Julie Bowen at the 19th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence In Production Design Awards in Beverly Hills, CA, January 31, 2015. Photo © 2015 Joseph Martinez/ Picturelux – All Rights Reserved.
Last night, (January 31, 2015,) The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) announced winners of its 19th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, in eleven categories of film, television, commercials and music videos during a black-tie ceremony at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills hosted by comedian Owen Benjamin.
The awards took place before an audience of more than 850, including guild members, industry executives and press. ADG President Mimi Gramatky and Council Chair Marcia Hinds presided over the awards ceremony.
Winners included “The Big Bang Theory,” “American Horror Story,” “True Detective,” and “Silicon Valley” for Television Series.
Christopher Nolan received the Cinematic Imagery Award and Jim Bissell was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Joining Bissell as Lifetime Achievement recipients were Camille Abbott, John P. Bruce and Will Ferrell. The Hall of Fame inductees were John Gabriel Beckman, Charles Lisanby and Walter H. Tyler.
Presenters for this year’s awards included George Clooney “The Monuments Men”, Anne Hathaway “Interstellar”, Eddie Redmayne “The Theory of Everything”, Felicity Jones “The Theory of Everything”, Julie Bowen “Modern Family”, Tony Hale “Veep”, Mayim Bialik “The Big Bang Theory”, Margo Martindale “The Americans, Justified”, Kiernan Shipka “Mad Men”, Loni Love “The Real”, Brian Tyler “Iron Man 3”,Lisa Edelstein “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce”, Matt Ryan “Constantine” and Tyler Oakley “YouTube star”. iJustine was the trophy handler.
WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2014:
Period Film
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
Fantasy Film
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Production Designer: CHARLES WOOD
Contemporary Film
Production Designer: KEVIN THOMPSON
WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
IN TELEVISION FOR 2014:
One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series
GAME OF THRONES: “The Laws of Gods and Men,” “The Mountain and the Viper”
Production Designer: DEBORAH RILEY
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series
TRUE DETECTIVE: “The Locked Room,” “Form and Void”
Production Designer: ALEX DiGERLANDO
Television Movie or Mini-Series
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW: “Massacres and Matinees”
Production Designer: MARK WORTHINGTON
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
SILICON VALLEY: “Articles of Incorporation,” “Signaling Risk,” “Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency”
Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
Multi-Camera Television Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY: “The Locomotive Manipulation,” “The Convention Conundrum,” “The Status Quo Combustion”
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER:
Awards or Event Special
86th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
Short Format: WebSeries, Music Video or Commercial
APPLE: “Perspective”
Production Designer: SEAN HARGREAVES
Variety, Competition, Reality, or Game Show Series
PORTLANDIA: “Celery”
Production Designer: TYLER B. ROBINSON