprisingly, they all offered stellar craftsmanship in support of their unifying themes.
“The Crown”
Showrunner Peter Morgan told IndieWire that his biggest takeaway has been the realization of the necessary bond between the monarchy and Parliament. “Sometimes the monarchy screws up and sometimes the politicians screw up,” he said. “And it takes one or the other to fix the problem.”
In Season 1, that unity is forged between young Queen Elizabeth II (nominated Claire Foy) and that old war horse, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (nominated John Lithgow). Together, they help Great...
These included “Westworld,” “The Crown,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Feud: Bette and Joan,” and “Big Little Lies.” And, not surprisingly, they all offered stellar craftsmanship in support of their unifying themes.
“The Crown”
Showrunner Peter Morgan told IndieWire that his biggest takeaway has been the realization of the necessary bond between the monarchy and Parliament. “Sometimes the monarchy screws up and sometimes the politicians screw up,” he said. “And it takes one or the other to fix the problem.”
In Season 1, that unity is forged between young Queen Elizabeth II (nominated Claire Foy) and that old war horse, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (nominated John Lithgow). Together, they help Great...
- 8/28/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
HBO’s sci-fi western “Westworld,” is the heavy favorite to win for contemporary and fantasy production design. The question is whether two nominations for both its western theme park and futuristic programming center actually doubles its chances — or cancels it out. Competition comes from the dystopian minimalism of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the richly Gothic “Penny Dreadful” (nominated last year), and the Vatican beauty of “The Young Pope.”
Meanwhile, the royalty glam of Peter Morgan’s “The Crown” is the heavy favorite to win for period production design, with competition from the Old Hollywood trappings of “Feud: Bette and Joan,” the nightmarish ’80s sci-fi of “Stranger Things,” the alt history of “The Man in the High Castle” (nominated last year), and perennial contender, “Masters of Sex.”
The Dueling Dystopias
The imagination and scope of “Westworld” was unrivaled. In re-imagining Michael Crichton’s adult theme park gone berserk, Jonathan Nolan and...
Meanwhile, the royalty glam of Peter Morgan’s “The Crown” is the heavy favorite to win for period production design, with competition from the Old Hollywood trappings of “Feud: Bette and Joan,” the nightmarish ’80s sci-fi of “Stranger Things,” the alt history of “The Man in the High Castle” (nominated last year), and perennial contender, “Masters of Sex.”
The Dueling Dystopias
The imagination and scope of “Westworld” was unrivaled. In re-imagining Michael Crichton’s adult theme park gone berserk, Jonathan Nolan and...
- 8/7/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Apparently the TV Academy will only go so far in honoring sci-fi when it comes to the below-the-line craft nominations. While HBO’s “Westworld” and Netflix’s “Stranger Things” deservedly snagged 12 and 11 noms, respectively, FX’s “Legion” was totally shut out. That’s right: Noah Hawley’s mind-blowing Marvel superhero deconstruction didn’t get recognition for either Michael Wylie’s eye-popping production design or Dana Gonzales’s experimental cinematography. Perhaps it was too subversive for its own good.
“Westworld” Rules
With HBO’s “Game of Thrones” out of the running this season, the void was filled by the brilliant re-imagining of Michael Crichton’s adult theme park. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy wisely took a more graphic and philosophical approach to A.I. The brutal sex and violence definitely tapped a cultural nerve.
It’s about beauty and ugliness in this collision of sci-fi and the western. Paul Cameron’s...
“Westworld” Rules
With HBO’s “Game of Thrones” out of the running this season, the void was filled by the brilliant re-imagining of Michael Crichton’s adult theme park. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy wisely took a more graphic and philosophical approach to A.I. The brutal sex and violence definitely tapped a cultural nerve.
It’s about beauty and ugliness in this collision of sci-fi and the western. Paul Cameron’s...
- 7/13/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Awards Daily TV talks to Chris Trujillo about establishing the look and feel of Stranger Things‘ 80’s era interiors and its imaginative Upside Down. Part of the magic that makes...
