Battle after battle, Frankenstein and The Fantastic Four: The First Steps They were the big winners at the Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, taking home the top three live awards in production design. Demon hunters in kpop It won the award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature.
The three live-action films – which won in the contemporary, period and fantasy categories respectively – are now eligible for the Production Design award at the Academy Awards. Nevertheless Fantastic Four He may be in the strongest position: The Oscar winner has won in three of the past four years.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ has been the big winner in the TV space. The streamer took home three of the top awards for episodes of the series to cut, Palm Royale and studio. (They won the Contemporary One-Hour Single-Camera, One-Hour Single-Camera, and Half-Hour Single-Camera, respectively).
The organization’s 30th ADG Awards honor “the visionary production design teams behind the year’s most visually ambitious films, TV series and music projects,” according to the organization.
At a time when human-led design is being threatened by artificial intelligence and computer models, the awards represent a kind of refutation of what machines can’t do. “This event highlighted the vital role that production designers and art directors play in shaping the cinematic storytelling and immersive environments that define today’s most popular films and television series,” ADG said in a statement.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Long period film
Frankenstein
Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
Fantasy feature film
The Fantastic Four: The First Steps
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
Contemporary feature film
Battle after battle
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Animated film
Demon hunters in kpop
Production Designers: Mingju Helen Chen, Dave Blish
***TV nominees***
One hour-long camera series
Palm Royale: “Maxine is drinking a martini now”, “Maxine offers a deflection”
Production Designer: John Carlos
A one-hour, single-camera fantasy series
Andor: “Who are you?”
Production Designer: Luke Hall
A one-hour contemporary single-camera series
Separation: “Sheikhai Bardo”
Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
TV movie or limited series
The Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Production Designer: Matthew Flood Ferguson
One half-hour camera series
Studio: “The Note”
Production Designer: Julie Berghoff
Multiple camera series
Mid-Century Modern: “Goodbye, George”
Production Designer: Glenda Rovelo
Variety or realistic series
Saturday Night Live: “Host Lady Gaga”
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph Di Tullio, Andrea Borsigliotti
Special variety
SNL50: Anniversary Special
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph Di Tullio
Commercials
Prada: “Galleria bag”
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Short format and music videos
Apple – Someday By Spike Jonze: “AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation”
Production Designer: Shane Valentino
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