‘Mary Poppins Returns’ director Rob Marshall honored with the Cinematic Imagery Award.
Production Designer Hannah Beachler won the award for excellence in production design for a feature film in the fantasy film category for ‘Black Panther.’
HOLLYWOOD, CA -- The Art Directors Guild has announced winners of its 23rd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of film, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, during a black-tie dinner gala at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday night. The Favourite (Fiona Crombie), Black Panther (Hannah Beachler), Crazy Rich Asians (Nelson Coates), Isle of Dogs (Adam Stockhausen, Paul Harrod) won Best Production Design for Feature Film. Television winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Bill Groom), The Handmaid’s Tale (Mark White, Elisabeth Williams), The Alienist (Mara LePere-Schloop), Glow (Todd Fjelsted), and Sesame Street (David Gallo) respectively. Additional winners include Apple: Welcome Home (Christopher Glass) and The Oscars: 90th Academy Awards (Derek McLane).
The awards took place before an audience of more than 950, including guild members, industry executives and press. ADG President Nelson Coates, ADG and Art Directors Council Chair Mark Worthington, ADG presided over the awards ceremony with actor/comedian David Alan Grier serving as host. Producer of this year's ADG Awards (#ADGawards) was Production Designer Scott Moses, ADG.
“The theme for this year’s Gala – Landscape of the Imagination- featured a new venue with a stunning stage design incorporating digital graphics by sponsor Shutterstock. Adding to the evening’s atmosphere were amazing high-definition screens provided by NEP Sweetwater,” said Moses.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production President Sean Bailey presented Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) with the prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award following a salute to the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker, producer, theater director and choreographer. A wonderful clip reel was presented spotlighted the prestigious spectrum of Marshall’s extraordinary award-winning work including films Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Into the Woods, Nine, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, among many others.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Oscar-nominated Production Designer Jeannine Oppewall by Producers Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn; Senior Illustrator and Production Designer Ed Verreaux by Oscar- winning Production Designer Rick Carter (Avatar, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); Scenic Artist Jim Fiorito by Pat DeGreve and Set Designer and Art Director William F. Matthews by ADG Executive Director Chuck Parker. The late British Production Designer and Set Decorator Anthony Masters, nominated for an Academy Award for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Benjamin Carré, best known for his work on The Phantom of the Opera and The Wizard of Oz, were inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame with a special presentation by Production Designer Michael Baugh. Veteran entertainment union activist and executive Marjo Bernay received a special Service Award, presented by Cate Bangs, ADG, Rick Nichol, ADG, and Jim Wallis, ADG.
Additional presenters for this year’s awards included Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians), Jeff Goldblum (Isle of Dogs), Sophia Bush (Incredibles 2), Dimiter Marinov (Green Book), Loni Love (The Reel), Jasmin Savoy Brown (For the People); Jake Busey (Stranger Things/ L.A. Finest), Brigette Nielsen (Creed ll) and Javicia Leslie (God Friended Me).
A special tribute was presented to long time Hollywood orchestra leader Johnny Crawford honoring his final year performing at the ADG Awards. His orchestra, featuring the Starlite Sisters, have been part of the ADG Awards Gala for two decades. The tribute was presented by previous ADG Awards Producers including Judy Cosgrove, Scott Meehan, Scott Moses, John Sabato, Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins.
The full list of winners is shown below; the full list of nominees can be viewed here:
WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM
PERIOD FILM
- THE FAVOURITE
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
FANTASY FILM
- BLACK PANTHER
Production Designer: Hannah Beachler
CONTEMPORARY FILM
- CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
ANIMATED FILM
- ISLE OF DOGS
Production Designers: Adam Stockhausen, Paul Harrod
WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION
ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: “SIMONE,” “WE’RE GOING TO THE CATSKILLS!”
Production Designer: Bill Groom
ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “JUNE,” “UNWOMEN”
Production Designers: Mark White, Elisabeth Williams
TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
- THE ALIENIST: “THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE”
Production Designer: Mara LePere-Schloop
HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- GLOW: “VIKING FUNERAL,” “PERVERTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO,” “ROSALIE”
Production Designer: Todd Fjelsted
MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
- SESAME STREET: “BOOK WORMING,” “THE COUNT’S COUNTING ERROR,” “STREET FOOD”
Production Designer: David Gallo
SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL (TIE)
- APPLE: “WELCOME HOME”
Production Designer: Christopher Glass
VARIETY, REALITY OR EVENT SPECIAL
- THE OSCARS: “90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS”
Production Designer: DEREK Mclane
Source: Art Directors Guild
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
