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The 24th Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards took place on February 1, 2020, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, honoring the best
production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...
s of 2019. The nominations were announced on December 9, 2019. On November 26, 2019, Visual futurist
Syd Mead Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and Neo-futurism, neo-futurist concept artist. Initially known for his influential futuristic design work for industrial clients such as U.S. Steel, Phili ...
was announced as the recipient of the 2019
William Cameron Menzies William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an American filmmaker who pioneered the discipline of production design, a job title he invented. His career spanned five decades, during which time he also worked as an art director, ...
award. Mead died on December 30, 2019, and was given the award posthumously at the ceremony.


Winners and nominees


Excellence in Production Design for Feature Film

Period Film: * Barbara Ling – ''
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ''Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pict ...
'' ** François Audouy – ''
Ford v Ferrari ''Ford v Ferrari'' (titled ''Le Mans '66'' in some European countries) is a 2019 American biographical sports drama film directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. It stars Matt Da ...
'' ** Bob Shaw – ''
The Irishman ''The Irishman'' (also known as ''I Heard You Paint Houses'') is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 book '' I Heard You Paint Houses'' by Charl ...
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Ra Vincent Ra Vincent (born ) is a New Zealand production designer, set decorator and artist. He is best known for his work on The Hobbit (film series), ''The Hobbit'' trilogy (2012–2014) and ''Jojo Rabbit'' (2019). His accolades include a Hollywood Film ...
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Jojo Rabbit ''Jojo Rabbit'' is a 2019 political satire, satirical drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, adapted from Christine Leunens's 2008 book ''Caging Skies''. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a te ...
'' ** Mark Friedberg – '' Joker'' **
Dennis Gassner Dennis Gassner (born October 22, 1948) is an American-Canadian production designer. He is notable for his work on ''Bugsy'', '' Big Fish'', ''Into the Woods'', and '' Blade Runner 2049'', his collaborations with the Coen brothers and Sam Mendes ...
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'' Fantasy Film: * Charles Wood – '' Avengers: Endgame'' ** Kevin Thompson – ''
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Gemma Jackson Gemma Jackson is a British production designer who has worked on both television and film. She has won two Emmys, one for the television show ''Game of Thrones'' and the other for the mini-series ''John Adams''. She was nominated at the 77th Ac ...
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Rick Heinrichs Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, visual effects, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton and his work on the Pirates of the Caribbean (film ser ...
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Patrick Tatopoulos Patrick Tatopoulos (born September 25, 1957) is a Greek- French production designer and director who lives and works in the United States. His designs have appeared in numerous motion pictures, including '' Pitch Black''; ''Underworld''; ''I, Ro ...
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Rick Carter Rick Carter (born 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an American production designer and art director. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, particularly on the films ''Back to the Future Pa ...
and Kevin Jenkins – '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' Contemporary Film: * Lee Ha-Jun – ''
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'' ** Jade Healy – ''
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'' ** Kevin Kavanaugh – '' John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum'' ** David Crank – ''
Knives Out ''Knives Out'' is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of the bestselling autho ...
'' ** Ruth De Jong – '' Us'' Animated Film: * Bob Pauley – ''
Toy Story 4 ''Toy Story 4'' is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 3'' (2010). It was dire ...
'' ** Max Boas – '' Abominable'' ** Michael Giaimo – ''
Frozen II ''Frozen 2'', stylized as ''Frozen II'', is a 2019 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures as the sequel to '' Frozen'' (2013). The film was directed by Chris Buck ...
'' ** Pierre-Olivier Vincent – '' How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'' **
James Chinlund James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied Fine Art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large scale installation art works. After graduating, ...
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The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Produced by Walt Disney ...
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Excellence in Production Design for Television

