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“THE KINGʼS SPEECH,” “INCEPTION” AND “BLACK SWAN” WIN AT

15TH ANNUAL ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS

“Mad Men,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Modern Family” Win for Television Series

BEVERLY HILLS, February 5 —The Art Directors Guild (ADG) tonight announced winners of its 15th Annual Excellence in 2010 Production Design Awards in nine categories of film, television, commercials and music videos during black-tie ceremonies at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The awards took place before an audience of more than 650 persons, including guild members, industry executives, studio heads and press. ADG Chairman Thomas A. Walsh presided over the awards ceremony with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the second consecutive year. Honorary awards were presented to Production Designer Patricia Norris for Lifetime Achievement and to Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery. Presenters for this yearʼs awards included Tom Hooper (Director: The Kingʼs Speech), Kristin Bauer (True Blood), Maria Canals-Barrera (Wizards of Waverly Place and Larry Crowne), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), Willie Garson (White Collar), Mariette Hartley, David Lynch (Director, Twin Peaks), Kevin McKidd (Greyʼs Anatomy), Ben Rappaport (Outsourced), Vik Sahay (“Chuck”), Robert Stromberg (Production Designer, Avatar), and Michael Weatherly (NCIS). During its ceremony tonight ADG inducted three additional legendary Production Designers into its Hall of Fame, bringing the roster to 33. The new inductees were Alexander Golitzen, Albert Heschong and Eugène Lourié. ADG awards recognition always goes to the Production Designer, Art Director and Assistant Art Director of each nominated and winning project.

WINNER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2010: Period Film THE KING’S SPEECH Production Designer: Eve Stewart Fantasy Film INCEPTION Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas Contemporary Film BLACK SWAN Production Designer: Therese DePrez

WINNER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2010: Single Camera Television Series MAD MEN

Episode: Public Relations Production Designer: Dan Bishop Television Movie or Mini-Series SECRETS IN THE WALL Production Designer: Robb Wilson King

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Episode of a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series MODERN FAMILY

Episode: Halloween Production Designer: Richard Berg Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Episode: Betty White/Jay Z Production Designer: Keith Raywood Eugene Lee Akira Yoshimura N. Joseph DeTullio

Awards, Music, or Game Shows 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Production Designer: David Rockwell

WINNER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR 2010:

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Commercial: Ice Fishing Production Designer: Jesse B. Benson Co-Producers for this year’s ADG Awards were Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Art Director Scott Enge designed the set using over 450,000 Swarovski crystals, in a multitude of different applications and styles. Sponsors for the 15th Annual ADG awards include: Set and Décor Sponsor Swarovski; Platinum Sponsors are International Creative Management, United Talent Agency, Warner Bros. Pictures; Gold Sponsors are Fox Searchlight, Fox Studio Production Services, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Universal Studios – Property, Drapery, Sign, Stage and Moulding Shops; and Silver Sponsors are Astek Inc./On Air Designs, Dazian Fabrics, Home Box Office, Montana Artists Agency, Warner Bros. Studio Facilities, WME – Devin Mann, Jasan Pagni, Stacey Karp, and Shari Shankewitz. Media sponsors are Below The Line, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Tarin Wilson of plan A events was the event planner for this year’s ADG awards. About the Art Directors Guild: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, and Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. Established in 1937, ADG’s ongoing activities include a Film Society; an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design) and Membership Directory; a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, creative workshops and craft and art exhibitions. The Guild’s Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org. Follow ADG on Twitter: ADG800

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ART DIRECTORS GUILD ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS

FOR 2010 FILM, TV, COMMERCIAL AND MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS; CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY 5

