14TH
ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS
Each year the ADG celebrates the outstanding accomplishments
of Production Designers and Art Directors in film and television
at this prestigious event. Awards are given for Excellence
in Production Design in several categories as well as for
Lifetime Achievement and for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic
Imagery. ADG members and industry leaders from around the
world gather on this one special evening to pay tribute to
the top creative professionals in filmmaking.
ADG
Awards Nominations
BEVERLY
HILLS, February 13, 2010
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) tonight
announced winners of its Excellence in 2009 Production Design
Awards in nine categories of film, television, commercials
and music videos during black-tie ceremonies at the International
Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Honorary
awards were presented, Lifetime Achievement Award to Terence
Marsh and the Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery
Award to Warren Beatty, and a special Creative Leadership
Award was presented to Michael Baugh.
Art Directors Guild Chairman Thomas A. Walsh presided over
the awards ceremony with Paula Poundstone serving as host.
Presenters for this year’s awards included Kevin Alejandro
(“Southland”); Director Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”);
Jim Bissell (Governor, Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences); Richard Chamberlain (“Shogun” and “Doctor Kildare”);
Jessalyn Gilsig (“Glee”); Angela Kinsey (“The Office”); CCH
Pounder (“Avatar”); Kerr Smith (“Life Unexpected”); Rich Sommer
(“Mad Men”); Paul Sylbert (Oscar® winning Production Designer);
and Gene Wilder (“Young Frankenstein”).
During its ceremony tonight the ADG inducted three additional
legendary Production Designers into its Hall of Fame, bringing
the roster to 30. The new inductees are Malcolm F. Brown (Somebody
Up There Likes Me, I’ll Cry Tomorrow, The Three Musketeers),
Ferdinando Scarfiotti (Toys, The Last Emperor, Morte a Venezia)
and Bob Keene (72nd Annual Academy Awards, 42nd Annual Grammy
Awards, Centennial Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies). At the
start of the awards ceremony, the ADG debuted a short film,
by filmmaker Cindy Peters, entitled “The Case of the Bad Production
Designer,” the theme of which is Production Design: The Good,
the Bad, and the Ideal.
ADG awards recognition always goes to the Production Designer,
Art Director and Assistant Art Director of each nominated
and winning project.
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