Three legendary Production Designers – Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff and J. Michael Riva – will be inducted into the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Hall of Fame at the Guild’s 18th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 8, 2014, as announced today by ADG Council Chairman John Shaffner and Awards Producers Raf Lydon and Dave Blass.
In making the announcement Shaffner said, “Clatworthy, Goff and Riva join a distinguished group of ADG Hall of Famers, whose collective work parallels the best of motion picture and television production design. They are most worthy and welcomed additions.”
Nominations for the 18th Annual ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards will be announced on January 9, 2014. On awards night, February 8, the ADG will present winners in ten competitive categories for theatrical films, television productions, commercials and music videos. Recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be Production Designer and Art Director Rick Carter, as previously announced. The Excellence in Production Design Awards are open only to productions, when made within the U.S., by producers signatory to the IATSE agreement. Foreign entries are acceptable without restrictions.
ROBERT CLATWORTHY (1911 – 1992)
Robert Clatworthy (William Robert Clatworthy) was an Oscar®-winning American Production Designer who worked at Paramount starting in 1938, and at Universal until 1964. In the 1960’s Clatworthy became involved with some of Hollywood’s best directors, including Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kramer. He also had ties with the Disney organization with films such as Pollyanna (1960), The Parent Trap (1961) and the TV series, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color (1963-1974). He was the Art Director for Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil, was nominated for his first Academy Award® in 1961 for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), and again in 1963 for That Touch of Mink (1962), starring Cary Grant and Doris Day. Clatworthy was Oscar® nominated twice in one year for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, for Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, for Ship of Fools (1965) for which he took home the Oscar®. His final nomination came in 1968 for Kramer’s, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967).
HARPER GOFF (1911 – 1993)
Harper Goff (Ralph Harper Goff) was an American Production Designer, Art Illustrator, artist, musician, and actor. He became a Set Decorator for Warner Brothers for Academy Award® winning films such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935), Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Sergeant York (1941) and Casablanca (1942). During WWII, he was approached by the U.S. Army for advice on camouflage paint. He later worked for the U.S. Navy designing confusing ship silhouettes. Goff joined the artistic team at Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, where he was the Art Director for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and is credited with designing the exterior of the Nautilus, along with every set/compartment within the submarine, as well as many of the inventive effects in Disney’s first live-action picture. The film went on to win Oscars® for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color) and Best Effects, Special Effects. Years later Goff created the submarine Proteus for the Oscar® winning film Fantastic Voyage (1966) and art directed the highly acclaimed Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He was one of Walt’s first Imagineers and had a huge influence and contributed heavily to the concept art for what is now Disneyland, including Main Street U.S.A. and the Jungle Cruise, as well as working on EPCOT Center, the World Showcase, and several other Walt Disney World theme parks around the world.
J. MICHAEL RIVA (1948 – 2012)
J. Michael Riva (John Michael Riva) was an Oscar<su
