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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