ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards

The ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards are awards presented annually by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) to recognize excellence in production design and art direction in the film and television industries. Honorees are presented with an award made by the New York firm Society Awards.

ADG Excellence in
Production Design Awards
Awarded forExcellence in production design and art direction by members of the Art Directors Guild
CountryUnited States
Presented byArt Directors Guild
First awarded1996
Websiteadg.org

Film awards edit

Feature Film (1996–1999) edit

Period or Fantasy Film (2000–2005) edit

Period Film (2006–present) edit

Fantasy Film (2006–present) edit

Contemporary Film (2000–present) edit

Animated Film (2017–present) edit

Television edit

TV Series (1996–1999) edit

Single Camera Series (2000–2007) edit

One-Hour Single Camera Series (2008–2013) edit

One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series (2014–present) edit

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series (2014–present) edit

  • 2014: True Detective (for "The Locked Room", "Form and Void") by production designer Alex DiGerlando
  • 2015: House of Cards (for "Chapter 29", "Chapter 36") by production designer Steve Arnold
  • 2016: Mr. Robot (for "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc", "eps2.4_m4ster-slave.aes", "eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z") by production designer Anastasia White
  • 2017: The Handmaid's Tale (for "Offred", "Birth Day", "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum") by production designer Julie Berghoff
  • 2018: The Handmaid's Tale (for "June", "Unwomen") by production designers Mark White and Elisabeth Williams
  • 2019: The Umbrella Academy (for "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals") by production designer Mark Worthington
  • 2020: Ozark (for "Wartime") by production designer David Bomba

Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series (2008 to present) edit

  • 2008: Weeds (for "Excellent Treasures") by production designer Joseph P. Lucky
  • 2009: Weeds (for "Ducks and Tigers") by production designer Joseph P. Lucky
  • 2010: Modern Family (for "Halloween") by production designer Richard Berg
  • 2011: Modern Family (for "Express Christmas") by production designer Richard Berg
  • 2012: Girls (for "Pilot") by production designer Judy Becker
  • 2013: Veep (for "Helsinki") by production designer Jim Gloster
  • 2014: Silicon Valley (for "Articles of Incorporation", "Signaling Risk", "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency") by production designer Richard Toyon
  • 2015: The Muppets (for "The Ex-Factor", "Pig's in a Blackout") by production designer Denise Pizzini
  • 2016: Mozart in the Jungle (for "Now I Will Sing") by production designer Tommaso Ortino
  • 2017: GLOW (for "Pilot", "The Wrath of Kuntar", "The Dusty Spur") by production designer Todd Fjelsted
  • 2018: GLOW (for "Viking Funeral") by production designer Todd Fjelsted
  • 2019: Russian Doll (for "Nothing in This World Is Easy") by production designer Michael Bricker
  • 2020: What We Do in the Shadows (for "Resurrection", "Collaboration", "Witches") by production designer Kate Bunch

Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series (2000–2013) edit

Multi-Camera Series (2014–present) edit

  • 2014: The Big Bang Theory (for "The Locomotive Manipulation", "The Convention Conundrum", "The Status Quo Combustion") by production designer John Shaffner
  • 2015: The Big Bang Theory (for "The Mystery Date Observation", "The Platonic Permutation", "The Skywalker Incursion") by production designer John Shaffner'
  • 2016: The Great Indoors (for "Pilot") by production designer Glenda Rovello
  • 2017: Will & Grace (for "11 Years Later", "A Gay Olde Christmas") by production designer Glenda Rovello
  • 2018: Sesame Street (for "Book Worming," "The Count's Counting Error," "Street Food") by production designer David Gallo
  • 2019: The Big Bang Theory (for "The Stockholm Syndrome," "The Conference Valuation," "The Propagation Proposition") by production designer John Shaffner
  • 2020: Will & Grace (for "Accidentally on Porpoise", "We Love Lucy", "It's Time") by production designer Glenda Rovello

Variety, Competition, Reality, or Game Show Series (2014–2016) edit

Awards Show, Variety, Music, or Non-Fiction Program (1997–2011) edit

Awards, Music, or Game Shows (2012–2013) edit

Awards or Event Special (2014–2016) edit

Variety or Reality or Event Special (2017–present) edit

  • 2017: Portlandia (for "Portland Secedes", "Ants", "Fred's Cell Phone Company") by production designer Schuyler Telleen
  • 2018: 90th Academy Awards by production designer Derek McLane
  • 2019: Drunk History (for "Are You Afraid of the Drunk") by production designer Monica Sotto
  • 2020: Saturday Night Live (for "Host: John Mulaney + Music: David Byrne", "Host: Adele + Music: H.E.R.", "Host: Dave Chappelle + Music: Foo Fighters") by production designers Keith Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph De Tullio

Television Movie or Limited Series (1997–present) edit

Short Format, Live Action Series (2013) edit

Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial (2004-present) edit

Short Format: Music Videos (2022-present) edit

References edit