ADG Awards: 'The Revenant,' 'Mad Max,' 'The Martian' Win Feature Categories
'Game of Thrones,' 'Homeland' and 'American Horror Story' also are among the winners.
The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian won the feature film awards at the Art Directors Guild's 20th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, held Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The feature competition is divided into three categories, for period, contemporary and fantasy films. Production designer Jack Fisk's work on The Revenant won the category for a period film, Colin Gibson's work on Mad Max: Fury Road topped the fantasy film category and production designer Arthur Max's work on The Martian won the contemporary category.
All three feature winners, along with ADG nominees Bridge of Spies and The Danish Girl, are nominated for the Oscar in production design. In three of the past four years, the ADG period film category winner went on to win the Oscar.
During the evening, Josh Brolin presented David O. Russell with the Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award.
Recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards were Patrizia von Brandenstein, the first woman to win an Oscar in production design (Amadeus); William J. Newmon, II, the first African-American set designer in Hollywood (Poltergeist); scenic artist Bill Anderson (Cleopatra); and Oscar-nominated matte artist Harrison Ellenshaw (Tron).
Additionally, four women were inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame: production designer Carmen Dillon, production designer and illustrator Dorothea Holt Redmond, production and costume designer Patricia Norris and art director and set designer Dianne Wager.
Eva Marie Saint presented Robert Osborne as the first recipient of ADG’s newly created William Cameron Menzie Award for his work in championing classic motion pictures. Osborne was ill and unable to attend the ceremony.
During the evening, ADG past president Tom Walsh led a tribute to the late Murray Weissman, whom he called ADG's "friend, champion ... and guiding light."
A complete list of winners follows.
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Period Film
The Revenant (WINNER)
Production designer: Jack Fisk
Production designer: Adam Stockhausen
Production designer: Thomas E. Sanders
Production designer: Eve Stewart
Production designer: Mark Ricker
Watch THR’s Roundtable with The Revenant Director
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Fantasy Film
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
Production designer: Colin Gibson
Production designer: Dante Ferretti
Production designer: Edward Verreaux
Production designers: Rick Carter, Darren Gilford
Production designer: Scott Chambliss
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Contemporary Film
The Martian (WINNER)
Production designer: Arthur Max
Production designer: Mark Digby
Production designer: Judy Becker
Production designer: Patrice Vermette
Production designer: Dennis Gassner
Watch THR’s Roundtable with The Martian Director
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One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series
Game of Thrones: "High Sparrow," "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken," "Hardhome" (WINNER)
Production designer: Deborah Riley
Downton Abbey: "A Moorland Holiday"
Production designer: Donal Woods
Gotham: "Strike Force," "Dammed If You Do…"
Production designer: Richard Berg
The Knick: "Ten Knots," "The Best With the Best to Get the Best," "Wonderful Surprises"
Production designer: Howard Cummings
Mad Men: "Person to Person"
Production designer: Dan Bishop
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One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series
Homeland: "The Tradition of Hospitality," "All about Allison," "The Litvinov Ruse" (WINNER)
Production designer: John D. Kretschmer
Better Call Saul: "Five-O," "Rico," "Marco"
Production designer: Tony Fanning
Empire: "Pilot"
Production designer: Steve Saklad
House of Cards: "Chapter 29," "Chapter 36"
Production designer: Steve Arnold
True Detective: "The Western Book of the Dead," "Night Finds You," "Omega Station"
Production designer: Alex Digerlando
Watch THR’s Roundtable with Homeland Creator
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Television Movie or Limited Series
American Horror Story: Hotel: "Checking In" (WINNER)
Production designer: Mark Worthington
Production designer: Clark Hunter
Fargo: "Waiting for Dutch," "Before the Law," "Fear and Trembling"
Production designer: Warren Alan Young
Tut: "Power," "Betrayal," "Destiny"
Production designer: Michael Hanan
Wolf Hall: "Three Card Trick"
Production designer: Pat Campbell
See Lady Gaga's One-on-One with The Hollywood Reporter
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Half Hour Single-Camera Series
The Muppets: "The Ex-Factor," "Pig's in a Blanket" (WINNER)
Production designer: Denise Pizzini
The Last Man on Earth: "Alive in Tucson," "Is Anybody out There?," "Silent Night"
Production designer: Bruce Robert Hill
Silicon Valley: "Sand Hill Shuffle," "Homicide," "Adult Content"
Production designer: Richard Toyon
Transparent: "Kina Hora," "The Book of Life," "Oscillate"
Production designer: Cat Smith
Veep: "Joint Session," "Election Night"
Production designer: James Gloster
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Multi-Camera Series
The Big Bang Theory: "The Skywalker Incursion," "The Mystery Date Observation," "The Platonic Permutation" (WINNER)
Production designer: John Shaffner
2 Broke Girls: "And the Escape Room," "And the Maybe Baby," "And the Coming out Party"
Production designer: Glenda Rovello
Clipped: "Dreamers," "Wi-Fi," "World's Rudest Barbershop"
Production designer: Greg Grande
Mom: "Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous," "Six Popes and Red Ferrari,""Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation"
Production designer: John Shaffner
Truth Be Told: "Pilot," "Big Black Coffee," "Members Only"
Production designer: Stephan Olson
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Awards or Event Special
The Oscars: 2015 (WINNER)
Production designer: Derek Mclane
Production designers: Tamlyn Wright, Baz Halpin
The American Music Awards: 2015
Production designers: Joe Stewart, John Shaffner
Saturday Night Live: "40th Anniversary Special"
Production designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph Detullio, Peter Baran
Production designer: Derek Mclane
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Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial
Apple Music: "The History of Sound" (WINNER)
Production designer: Jess Gonchor
American Horror Story: Hotel: "Hallways"
Production designer: Zach Mathews
Duracell — Star Wars: "Battle for Christmas Morning"
Production designer: Tom Meyer
Madonna: "Ghosttown"
Production designer: Emma Fairley
Victoria's Secret: "Rome"
Production designer: Jeffrey Beecroft
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Variety, Reality or Competition Series
Key & Peele: "Ya'll Ready for This?" "The End" (WINNER)
Production designer: Gary Kordan
Conan: "At Comic-Con"
Production designer: Christopher Goumas
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: "Halloween"
Production designer: Scott Moses
Saturday Night Live: "Tracey Morgan/Demi Lovato," "Scarlett Johansson/Wiz Khalifa," "Miley Cyrus"
Production designers: Keith Ian Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph Detullio
Top Chef: "Stop the Presses"
Production designer: James Pearse Connelly
The Voice Season 9: "Blind Auditions Premiere," "Battles Premiere," "The Knockouts Premiere"
Production designers: Anton Goss, James Pearse Connelly
Watch THR’s Roundtable with Jordan Peele