Tess Schofield has won the Cameron Creswell Award for outstanding contribution to design at the Australian Production Design Guild Awards in Sydney.
Director Neil Armfield presented the award to Schofield, who also took home the Best Costume Designer on a Feature Film for her work in The Water Diviner.
Her credits include The Sapphires, Dirty Deeds, Bootmen and Cosi.
The 22 award categories recognised the best art department teams and designers currently working in Australian screen, TV, stage, multimedia, events and interactive design industries.
Mad Max Fury Road collected three awards, the most for the night.
These included Best Make-Up, Hair and Prosthetic Make-Up Design, Best Drawing and Concept Illustration and Best Production Design on a feature film.
Partisan also collected two awards: Best Produciton Design on a feature film and Best Set Decoration on a Feature Film.
For a full list of awards see below.
George Liddle, APDG president made special mention in his opening address of the impressive list of nominees this year and the high number of Australian designers working at the forefront in the international stage and screen industries.
2015 WINNERS
AFTRS Award for Student Screen Design
WINNER:
The Best Way to Kill Your Mother
Sarah Hopper
NOMINATED:
The Little Girl
Hannah Sitters
The Fruity
Alexandra Hickmott
New You, Hair & Beauty
Joel West
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NIDA Award for Emerging Designer for Stage
WINNER:
The Crucible
Anna Gardiner
NOMINATED:
Europe by Michael Gow
Benjamin Brockman
Phaedra
Catherine Steele
The Rivers of China
Martelle Hunt
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Film Finances Australasia Award for Set Decoration on a Television Drama
WINNER:
Marco Polo
Christian Petersen
NOMINATED:
Anzac Girls
Rolland Pike
Love Child Season 2
Brock Sykes
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MAXON Award for Title Design
WINNER:
Deadline Gallipoli
Finn Spencer
NOMINATED:
Glitch
Emma Freeman
The Little Death
Scott Geersen
Mythbusters
Matt Taylor
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WYSIWYG 3D Award for Visual Effects Design
WINNER:
Avengers – Age of Ultron
Animal Logic
VFX Supervisor – Paul Butterworth
CG Supervisor – Matt Estela
CG Artists – Matt Ebb, Benjamin Jones, Rodrigo Guimaraes
Compositing Artists – Tyson Donnelly, Alex Lay
NOMINATED:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
Double-Blind No. 1
Zenon Kohler
Insurgent
Animal Logic
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The Interactive Design Award sponsored by Design Awards
WINNER:
AIT
Lightwell
Software Developer – Adam Katz
Designer and Prop Maker – Sharon Sanders
IT Hardware Programmer – Kris Mahatumaratana
Designer and Painter – Kwan Chemsripong
Software Developer and Tester – Carlton Zhu
Designer and Painter – Nik Sutila
NOMINATED:
Magna Carta: The Story of our Freedom
The Explainers
Create Your Own Halloween Character (The Reject Shop)
Paul Sharratt
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Animal Logic Award for Design on an Animated Short Film, Commercial or Series
WINNER:
The Nautilus & the Sea
Ample Projects
NOMINATED:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
Betadine ‘Lozenge’
Ian Anderson
Act for Kids ‘Riley‘s Story’
Ian Anderson
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Academy Information Technology Award for Drawing and Concept Illustration
WINNER:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Peter Pound – Principle vehicle designer and storyboard artist
NOMINATED:
The Nautilus & the Sea
Ample Projects
Unbroken
Evan Shipard
White Night Melbourne 2015 – Wonderland Precinct Projections
Peter Milne & the Electric Canvas creative design team
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MAC Cosmetics Award for Make-Up, Hair & Prosthetic Make-Up Design
WINNER:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt & Damian Martin -Hair and Make-up designer and prosthetic supervisor
Senior Prosthetics Make-up Artist – Elka Wardega
Makeup and Hair Supervisor – Nadine Prigge
Makeup and Hair Artist – Paul Pattison
Make-up Artist – Audrey Doyle
Make-up and Hair Artist – Catherine Biggs
Senior Prosthetics Artist – Sean Genders
NOMINATED:
The Secret River
Ian Loughnan
House of Hancock
Make-up Effects Group, Nick Nicolaou & Paul Katte
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Hero Frock Hire Award for Costume Design on a Feature Film
WINNER:
The Water Diviner
Tess Schofield a.p.d.g
Key Costume Standby – Andrea Hood
