17th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards Coming Soon

The 85th Academy Award nominees have been announced and the awards will be presented Sun. Feb. 24. But another award show is coming soon.

 

The 17th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards Presented by BMW will be awarded Saturday, February 2, 2013.

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to four-time Emmy-nominated Production Designer Herman Zimmerman. He's been doing great work for decades including six Star Trek films (The Final Frontier, The Undiscovered Country, Generations, First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis), three Star Trek television series (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Enterprise) and Land of the Lost.

  

77-year-old Zimmerman won the Art Directors Guild Awards 1996's Excellence in Production Design Award - Television for his work on Deep Space Nine.

  

It's interesting to see the genre films that are being recognized that the Academy ignored, like The Dark Knight Rises.

Check after the jump for the nominations and voting instructions.

 

NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM

 

PERIOD FILM NOMINEES

• ANNA KARENINA SARAH GREENWOOD, Production Designer
• ARGO SHARON SEYMOUR, Production Designer
• DJANGO UNCHAINED J. MICHAEL RIVA, Production Designer
• LES MISERABLES EVE STEWART, Production Designer
• LINCOLN RICK CARTER, Production Designer  

FANTASY FILM NOMINEES

 

• CLOUD ATLAS ULI HANISCH, Production Designer
• HUGH BATEUP, Production Designer
• LIFE OF PI DAVID GROPMAN, Production Designer
• PROMETHEUS ARTHUR MAX, Production Designer
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES NATHAN CROWLEY, Production Designer
• KEVIN KAVANAUGH, Production Designer
• THE HOBBIT: An Unexpected Journey DAN HENNAH, Production Designer 

 

CONTEMPORARY FILM NOMINEES

• FLIGHT NELSON COATES, Production Designer 
• SKYFALL DENNIS GASSNER, Production Designer
• THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ALAN MACDONALD, Production Designer
• THE IMPOSSIBLE EUGENIO CABALLERO, Production Designer
• ZERO DARK THIRTY JEREMY HINDLE, Production Designer

  

NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION

 

ONE-HOUR SINGLE CAMERA TELEVISION SERIES NOMINEES

• BOARDWALK EMPIRE Episode: Resolution BILL GROOM, Production Designer
• DOWNTON ABBEY Episode: Christmas Special DONAL WOODS, Production Designer
• GAME OF THRONES Episode: The Ghost of Harrenhal GEMMA JACKSON, Production Designer  
• HOMELAND Episode: The Choice JOHN D. KRETSCHMER, Production Designer
• THE NEWSROOM Episode: We Just Decided To RICHARD HOOVER, Production Designer

  

TELEVISION MOVIE or MINI-SERIES NOMINEES

• AMERICAN HORROR STORY: Episode: Asylum, I Am Anne Frank, Part 2 MARK WORTHINGTON, Production Designer
• GAME CHANGE MICHAEL CORENBLITH, Production Designer
• HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS: Ep.#1.1-Night One, Ep.#1.2-Night Two, Ep.#1.3-Night DEREK R. HILL, Production Designer
• HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN GEOFFREY KIRKLAND, Production Designer
• MOCKINGBIRD LANE MICHAEL WYLIE, Production Designer  

 

EPISODE OF A HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA TELEVISION SERIES NOMINEES

 

• COMMUNITY Episode: Pillows and Blankets DENISE PIZZINI, Production Designer 
• GIRLS Pilot JUDY BECKER, Production Designer
• MODERN FAMILY Episode: Mistery Date RICHARD BERG, Production Designer 
• PARKS & RECREATION Episode: Soda Tax IAN PHILLIPS, Production Designer
• THE NEW NORMAL Episode: Sofa’s Choice TONY FANNING, Production Designer

EPISODE OF A MULTI-CAMERA VARIETY or UNSCRIPTED SERIES NOMINEES

 

• 2 BROKE GIRLS Episode: And The Silent Partner GLENDA ROVELLO, Production Designer
• DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BRUCE RODGERS, Production Designer
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Episode: The Magicians Code Part 1 STEPHAN OLSON, Production Designer
• SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Mick Jagger Host KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, Production Designer
• EUGENE LEE, Production Designer
• AKIRA YOSHIMURA, Production Designer
• N. JOSEPH DETULLIO, Production Designer 
• THE VOICE ANTON GOSS, Production Designer
• JAMES PEARSE CONNELLY,Production Designer

 

AWARDS - MUSIC - GAME SHOWS NOMINEES

 

• 84TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS JOHN MYHRE, Production Designer
• GRAMMY NOMINATION CONCERT LIVE Countdown MATTHEW RUSSELL, Production Designer
• SUPER BOWL XLVI, HALFTIME SHOW Starring Madonna BRUCE RODGERS, Production Designer 
• THE 64TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS STEVE BASS, Production Designer
• THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, 40TH ANNUAL JOE STEWART, Production Designer

NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS

 

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS NOMINEES

 

• BUDWEISER The Return of King JASON HAMILTON Production Designer
• MACY’S Dream CARLOS A. MENENDEZ, Production Designer
• NIKE Fast is Faster TINO SCHAEDLER, Production Designer
• NIKE+ Game On World JAMES CHINLUND, Production Designer
• X-BOX Halo 4 Commissioning CHRISTOPHER GLASS, Production Designer

If you would like to purchase tickets to the awards banquet, please contact plan A, at 310 860 1300 or planA@planAevents.com.

 

Voting for the awards began December 18 and you can vote here.

What do you think of the Production Designer Award choices?