‘Hacksaw Ridge’.
The nominees for the Australian Production Design Guild’s annual awards have been unveiled, with 80 practitioners up for prizes across 20 categories spanning production design, set decoration, visual effects, concept illustration, make-up and costume design.
The production designers behind Hanyut, The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One, 2.22 and Hacksaw Ridge in the running for the best production design on a feature film award, while those who worked on A Place to Call Home, Seven Types of Ambiguity, The Code and Cleverman will vie for the equivalent television award.
The APDG Awards will be held for the first time in Melbourne this year, in a ceremony hosted by Academy Award winner animator Adam Elliot at the Melba Spiegeltent on December 3.
Nominations include:
AFTRS AWARD FOR STUDENT SCREEN DESIGN
The Sound of Love
Laura Curtis
Lobster Paradise
Nick Fry, Genevieve Graham, Charlotte Mungomery, Mathilda Robba, Ara Steel & Courtney Westbrook
Man in The Moon
Lilliana Sierra
VCA Nest Short Film
Tamlyn Teow
MAXON AWARD FOR TITLE DESIGN
TEDx Sydney 2017 Titles
Scott Geersen
AEAF Opening Titles
Scott Geersen
Evolve
Breeder
NAVIS
Marianza Zumbo/Wei Liu
WYSIWYG 3D AWARD FOR VISUAL EFFECTS DESIGN
The Leftovers Season 3
Lindsay Adams
Deepwater Horizon
Jason Billington
NodeFest: The Digital Made Physical
Scott Geersen
John Wick: Chapter 2
Glenn Melenhorst
PRODUCTION ART DEPARTMENT AWARD FOR DESIGN FOR AN ANIMATED SHORT FILM, COMMERCIAL OR SERIES
Lost Property Office
Daniel Agdag
Signal/Void
Scott Geersen
Junction
Nathan Jurevicius
Light For The Wild – Taronga Vivid Sydney 2016
Ample Projects
Nicholas Tory & Lucy Keeler
Urban Tree 2.0
Ample Projects
Nicholas Tory
AIT AWARD FOR DRAWING AND CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION
Alien: Covenant
Wayne Haag
Alien: Covenant
Evan Shipard
‘Urban Tree 2.0’
Ample Projects
Nicholas Tory
‘”Light For The Wild’ Vivid at Taronga 2017’
Ample Projects
Nicholas Tory & Lucy Keeler
MAC COSMETICS AWARD FOR MAKE-UP, HAIR AND PROSTHETIC MAKE-UP DESIGN
Cleverman Season 2
Katherine Brown
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One
Jen Lamphee
Wentworth Series 5
Tess Natoli
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One
Nick Nicolaou & Paul Katte
HERO FROCK HIRE AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN ON A FEATURE FILM
Lion
Cappi Ireland
Boys in the Trees
Erin Roche
Dance Academy
Tess Schofield A.P.D.G
Jasper Jones
Margot Wilson A.P.D.G
LISA MANN CREATIVE MANAGEMENT AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN ON A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Top Knot Detective
Nicole Ferraro
Barracuda
Cappi Ireland
A Place To Call Home – Season 4
Lisa Meagher
The Wrong Girl
Erin Roche
PHOTOPLAY AWARD FOR DESIGN ON A COMMERCIAL
‘Cairns Regional Council Water Security – Launch’
Ian Anderson
‘Optus Endless Entertainment’
Aaron Crothers
‘TSUNO’
Josephine Wagstaff
‘Jason Grech & IBM Watson’
Josephine Wagstaff
ROSCO AWARD FOR SET DECORATION FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
The Leftovers: Season 3 Episodes 3-8’
Vanessa Cerne
Barracuda
Marian Murray
Seven Types of Ambiguity: Episodes 1-4’
Rolland Pike
Cleverman II
Brock Sykes
DOCKLANDS STUDIOS MELBOURNE AWARD FOR SET DECORATION ON A FEATURE FILM
2.22
Nicki Gardiner A.P.D.G
Lion
Nicki Gardiner A.P.D.G
Dance Academy: The Movie
Marian Murray
The Legend of Ben Hall
Das Patterson
NEXT-PRINTING AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN ON A WEB SERIES OR TELEVISION PRODUCTION
The Chef’s Line SBS TV
Christopher Batson
Australian Survivor
Christopher Batson
No Activity Series 2’
Elizabeth Mary Moore A.P.D.G
FOX Sports Australia Churchill Studio
Phil Shearer
AFTRS AWARD FOR DESIGN FOR A SHORT FILM OR MUSIC CLIP
Mrs McCutcheon
Marg Horwell
Vampires
Charlotte Mungomery
Maurice’s Symphony
Hannah Sitters
Franky Fingers and the Apartment Upstairs
Josephine Wagstaff
ACS AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN ON A WEB SERIES OR TELEVISION DRAMA
A Place to Call Home Series 4
Fiona Donovan
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Jo Ford
The Code Series 2
Michelle McGahey A.P.D.G
Cleverman Season 2
Jacob Nash
DOCKLANDS STUDIOS MELBOURNE AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN ON A FEATURE FILM
Hanyut
Sam Hobbs
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One
George Liddle A.P.D.G
2.22
Michelle McGahey A.P.D.G
Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Robison
Full list of nominees here.