Art Directors Guild Awards 2026: “Frankenstein,” “One Battle After Another,” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Take Top Honors
The 30th Art Directors Guild (ADG) Excellence in Production Design Awards were presented on February 28, 2026, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, celebrating the visionary operate of production designers in film and television.
Film Winners
Period Feature Film: Frankenstein, Production Designer: Tamara Deverell
Fantasy Feature Film: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Production Designer: Kasra Farahani
Contemporary Feature Film: One Battle After Another, Production Designer: Florencia Martin
Animated Feature Film: KPop Demon Hunters, Production Designers: Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich
Television Winners
One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series: Palm Royale (“Maxine Drinks Martini’s Now,” “Maxine Serves a Swerve”), Production Designer: Jon Carlos
One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series: Andor (“Who Are You?”), Production Designer: Luke Hull
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series: Severance (“Chikhai Bardo”), Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
Television Movie or Limited Series: Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Production Designer: Matthew Flood Ferguson
Half-Hour Single-Camera Series: The Studio (“The Note”), Production Designer: Julie Berghoff
Multi-Camera Series: Mid-Century Modern (“Bye, George”), Production Designer: Glenda Rovello
Variety or Reality Series: Saturday Night Live (“Lady Gaga Host”), Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio, Andrea Purcigliotti
Variety Special: SNL50: The Anniversary Special, Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio
Additional Honors and Recognition
Florencia Martin was the most nominated individual with four nominations, winning for both One Battle After Another and the Prada “Galleria Bag” commercial.
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to production designer and director Bo Welch. set designer and art director Jann Engel; illustrator, storyboard artist and production designer Tom Southwell; and scenic artist Stephen McNally.
Filmmaker Jon M. Chu received the Cinematic Imagery Award, and Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) was presented with the President’s Award. Production designer Thomas E. Sanders was posthumously inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame.
The ADG Awards have a strong track record of predicting Oscar success, with winners in the Period, Contemporary, or Fantasy film categories going on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 20 of the past 29 years.