Art Directors Guild Awards 2019 Explained

24th ADG Awards

February 1, 2020

----Period Film:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood----Fantasy Film:
----Contemporary Film:
Parasite

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 designers of 2019.^[1] The nominations were announced on December 9, 2019.^[2]

Winners and nominees

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 -
- Kevin Thompson - Ad Astra
- Gemma Jackson - Aladdin
- Rick Heinrichs - Dumbo
- Patrick Tatopoulos -
- Rick Carter and Kevin Jenkins -

Contemporary Film:

Lee Ha-Jun - Parasite
- Jade Healy - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Kevin Kavanaugh -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- 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 -
- 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

Notes and References

Web site: Giardina. Carolyn. 'Parasite,' 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Win Art Directors Guild Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. 1 January 2021.
Web site: Petski. Denise. Art Directors Guild Awards: 'The Irishman', 'Mandalorian', 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Among Nominees. Deadline. 1 January 2021.