LOS ANGELES, January 5 -- The Art Directors Guild (ADG) today announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the ADG’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010. The nominations were announced by ADG Council President Tom Walsh and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is February 3. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Saturday, February 5, 2010 from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the second consecutive year. Theme of this year's awards ceremony is "Designs on Film" as a tribute to Cathy Whitlock's new HarperCollins book that traces 100 years of Hollywood Art Direction. Walsh will introduce the event. A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Emmy Award® winning Production Designer Patricia Norris with director David Lynch set to present to her. In addition, the ADG will induct the following legendary Production Designers from the past into its Hall of Fame: Alexander Golitizen, Albert Heschong and Eugène Lourié. This year's Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award will be presented to Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor, long-time visual effects artists from the legendary company, Illusion Arts. Robert Stromberg, Oscar® winner for “Avatar” will be making the Cinematic Imagery Awards presentation. Filmmaker Cindy Peters' will present a special short video about the many diverse tasks performed by Art Department craftpersons featuring interviews with seasoned and aspiring members of ADG.

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2010: Period Film

TRUE GRIT Production Designer: Jess Gonchor THE KING’S SPEECH Production Designer: Eve Stewart SHUTTER ISLAND Production Designer: Dante Ferretti ROBIN HOOD Production Designer: Arthur Max GET LOW Production Designer: Geoffrey Kirkland

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Fantasy Film ALICE IN WONDERLAND Production Designer: Robert Stromberg HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 Production Designer: Stuart Craig INCEPTION Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas TRON: LEGACY Production Designer: Darren Gilford THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER Production Designer: Barry Robison Contemporary Film BLACK SWAN Production Designer: Therese DePrez THE SOCIAL NETWORK Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt THE FIGHTER Production Designer: Judy Becker THE TOWN Production Desinger: Sharon Seymour 127 HOURS Production Designer: Suttirat Larlarb

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION FOR 2010:

Single Camera Television Series MAD MEN

Episode: Public Relations Production Designer: Dan Bishop

TRUE BLOOD Episode: Trouble Production Designer: Suzuki Ingerslev

THE TUDORS

Episode: 407 Production Designer: Tom Conroy 24

Episode: 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Production Designer: Carlos Barbosa GLEE

Episode: Britney/Brittany Production Designer: Mark Hutman

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Television Movie or Mini-Series SECRETS IN THE WALL Production Designer: Robb Wilson King REVENGE OF THE BRIDESMAIDS Production Designer: Marcia Hinds Episode of a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series MODERN FAMILY

Episode: Halloween Production Designer: Richard Berg 30 ROCK

Episode: Live Show Production Designer: Keith Raywood Teresa Mastropierro Peter Baran

OUTSOURCED

Episode: Home For the Diwalidays Production Designer: Joseph P. Lucky UNITED STATES OF TARA

Episode: Trouble Junction Production Designer: Cabot McMullen COMMUNITY

Episode: Basic Rocket Science Production Designer: Derek R. Hill Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Episode: Betty White/Jay.Z Production Designer: Keith Raywood Eugene Lee Akira Yoshimura N. Joseph DeTullio

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Episode: Natural History Production Designer: Stephan G. Olson

HELL’S KITCHEN

Episode: #810 Production Designer: John Janavs CONAN

Episode: #1.1 Production Designer: John Shaffner Joe Stewart TWO AND A HALF MEN

Episode: Hookers, Hookers, Hookers Production Designer: John Shaffner

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Awards, Music, or Game Shows 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Production Designer: David Rockwell 2010 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS Production Designer: Florian Wieder 62ND PRIME TIME EMMY AWARDS Production Designer: Steve Bass 67TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Production Designer: Brian J. Stonestreet SUPER BOWL XLIV Production Designer: Bruce Rodgers

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS FOR 2010:

MILK

Commercial: The Dentist Production Designer: Jeffrey Beecroft FARMERS INSURANCE

Commercial: Frozen Pipes Production Designer: Ken Averill CAPITAL ONE

Commercial: Rapunzel Production Designer: Jeremy Reed FORD FIESTA

Commercial: Launch Production Designer: Floyd Albee DOS EQUIS

Commercial: Ice fishing Production Designer: Jesse Benson Co-Producers for this year’s ADG Awards are Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Art Director Scott Enge will design the ceremony using over 450,000 crystals, in a multitude of different applications and styles. Sponsors for the 15th Annual ADG awards are: Set and Décor Sponsor ; Gold Sponsors are Fox Studio Production Services and Universal Studios Operations; and Silver Sponsors are Astek Inc./On Air Designs, Montana Artists Agency, and Warner Bros. Studio Facilities. Media sponsors are Below The Line, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Tarin Wilson of plan A events is the event planner for this year’s ADG awards. About the Art Directors Guild: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, and Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. Established in 1937, ADG’s ongoing activities include a Film Society; an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design) and Membership Directory; a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, creative workshops and craft and art exhibitions. The Guild’s Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org. Follow ADG on Twitter: ADG800