- 6/21/2017
- by Robin Write
- AwardsDaily.com
When asked during our recent webcam chat (watch the exclusive video above) about the critical and audience acclaim for “Stranger Things,” production designer Chris Trujillo divulges, “I’d like to think that the world we created physically is a part of that success.” Created by Matt and Ross Duffer (credited as the Duffer Brothers), this Netflix original series centers on a group of […]...
- 6/20/2017
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s “Stranger Things” from the Duffer Brothers unmasks the dark side of the ’80s, and its nightmarish Upside Down also represents the perfect allegory for Trump’s America, too. Everything gets unhinged when a monster invades from another dimension and kidnaps youngsters. It’s Spielberg meets King meets Kubrick.
Creating the Town of Hawkins
For the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the Duffers shot in Atlanta, which still retains its mid-20th century sense of suburbia. “We weren’t making a slick, glossy version of the ’80s, but, rather, a gritty, textural feeling that is lost in high-definition movie-making these days,” said production designer Chris Trujillo.
For the central Byers house, the art department built a set with the right “lived in” look. It contained strategically interconnecting rooms, and set dressing from estate sale pillaging.
Cinematographer Tim Ives, meanwhile, took his cues from “E.T.,” using the Red Dragon and...
Creating the Town of Hawkins
For the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the Duffers shot in Atlanta, which still retains its mid-20th century sense of suburbia. “We weren’t making a slick, glossy version of the ’80s, but, rather, a gritty, textural feeling that is lost in high-definition movie-making these days,” said production designer Chris Trujillo.
For the central Byers house, the art department built a set with the right “lived in” look. It contained strategically interconnecting rooms, and set dressing from estate sale pillaging.
Cinematographer Tim Ives, meanwhile, took his cues from “E.T.,” using the Red Dragon and...
- 6/13/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Retro vibes underscore the remarkable production design work on “The Crown,” “Stranger Things,” “Westworld,” “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” and “Hairspray Live!,” which all share the same goal: to humanize their worlds with imagination and relatability.
In “The Crown,” Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) endures a rite of passage inside and outside the palace that offers personal and political challenges; In “Stranger Things,” ’80s suburbia contains a mirror-image dark side. In “Westworld,” the allure of a western adult theme park cracks open violence and hate. In “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” three orphan children persevere despite being passed around from one bizarre home to another. And in “Hairspray Live!,” idealistic Tracy Turnblad (Maddie Baillio) upends segregated Baltimore by winning a dance contest.
“The Crown”
Oscar-winning production designer Martin Childs (“Shakespeare in Love”) utilized showrunner Peter Morgan’s sense of dramatic movement and sharp dialogue to make the private world of Queen Elizabeth II more intimate.
In “The Crown,” Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) endures a rite of passage inside and outside the palace that offers personal and political challenges; In “Stranger Things,” ’80s suburbia contains a mirror-image dark side. In “Westworld,” the allure of a western adult theme park cracks open violence and hate. In “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” three orphan children persevere despite being passed around from one bizarre home to another. And in “Hairspray Live!,” idealistic Tracy Turnblad (Maddie Baillio) upends segregated Baltimore by winning a dance contest.
“The Crown”
Oscar-winning production designer Martin Childs (“Shakespeare in Love”) utilized showrunner Peter Morgan’s sense of dramatic movement and sharp dialogue to make the private world of Queen Elizabeth II more intimate.
- 6/2/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Guild announced on Thursday nominations for the 21st Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards across a multitude of categories covering features, TV, commercials and music videos.
Among the film nominees were Café Society, Manchester By The Sea, Hell Or High Water and Arrival.
TV nominees encompass Game Of Thrones, The Night of and Silicon Valley, while Beyonce’s Lemonade visual extravaganza is a heavy-hitter in the music videos section.
