We kicked off 2026 at Artspace Warehouse on a breezy Thursday evening!
The walls were adorned with vibrant, eclectic artwork from talented fine artists. SDSA members enjoyed mingling and catching up with colleagues.
Event chair Maya Levy, Claudia Deutsch, and her team did an outstanding job organizing the general membership meeting.  Members nibbled on delicious food and drinks surrounded by exceptional artwork. We also welcomed the new 2026-2028 board, which was sworn in by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, representative of the 2nd District.Special thanks to Art Space warehouse and the incredible business members who provided generous raffle prizes for the evening: Advanced Liquidators Office Furniture and Studio Rentals, Inc, Eclipse – Worldwide, U-Frame-It Gallery, Playback Technologies, Hollywood International Placements Inc, History for Hire, Placed4Sucess Product Placement

Art Directors Guild Awards Nominations

2026 Art Directors Guild Awards: Excellence in Production Design Awards:

Feature Film

PERIOD FEATURE FILM

FRANKENSTEIN

Production Designer: Tamara Deverell

Set Decorator: Shane Vieau SDSA

HAMNET

Production Designer: Fiona Crombie

Set Decorator: Alice Felton SDSA

MARTY SUPREME

Production Designer: Jack Fisk

Set Decorator: Adam Willis

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock

SINNERS

Production Designer: Hannah Beachler

Set Decorator: Monique Champagne SDSA
 

FANTASY FEATURE FILM

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Production Designers: Dylan Cole, Ben Procter

Set Decorator: Vanessa Cole

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS 

Production Designer: Kasra Farahani

Set Decorator: Jille Aziz

MICKEY 17

Production Designer: Fiona Crombie

Set Decorator: Alice Felton SDSA

SUPERMAN

Production Designer: Beth Mickle

Set Decorator: Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA

WICKED: FOR GOOD

Production Designer: Nathan Crowley

Set Decorator: Lee Sandales 
 

CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM

BUGONIA

Production Designer: James Price

Set Decorator: Prue Howard

F1

Production Designers: Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley

Set Decorators: Andrew McCarthy SDSA, Christy McIrwin SDSA, Véronique Melery
 

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING  

Production Designer: Gary Freeman

Set Decorator: Raffaella Giovannetti SDSA

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 

Production Designer: Florencia Martin

Set Decorator: Anthony Carlino SDSA

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY 

Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs

Set Decorator: Kathryn Pyle

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE BAD GUYS 2 

Production Designer: Luc Desmarchelier

ELIO

Production Designer: Harley Jessup

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

Production Designers: Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS 

Production Designer: Sean Haworth, Animation Production Designer: Pablo R. Mayer

ZOOTOPIA 2

Production Designer: Cory Loftis

TELEVISION:

ONE-HOUR PERIOD SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

THE GILDED AGE: “If You Want to Cook an Omlette”

Production Designer: Bob Shaw

Set Decorator: Jennifer Alex Nickason SDSA

HOUSE OF GUINESS: “Episode 101”

Production Designers: Richard Bullock

Set Decorator: Maxine Carlier

IT: Welcome to Derry “The Blackspot”

Production Designer: Paul Austerberry

Set Decorator: Jeff Melvin

1923 “Wrap Thee in Terror”

Production Designers: Cary White, Lisa Ward

Set Decorator: Carla Curry SDSA

PALM ROYALE: “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now,” “Maxine Serves a Swerve”

Production Designer: Jon Carlos

Set Decorator: Ellen Reede SDSA

ONE-HOUR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

ANDOR: “Who Are You?”

