The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced nominations in 10 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Art Directors Guild’s 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, Presented by Kohler. The nominations were announced by ADG Council Chair John Shaffner and Awards co-producers Dave Blass and Raf Lydon. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place on Saturday, February 8, from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
As previously announced, the recipient of the Guild’s prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award will be Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese, whose film The Wolf of Wall Street is in current release. Production designer Rick Carter will be awarded the Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Hall of Fame inductees are Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff and J. Michael Riva.
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2013:
Period Film
AMERICAN HUSTLE – Production Designer: Judy Becker
THE GREAT GATSBY – Production Designer: Catherine Martin
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS – Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
SAVING MR. BANKS – Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
12 YEARS A SLAVE – Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Fantasy Film
ELYSIUM – Production Designer: Philip Ivey
GRAVITY – Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG – Production Designer: Dan Hennah
OBLIVION – Production Designer: Darren Gilford
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS – Production Designer: Scott Chambliss
Contemporary Film
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY – Production Designer: David Gropman
BLUE JASMINE – Production Designer: Santo Loquasto
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – Production Designer: Paul Kirby
HER – Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET – Production Designer: Bob Shaw
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2013:
One-Hour Single Camera Television Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Episode: Old Ship of Zion
BREAKING BAD
Production Designer: Mark Freeborn
Episode: Felina
DOWNTON ABBEY
Production Designer: Donal Woods
Episode: 7
GAME OF THRONES
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Episode: Valar Dohaeris
MAD MEN
Production Designer: Dan Bishop
Episode: The Better Half
Television Movie or Mini-Series
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN
Production Designer: Mark Worthington
Episode: Bitchcraft
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
BONNIE & CLYDE
Production Designer: Derek R. Hill
Episode: Night 1 & Night 2
MOB CITY
Production Designer: Gregory Melton
Episode: A Guy Walks Into A Bar, Reason To Kill A Man
PHIL SPECTOR
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Production Designer: Dan Butts
Episode: The B. Team
CALIFORNICATION
Production Designer: Ray Yamagata
Episode: The Unforgiven
MODERN FAMILY
Production Designer: Richard Berg
Episode: The Wow Factor
PARKS AND RECREATION
Production Designer: Ian Phillips
Episode: London
VEEP
Production Designer: Jim Gloster
Episode: Helsinki
Short Format, Live Action Series
10,000 DAYS
Production Designer: Mimi Gramatky
Episode: Salvation or Destruction
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME
Production Designer: Brian Kane
Episode: Pilot
BLUE
Production Designer: Rachel Myers
Episode: The Truth Hurts
DAYBREAK
Production Designer: Stuart Blatt
Episode: 5
H+: THE DIGITAL SERIES
Production Designer: Andres Cubillan
Episode: Visions Of Whats To Come
Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Production Designer: John Shaffner
Episode: The Bakersfield Expedition
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Production Designer: Steve Olson
Episode: The Light House
PORTLANDIA
Production Designer: Tyler Robinson
Episode: Missionaries
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Production Designers:
Akira Yoshimura
Eugene Lee
Keith Ian Raywood
N. Joseph Detullio
Episode: Justin Timberlake/Justin Timberlake
THE VOICE
Production Designers:
Anton Goss
James Pearse Connelly
Episode: Live Playoffs, Part 1
Awards, Music, or Game Shows
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2013
Production Designer: Joe Stewart
2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 65th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
THE 67th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
Production Designer: Steve Bass
SUPERBOWL XLVII HALFTIME SHOW STARRING BEYONCE
Production Designer: Bruce Rodgers
Commercial, PSA, Promo, and Music Video
ARCADE FIRE
Production Designer: Anastasia Masaro
Episode: Reflektor
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS
Production Designer: Todd Cherniawsky
Episode: Epic Night Out
DIEHARD
Production Designer: Tom Wilkins
Episode: The Getaway
INFINITI
Production Designer: Christopher Glass
Episode: Factory of Life
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT. JAY Z
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Episode: Suit & Tie
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Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More