96th Academy Awards
January 23rd, 2024

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has
announced the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards!

Honoring movies released in 2023, The Oscars will be presented at the
Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood, on Sunday March 10th, 2024.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the program will air on
ABC at 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST

Congratulations to all of the nominees and their teams,
and hats off to the SDSA members honored!


PRODUCTION DESIGN

28th Annual ADG Awards
January 9th, 2024

The  Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for the
28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

Honoring excellence in production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films, ADG Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 10,2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood. Emmy®-nominated actor and comedian Max Greenfield will host the ceremony.

Congratulations to all of the nominees and their teams
and a special nod to the SDSA members recognized.
 

FEATURE FILM NOMINEES:

PERIOD FEATURE FILM

ASTEROID CITY
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Set Decorator: Kris Moran

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Set Decorator: Adam Willis

MAESTRO
Production Designer: Kevin Thompson
Set Decorators: Rena DeAngelo SDSA, Liz Ainley (UK)

NAPOLEON
Production Designer: Arthur Max
Set Decorators: Elli Griff, Celia Bobak SDSA

OPPENHEIMER
Production Designer: Ruth De Jong
Set Decorator: Claire Kaufman SDSA


FANTASY FEATURE FILM

BARBIE
Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decorator: Katie Spencer SDSA

THE CREATOR
Production Designer: James Clyne
Set Decorators: Claire Levinson-Gendler SDSA,
Suntad Eve Pansombut

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
Production Designer: Beth Mickle
Set Decorator: Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA

POOR THINGS
Production Designers: James Price, Shona Heath
Set Decorator: Zsuzsa Mihalek

WONKA
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Set Decorator: Lee Sandales


CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM

BEAU IS AFRAID
Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
Set Decorator: Paul Hotte SDSA

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
Production Designer: Kevin Kavanaugh
Set Decorators: Mark Rosinski, Letizia Santucci SDSA (Jordan),
Rand Abdelnour (Jordan), Cathy T. Marshall SDSA (NY),
Claire Kaufman SDSA (LA)

THE KILLER
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decorators: Brandi Kalish SDSA, Alice Baker,
Benoît Tetelin, Karla Feliz Mejia

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Production Designer: Gary Freeman
Set Decorator: Raffaella Giovannetti SDSA

SALTBURN
Production Designer: Suzie Davies
Set Decorator: Charlotte Dirickx SDSA


ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE BOY AND THE HERON
Art Director: Yoji Takeshige

ELEMENTAL
Production Designer: Don Shank

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Production Designer: Patrick O’Keefe

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE
Production Designer: Guillaume Aretos

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
Production Designer: Yashar Kassai

 

TELEVISION NOMINEES

ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

THE CROWN
“Sleep Dearie Sleep”
Production Designer: Martin Childs
The Gilded Age: “His Grace the Duke,”
“Close Enough to Touch,” “Warning Shots”
Production Designer: Bob Shaw
Set Decorator: Alison Harvey SDSA,
Carolyn Boult, Sophie Coombes

THE GREAT
“You the People, " “Fun,” “Peter and the Wolf”
Production Designer: Francesca di Mottola
Set Decorator: Violet Elliot

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
“Susan”
Production Designer: Bill Groom
Set Decorator: Ellen Christiansen SDSA

PERRY MASON
“Chapter Eleven”
Production Designer: Keith Cunningham
Set Decorator: Halina Siwolop SDSA


ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

FOR ALL MANKIND
“The Bear Hug”
Production Designer: Seth Reed
Set Decorators: Kimberly Wannop SDSA, Laura Harper

THE LAST OF US
“Infected”
Production Designer: John Paino
Loki: “Ouroboros”
Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
Set Decorator: Paul Healy

THE MANDALORIAN
“Chapter 23: The Spies”
Production Designers: Doug Chiang, Andrew L. Jones
Set Decorator: Amanda Serino SDSA

SILO
“Machines”
Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet
Set Decorator: Amanda Bernstein


ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

FARGO
“Trials and Tribulations”
Production Designer: Trevor Smith
Set Decorator: Amber Humphries

THE MORNING SHOW
“The Kármán Line,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Love Island”
Production Designer: Nelson Coates
Set Decorators:
Lauree Martell, Andrew Baseman SDSA

POKER FACE
“Escape From Shit Mountain”
Production Designer: Judy Rhee
Set Decorator: Lizzie Eggert-Atzberger

SUCCESSION
“America Decides”
Production Designer: Stephen Carter
Set Decorator: George DeTitta Jr. SDSA

