Get ready for 2024’s film awards season with our rundown of the nominees in this year’s design categories. Nowhere else will you find such a comprehensive design-focused film awards list. We’re captivated by the visual magic created by sets, locations, and furniture in films, and we celebrate the visionaries behind it all – the production designers, set decorators, and the entire art department that builds worlds to entertain and inspire us. And guess what? You’re here with us, which means you share our passion!

It’s our absolute honour to present a thrilling rundown of the key design and art department nominations for the Oscars, the BAFTAs, the Art Directors Guild Awards, the Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Awards, and the British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) Awards (for which we’ll be reporting live!). Below, we’ve listed all the nominees in the order of the date each ceremony takes place. So, let’s raise a glass and shine the spotlight on these incredibly talented creatives shaping the film industry.

The ADG Awards

The 28th Annual Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards will be held on February 10, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood.

The nominees are:-

Contemporary Feature Film

John Wick: Chapter 4  – Production Designer: Kevin Kavanaugh
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Production Designer: Gary Freeman
Saltburn – Production Designer: Suzie Davies
The Killer – Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt.

Discover more about the design of Saltburn in our exclusive interview with Suzie Davies and Charlotte Dirickx: Creating a house of dreams (and nightmares)

Fantasy Feature Film

Barbie – Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – Production Designer: Beth Mickle
Poor Things – Production Designer: James Price/Shona Heath
The Creator – Production Designer: James Clyne
Wonka – Production Designer: Nathan Crowley.

Discover more about the design of Wonka in our interview with Nathan Crowley: Crafting the whimsical world of Wonka and more about Barbie in our feature Creating Barbie Land: The decor details of Barbie’s Dreamhouse

Period Feature Film

Asteroid City – Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Killers Of The Flower Moon – Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Maestro – Production Designer: Kevin Thompson
Napoleon – Production Designer: Arthur Max
Oppenheimer – Production Designer: Ruth De Jong.

You can discover more about the design of Asteroid City in our feature Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City combines design, decor and colour to craft a captivating 1950s Americana, and learn that not as much of the filming of Napoleon took place in France as one might expect, in our feature Why an English country house became Chateau Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.

If Maestro is more your bag, delve into the film sets and interior design in our exclusive Maestro feature and video interview.

In the various ADG Awards TV categories, nominees include:

Perry Mason – Production Designer: Keith Cunningham, The Crown – Production Designer: Martin Childs, The Gilded Age– Production Designer: Bob Shaw, The Great – Production Designer: Francesca Di Mottola, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Production Designer: Bill Groom,

For All Mankind – Production Designer: Seth Reed, Loki – Production Designer: Kasra Farahani, Silo – Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet, The Last Of Us – Production Designer: John Paino, The Mandalorian – Production Designer: Andrew L. Jones/Doug Chiang.

Fargo – Production Designer: Trevor Smith, Poker Face – Production Designer: Judy Rhee, Succession – Production Designer: Stephen Carter, The Morning Show – Production Designer: Nelson Coates, Yellowjackets – Production Designer: Margot Ready,

A Murder At The End Of The World – Production Designer: Alex Digerlando, All The Light We Cannot See – Production Designer: Simon Elliott, Beef – Production Designer: Grace Yun, Daisy Jones & The Six – Production Designer: Jessica Kender, Lessons In Chemistry – Production Designer: Cat Smith

Only Murders In The Building – Production Designer: Patrick Howe, Our Flag Means Death – Production Designer: Ra Vincent, Reservation Dogs – Production Designer: Brandon Tonner-Connolly, The Bear – Production Designer: Merje Veski, What We Do In The Shadows – Production Designer: Shayne Fox

 

Bob Abishola – Production Designer: Francoise Cherry-Cohen, Bunk’d – Production Designer: Kelly Hogan, Frasier – Production Designer: Glenda Rovello, That 90’s Show – Production Designer: Greg J Grande, The Conners – Production Designer: Jerry Dunn

 

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The SDSA Awards

 

The Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Awards for of excellence in the art of Set Decoration for films released in 2023 will be announced on February 13, 2024.

 

The nominees are:-

Best Achievement In Décor/Design Of A Contemporary Feature Film

The Killer – Set Decoration by Brandi Kalish SDSA with Production Design by Donald Graham Burt
Leave the World Behind – Set Decoration by David Schlesinger SDSA with Production Design by Anastasia White
May December – Set Decoration by Jess Royal with Production Design by Sam Lisenco
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Set Decoration by Raffaella Giovannetti SDSA with Production Design by Gary Freeman
Saltburn – Set Decoration by Charlotte Dirickx SDSA with Production Design by Suzie Davies.