The awards show is set for February 11 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature FilmPERIOD Film
Café Society, Santo Loquasto
Fences, David Gropman
Hacksaw Ridge, Barry Robison
Hail, Caesar!, Jess Gonchor
Hidden Figures, Wynn Thomas
Jackie, Jean Rabasse
Fantasy Film
Arrival, Patrice Vermette
Doctor Strange, Charles Wood
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Stuart Craig
Passengers, Guy Hendrix Dyas
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont
Contemporary Film
Hell Or High Water, Tom Duffield
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Among the film nominees were Café Society, Manchester By The Sea, Hell Or High Water and Arrival.
TV nominees encompass Game Of Thrones, The Night of and Silicon Valley, while Beyonce’s Lemonade visual extravaganza is a heavy-hitter in the music videos section.
The awards show is set for February 11 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature FilmPERIOD Film
Café Society, Santo Loquasto
Fences, David Gropman
Hacksaw Ridge, Barry Robison
Hail, Caesar!, Jess Gonchor
Hidden Figures, Wynn Thomas
Jackie, Jean Rabasse
Fantasy Film
Arrival, Patrice Vermette
Doctor Strange, Charles Wood
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Stuart Craig
Passengers, Guy Hendrix Dyas
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont
Contemporary Film
Hell Or High Water, Tom Duffield
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- 1/5/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for this year’s Adg Excellence in Production Design Awards, with “Jackie,” “La La Land” and more among the contenders. Adg’s awards are different from most others, as it has categories for Period, Fantasy and Contemporary Films; this has led to a wide array of winners in recent years, including the likes of “Her” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” This year’s ceremony, the 21st, will take place in Hollywood on Saturday, February 11. Full list of nominees below.
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Period Film
“Cafe Society” (Production Designer: Santo Loquasto)
“Fences” (Production Designer: David Gropman )
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Production Designer: Barry Robinson)
“Hail, Caesar!” (Production Designer: Jess Gonchor)
“Jackie” (Production Designer: Jean Rabasse)
Fantasy Film
“Arrival” (Production Designer: Patrice Vermette)
“Doctor Strange” (Production Designer: Charles Wood)
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them...
Read More: Writers Guild Awards Nominations: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Arrival,’ ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and More
Period Film
“Cafe Society” (Production Designer: Santo Loquasto)
“Fences” (Production Designer: David Gropman )
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Production Designer: Barry Robinson)
“Hail, Caesar!” (Production Designer: Jess Gonchor)
“Jackie” (Production Designer: Jean Rabasse)
Fantasy Film
“Arrival” (Production Designer: Patrice Vermette)
“Doctor Strange” (Production Designer: Charles Wood)
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them...
- 1/5/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
After patiently waiting for Netflix to renew “Stranger Things” for a Season 2, fans can now rejoice in officially knowing that there will be more episodes of the critically acclaimed, ’80s-inspired series.
Created by Matt and Ross Duffer, the first season mesmerized fans with its outstanding cast and creative storylines that paid homage to (and reminded fans) of classics like “E.T.,” “The Goonies,” and many other Steven Spielberg films.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: Netflix Confirms 2017 Premiere, Releases Teaser Trailer
*Warning spoilers ahead*
For those who have already binge-watched the series, at the end of Season 1, Will was safely back with his family and Eleven sacrificed her life to save her friends from the Demogorgon and to close the portal. We’re not totally convinced that was the end of the beloved character and have a feeling she will come back. Wanting answers, Entertainment Weekly spoke with the Duffer Brothers...
Created by Matt and Ross Duffer, the first season mesmerized fans with its outstanding cast and creative storylines that paid homage to (and reminded fans) of classics like “E.T.,” “The Goonies,” and many other Steven Spielberg films.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: Netflix Confirms 2017 Premiere, Releases Teaser Trailer
*Warning spoilers ahead*
For those who have already binge-watched the series, at the end of Season 1, Will was safely back with his family and Eleven sacrificed her life to save her friends from the Demogorgon and to close the portal. We’re not totally convinced that was the end of the beloved character and have a feeling she will come back. Wanting answers, Entertainment Weekly spoke with the Duffer Brothers...
- 8/31/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Abramorama is now a one-stop shop for theatrical and digital film distribution.
