‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Saturday Night’ Score Art Directors Guild Award Nominations

9 hours ago 3

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, set to be held Feb. 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Feature nominees include the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the period film category; Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked for fantasy film; and Civil War, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Twisters in the contemporary film category.

Over the past six years, the winner of the ADG’s fantasy film prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for production design three times: Poor Things in 2024, Dune in 2022 and Black Panther in 2019. During that time, the winner of the period film prize won the production design Oscar twice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2020 and Mank in 2021. In 2023, the ADG awarded Babylon in the period category, but nominee All Quiet on the Western Front went on to win the Oscar.

Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman, known for Juno, Up in the Air and, most recently, Saturday Night, will receive the 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award, and Lisa Frazza, Barbara Mesney, Dan Sweetman and J. Dennis Washington will be presented with lifetime achievement awards. German art director and production designer Carl Jules Weyl will also be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame during the Feb. 15 ceremony which will be hosted by actress and comedian Rachael Harris.

A full list of nominees follows.

Feature Film

PERIOD FEATURE FILM

A Complete Unknown
Production Designer: François Audouy

The Brutalist
Production Designer: Judy Becker

Gladiator II
Production Designer: Arthur Max

Nosferatu
Production Designer: Craig Lathrop

Saturday Night
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor

FANTASY FEATURE FILM

Alien: Romulus
Production Designer: Naaman Marshall

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Production Designer: Mark Scruton

Dune: Part Two
Production Designer: Patrice Vermette

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Production Designer: Colin Gibson

Wicked
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley

CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM

Civil War
Production Designer: Caty Maxey

Conclave
Production Designer: Suzie Davies

Emilia Pérez
Production Designer: Emmanuelle Duplay

The Substance
Production Designer: Stanislas Reydellet

Twisters
Production Designer: Patrick M. Sullivan

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Flow
Art Director: Gints Zilbalodis

Inside Out 2
Production Designer: Jason Deamer

Moana 2
Production Designer: Ian Gooding

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Production Designer: Matt Perry

The Wild Robot
Production Designer: Raymond Zibach

Television

ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

Bridgerton: “Old Friends,” “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” “Into the Light”
Production Designer: Alison Gartshore

One Hundred Years of Solitude: “Remedios Moscote”
Production Designers: Bárbara Enriquez, Eugenio Caballero

Pachinko: “Chapter 13”
Production Designer: Ruth Ammon

Palm Royale: “Maxine’s Like a Dellacorte”
Production Designer: Jon Carlos

Shogun: “Anjin”
Production Designer: Helen Jarvis

ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

Dune: Prophecy: “The Hidden Hand”
Production Designer: Tom Meyer

Fallout: “The End”
Production Designer: Howard Cummings

House of the Dragon: “Smallfolk”
Production Designer: Jim Clay

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power: “Shadow and Flame”
Production Designer: Kristian Milsted

Silo: “Solo,” “Harmonium”
Production Designer: Nicole Northridge

ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

The Gentlemen: “Tackle Tommy Woo Woo”
Production Designer: Martyn John

Mr. & Mrs. Smith: “A Breakup”
Production Designer: Gerald Sullivan

Slow Horses: “Returns”
Production Designer: Choi Ho Man

Squid Game: “Six Legs,” “O X”
Production Designer: Chae Kyoung-sun

Yellowstone: “Desire is All You Need,” “Three Fifty-Three,” “Give the World Away”
Production Designer: Yvonne Boudreaux

LIMITED SERIES

Agatha All Along
Production Designer: John Collins

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Production Designer: Mark Ricker

The Penguin
Production Designer: Kalina Ivanov

Ripley
Production Designer: David Gropman

True Detective: Night Country
Production Designer: Daniel Taylor

HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

Emily in Paris: “The Grey Area,” “All Roads Lead to Rome”
Production Designer: Anne Seibel

Hacks: “Just For Laughs,” “Better Late”
Production Designer: Daniel Novotny

Only Murders in the Building: “Gates of Heaven,” “Valley of the Dolls”
Production Designer: Patrick Howe

Shrinking: “Jimmying,” “I Love Pain,” “Psychological Something-ism”
Production Designer: Cabot McMullen

What We Do in the Shadows: “Headhunting”
Production Designer: Shayne Fox

MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

Bunk’d: “Busk a Move,” “Cold Feet, Hot Brobblers”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan

Frasier: “All About Eve”
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello

Poppa’s House: “Family Photo,” “Wig”
Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter

That ‘90s Show: “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Just a Friend,” “Something to Talk About”
Production Designer: Greg Grande

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place: “Saved by the Spell,” ‘Something Wizard this Way Comes”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan

VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES

The Daily Show: “Jon Stewart & The News Team Live at the Chicago DNC”
Production Designer: Dave Edwards

Hell’s Kitchen: “Shucking Hell”
Production Designer: John Janavs

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.: “The Future of L.A.”
Production Designer: Andrea Purcigliotti

Rupaul’s Drag Race: “RDR Live!,” “Werq the World”
Production Designers: Gianna Costa, Jen Chu

Saturday Night Live: “Host: Ariana Grande, Musical Guest: Stevie Nicks”
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio

VARIETY SPECIAL

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Production Designers: James Yarnell, Steve Morden

MTV Video Music Awards
Production Designer: Matthew Steinbrenner

The 75th Emmy Awards
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet

77th Annual Tony Awards
Production Designer: Steve Bass

This is Me… Now: A Love Story
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland

COMMERCIALS

Apple Pay: “Plates”
Production Designer: François Audouy

Bvlgari: “Eternally Reborn”
Production Designer: Freyja Bardell

Dr Pepper: “Into the Great Unknown”
Production Designer: Mark Snelgrove

Gucci Flora: “Gorgeous Orchid”
Production Designer: Jordan Ferrer

NBA Finals “The Toast”
Production Designer: Dylan Kahn