Last Airbender Tragically Overlooked in 2011 Art Directors Guild Nominations

The latest Oscar precursor tumbled over the Movieline transom this morning, this time from the Art Directors Guild: The organization announced the nominations for its 15th annual awards, showcasing many of the usual suspects in film and television (The King's Speech, Black Swan, Inception, Mad Men) and a few radical headscratchers (Two and a Half Men's "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" episode? Say whaaaa?). And snubs! What kind of world do we live in when a union of art directors, production designers and the like will recognize such pedestrian fare as The Social Network but not Grown-Ups? Did they see that water-park montage? Wankers. Anyway, read on for the nominations.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2010:

Period Film

TRUE GRIT

Production Designer: Jess Gonchor

THE KING'S SPEECH

Production Designer: Eve Stewart

SHUTTER ISLAND

Production Designer: Dante Ferretti

ROBIN HOOD

Production Designer: Arthur Max

GET LOW

Production Designer: Geoffrey Kirkland

Fantasy Film

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Production Designer: Robert Stromberg

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1

Production Designer: Stuart Craig

INCEPTION

Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas

TRON: LEGACY

Production Designer: Darren Gilford

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

Production Designer: Barry Robison

Contemporary Film

BLACK SWAN

Production Designer: Therese DePrez

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt

THE FIGHTER

Production Designer: Judy Becker

THE TOWN

Production Desinger: Sharon Seymour

127 HOURS

Production Designer: Suttirat Larlarb

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2009:

Single Camera Television Series

MAD MEN

Episode: Public Relations

Production Designer: Dan Bishop

TRUE BLOOD

Episode: Trouble

Production Designer: Suzuki Ingerslev

THE TUDORS

Episode: 407

Production Designer: Tom Conroy

24

Episode: 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Production Designer: Carlos Barbosa

GLEE

Episode: Britney/Brittany

Production Designer: Mark Hutman

Television Movie or Mini-Series

SECRETS IN THE WALL

Production Designer: Robb Wilson King

REVENGE OF THE BRIDESMAIDS

Production Designer: Marcia Hinds

Episode of a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series

MODERN FAMILY

Episode: Halloween

Production Designer: Richard Berg

30 ROCK

Episode: Live Show

Production Designer:

Keith Raywood

Teresa Mastropierro

Peter Baran

OUTSOURCED

Episode: Home For the Diwalidays

Production Designer: Joseph P. Lucky

UNITED STATES OF TARA

Episode: Trouble Junction

Production Designer: Cabot McMullen

COMMUNITY

Episode: Basic Rocket Science

Production Designer: Derek R. Hill

Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Episode: Betty White/Jay.Z

Production Designer:

Keith Raywood

Eugene Lee

Akira Yoshimura

N. Joseph DeTullio

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

Episode: Natural History

Production Designer: Stephan G. Olson

HELL'S KITCHEN

Episode: #810

Production Designer: John Janavs

CONAN

Episode: #1.1

Production Designer:

John Shaffner

Joe Stewart

TWO AND A HALF MEN

Episode: Hookers, Hookers, Hookers

Production Designer: John Shaffner

Awards, Music, or Game Shows

82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

Production Designer: David Rockwell

2010 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

Production Designer: Florian Wieder

62ND PRIME TIME EMMY AWARDS

Production Designer: Steve Bass

67TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Production Designer: Brian J. Stonestreet

SUPER BOWL XLIV

Production Designer: Bruce Rodgers

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR 2009:

MILK

Commercial: The Dentist

Production Designer: Jeffrey Beecroft

FARMERS INSURANCE

Commercial: Frozen Pipes

Production Designer: Ken Averill

CAPITAL ONE

Commercial: Rapunzel

Production Designer: Jeremy Reed

FORD FIESTA

Commercial: Launch

Production Designer: Floyd Albee

DOS EQUIS

Commercial: Ice fishing

Production Designer: Jesse E. Benton

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