One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series: * Bill Groom – '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (for "Ep. 305, Ep. 308") **
Bo Welch Robert W. "Bo" Welch III is an American production designer, art director, film and television director and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with directors such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld. Early life Welch was b ...
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'' (for "Penultimate Peril: Part 1") **
Martin Childs Martin David William Childs MBEborn 1 July 1954, is a British production designer. He won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (jointly with Jill Quertier) for ''Shakespeare in Love'', and was nominated at the 74th Ac ...
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'' (for "Aberfan") ** Andrew L. Jones – ''
The Mandalorian ''The Mandalorian'' is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series in the ''Star Wars'' franchise and begins five years after the events of the fil ...
'' (for "Chapter One") ** Deborah Riley – ''
Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...
'' (for " The Bells") One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series: * Mark Worthington – ''
The Umbrella Academy ''The Umbrella Academy'' is an Absurdist fiction, absurdist Superhero fiction, superhero comic book series created by writer Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá. It follows a dysfunctional family of adopted superhero siblings with bizarre powers a ...
'' (for “ We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals”) ** John Paino – '' Big Little Lies'' (for “What Have They Done?” “The Bad Mother,” “I Want to Know”) ** Dave Blass – '' The Boys'' (for “The Female of the Species”) ** Kay Lee – '' Euphorua'' (for “The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed,” “And Salt the Earth Behind You”) ** Elisabeth Williams – ''
The Handmaid’s Tale ''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, Totalitarianism, totalitarian theonomy, theonomic state known as the Repub ...
'' (for “Mayday”) Television Movie or Limited Series: * Luke Hull – ''
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'' ** Anne Beauchamp – ''
Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Most episodes are set in near-future dystopias containing Science fiction, sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series i ...
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'' ** David Gropman – ''
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'' ** Maria Caso – '' Deadwood: The Movie'' ** Alex DiGerlando – ''
Fosse/Verdon ''Fosse/Verdon'' is a 2019 American biographical drama miniseries, developed by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail. Based on the biography ''Fosse'' by Sam Wasson, the series charts the troubled marriage and professional relationship of director ...
'' Half-Hour Single-Camera Television Series: * Michael Bricker – ''
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'' (for "Nothing in This World Is Easy") ** Tyler B. Robinson – ''
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'' (for "ronny/lily") ** Jonathan Paul Green – ''
Fleabag ''Fleabag'' is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The series was produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digi ...
'' (for “Ep. 5”) ** Todd Fjelsted – '' GLOW'' (for "Up, Up, Up") ** Ian Phillips – ''
The Good Place ''The Good Place'' is an American fantasy-comedy television series created by Michael Schur for NBC. The series premiered on September 19, 2016, and concluded on January 30, 2020, after four seasons consisting of 53 episodes. Although the pl ...
'' (for "Employee of the Bearimy", "Help Is Other People") Multi-Camera Television Series: * John Shaffner – ''
The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...
'' (for "The Stockholm Syndrome", "The Conference Valuation", "The Propagation Proposition") ** Stephan Olson – ''
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'' (for "Vegas, Baby!") ** Aiyanna Trotter – ''
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'' (for "Remember Black Elvis?") ** Kristan Andrews – ''
No Good Nick ''No Good Nick'' is an American comedy-drama television series, created by David H. Steinberg and Keetgi Kogan. The series stars Siena Agudong, Lauren Donzis, Kalama Epstein, Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin, and the first part premiered on ...
'' (for "The Italian Job") ** Glenda Rovello – ''
Will & Grace ''Will & Grace'' is an American television sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the friendship between best friends Will Truman (Eric McCormack), a Gay men, gay lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra ...
'' (for "Family, Trip", "The Things We Do for Love", "Conscious Coupling") Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial: * James Chinlund – ''MedMen'' ("The New Normal") ** Alex DiGerlando – ''Portal for Facebook: A Very Muppet Portal Launch'' ** Quito Cooksey – ''
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("It’s Tough Out There")'' ** Emma Fairley –
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Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Lana Del Rey discography, Her music is noted for its melancholic exploration of Glamour (presentation), glamor and Romanc ...
(" Don't Call Me Angel") ** Kurt Gefke –
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(" Lover") Variety or Competition Series / Awards or Event Special: * Monica Sotto – ''
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'' (for "Are You Afraid of the Drunk?") ** David Korins – ''
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'' ** Jason Sherwood – '' Rent: Live'' ** Keith Raywood, Akira Yoshimura, Joe DeTullio, Eugene Lee – ''
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'' (for "1764 Emma Stone," "1762 Sandra Oh," "1760 John Mulaney") ** Tamlyn Wright, Baz Halpin – ''
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Syd Mead Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and Neo-futurism, neo-futurist concept artist. Initially known for his influential futuristic design work for industrial clients such as U.S. Steel, Phili ...


References

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