Webbing Master/Costume Assistant – Nathaniel Martin
Costume Department Supervisor (Turkey) – Funda Buyuktunalýoglu
Costume Department Supervisor (Australia) – Robin Elliot
Women’s Cutter / Costumier – Sally Steele
Men’s Cutter / Costumier – Gabriele Schmid
Ruben Guthrie
Xanthe Heubel
Paper Planes
Lien See Leong
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Lisa Mann Creative Management Award for Costume Design on a TelevisionDrama or Production
WINNER:
Gallipoli
Cappi Ireland
NOMINATED:
Banished
Wendy Cork a.p.d.g
Love Child Series 2
Xanthe Heubel
A Place to Call Home Season 2
Lisa Meagher
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The Jennie Tate Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Stage – sponsored by HLA Management
WINNER:
LORE Bangarra Dance Theatre
Jennifer Irwin – costume designer
NOMINATED:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Isabella Andronos
Blood Wedding
Isabella Andronos
As You Like It
Kate Aubrey
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SMPTE Conference & Exhibition Award for Design on an Event, sponsored by Expertise Events
WINNER:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
NOMINATED:
Aquatic Wonderland
Ample Projects
White Night Melbourne 2015 – Wonderland Precinct Projections
Peter Milne & The Electric Canvas creative design team
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Showreelfinder Award for Live Performance Lighting Design
WINNER:
The Glass Menagerie
Damien Cooper
NOMINATED:
Medea
Ben Hughes
The Rivers of China
Sian James-Holland
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Photoplay Award for Design on a Commercial
WINNER:
Foxtel Movies
Aaron Crothers a.p.d.g
VFX Supervision: Scott Geersen
VFX, Design, Compositing (Flame): Scott Geersen
NOMIATED:
St George Thumbs
Virginia Mesiti
Youi Life on Screen
Scott Geersen
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MEAA Award for Set Decoration on a Feature Film
WINNER:
Partisan
Vanessa Cerne
NOMINATED:
Son of a Gun
Nicki Gardiner
Infini
Kitty Taube
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APDG Award for Set Design for Stage
WINNER:
Dr Zhivago on Broadway
Michael Scott-Mitchell a.p.d.g
NOMINATED:
Gaybies
Owen Phillips
After Dinner
Alicia Clements
Switzerland
Michael Scott-Mitchell a.p.d.g
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Next Printing Award for Production Design on a Television Production
WINNER:
I’m a Celebrity Studio Kruga National Park South Africa
Chris Batson – production designer
Art Director – John Leon Bennet
NOMINATED:
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Dan Patmore
Q&A
Dan Patmore
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AIT Award for Design on a Short Film
WINNER:
Double-Blind No. 1
Zenon Kohler – creative director
VFX Designers – Jasper St Aubyn West, Ricky Marks and Raoul Teague
Animation Director – Ian Anderson
Editor – Kerry Farrell
Sound Designer – Mike Lange
Additional 3D Modelling – Jake Hempson
NOMINATED:
Pulitzer
Josephine Wagstaff
Foal
Sherree Philips
Inanimate
Lee Launay
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ACS Award for Production Design on a Television Drama
WINNER:
Game of Thrones Season 5
Deborah Riley – production designer
Supervising Art Director – Paul Ghirardani
Set Decorator – Robert Cameron
Supervising Art Director Croatia/Spain – Christina Moore
Art Directors – Hauke Richter and Philip Eton
Stand By Art Director – Mark Lowry
Set Decorator Art Director – Harry Pain
NOMINATED:
Redfern Now | Promise Me
Felicity Abbott a.p.d.g
ANZAC Girls
Scott Bird
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Season 3
Robert Perkins
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Docklands Studios Melbourne Award for Production Design on a Feature Film
JOINT WINNERS:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson a.p.d.g
Supervising Art Director – Richard Hobbs
Art Director – Jacinta Leong a.p.d.g.
Set Decorator (Build) – Katie Sharrock
Set Decorator (Africa) – Lisa Thompson
Set Decorator (Sydney) – Nicki Gardiner
Vehicle Designer – Peter Pound
ALSO :
Partisan
Steven Jones-Evans a.p.d.g & Sarah Cyngler – co-production designers
Art Director – Max Dennett
Set Decorator – Vanessa Cerne
NOMINATED:
Jupiter Ascending
Hugh Bateup a.p.d.g
Macbeth
Fiona Crombie
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Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design
WINNER:
Tess Schofield a.p.d.g
Costume designer for film,television,opera and theatre.