YELLOWJACKETS
“Digestif”
Production Designer: Margot Ready
Set Decorator: Mark Lane


TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Production Designer: Simon Elliott
Set Decorator: Zsuzsa Mihalek

A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando
Set Decorator: Lydia Marks SDSA

BEEF
Production Designer: Grace Yun
Set Decorator: Kellie Jo Tinney SDSA

DAISY JONES & THE SIX
Production Designer: Jessica Kender
Set Decorators: Lisa Clark SDSA, Andi Brittan SDSA

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
Production Designer: Cat Smith
Set Decorator: Lori Mazuer SDSA


HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

THE BEAR
“Omelette”
Production Designer: Merje Veski
Set Decorator: Eric Frankel SDSA

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
“Sitzprobe,” “Opening Night”
Production Designer: Patrick Howe
Set Decorator: Rich Murray

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH
“Impossible Birds,” “Red Flags,” “Man on Fire”
Production Designer: Ra Vincent SDSA
Set Decorator: Megan Vertelle SDSA

RESERVATION DOGS
“Deer Lady”
Production Designer: Brandon Tonner-Connolly

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
“A Weekend at Morrigan Manor”
Production Designer: Shayne Fox


MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

BOB (HEARTS) ABISHOLA
“Twerk O’ Clock”
Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen
Set Decorator: Ann Shea SDSA

BUNK'D
“The Glitching Hour”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
Set Decorator: Britt Woods

THE CONNERS
“Road Trip and Guilt Trip”
Production Designer: Jerry Dunn
Set Decorator: Anne H. Ahrens SDSA

FRASIER
“Moving In”
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
Set Decorator: Amy Feldman SDSA

THAT 90's SHOW
“Free Leia”
Production Designer: Greg J. Grande
Set Decorator: Tara Stephenson-Fong SDSA


VARIETY or REALITY SERIES

A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW
“I’m Clapping From My Puss,”
“What Kind of Medicine Does Dr. King Practice?,”
“Peek-A-Boob, Your Titty’s Out”
Production Designers: Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
Set Decorator: Lizzie Boyle SDSA

HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART 2
“VIII”
Production Designer: Monica Sotto
Set Decorators: Jack Lewis, Prerna Chawla SDSA

RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE
“Blame it on the Edit”
Production Designer: Gianna Costa

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
“Jenna Ortega/The 1975,” “Nate Bargatze/Foo Fighters”
Production Designers: Keith Ian Raywood,
Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph DeTullio

SQUID GAME
The Challenge: “War”
Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Benjamin Norman


VARIETY SPECIAL

76th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
Production Designer: Steve Bass

80th GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet

DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE DREAMER
Production Designer: Bruce Ryan

HANNAH WADDINGHAM: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Production Designer: Misty Buckley

THE WEEKND: LIVE AT SOFI STADIUM
Production Designer: Es Devlin


COMMERCIALS

APPLE
The New Macbook Pro: “Scary Fast”
Production Designer: François Audouy

BOOKING.COM
“Somewhere, Anywhere,” The Musical
Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Set Decorator: Ashley Campanella

DOM PERIGNON
“Lady Gaga - The Labor of Creation”
Production Designer: Dylan Kahn

GIORGIO ARMANI
“Armani Si”
Production Designer: Annie Beauchamp
Set Decorator: Katie Sharrock

M&M'S
“Ma &Ya’s”
Production Designer: Natalie Groce
Set Decorator: Jenn McLaren


SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS

APPLE
“The Underdogs: Swiped Mac”
Production Designer: Jason Hougaard

BOYGENIUS
“the film”
Production Designer: Jen Dunlap
Set Decorator: Kelly Fallon

LANA DEL REY FEATURING JON BATISTE
“Candy Necklace”
Production Designer: Brandon Mendez
Set Decorator: Christian Corio

MILEY CYRUS
“River”
Production Designer: Kurt Gefke

TAYLOR SWIFT
“I Can See You”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman

13th Annual BFDG Production Design Awards
January 15th, 2024

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) announced the nominees in
11 of 14 categories, for its upcoming Production Design Awards. 
The awards will be presented in London on February 24th.

The BFDG's awards celebrate the  professionalism, creativity and skill of
the Art Department in the fields of Film, Television and Commercials.
 

29th Critics' Choice Awards
January 14th, 2024

The 29th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2024, at
the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California,
honoring the finest achievements of filmmaking and television programming in 2023

Congratulations to all who were recognized, and
a special congratulations to the SDSA members honored.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN