Art Directors Guild Awards 2006

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 [...]

by Andre Soares | February 11, 2006   
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Scripter Award 2006

2006 USC Scripter Awards
2006 Scripter Award winners: Feb. 11, 2006
("*" denotes the winner)
 

Capote, directed by Bennett Miller and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, won the 2006 Scripter Award after a run-off vote, as it had initially tied with Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana screenplay
 

Brokeback Mountain — Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (screenwriters); E. Annie Proulx (author)
* Capote — Dan Futterman (screenwriter); Gerald Clarke (author)
The Constant Gardener — Jeffrey Caine (screenwriter); John le Carré (author)
A History of Violence — Josh Olson (screenwriter); John Wagner and Vince Locke (authors)
Syriana — Stephen Gaghan (screenwriter); Robert Baer (author)
 
USC Scripter Awards
USC Scripter Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

by Andre Soares | February 11, 2006   
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2005 BAFTA Nominations

The 2006 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced. The largest number of nominations went to The Constant Gardener (10), Crash (9), and Brokeback Mountain (9). All three films were nominated for best picture, while The Constant Gardener (above) also received a best British film nod. Mirroring the trend on the western side of the Atlantic, the best picture contenders are all relatively "small" (at least partly) American-financed films. The other two nominees are Capote and Good Night and Good Luck.
Peter Jackson’s King Kong only managed three nominations, all in the technical categories, whereas Steven Spielberg’s Munich, probably because of a screener snafu, was completely shut out. Considering how the British Academy awards tend to favor British [...]

by Andre Soares | January 19, 2006   
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Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 11, 2005
 

Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Munich
Best Foreign-Language Film Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow
Runner-up: 2046 by Wong Kar Wai
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, Munich
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Runner-up: Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and The 40 Year Old Virgin
Best Ensemble: Syriana
Best Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Documentary: Murderball by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Runner-up: Grizzly Man [...]

by Andre Soares | December 11, 2005   
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