‘Upgrade’.
The nominees for this year’s Australian Production Design Guild Awards have been unveiled, with 106 nominees across 27 categories – six of which are new.
The production designers behind Winchester, Upgrade, Peter Rabbit and The LEGO Ninjago Movie are in contention for the best production on a feature film award, while those who helped to put together Harrow, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Friday On My Mind and Picnic at Hanging Rock will vie for the equivalent award in TV.
APDG president George Liddle said: “The Guild is thrilled to represent all the talent from the diverse areas of design and to highlight and award the outstanding work produced over the last year in our annual awards.
With a growing membership from screen and live performance design practitioners, and the inclusion of the six new categories, we can also highlight the achievements of designers working on international productions, web series and in the game industry.”
Vice-president Fiona Donovan APDG added: ‘I’m very excited to have so many new categories this year where we are able to acknowledge the amazing work of the diverse skills of the members of the APDG. For the first time some of our founding members are able to be recognised for their internationally renowned skills.’
Hosted by MC Fenella Kernebone, the APDG Awards will be held December 16 at The Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst, Sydney.
The full list of nominees:
AFTRS AWARD FOR STUDENT AND EMERGING DESIGNER FOR SCREEN
Who’s A Fly Bird?
Bianca Tomchin
The Horrific Murder of Grigori Rasputin or; How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Tsar
Gabrielle Rowe
Colony
Maddison Haywood
Lieutenant at Arms
Benjamin Warmuth
THE NIDA FOUNDATION TRUST AWARD FOR EMERGING DESIGNER FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE
The Changeling
Charlotte Mungomery
Waiting For Godot
Gabrielle Rowe
Precipice
Stephanie Howe
Ex-Machina
Christopher Baldwin
MAXON AWARD FOR TITLE DESIGN
Guardians Of The Tomb Opening Titles Sequence
Zenon Kohler
APDG Awards Titles
Scott Geersen
Harrow Opening Titles Sequence
Zenon Kohler
TedXSydney 2018: Humankind
Scott Geersen
WYSIWYG 3D AWARD FOR VISUAL EFFECTS DESIGN
Winchester
Rangi Sutton
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Glenn Melenhorst
Peter Rabbit
Will Reichelt
AIT AWARD FOR ANIMATION DESIGN ON A SHORT FILM, COMMERCIAL OR SERIES
Queensland University Of Technology/Future Proof
Ian Anderson
Elemental: Hydrogen VS Hindenburg
Zenon Kohler
Lost and Found
Samuel Lewis
The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Ample Projects
AWARD FOR DRAWING, CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION CONCEPT MODELS FOR SCREEN, EVENTS, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION AND LIVE PERFORMANCE
The Merry Widow
Jennifer Irwin APDG
MUTE – Berlin Street
Benjamin Last
Peter Rabbit
Simon Whiteley
Untheatre Village
Casey Van Sebille
UNITY AWARD FOR DESIGN ON AN INTERACTIVE OR EXPERIENTIAL GAME
The Adventure Pals
Julian Wilton
Primordials: Fireborn
Tyson Butler-Boschma
Kuebiko: The Crumbling Prince
Jacqueline Miller
Planet Protector VR
Alex Holder
ADOBE AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A WEB SERIES
Event Zero
Rachele Wiggins
Fucking Adelaide
Amy Baker
Patricia Moore
Jamie Cranney
Other People’s Problems
Aphrodite Kondos
PROSTHETIC MAKE-UP DESIGN FOR SCREEN
Winchester
Special Make-up Effects Designer
Steve Boyle
Harrow
Prosthetics Design
Steve Boyle
UPGRADE
Prosthetics Design
Larry Van Duynhoven
M.A.C. AWARD FOR MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM
Winchester
Tess Natoli
Peter Rabbit
Lesley Vanderwalt APDG
Swinging Safari
Rick Findlater
UPGRADE
Chiara Tripodi
MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Olivia – Hopelessly Devoted To You
Helen Magelaki
Glitch season 2
John Logue
Romper Stomper
Helen Magelaki
Underbelly Files: Chopper
Angela Conte
HERO FROCK HIRE AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM
Winchester
Wendy Cork APDG
UPGRADE
Maria Pattison
Peter Rabbit
Lizzy Gardiner
Sweet Country
Heather Wallace
LISA MANN CREATIVE MANAGEMENT AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Edie Kurzer
