The Art Directors Guild (ADG) have announced their nominations for the best in Art Direction for 2025. The winners will be announced on February 28th. Here are this year’s nominees…
FILM
BEST PERIOD FEATURE FILM
Frankenstein — Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
Hamnet — Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
Marty Supreme — Production Designer: Jack Fisk
The Phoenician Scheme — Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Sinners — Production Designer: Hannah Beachler
BEST FANTASY FEATURE FILM
Avatar: Fire and Ash — Production Designers: Dylan Cole, Ben Procter
The Fantastic Four: First Steps — Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
Mickey 17 — Production Designer: Fiona Crombie
Superman — Production Designer: Beth Mickle
Wicked: For Good — Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
BEST CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM
Bugonia — Production Designer: James Price
F1 — Production Designers: Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — Production Designer: Gary Freeman
One Battle After Another — Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Bad Guys 2 — Production Designer: Luc Desmarchelier
Elio — Production Designer: Harley Jessup
KPop Demon Hunters — Production Designers: Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich
The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants — Production Designer: Sean Haworth; Animation Production Designer: Pablo R. Mayer
Zootopia 2 — Production Designer: Cory Loftis
TELEVISION
BEST ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
The Gilded Age: “If You Want to Cook an Omlette” — Production Designer: Bob Shaw
House of Guinness: “Episode 101” — Production Designers: Richard Bullock
It: Welcome to Derry: “The Black Spot” — Production Designer: Paul Austerberry
1923: “Wrap Thee in Terror” — Production Designers: Cary White, Lisa Ward
Palm Royale: “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now,” “Maxine Serves a Swerve” — Production Designer: Jon Carlos
BEST ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Andor: “Who Are You?” — Production Designer: Luke Hull
Alien: Earth: “Neverland” — Production Designer: Andy Nicholson
The Last of Us: “Day One” — Production Designer: Don MacAulay
Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Sorcerer” — Production Designer: Chris Trujillo
Wednesday: “Chapter Four – If These Woes Could Talk” — Production Designer: Mark Scruton
BEST ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Pluribus: “Grenade” — Production Designer: Denise Pizzini
Severance: “Chikhai Bardo” — Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
Slow Horses: “Incommunicado,” “Tall Tales” — Production Designer: Choi Ho Man
The Pitt: “7:00 A.M.” — Production Designer: Nina Ruscio
The White Lotus: “Amor Fati” — Production Designer: Cristina Onori
BEST TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence — Production Designer: Adam Tomlinson
Black Mirror: “USS Callister: Into Infinity” — Production Designer: Miranda Jones
Black Rabbit — Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando
Death By Lightning — Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Monster: The Ed Gein Story — Production Designer: Matthew Flood Ferguson
BEST HALF-HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
The Bear: “Bears” — Production Designer: Merje Veski
Hacks: “A Slippery Slope” — Production Designer: Rob Tokarz
Murderbot: “FreeCommerce” — Production Designer: Sue Chan
Only Murders in the Building: “The House Always…” — Production Designer: Patrick Howe
The Studio: “The Note” — Production Designer: Julie Berghoff
BEST MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
Mid-Century Modern: “Bye, George” — Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
Mid-Century Modern: “Love Thy Neighbor” — Production Designer: Greg J. Grande
Poppa’s House: “Baby Girl,” “Magic Shine Again” — Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire: “First Nightmare” — Production Designer: Maggie Ruder
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place: “The Wizard at the End of the World Part II” — Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
BEST VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES
Dancing with the Stars: “Wicked Night” — Production Designer: James Yarnell
Jimmy Kimmel Live!: “Jimmy Kimmel Live Brooklyn” — Production Designer: David Ellis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Kids Pitch” — Production Designers: Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman
Saturday Night Live: “Lady Gaga Host” — Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio, Andrea Purcigliotti
Squid Game: The Challenge: “Catch” — Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Ben Norman
BEST VARIETY SPECIAL
Atsuko Okatsuka: Father — Production Designer: Gary Kordan
Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful — Production Designer: David Meyer
78th Annual Tony Awards with Host Cynthia Erivo — Production Designer: Steve Bass
SNL 50: The Anniversary Special — Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio
Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Production Designer: Misty Buckley
BEST COMMERCIAL
Anderson: “Trust Your Home to Anderson” — Production Designer: Natalie Groce
Prada: “Galleria Bag” — Production Designer: Florencia Martin
State Farm: “Batman vs Bateman” — Production Designer: David Skinner
Target: “Step into the Holidays” — Production Designer: Nelson Coates
Xbox: ROG Xbox Ally: “Dancing in the Dark – Launch Trailer” — Production Designer: Florencia Martin
BEST SHORT-FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEO
Apple – Someday by Spike Jonze: “AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation” — Production Designer: Shane Valentino
Coldplay: “All My Love” — Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Lady Gaga: “Abracadabra” — Production Designer: Wesley Goodrich
Sabrina Carpenter: “Tears” — Production Designer: Brittany Porter
Taylor Swift: “The Fate of Ophelia” — Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
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