A packed awards season rolled on last evening with ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards awarding Oscar frontrunners ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Best Period and Best Fantasy respectively.
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ took home the award for Best Contemporary in what I consider the win of the night. Despite a slew of nominations across different award bodies, this is the film’s first major industry win.
For only the second year, animated films were honoured with ‘Isle of Dogs’ triumphing.
The guild has a knack for predicting the eventual Oscar winner with the Academy favouring period films more times than not. And so everything points to ‘The Favourite’ remaining well…the favourite but the enduring power of ‘Black Panther’ cannot be denied and after becoming the first Africa-American to be nominated for the Best Production Design award, it’s hard not to see Hannah Beachler rightfully taking this all the way. It would be win we could all get behind in what could be an otherwise less than popular ceremony.
On the television side, the unstoppable ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ won ‘One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ took home ‘One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series’ and ‘Glow’ continued to shine with ‘Half Hour Single-Camera Series’
Full ADG 2019 nominees and winners below
PERIOD FILM
The Favourite
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Bohemian Rhapsody
Production Designer: Aaron Haye
First Man
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Roma
Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero
FANTASY FILM
Black Panther
Production Designer: Hannah Beachler
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
The House with a Clock in its Walls
Production Designer: Jon Hutman
Mary Poppins Returns
Production Designer: John Myhre
Ready Player One
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
CONTEMPORARY FILM
Crazy Rich Asians
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
A Quiet Place
Production Designer: Jeffrey Beecroft
A Star Is Born
Production Designer: Karen Murphy
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Production Designer: Peter Wenham
Welcome to Marwen
Production Designer: Stefan Dechant
ANIMATED FILM
Isle of Dogs
Production Designers: Adam Stockhausen, Paul Harrod
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
Art Director: Colin Stimpson
Incredibles 2
Production Designer: Ralph Eggleston
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Production Designer: Cory Loftis
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Production Designer: Justin K. Thompson
One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Simone,” “We’re Going to the Catskills!”
Production Designer: Bill Groom
A Series of Unfortunate Events: “The Ersatz Elevator: Part One”
Production Designer: Bo Welch
The Haunting of Hill House: “The Bent-Neck Lady”
Production Designer: Patricio M. Farrell
The Man in the High Castle: “Now More Than Ever, We Care About You,” “History Ends,” “Jahr Null”
Production Designer: Drew Boughton
Westworld: “Akane No Mai”
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series
The Handmaid’s Tale: “June,” “Unwomen”
Production Designers: Mark White, Elisabeth Williams
Better Call Saul: “Pinata,” “Coushatta”
Production Designer: Judy Rhee
Castle Rock: “The Box”
Production Designer: Steve Arnold
House of Cards: “Episode 627: Chapter 72”
Production Designer: Julie Walker
Ozark: “Once a Langmore…,” “The Gold Coast”
Production Designer: Derek R. Hill
Television Movie or Limited Series
The Alienist: “The Boy on the Bridge”
Production Designer: Mara LePere-Schloop
American Horror Story: Apocalyse: “Fire and Reign”
Production Designer: Valdar Wilt
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Production Designer: Judy Becker
Maniac
Production Designer: Alex Digerlando
Sharp Objects
Production Designer: Johan PainoHalf Hour Single-Camera Series
GLOW: “Viking Funeral,” “Perverts are People, Too” “Rosalie”
Production Designer: Todd Fjelsted
Atlanta: “Teddy Perkins”
Production Designer: Timothy O’Brien
The Good Place: “Janet (s)”
Production Designer: Ian Phillips
Homecoming: “Mandatory”
Production Designer: Anastasia White
Silicon Valley: “Tech Evangelist,” “Artificial Emotional Intelligence”
Production Designer: Richard Toyon
Multi-Camera Series
Sesame Street: “Book Worming,” “The Count’s Counting Error,”
“Street Food” Production Designer: David Gallo
The Big Bang Theory: “The Novelization Correlation,” “The Sibling Realignment,” “The Bow Tie Asymmetry” Production Designer: John Shaffner
Murphy Brown: “#Murphytoo”
Production Designer: Jane Musky
The Ranch: “Travelin’ Prayer,” “Tie Our Love (Ina Double Knot),” “Fresh Out of Forgiveness”
Production Designer: John Shaffner
Will & Grace: “The Three Wise Men,” “Tex and the City,” “Anchor Away”
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
Variety or Competition Series/Awards or Event Special
The Oscars: “90th Annual Academy Awards”
Production Designer: Derek McLane
Drunk History: “Halloween”
Production Designer: Chloe Arbiture
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Production Designer: Jason Ardizzone-West
Portlandia: “Riot Spray”
Production Designer: Schuyler Telleen
Saturday Night Live: “Bill Hader + Arcade Fire,” “John Mulaney + Jack White,” “Donald Glover + Childish Gambino”
Production Designers: Keith Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Joseph DeTullio
Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial
Apple: “Welcome Home”
Production Designer: Christopher Glass
Ariana Grande: “no tears left to cry”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
A Tribe Called Quest: “The Space Program”
Production Designer: Kai Boydell
Kendrick Lamaar: “All The Stars”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
Nespresso: “Quest”
Production Designer: Michael Gaw
Rolex: “2018 Academy Awards”
Production Designers: Shane Valentino, Craig Pavilionis