Art Directors Guild Award Winners

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (Period Film)
The Great Gatsby- Catherine Martin

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (Contemporary Film)
Her- K.K. Barrett

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (Fantasy Film)
Gravity- Andy Nicholson

Art Directors Guild Nominations

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (PERIOD FILM)
12 Years a Slave- Adam Stockhausen
American Hustle- Judy Becker
The Great Gatsby- Catherine Martin
Inside Llewyn Davis- Jess Gonchor
Saving Mr. Banks- Michael Corenblith

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (CONTEMPORARY FILM)
August: Osage County- David Gropman
Blue Jasmine- Santo Loquasto
Captain Phillips- Paul Kirby
Her- K.K. Barrett
The Wolf of Wall Street- Bob Shaw

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN (FANTASY FILM)
Elysium- Philip Ivey
Gravity- Andy Nicholson
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug- Dan Hennah
Oblivion- Darrel Gilford
Star Trek Into Darkness- Scott Chambliss 

Art Directors Guild

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (Contemporary Film)
Skyfall- Dennis Gassner

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (Fantasy Film)
Life of Pi- David Gropman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (Period Film)
Anna Karenina- Sarah Greenwood

Art Directors Guild Awards

CONTEMPORARY FILM: Black Swan- Therese DePrez

FANTASY FILM: Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas

PERIOD FILM: The King's Speech- Eve Stewart

Very fine choices, both Black Swan and Inception had such great, complex fixtures; it's a real shame DePrez's work was snubbed by the Academy.

Art Directors Guild Nominations

CONTEMPORARY FILM

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• The Social Network
• The Town

PERIOD FILM

• Get Low
• The King's Speech
• Robin Hood
• Shutter Island
• True Grit

FANTASY FILM

• Alice in Wonderland
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Inception
• TRON: Legacy

The thing about the guild nominations isn't so much as a precursor to the what will be nominated in certain areas, but to gauge a strength or weakness.  For instance, The Town has surfaced so far in the line-ups for PGA, WGA and now ADG.  It's a film that, while not considered by many to be a frontrunner for a statutes, might sneak in due to unforeseen popularity.  On the flip side, the unfortunately dismissed Winter's Bone hasn't received any guild recognition, outside of the Screen Actors Guild, perhaps proving a lower profile with the Academy at large.  The usual suspects are here; every year it seems more and more achingly clear that Academy and guild members perhaps only watch six or seven movies a year.  And if travesties like Alice in Wonderland is one of them, perhaps detox is in order.

Art Directors Guild Nominations

The ADG has chosen it's best decorated films:

BEST PERIOD FILM

• Inglourious Basterds- David Wasco
• Julie & Julia- Mark Ricker
• Public Enemies- Nathan Crowley
  
• A Serious Man- Jess Goncher
• Sherlock Holmes- Sarah Greenwood

BEST FANTASY FILM

• Avatar- Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg
• District 9- Philip Ivey
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince- Stuart Craig
• Star Trek- Scott Chambliss
• Where the Wild Things Are- K.K. Barrett

BEST CONTEMPORARY FILM

• Angels & Demons- Alan Cameron
• The Hangover- Bill Brzeski
• The Hurt Locker- Karl Julisson
• The Lovely Bones- Naomi Shohan
• Up in the Air- Steve Saklad