GLEE, 'Ugly Betty,' 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Grey Gardens' et al. Garner Art Directors Guild Awards Nominees

The Art Directors Guild has announced its nominees for their annual ADG Awards for excellence in production design. Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony on February 13 at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Continuing on its winning streak, The Hurt Locker received recognition, in addition to the films Angels & Demons, The Hangover, The Lovely Bones and Up in the Air.

A Serious Man, Inglourious Basterds, Public Enemies and Sherlock Holmes lead in the period film category while Avatar District 9, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Star TrekWhere the Wild Things Are fulfill the fantasy category.

On the television side, single-camera series nominees include production designers for GLEE, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies, True Blood and Ugly Betty, while television movie or miniseries nominees feature Ben 10 Alien Swarm, Grey Gardens The Prisoner.

Warren Beatty will receive the ADG's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, while Terence Marsh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Production designer Michael Baugh will be honored with the Creative Leadership Award. Malcolm F. Brown, Bob Keene and Ferdinando Scarfiotti are among the production designers who will be inducted into the the ADG Hall of Fame this year.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2009 Include:

PERIOD FILM
A SERIOUS MAN
JESS GONCHOR

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
DAVID WASCO

JULIE & JULIA
MARK RICKER

PUBLIC ENEMIES
NATHAN CROWLEY

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sarah GreenWOOD

FANTASY FILM
AVATAR
Rick Carter, ROBERT STROMBERG

DISTRICT 9
PHILIP IVEY

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
STUART CRAIG

STAR TREK
SCOTT CHAMBLISS

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
K.K. BARRETT

CONTEMPORARY FILM
ANGELS & DEMONS
ALLAN CAMERON

THE HANGOVER
BILL BRZESKI

THE HURT LOCKER
KARL JULIUSSON

THE LOVELY BONES
NAOMI SHOHAN

UP IN THE AIR
Steve Saklad

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2009

SINGLE CAMERA TELEVISION SERIES
GLEE
Episode Pilot MARK HUTMAN

MAD MEN
Episode:SOUVENIR DAN BISHOP

PUSHING DAISIES
Episode: KERPLUNK MICHAEL WYLIE

TRUE BLOOD
Episode: NEVER LET ME GO
SUZUKI INGERSLEV

UGLY BETTY
Episode: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE MODE MARK WORTHINGTON

TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
BEN 10 ALIEN SWARM
YUDA ACCO

GREY GARDENS
KALINA IVANOV

THE PRISONER
MICHAEL PICKWOAD

EPISODE OF A HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA TELEVISION SERIES
30 ROCK
Episode: APOLLO, APOLLO
KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, TERESA MASTROPIERRO

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
Episode: EVICTED
Dan ButtS

MODERN FAMILY
Episode: COAL DIGGER
Richard Berg

THE OFFICE
Episode: NIAGARA
MICHAEL GALLENBERG

WEEDS
Episode: DUCKS AND TIGERS JOSEPH P. LUCKY

EPISODE OF A MULTI-CAMERA VARIETY, OR UNSCRIPTED SERIES
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Episode: THE ADHESIVE DUCK DEFICIENCY
JOHN SHAFFNER

THE Jay Leno SHOW
Episode: 51
R. BRANDT DANIELS

HELL'S KITCHEN
Episode: 604
JOHN JANAVS

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Episode: OLD KING CLANCY
Stephan Olson

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Episode: HOST - Justin Timberlake
EuGene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD

AWARDS, MUSIC or GAME SHOWS
2009 CMT MUSIC AWARDS
ANNE BRAHIC

51st ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
BRIAN STONESTREET, STEVE BASS

61st ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS
STEVE BASS

66th GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
BRIAN STONESTREET

WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Episode: ON LOCATION IN HAWAII
RENEE HOSS-JOHNSON

For a complete list of nominees and additional information, visit www.artdirectors.org.

 

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