The company has partnered with digital distribution platform Distribber.com to give Abramorama’s new U.S. theatrical titles a digital release. Rather than taking a percentage of a movie’s video-on-demand revenue, however, Distribber.com charges a one-time flat fee and annual fee, letting filmmakers keep 100 percent of revenue generated from subscription services like Amazon Prime and Netflix and from transactional platforms like iTunes. The arrangement prevents artists from having to give up ownership of their intellectual property.
Read More: How This Robert Redford-Narrated Doc Went From Self-Distribution to Finding a Home
“Something that has been our mandate from the beginning is to empower filmmakers so that they’re not signing their lives away,” Abramorama President Richard Abramowitz told IndieWire. Filmmakers whose movies have been released theatrically have traditionally had to give up control of their...
The company has partnered with digital distribution platform Distribber.com to give Abramorama’s new U.S. theatrical titles a digital release. Rather than taking a percentage of a movie’s video-on-demand revenue, however, Distribber.com charges a one-time flat fee and annual fee, letting filmmakers keep 100 percent of revenue generated from subscription services like Amazon Prime and Netflix and from transactional platforms like iTunes. The arrangement prevents artists from having to give up ownership of their intellectual property.
Read More: How This Robert Redford-Narrated Doc Went From Self-Distribution to Finding a Home
“Something that has been our mandate from the beginning is to empower filmmakers so that they’re not signing their lives away,” Abramorama President Richard Abramowitz told IndieWire. Filmmakers whose movies have been released theatrically have traditionally had to give up control of their...
- 8/30/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Alison Brie will get to show off her physical acting chops in the upcoming Netflix wrestling comedy series “G.L.O.W.” about female wrestlers in the 1980s, THR reports. The show, which stands for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, will be a 10-episode series from Executive Producer Jenji Kohan (“Orange Is the New Black”).
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Brie will play the role of Ruth, an aspiring actress who takes a job on a weekly series about female wrestlers. “Orange Is the New Black” writer and producer Tara Herrmann will also executive produce the show.
After bursting onto the scene as Trudy Campbell on AMC’s “Mad Men,” Brie has starred in shows including NBC and Yahoo’s “Community” and Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman,” for which she voices multiple characters. She is also an executive producer on the TV Land comedy series “Teachers,...
Read More: 7 Films New to Netflix to Watch In September 2016, Including ‘Zootopia’ and ‘The Imitation Game’
Brie will play the role of Ruth, an aspiring actress who takes a job on a weekly series about female wrestlers. “Orange Is the New Black” writer and producer Tara Herrmann will also executive produce the show.
After bursting onto the scene as Trudy Campbell on AMC’s “Mad Men,” Brie has starred in shows including NBC and Yahoo’s “Community” and Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman,” for which she voices multiple characters. She is also an executive producer on the TV Land comedy series “Teachers,...
- 8/29/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The “Stranger Things” era continues unabated. Production designer Chris Trujillo spoke to Interiors about bring the Netflix show’s vision of Spielberg-inflected ’80s Americana to life. Here are seven highlights from the exchange, which you would do well to read in its entirety:
Trujillo landed his gig after working on ‘Honeymoon,’ an indie horror film directed by Leigh Janiak — the wife of Ross Duffer. “The first time I heard of ‘Stranger Things’ was over brunch with Leigh and Ross. At that point, the project was still called ‘Montauk’ and it was little more than a glimmer in the Duffers’ eye. It seemed like too awesome an idea, like a perfect pipe dream.”
His secret to achieving the show’s ‘lived-in’ ’80s look: “fastidious estate sale pillaging. Every weekend in the suburbs outside big cities there are time capsules being opened up for the discerning decorator to dig through. One dead...
Trujillo landed his gig after working on ‘Honeymoon,’ an indie horror film directed by Leigh Janiak — the wife of Ross Duffer. “The first time I heard of ‘Stranger Things’ was over brunch with Leigh and Ross. At that point, the project was still called ‘Montauk’ and it was little more than a glimmer in the Duffers’ eye. It seemed like too awesome an idea, like a perfect pipe dream.”
