Art Directors Guild Awards 2019

Excellence in Production Design for Feature Film

Period Film:

• Barbara Ling – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • François Audouy – Ford v Ferrari
  • Bob Shaw – The Irishman
  • Ra Vincent – Jojo Rabbit
  • Mark Friedberg – Joker
  • Dennis Gassner – 1917

Fantasy Film:

• Charles Wood – Avengers: Endgame
  • Kevin Thompson – Ad Astra
  • Gemma Jackson – Aladdin
  • Rick Heinrichs – Dumbo
  • Patrick Tatopoulos – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
  • Rick Carter and Kevin Jenkins – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Contemporary Film:

• Lee Ha-Jun – Parasite
  • Jade Healy – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • Kevin Kavanaugh – John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
  • David Crank – Knives Out
  • Ruth De Jong – Us

Animated Film:

• Bob Pauley – Toy Story 4
  • Max Boas – Abominable
  • Michael Giaimo – Frozen II
  • Pierre-Olivier Vincent – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • James Chinlund – The Lion King

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 – A Series of Unfortunate Events (for "Penultimate Peril: Part 1")
  • Martin Childs – The Crown (for "Aberfan")
  • Andrew L. Jones – The Mandalorian (for "Chapter One")
  • Deborah Riley – Game of Thrones (for "The Bells")

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series:

• Mark Worthington – The Umbrella Academy (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 (for “Mayday”)

Television Movie or Limited Series:

• Luke Hull – Chernobyl
  • Anne Beauchamp – Black Mirror: Striking Vipers
  • David Gropman – Catch-22
  • Maria Caso – Deadwood: The Movie
  • Alex DiGerlando – Fosse/Verdon

Half-Hour Single-Camera Television Series:

• Michael Bricker – Russian Doll (for "Nothing in This World Is Easy")
  • Tyler B. Robinson – Barry (for "ronny/lily")
  • Jonathan Paul Green – Fleabag (for “Ep. 5”)
  • Todd Fjelsted – GLOW (for "Up, Up, Up")
  • Ian Phillips – The Good Place (for "Employee of the Bearimy", "Help Is Other People")

Multi-Camera Television Series:

• John Shaffner – The Big Bang Theory (for "The Stockholm Syndrome", "The Conference Valuation", "The Propagation Proposition")
  • Stephan Olson – The Cool Kids (for "Vegas, Baby!")
  • Aiyanna Trotter – Family Reunion (for "Remember Black Elvis?")
  • Kristan Andrews – No Good Nick (for "The Italian Job")
  • Glenda Rovello – Will & Grace (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 – Apple ("It’s Tough Out There")
  • Emma Fairley – Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey ("Don't Call Me Angel")
  • Kurt Gefke – Taylor Swift ("Lover")

Variety or Competition Series / Awards or Event Special:

• Monica Sotto – Drunk History (for "Are You Afraid of the Drunk?")
  • David Korins – 91st Academy Awards
  • Jason Sherwood – Rent: Live
  • Keith Raywood, Akira Yoshimura, Joe DeTullio, Eugene Lee – Saturday Night Live (for "1764 Emma Stone," "1762 Sandra Oh," "1760 John Mulaney")
  • Tamlyn Wright, Baz Halpin – Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour

Special Awards

William Cameron Menzies Award - Syd Mead