2006 Art Directors Guild Awards
2006 Art Directors Guild award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 11, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha
FEATURE FILMS
Period or Fantasy Film:
BATMAN BEGINS PD: Nathan Crowley
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY PD: Alex McDowell
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. PD: Jim Bissell
KING KONG PD: Grant Major
* MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA PD: John Myhre
Contemporary Film:
THE CONSTANT GARDENER PD: Mark Teldesley
CRASH PD: Laurence Bennett
JARHEAD PD: Dennis Gassner
SYRIANA PD: Dan Weil
* WALK THE LINE PD: David J. Bomba
TELEVISION
Single Camera Television Series:
DEADWOOD — "Requiem for a Gleet" PD: Maria Caso
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES – "They Ask Me Why I Believe You" PD:Thomas A. Walsh
LAS VEGAS — " The Real McCoy" PD: Richard Toyon
LOST — "Orientation" PD: Jim Spencer
* ROME — Episode 1 PD: Joseph Bennett
Multiple Camera Television Series:
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER — Pilot PD: Stephan Olson
* MAD TV — Episode 1106 PD: John Sabato
TWO AND A HALF MEN — "A Low Guttural Tongue Flapping Noise" PD: John Shaffner
THE WAR AT HOME — Pilot PD: John Shaffner
WILL & GRACE — "The Old Man and the Sea"PD: Glenda Rovello
Television Movie or Mini-Series:
* EMPIRE FALLS PD: Stuart Wurtzel
INTO THE WEST PD: Marek Dobrowolski
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS PD: Clark Hunter
WARM SPRINGS PD: Sarah Knowles
Awards Show, Variety or Music Special, or Documentary:
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS PD: John Shaffner & Joe Stewart
EARTH TO AMERICA PD: Bruce Ryan
* 77TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS PD: Roy Christopher
39TH ANNUAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS PD: Rene Lagler
WHEEL OF FORTUNE PD: Renee Hoss-Johnson
COMMERCIAL, PROMO OR PSA
AARP — Kitchen Sink PD: Sean Hargreaves
AFLAC — The Experiment PD: Michael Gaw
* BUD LIGHT –
Headless Horseman PD: Jeremy Reed
DHL — Golfballs PD: Jeffrey Beecroft
UPS — You/They PD: Sean Hargreaves
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematic Imagery Award: Steven Spielberg
10th Annual ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards: Jeffrey Tambor
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Mansbridge
Career Achievement in the Scenic Arts Award: Ronald V. Strang
Memoirs of a Geisha was such a Beautiful Movie!
Wonderful movie and performances. I really felt like I was back in Japan in those days. Very sad story and just as good as the book which Ive read 3 times.