‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Conclave,’ and ‘Wicked’ Win at the 2025 ADG Awards
“Nosferatu” (Craig Lathrop), “Wicked” (Nathan Crowley), and “Conclave” (Suzie Davies) were the period, fantasy, and contemporary production design winners at the 29th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, held February 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Also winning for animation was “The Wild Robot”, following its Annies sweep and VES prizes. On the TV side, “Shōgun,” “Squid Game,” “Fallout,” and “The Penguin” were the winners for their production designers in their respective categories.
The Lathrop win for “Nosferatu” was not surprising when you consider that “The Brutalist” production designer Judy Becker is not an ADG member. She has been the presumptive Oscar favorite for channeling Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody’s visionary architect, László Tóth, in applying a Brutalist style to the architectural designs of mid-century Pennsylvania with its bold shapes and function over form aesthetic.
Lathrop, who has worked on all of director Robert Eggers’ other films, received his first Oscar nomination for “Nosferatu.” Lathrop’s work leaned into architectural authenticity of the pre-Victorian, gothic style and recreates a 19th-century German town as well as a 15th-century Romanian castle.
Crowley has yet to win an Oscar, despite seven nominations and a prominent collaboration with Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar”), but is still in the hunt for Oscar glory for his imaginative re-invention of Oz.
Vermette, who previously won the Oscar for “Dune,” is trying for a second win by taking a deeper dive into the Fremen and Harkonnen cultures on Arrakis and Giedi Prime.
In addition, the ADG honored Lisa Frazza (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Barbara Mesney (“Argo”), Dan Sweetman (“Braveheart”), and J. Dennis Washington (“The Fugitive”) with Lifetime Achievement awards. Legendary production designer Carl Jules Weyl (“The Adventures of Robin Hood” and “Casablanca”) was inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame as part of the ceremony. The 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award was presented to Academy Award-nominated director and filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose body of work includes “Juno,” “Up in the Air,” and “Saturday Night.”
See the full list of winners below:
Period Feature Film
“A Complete Unknown”
Production Designer: François Audouy
“The Brutalist”
Production Designer: Judy Becker
“Gladiator II”
Production Designer: Arthur Max
“Nosferatu” – Winner
Production Designer: Craig Lathrop
“Saturday Night”
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Fantasy Feature Film
“Alien: Romulus”
Production Designer: Naaman Marshall
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
Production Designer: Mark Scruton
“Dune: Part Two”
Production Designer: Patrice Vermette
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Production Designer: Colin Gibson
“Wicked” – Winner
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Contemporary Feature Film
“Civil War”
Production Designer: Caty Maxey
“Conclave” – Winner
Production Designer: Suzie Davies
“Emilia Pérez”
Production Designer: Emmanuelle Duplay
“The Substance”
Production Designer: Stanislas Reydellet
“Twisters”
Production Designer: Patrick M. Sullivan
Animated Feature Film
“Flow”
Art Director: Gints Zilbalodis
“Inside Out 2”
Production Designer: Jason Deamer
“Moana 2”
Production Designer: Ian Gooding
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
Production Designer: Matt Perry
“The Wild Robot” – Winner
Production Designer: Raymond Zibach
One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series
“Bridgerton,” “Old Friends,” “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” “Into the Light”
Production Designer: Alison Gartshore
“One Hundred Years of Solitude,” “Remedios Moscote”
Production Designers: Bárbara Enriquez, Eugenio Caballero
“Pachinko,” “Chapter 13”
Production Designer: Ruth Ammon
“Palm Royale,” “Maxine’s Like a Dellacorte”
Production Designer: Jon Carlos
“Shōgun,” “Anjin” – Winner
Production Designer: Helen Jarvis
One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series