His secret to achieving the show’s ‘lived-in’ ’80s look: “fastidious estate sale pillaging. Every weekend in the suburbs outside big cities there are time capsules being opened up for the discerning decorator to dig through. One dead...
- 8/28/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
If Netflix’s “Stranger Things” has taught us anything (besides how to punch a hole through dimensions), it’s that childhood and creepy stuff go hand-in-hand.
That winning combo created the man behind “Stranger Thing’s” monster, Hollywood’s go-to creature guy Mark Steger, who has both performed and choreographed movements for all things eerie in projects such as “World War Z,” “American Horror Story” and “I Am Legend.” In an interview with IndieWire, Steger detailed some of the influences and surprisingly complex biological inspirations that went into creating the Demogorgon.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Composers Discuss Creating That Haunting Theme Song
“I got a call to go meet with the Duffer Brothers, who I didn’t really know anything about at the time,” Steger said. “They showed me the lines for the creature and we discussed different film influences that they were playing with. John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing...
That winning combo created the man behind “Stranger Thing’s” monster, Hollywood’s go-to creature guy Mark Steger, who has both performed and choreographed movements for all things eerie in projects such as “World War Z,” “American Horror Story” and “I Am Legend.” In an interview with IndieWire, Steger detailed some of the influences and surprisingly complex biological inspirations that went into creating the Demogorgon.
Read More: ‘Stranger Things’ Composers Discuss Creating That Haunting Theme Song
“I got a call to go meet with the Duffer Brothers, who I didn’t really know anything about at the time,” Steger said. “They showed me the lines for the creature and we discussed different film influences that they were playing with. John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing...
- 8/27/2016
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
My crystal ball says this might be 2014′s answer to Winter’s Bone, where tragedy, economics and backdrop are just as strong a character set as the array of players themselves. You can’t get a more perfect Park City “package” than Sara Colangelo’s debut film. Spawned from her award-winning short of the same name (it played at the fest’s 2010 edition) and which would serve as the basis for a feature that became a part of the Sundance Institute’s 2011 June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, before Little Accidents got its mid summer production start, the West Virginia set project attracted the attention of a who’s who of producing talent, Fruitvale Station‘s cinematographer Rachel Morrison and Production Designer Chris Trujillo. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Chloë Sevigny, Jacob Lofland, Josh Lucas and indie queen starlet Alexia Rasmussen, this will be among the films to beat in the comp.
- 11/20/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
We started keeping tabs on The Girl Is In Trouble when we profiled indie producer Jen Gatien and subsequently when the film's helmer Julius Onah was named to Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces” list, yesterday Shadowandact.com showed off a batch of new stills and a synopsis of the feature proving this may well be in the final stages of post-production and potentially ready for the first major film fest of the season. The film stars Columbus Short, Wilmer Valderrama, TV show House’s Jesse Spencer and Alicja Bachleda of Ondine fame. Adding to the hype is Spike Lee on as an exec producer and Chris Trujillo as production designer. The Gist: The longer synopsis obtained by the site: NYC. Unemployed bartender and failed DJ August (Columbus Short) receives a 2 a.m. call from beautiful Swedish Signe played by Alicja Bachleda (see below). Their one-night-stand turns ugly when he discovers...
- 11/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Every Production Designer has an ace or two in their deck – my feeling is that veteran Production Designer Jade Healy's trump card might be Chris Trujillo. Having worked on several low budget NYC-based, independent film productions in 2009 means that, the Art Director can file 2010 as a great breakout year. The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Happythankyoumoreplease and Holy Rollers (for which he was a Set Decorator) were a trio of Sundance preemed titles where Trujillo's name can be found in the end credits and he would follow this up with the SXSW winning title Tiny Furniture. Prior to that, Trujillo helped supervise the spooky set construction for Ti West's The House of the Devil (2009) and has recently worked on West's The Innkeepers. While the first half of 2010 saw the fruit of several work samples, it was also a chance for Trujillo to naturally climb the ladder and oversee the...
- 8/9/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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