Category: Awards
ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS: Which Commercial Would You Choose?
The Art Director’s Guild Awards, taking place tomorrow, have nominated the best in production design/art direction. Every year, I always forget that they include a category for commercials and music videos. I …
The 31st Genie Award Nominations
The Genie Award nominations were announced this morning. For the international readers, the Genie Awards are basically the Canadian Academy Awards. Unlike the Brits though we only nominate from within. The awards …
The 15th Annual Art Directors Guild Award Nominations Are…
Taking place this Saturday, February 5th, at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Art Director’s Guild will hand out 11 Awards and induct legendary Production Designers …
The 83rd Academy Award Nominations Are…
The Academy Award nominations were announced live this morning at 8:37am ET. I was going to post this earlier but to say I was a bit shocked by some of the nominations …
AWARDS: Best Production Design of 2010
Awards season this year is well under way and I wanted to update you readers as to the results thus far on the Best Production Design of 2010. It’s been a pretty …
TV SETS: Boardwalk Empire
Tonight is the season finale of one of my new favourite shows, Boardwalk Empire. The show is a period drama focusing on Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, a political figure who rose to prominence …
TV SETS: The Good Wife
I have fallen in love with the sets of ‘The Good Wife’ as many, many of you have. To read up about the beautiful sets by Production Designer Stephen Hendrickson and Set …
The Case of the Bad Production Designer
This 10 minute comedic short film played at the ADG (Art Directors Guild) Awards in February of this year and surfaced online in a shorter format that was widely circulated. I hadn’t …
How to Judge Best Art Direction
EDIT: The video discussed is no longer available so it has been replaced with a similar video. 05/15/17 Production Designer, Jim Bissell, explains with great insight what makes great production design and …