Production Designer: Luke Hull

Set Decorator: Rebecca Alleway SDSA

ALIEN: EARTH: “Neverland”

Production Designer: Andy Nicholson

Set Decorator: Mark Rosinski

THE LAST OF US: “Day One”

Production Designer: Don MacAulay

Set Decorator: Lisa Lancaster SDSA

Set Decorator: Jonathan Lancaster SDSA

STRANGER THINGS: “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”

Production Designer: Chris Trujillo

Set Decorator: Jess Royal

WEDNSDAY: “Chapter Four – If These Woes Could Talk”

Production Designer: Mark Scruton

Set Decorator: David Morison SDSA

ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

PLURIBUS: “Grenade”

Production Designer: Denise Pizzini

Set Decorator: Ashley Michelle Marsh SDSA

SEVERANCE: “Chikhai Bardo”

Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle

Set Decorator: David Schlesinger SDSA

SLOW HORSES: “Incommunicado,” “Tall Tales”

Production Designer: Choi Ho Man

Set Decorator: Kam Lan Man

THE PITT: “7:00 A.M.”

Production Designer: Nina Ruscio

Set Decorator: Matt Callahan

THE WHITE LOTUS: “Amor Fati”

Production Designer: Cristina Onori

Set Decorator: Letizia Santucci SDSA

TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

ADOLESCENCE 

Production Designer: Adam Tomlinson

Set Decorator: Paul Tormey

BLACK MIRROR: “USS Callister: Into Infinity”

Production Designer: Miranda Jones

Set Decorator: Ellie Shanks

BLACK RABBIT 

Production Designer: Alex DiGerlando

Set Decorator: Lydia Marks SDSA

DEATH BY LIGHTNING 

Production Designer: Gemma Jackson

Set Decorator: Hannah Gawthorpe

Set Decorator: Zsuzsa Mihalek

MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story

Production Designer: Matthew Flood Ferguson SDSA

Set Decorator: Melissa Licht SDSA

HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES

THE BEAR: “Bears”

Production Designer: Merje Veski

Set Decorator: Eric Frankel SDSA
 

HACKS: “A Slippery Slope”

Production Designer: Rob Tokarz

Set Decorator: Jennifer Lukehart SDSA

MURDERBOT: “FreeCommerce”

Production Designer: Sue Chan

Set Decorator: Rob Hepburn SDSA

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING: “The House Always…”

Production Designer: Patrick Howe

Set Decorator: Mila Khalevich SDSA

THE STUDIO: “The Note”

Production Designer: Julie Berghoff

Set Decorator: Claire Kaufman SDSA

MULTI-CAMERA SERIES

MID-CENTURY MODERN: “Bye, George”

Production Designer: Glenda Rovello

Set Decorator: Peter Gurski SDSA

MID-CENTURY MODERN: “Love Thy Neighbor”

Production Designer: Greg J. Grande

Set Decorator: Peter Gurski SDSA

POPPA'S HOUSE: “Baby Girl,” “Magic Shine Again”

Production Designer: Aiyana Trotter

Set Decorator: Hernan Camacho

VAMPIRINA: Teenage Vampire: “First Nightmare”

Production Designer: Maggie Ruder

Set Decorator: Ali Matilla

WIZARDS BEYOND WAVERLY PLACE : “The Wizard at the End of the World Part II”

Production Designer: Kelly Hogan

Set Decorator: Emily Dawson Trent SDSA

VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES

DANCING WITH THE STARS “Wicked Night”

Production Designer: James Yarnell

Set Decorator: Rebecca Contreras

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!: “Jimmy Kimmel Live Brooklyn”

Production Designer: David Ellis

Set Decorator: Heidi Miller SDSA

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT:  “Kids Pitch”

Production Designers: Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman

Set Decorator: None listed

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “Lady Gaga Host”

Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio, Andrea Purcigliotti

Set Decorator: Sara Parks

SQUID GAME: The Challenge “Catch”

Production Designers: Mathieu Weekes, Ben Norman

Set Decorator: None listed

VARIETY SPECIAL

ATSUKO OKATSUKA: Father

Production Designer: Gary Kordan
Set Decorator: None Listed

MILEY CYRUS: Something Beautiful

Production Designer: David Meyer

Set Decorator: Ashley Swanson SDSA

Set Decorator: Grace Hindle

78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS WITH HOST CYNTHIA ERIVO  

Production Designer: Steve Bass

Set Decorator: None Listed

SNL 50: The Anniversary Special

Production Designers: Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio

Set Decorator: None listed

WICKED: One Wonderful Night

Production Designer: Misty Buckley

Set Decorator: Nia Freshman

COMMERCIALS

ANDERSON: “Trust Your Home to Anderson”

Production Designer: Natalie Groce

Set Decorator: Jenn McLaren

PRADA: “Galleria Bag”

Production Designer: Florencia Martin

Set Decorator: Teri Bella

STATE FARM: “Batman vs Bateman”

Production Designer: David Skinner

Set Decorator: Ashley Campanella SDSA

TARGET: “Step into the Holidays”

Production Designer: Nelson Coates

Set Decorator: Shauna Aronson SDSA

XBOX: ROG XBOX ALLY: “Dancing in the Dark – Launch Trailer”

Production Designer: Florencia Martin 

Set Decorator: None listed

SHORT FORMAT & MUSIC VIDEOS

APPLE – Someday by Spike Jonze: “AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation”

Production Designer: Shane Valentino

Set Decorator: Piper Riley

COLDPLAY: “All My Love”

Production Designer: Florencia Martin

Set Decorator: None listed

LADY GAGA: “Abracadabra”

Production Designer: Wesley Goodrich

Set Decorator: Mercedes Hachuel SDSA

SABRINA CARPENTER: “Tears”

Production Designer: Brittany Porter

Set Decorator: Lila Yanow

TAYLOR SWIFT: “The Fate of Ophelia”

Production Designer: Ethan Tobman

Set Decorator: Neil Wyzanoswki SDSA

Critics Choice Awards

The ceremony was held on January 4th, 2026

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: First Steps 

PD Kasra Farahani, SD Jille Azis  

*FRANKENSTEIN, Winner

PD Tamara Deverell, SD Shane Vieau SDSA 

HAMNET

PD Fiona Crombie, SD Alice Felton SDSA (pending)  

MARTY SUPREME

PD Jack Fisk, SD Adam Willis  

SINNERS

PD Hannah Beachler, SD Monique Champagne SDSA  

WICKED: FOR GOOD 

PD Nathan Crowley, SD Lee Sandales 

British Film Designers Guild Awards

The awards will be presented on February 28th 2026

FINALISTS FOR THE 15th BFDG PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS

PETER LAMONT SPOTLIGHTING NEW TALENT

SUPPORTED BY CREW HQ

Charlie McDonnell - Junior Draughtsperson

Lola Fleming - Art Dept Assistant

Melissa Davis - Art Dept Assistant
 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMMERCIAL

SAMSUNG – “The Next Big Thing Is You”
PD: Chloe Brady, AD: Greg Hewitt

Schweppes – "Take your Time"/"Mission to Mars" 
PD: Will Htay

Turkish Airlines – “For What’s Now & What’s Next”
PD: Ged Clarke, AD: Mertkal Kanibelli, Stylist: Asli Namal
 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MUSIC VIDEO

SUPPORTED BY ROSCO

“Already One of Us” – Tom Fletcher for Paddington the Musical (featuring first official reveal of Paddington)
PD: Danielle Bayliss, AD: Harriet Wightman, 

Stylist: Leah Binnall

“Expression on Your Face” - Mechatok featuring Bladee & Ecco2k
PD: Theo Boswell

“The Shoemaker” – Tom Hickox
PD: Anna Riot, Asst PD: Nana Sachie

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – SHORT FILM

BURY YOUR GAYS
PD: Harrison Clark, AD: Lea Otovic, SD: Alice Nutley

FISHBRAIN
PD: Olavo Abrantes, ADs: Iasmini Oliveira, Mauricio Borges, Louise Arnold, 
SD: Eleanor Dolan