“Dune: Prophecy,” “The Hidden Hand”
Production Designer: Tom Meyer
“Fallout,” “The End” – Winner
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
“House of the Dragon,” “Smallfolk”
Production Designer: Jim Clay
“The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power,” “Shadow and Flame”
Production Designer: Kristian Milsted
“Silo,” “Solo,” “Harmonium”
Production Designer: Nicole Northridge
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series
“The Gentlemen,” “Tackle Tommy Woo Woo”
Production Designer: Martyn John
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “A Breakup”
Production Designer: Gerald Sullivan
“Slow Horses,” “Returns”
Production Designer: Choi Ho Man
“Squid Game,” “Six Legs,” “O X” – Winner
Production Designer: Chae Kyoung-sun
“Yellowstone,” “Desire is All You Need,” “Three Fifty-Three,” “Give the World Away”
Production Designer: Yvonne Boudreaux
Limited Series
“Agatha All Along”
Production Designer: John Collins
“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”
Production Designer: Mark Ricker
“The Penguin” – Winner
Production Designer: Kalina Ivanov
“Ripley”
Production Designer: David Gropman
“True Detective: Night Country”
Production Designer: Daniel Taylor
Half-Hour Single-Camera Series
“Emily in Paris,” “The Grey Area,” “All Roads Lead to Rome”
Production Designer: Anne Seibel
“Hacks,” “Just For Laughs,” “Better Late”
Production Designer: Daniel Novotny
“Only Murders in the Building,” “Gates of Heaven,” “Valley of the Dolls”
Production Designer: Patrick Howe
“Shrinking,” “Jimmying,” “I Love Pain,” “Psychological Something-ism”
Production Designer: Cabot McMullen
“What We Do in the Shadows,” “Headhunting” – Winner
Production Designer: Shayne Fox
Multi-Camera Series
“Bunk’d,” “Busk A Move,” “Cold Feet, Hot Brobblers”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
“Frasier,” “All About Eve” – Winner
Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
“Poppa’s House,” “Family Photo,” “Wig”
Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter
“That ‘90s Show,” “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Just a Friend,” “Something to Talk About”
Production Designer: Greg Grande
“Wizards Beyond Waverly Place,” “Saved by the Spell,” ‘Something Wizard this Way Comes”
Production Designer: Kelly Hogan
Variety or Reality Series
“The Daily Show,” “Jon Stewart & The News Team Live at the Chicago DNC”
Production Designer: Dave Edwards
“Hell’s Kitchen,” “Shucking Hell”
Production Designer: John Janavs
“John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.,” “The Future of L.A.”
Production Designer: Andrea Purcigliotti
“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “RDR Live!,” “Werq the World”
Production Designers: Gianna Costa, Jen Chu
“Saturday Night Live,” “Host: Ariana Grande, Musical Guest: Stevie Nicks” – Winner
Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio
Variety Special
“Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic” – Winner
Production Designers: James Yarnell, Steve Morden
MTV Video Music Awards
Production Designer: Matthew Steinbrenner
The 75th Emmy Awards
Production Designer: Brian Stonestreet
77th Annual Tony Awards
Production Designer: Steve Bass
“This is Me… Now: A Love Story”
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Commercials
Apple Pay: “Plates” – Winner
Production Designer: François Audouy
Bvlgari: “Eternally Reborn”
Production Designer: Freyja Bardell
Dr Pepper: “Into the Great Unknown”
Production Designer: Mark Snelgrove
Gucci Flora: “Gorgeous Orchid”
Production Designer: Jordan Ferrer
NBA Finals “The Toast”
Production Designer: Dylan Kahn
Music Videos
Charli XCX and Billie Eilish: “Guess”
Production Designer: Hugh Charles Zeigler
Eminem: “Houdini”
Production Designer: Brandon Mendez
Kendrick Lamar: “Not Like Us” – Winner
Production Designer: Freyja Bardell
Sabrina Carpenter: “Taste”
Production Designer: Grant Armstrong
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone: “Fortnight”
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman
Television Movie
“Apartment 7A”
Production Designer: Simon Bowles
“Descendents: The Rise of Red”
Production Designer: Mark Hofeling
“The Killer”
Production Designer: Aline Bonetto
“Música”
Production Designer: Patrick M. Sullivan
“Unfrosted” – Winner
Production Designer: Clayton Hartley
