The nominations have been unveiled for the Art Directors Guild‘s 26th 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 eight years.
Noticeably absent from the Period Feature Film category are Being the Ricardos, Belfast, Cyrano, Spencer, The Power of the Dog, which is a huge dent in their Oscar campaigns. Director Denis Villeneuve will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award and Jane Campion will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award.
Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced at a live-in person ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
PERIOD FEATURE FILM
The French Dispatch
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Licorice Pizza
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Nightmare Alley
Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Production Designer: Stefan Dechant
West Side Story
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Cruella
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
Dune
Production Designer: Patrice Vermette
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Production Designer: François Audouy
The Green Knight
Production Designer: Jade Healy
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Production Designer: Sue Chan
CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Candyman
Production Designer: Cara Brower
Don’t Look Up
Production Designer: Clayton Hartley
In the Heights
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
The Lost Daughter
Production Designer: Inbal Weinberg
No Time to Die
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto
Production Designers: Ian Gooding, Lorelay Bové
Luca
Production Designer: Daniela Strijleva
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Production Designer: Lindsey Olivares
Raya and the Last Dragon
Production Designers: Paul Felix, Mingjue Helen Chen, Cory Loftis
Sing 2
Art Director: Olivier Adam