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film

Killers of the Flower Moon – Set Decoration by Adam Willis with Production Design by Jack Fisk
Maestro – Set Decoration by Rena DeAngelo SDSA with Production Design by Kevin Thompson
Napoleon – Set Decoration by Elli Griff with Production Design by Arthur Max
Oppenheimer – Set Decoration by Claire Kaufman SDSA with Production Design by Ruth De Jong
Poor Things – Set Decoration by Zsuzsa Mihalek with Production Design by James Price & Shona Heath.

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film

Barbie – Set Decoration by Katie Spencer SDSA with Production Design by Sarah Greenwood
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – Set Decoration by Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA with Production Design by Beth Mickle
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Set Decoration by Sabine Schaaf with Production Design by Uli Hanisch
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Set Decoration by Anna Pinnock with Production Design by Adam Stockhausen
Wonka – Set Decoration by Lee Sandales with Production Design by Nathan Crowley.

Best Achievement in Décor / Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film

American Fiction– Set Decoration by Kyra Friedman Curcio SDSA with Production Design by Jonathan Guggenheim
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret – Set Decoration by Selina M. Van den Brink SDSA with Production Design by Steve Saklad
Asteroid City – Set Decoration by Kris Moran with Production Design by Adam Stockhausen
Candy Cane Lane – Set Decoration by Jan Pascale SDSA with Production Design by Aaron Osborne
The Little Mermaid – Set Decoration by Gordon Sim SDSA with Production Design by John Myhre.

The BAFTAs

The 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrate the very best in film of the past year and winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, hosted by David Tennant on Sunday 18 February, 2024.

Barbie – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Killers Of The Flower Moon – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
Oppenheimer – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
Poor Things – Production Design: James Price And Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
The Zone of Interest –  Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

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BFDG Awards

The 13th British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards supported by Benlabs will take place on Saturday 24 February 2024 at The Londoner Hotel, Leicester Square, London, and we’ll be there to cover the event!

Barbie, Poor Things and Wonka have all been nominated as we predicted, and other film sets we’ve given the Film and Furniture treatment, who also make the grade in separate BFDG categories, include A Haunting in Venice and Saltburn.

Major Motion Picture – Fantasy Finalists

 

Barbie – Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood, Supervising Art Director: Dean Clegg, Set Decorator: Katie Spencer
Poor Things – Production Designer: James Price & Shona Heath, Supervising Art Director: Adam Makin & James Lewis, Set Decorator: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Wonka – Production Designer: Nathan Crowley, Supervising Art Director: Tom Brown & Toby Britton, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

 

Major Motion Picture – Contemporary Finalists
Luther – The Fallen Sun – Production Designer: Jon Gary Steele, Supervising Art Director: Andrew Rothschild, Set Decorator: Liz Griffiths
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Production Designer: Gary Freeman, Supervising Art Director: Phil Sims, Set Decorator: Raffaella Giovannetti
The Covenant – Production Designer: Martyn John, Supervising Art Director: Florian Müller, Set Decorator: Linda Wilson

 

Major Motion Picture – Period Finalists
A Haunting In Venice – Production Designer: John Paul Kelly, Supervising Art Director: Peter Russell, Set Decorator: Celia Bobak
Chevalier – Production Designer: Karen Murphy, Supervising Art Director: Frantisek Weber & Adam O’neill (Opera Sequences), Set Decorator: Lotty Sanna
Ferrari – Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic, Supervising Art Director: Stephan Gessler, Set Decorator: Sophie Phillips

Feature Film – Contemporary Finalists

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – Production Designer: Grant Armstrong, Supervising Art Director: Matthew Kerly, Set Decorator: Michael Standish
Saltburn – Production Designer: Suzie Davies, Supervising Art Director: Caroline Barclay, Set Decorator: Charlotte Dirickx
The Kitchen – Production Designer: Nathan Parker. Supervising Art Director: Caroline Barclay, Set Decorator: Casey Williams

Feature Film – Period Finalists

Golda – Production Designer: Arad Sawat, Supervising Art Director: Andrew Munro, Set Decorator: Celia De La Hey
One Life – Production Designer: Christina Moore, Supervising Art Director: Aline Leonello, Set Decorator: Philippa Hart
The Pigeon Tunnel – Production Designer: Peter Francis & Mark Scruton, Supervising Art Director: Astrid Sieben, Set Decorator: Bernadett Redenczki & Nick Ellis

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The Oscars

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