Olivia – Hopelessly Devoted To You
Wendy Cork APDG
Friday On My Mind
Xanthe Heubel
Riot
Xanthe Heubel
AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN FOR A WEB SERIES
Kiki and Kitty
Amelia Gebler
Fucking Adelaide
Renate Henschke
Patricia Moore
Jan Hurley
THE JENNIE TATE AWARD FOR COSTUME DESIGN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE – SPONSORED BY HLA MANAGEMENT
Dark Emu
Jennifer Irwin APDG
The Merry Widow
Jennifer Irwin APDG
Three Sisters
Alice Babidge
Ghosts
Julie Lynch APDG
AWARD FOR DESIGN ON A LIVE EVENT – SPONSORED BY DESIGN AWARDS
‘David Jones Christmas Display’
Macgyver Models
‘The Spirit of Fun’ at Luna Park Vivid Sydney 2018
The Electric Canvas
‘Bunjil’
Ample Projects
‘Wonderland’
Anna Tregloan
ROSCO AWARD FOR LIGHTING DESIGN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE
ab (intra)
Damien Cooper
Melancholia
Paul Jackson
Twelfth Night
Ben Hughes APDG
Testament of Mary
Paul Jackson
PHOTOPLAY AWARD FOR DESIGN ON A COMMERCIAL
Metamucil Episode No. 2
Sophie Hayward
Queensland University of Technology/Future Proof
Zenon Kohler
WESTPAC – Help When It Matters
Steven Jones-Evans APDG
Blackmores ‘Probiotic Plus’
Aaron Crothers APDG
YEO CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AWARD FOR SET DECORATION FOR A FEATURE FILM
Winchester
Vanessa Cerne
Peter Rabbit
Lisa Thompson
Swinging Safari
Justine Dunn
UPGRADE
Katie Sharrock
NEXT-PRINTING AWARD FOR SET DECORATION FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Friday On My Mind
Brock Sykes
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Rolland Pike
Safe Harbour
Christopher Bruce
AIT AWARD FOR SET DESIGN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE
Three Sisters
Alice Babidge
The Merry Widow
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG
Bittersweet Obsessions Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Charlotte Mungomery
AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A TELEVISION DRAMA
Harrow – Season One
Matt Putland APDG
Top Of The Lake: China Girl
Annie Beauchamp APDG
Friday On My Mind
Tim Ferrier
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Jo Ford
AFTRS AWARD FOR DESIGN FOR A SHORT FILM OR MUSIC CLIP
Lost and Found
Rennie Watson
A Low Hum
Virginia Mesiti
Drum Wave
Josephine Wagstaff
Sola
Jonathan Nix
ACS AWARD FOR DESIGN FOR A LIVE PERFORMANCE
Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths
Charlotte Lane
Athalia
Melanie Liertz
There Will Be A Climax
Nick Fry
Still Point Turning
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LIVE PERFORMANCE – ACKNOWLEDGING EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AND PRACTICE ON INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS OR ARTISAN EXCELLENCE ON AUSTRALIAN OR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
Hotel Strindberg
Set and Costume Design
Alice Babidge
Dirty Dancing The Musical
Costume Design
Jennifer Irwin APDG
Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony – Puppets (Pyeongchang Puppets)
Supervising Art Director
Brian Edmonds APDG
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Costume Design
Alice Babidge
DOCKLANDS STUDIOS MELBOURNE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCREEN – ACKNOWLEDGING EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AND PRACTICE ON INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS OR ARTISAN EXCELLENCE ON AUSTRALIAN OR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
Kong: Skull Island (the Iwis)
Special Makeup Effect
JMB FX Studio
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director: Ian Gracie APDG
Art Directors: Michael Turner, Tom Nursey APDG, Jacinta Leong APDG, John Dexter
Alien: Covenant
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director: Ian Gracie APDG
Art Directors: Damien Drew APDG, Michelle McGahey APDG, Jacinta Leong APDG, Charlie Revai APDG
Game of Thrones
Production Design
Deborah Riley
DOCKLANDS STUDIOS MELBOURNE AWARD FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM
Winchester
Matt Putland APDG
UPGRADE
Felicity Abbott APDG
Peter Rabbit
Roger Ford ADPG
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
Animal Logic