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BILL TAYLOR AND SYD DUTTON TO RECEIVE

ART DIRECTORS GUILD’S CINEMATIC IMAGERY AWARD

LOS ANGELES, January 25, 2011 — Emmy Award® winner Bill Taylor, ASC and Emmy Award® winner Syd Dutton have been selected to receive the Art Directors Guild’s coveted honorary Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, it was announced today by Thomas A. Walsh, ADG President, and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Taylor and Dutton are co-founders of Illusion Arts, where they earned credits on nearly 200 films. As Illusion Arts wound up its 26 year run, the company completed dozens of shots for Michael Mann’s Public Enemies (2009) for supervisor Robert Stadd and some key environments for G.I. Joe. One of their first major assignments was to create special effects for the new version of the television series The Twilight Zone. Both Taylor and Dutton were visual effects artists on numerous notable films together, including U-571 (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Casanova (2005). More recently Taylor and Dutton co-supervised Milk (2008) for which they created more than 150 “invisible” shots. The ADG’s Cinematic Imagery Award is given to an individual whose body of work in the film industry has richly enhanced the visual aspects of the movie-going experience. Previous recipients of this honor have been Warren Beatty, Allen Daviau, Clint Eastwood, Blake Edwards, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Norman Jewison, John Lasseter, George Lucas, Frank Oz, Steven Spielberg, Robert S. Wise and Zhang Yimou. The award will be presented to Taylor and Dutton as one of the highlights of the 15th annual Art Directors Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, during black tie ceremonies at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Nine ADG awards in production design categories for television, theatrical motion pictures, music videos and commercials will also be presented, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris. In addition, there will also be a presentation of the three newest Production Designers to be inducted into the ADG’s Hall of Fame: Alexander Golitizen, Albert Heschong and Eugène Lourié. Inspired by Ray Harryhausen’s miraculous effects in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and fueled by a lifelong interest in stage magic and sleight-of-hand, visual effects supervisor and director of photography Taylor, began his career as an optical cameraman specializing in blue screen compositing. In 1974 he created optical effects (and title song lyrics) for John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon’s ultra-low-budget Dark Star (1974); in the same year he began work at Universal Studios Matte Department as the cameraman for the renowned Matte Artist Albert Whitlock, a longtime mentor. Dutton, his future business partner, came on board a month later. The Hindenburg (1975), Taylor’s and Dutton’s first film with Whitlock, received the Special Achievement Award for visual effects from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Starting off in the mailroom at Universal Studios, Dutton was first exposed to the art of

ADG Cinematic Imagery Award 2 matte painting through daily visits to the studio of Whitlock. Dutton's talents were recognized at an early age and his personal ambition to improve his artistic skills followed him through studying art at U.C. Berkeley where he received his BA and Master's Degrees. Soon after graduation, Dutton's interests broadened to include filmmaking and writing. He feels that the most successful special effects are those the audience does not realize are effects at all. He strives for realism, whether it is recreating the past in an ancient Roman city or imagining a future world. He has worked for a diverse group of the top directors, including: Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Wolfgang Peterson, Robert Redford, Mel Brooks and more. In 1985 Taylor and Dutton won the Emmy® for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for their work on the television miniseries “A.D.” In 1981 Taylor was awarded the Technical Achievement Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the concept and specifications for a Two Format, Rotating Head and Aerial Image Optical Printer. Additionally, in 1992 Dutton won the Emmy® for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects for his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Co-Producers for this year’s ADG Awards are Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Art Director Scott Enge will design the ceremony using over 450,000 crystals, in a multitude of different applications and styles. Sponsors for the 15th Annual ADG awards are: Set and Décor Sponsor ; Gold Sponsors are Fox Studio Production Services and Universal Studios Operations; and Silver Sponsors are Astek Inc./On Air Designs, Montana Artists Agency, and Warner Bros. Studio Facilities. Media sponsors are Below The Line, Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Tarin Wilson of plan A events is the event planner for this year’s ADG awards. About the Art Directors Guild: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. Established in 1937, the ADG’s ongoing activities include a Film Society; an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design); a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); extensive technology-training programs, figure drawing and other creative workshops and year-round Gallery 800 art exhibitions. The Guild’s Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org. Follow ADG on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ADG800

