2007 Art Directors Guild Awards
2007 Art Directors Guild award nominations: January 18, 2007
2007 Art Directors Guild award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 17, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Curse of the Golden Flower (top); Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale (middle); Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (bottom)
FEATURE FILMS
Period Film
* CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER PD: HUO TINGXIAO
DREAMGIRLS PD: JOHN MYHRE
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS PD: HENRY BUMSTEAD
THE GOOD SHEPHERD PD: JEANNINE OPPEWALL
THE PRESTIGE PD: NATHAN CROWLEY
Fantasy Film
CHILDREN OF MEN PD: GEOFFREY KIRKLAND
* PAN'S LABYRINTH PD: EUGENIO CABALLERO
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST PD: RICK HEINRICHS
SUPERMAN RETURNS PD: GUY HENDRIX DYAS
V FOR VENDETTA PD: OWEN PATERSON
Contemporary Film
BABEL PD: BRIGETTE BROCH
* CASINO ROYALE PD: PETER LAMONT
THE DA VINCI CODE PD: ALLAN CAMERON
THE DEPARTED PD: KRISTI ZEA
THE QUEEN PD: ALAN MACDONALD
TELEVISION
Single Camera Television Series
24 – "7AM – 8AM" PD: JOSEPH HODGES
DEADWOOD – "TRUE COLORS" PD: MARIA CASO
HEROES – "SIX MONTHS AGO" PD: RUTH AMMON
STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP – PILOT PD: CARLOS BARBOSA
* UGLY BETTY – "THE BOX AND THE BUNNY" PD: MARK WORTHINGTON
Multi-Camera Television Series
THE CLASS – PILOT PD: GLENDA ROVELLO
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER -
"WORLD'S GREATEST COUPLE" PD: STEPHAN OLSON
* MAD TV – EPISODE 1207 PD: JOHN SABATO
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE -
"EXILE ON LAME STREET" PD: CABOT MCMULLEN
TWO AND A HALF MEN -
"THE PISTOL-PACKIN' HERMAPHRODITE" PD: JOHN SHAFFNER
Television Movie or Mini-Series
* STEPHEN KING'S DESPERATION PD: PHILIP DAGORT
THE LOST ROOM PD: KEITH NEELY
RETURN TO HALLOWEENTOWN PD: EDWARD L. RUBIN
Variety or Awards Show, Music Special, or Documentary
* 58TH ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS PD: JOHN SHAFFNER &
JOE STEWART
COMIC RELIEF 2006 PD: BRUCE RYAN
HELL'S KITCHEN – EPISODE 201 PD: JOHN JANAVS
TONY BENNETT: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC PD: JOHN MYHRE
UNANIMOUS – EPISODE 101 PD: JOHN JANAVS
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS FOR 2006
CAPITAL ONE – "HOT DOG" PD: CARLOS MENENDEZ
CAPITAL ONE – "TRASH" PD: CARLOS MENENDEZ
NETZERO – "RUSSIAN SUB" PD: MICHAEL GAW
* VICTORIA'S SECRET – "SEXY" PD: JEFFREY BEECROFT
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dean Tavoularis
Outstanding Contributions to Cinematic Imagery Award: Terry Gilliam
All three winners in the motion picture cagtegories were worthy. Good thing that they gave awards to the best ones and not necessarily to the most popular Hollywood films.