25th Art Directors Guild Nominations Unveiled

The nominations have been unveiled for the Art Directors Guild‘s 25th ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards. The awards are seen as a strong indicator for the eventual winner of Best Production Design at the Academy Awards, given the winner of one of the three ADG categories has won the Oscar every year for the past seven years.

Noticeably absent from the Period Feature Film category are lavish British productions Emma. and The Personal History of David Copperfield, which is a huge dent in their Oscar campaigns.

The winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony on April 10.

PERIOD FEATURE FILM
Mank, Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Mulan, Production Designer: Grant Major
News of the World, Production Designer: David Crank
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Production Designer: Shane Valentino

FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
Pinocchio, Production Designer: Dimitri Capuani
Tenet, Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
The Midnight Sky, Production Designer: Jim Bissell
Wonder Woman 1984, Production Designer: Aline Bonetto

CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM 
Da 5 Bloods, Production Designer: Wynn Thomas
I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Production Designer: Molly Hughes
Palm Springs, Production Designer: Jason Kisvarday
Promising Young Woman, Production Designer: Michael T. Perry
The Prom, Production Designer: Jamie Walker McCall

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Shawn the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Production Designer: Matt Perry
Onward, Production Designer: Noah KlocekSoul, Production Designer: Steve Pilcher
The Croods: A New Age, Production Designer: Nate Wragg
Wolfwalkers, Production Designers: Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore, Maria Pareja