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NOTE TO MEDIA: Electronic images of Bill Taylor and Syd Dutton are available by contacting Nicole Bamber at [email protected].

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PRODUCTION DESIGNER/COSTUME DESIGNER PATRICIA NORRIS

TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM ART DIRECTORS GUILD

LOS ANGELES, November 22, 2010 -- Academy Award®-winning Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Art Directors Guild’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 5, 2011, it was announced today by Thomas A. Walsh, ADG Council President, and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. The award will be presented at a black-tie industry gathering at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Norris began her career in the film industry as a stock girl in the wardrobe department at MGM Studios and worked her way up to become one of the industry’s most respected craft persons. In announcing this honor, ADG President Walsh said, “Patricia is one of only a very few American designers who have been able to successfully combine the dual practices of production and costume design for film and television.” She holds dual production and costume design credits for works such as Amos & Andrew (1993), The Journey of August King (1995), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Delivering Milo (2001), The Assassination of Jesse James (2007) and The Singing Detective (2003). With more than two decades of collaboration with director David Lynch, Norris has worked on such Lynch classics as Wild at Heart (1990), Lost Highway (1997) and the pilot for Twin Peaks (1990) that won her an Emmy® for Outstanding Art Direction. Nominated five times for an Academy Award® for her costume design in films that include Sunset (1988), The Elephant Man (1980) and Days of Heaven (1978), Norris will be the second woman to be awarded ADG’s Lifetime Achievement Award (Jan Scott was the first in 2001). Walsh further noted, “By celebrating Patricia’s life and career the Guild reaffirms the hopes of every young designer regardless of their background or gender, encouraging them to pursue their dreams and overcome the status quo in the pursuit of their creative aspirations.” Previous recipients of ADG Lifetime Achievement Awards are Production Designers Ken Adam, Robert Boyle, Albert Brenner, Henry Bumstead, Roy Christopher, Stuart Craig, Bill Creber, John Mansbridge, Terence Marsh, Harold Michelson, Jan Scott, Paul Sylbert and Dean Tavoularis. Nominations for the ADG Awards will be announced on January 5, 2011. On awards night, February 5, the ADG will present winners in nine competitive categories for theatrical films, television productions and commercials, along with the Guild’s award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery (recipient to be announced) and three Hall of Fame inductees, Alexander Golitizen, Albert Heschong and Eugène Lourié. For the second consecutive year, Paula Poundstone is set to host the show, which is themed, “Design on Film.” Sponsors for this year’s awards include Swarovski and Variety.

ADG Lifetime Achievement Award 2 About the Art Directors Guild: The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, and Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers. Established in 1937, ADG’s ongoing activities include a Film Society; an annual Awards Banquet, a creative/technology community (5D: The Future of Immersive Design) and Membership Directory; a bimonthly craft magazine (Perspective); and extensive technology-training programs, creative workshops and craft and art exhibitions. The Guild’s Online Directory/Website Resource is at www.adg.org. Follow ADG on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/ADG800

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NOTE TO MEDIA: A photo image of Patricia Norris is available electronically by contacting Nicole Bamber at [email protected]. PRESS CONTACTS: Weissman/Markovitz Communications Lindajo Loftus, Cheri Warner Tel: 818.760.8995, Fax: 818.760.4847 [email protected], [email protected]