The 21st ANNUAL ART DIRECTORS GUILD EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS, honoring excellence in production design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos, celebrates "Return to Hollywood." Emmy®-winning comedian PATTON OSWALT will host. Oscar®-winning filmmaker BRAD BIRD (The Incredibles 2, Tomorrowland) will be honored with the Cinematic Imagery Award. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to five-time Emmy winner and Production Designer René Lagler, Scenic Artist Albert Obregon, Emmy-nominated Set Designer Cate Bangs and Senior Illustrator Joseph Musso. The late Oscar-winning Production Designer and former Academy president GENE ALLEN (My Fair Lady, A Star is Born) will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame.
Award presenters include MATTHEW MODINE (Stranger Things), WILL FORTE and KRISTEN SCHAAL (The Last Man on Earth), TITUS WELLIVER (Bosch), CHRIS WILLIAMS (The Great Indoors) and KATE LINDER (The Young and the Restless). Others TBA soon.
The 21st Annual Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Awards celebrating "Return to Hollywood" will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland. Nominees in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced on January 5, 2017. The full list of nominees can be viewed here: http://www.adg.org/?art=21-adg-award-nominees
ABOUT THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents 2,500 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists. Established in 1937, the ADG's ongoing activities include a Film Society, an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design), a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, figure drawing and other creative workshops and year-round Gallery 800 art exhibitions. The Guild's Online Directory/Website Resource is at
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