THE PEARL COMB
PD: Isabel Pirillo, SD: Lou-Lilâ Masson-Lacroix
 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – PLANET POSITIVE

SUPPORTED BY SKY STUDIOS ELSTREE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV – LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT & BAND 1 PROGRAMMES

SUPPORTED BY COMPUHIRE

BRIAN AND MAGGIE 
PD: Christina Moore, SAD: Iain White

SURVIVING BLACK HAWK DOWN
PD: Blair Barnette, SAD: Ghazi Temimi, 
SD:Lou-Lilâ Masson-Lacroix

THE LAST MUSICIAN OF AUSCHWITZ 
PD: Jonathan Paul Green, SD: Bobby Warans
 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV – BAND 2 PROGRAMMES

SUPPORTED BY DELL TECHNOLOGIES

THE GIRLFRIEND
PD: Niamh Coulter, SAD: James Hambidge, 
SD: Katie Scopes, Pancho Chamorro

THE IRIS AFFAIR 
PD: Laura Pozzaglio, SAD: Michela Lunetti, SD: Tiberio Caporossi

TOWARDS ZERO
PD: Lucienne Suren, SAD: Jos Richardson, SD: Mike Britton

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV BAND 3 & 4 PROGRAMMES

SUPPORTED BY GARDEN STUDIOS

ALIEN: EARTH:
PDs: Andy Nicholson & Jason Knox-Johnston, SADs: Cornelia Ott, Shira Hockman, Gai Suchatanun, War Waruttamangkoon, 

SDs: Mark Rosinski, Dominic Capon, Eve Pansombat, Chat Praingam

ANDOR:
PD: Luke Hull, SAD: Toby Britton, SD: Rebecca Alleway SDSA

WEDNESDAY S2
PDs: Mark Scruton, Philip Murphy, SAD: Shane McEnroe, SDs: David Morison SDSA, Neville Gaynor SDSA
 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM – PERIOD

ANEMONE 
PD: Chris Oddy, SAD: Heather Noble, SD: Neil Floyd SDSA

STEVE
PD: Paki Smith, SAD: Nigel Pollock, SD: Johnny Byrne

THE CHORAL
PD: Peter Francis, SAD: Astrid Sieben, SD: Julie Graysmark

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM – CONTEMPORARY

GROW
PD: Jamie Morgan Lapsley, SAD: Gordon Rogers, SD: Laurel Wear

MY OXFORD YEAR
PD: Catrin Meredydd , SAD: Fabrice Spelta, SD: Jo Delo

THE THING WITH FEATHERS
PD: Suzie Davies, SAD: Elena Real Davies, 

SD: Charlotte Dirickx SDSA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM – FANTASY

DUST BUNNY:
PD: Jeremy Reed, SAD: Adorjan Portik, SDs: Dorka Kiss, Kata Kiss

THE TOXIC AVENGER:
PD: Alex Cameron, SAD: Ivan Ranghelov, SD: Elizabeth Boller

100 NIGHTS OF HERO: 
PD: Sofia Sacomani, SAD: Naomi Bailey, SD: Tatyana Rutherston

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – PERIOD
SUPPORTED BY PINEWOOD STUDIOS

FRANKENSTEIN
PD: Tamara Deverell, SAD: Brandt Gordon, SD: Shane Vieau SDSA

HAMNET
PD: Fiona Crombie, SAD: Tim Blake, SD: Alice Felton SDSA

HEDDA
PD: Cara Brower, SAD: Andrew Bennett, SD: Stella Fox

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – CONTEMPORARY

SUPPORTED BY TLO

F1: The Movie
PDs: Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley, SAD: Ben Munro, 
SDs: Andrew McCarthy SDSA, Véronique Melery

JAY KELLY
PD: Mark Tildesley, SAD: Ben Collins, SD: Véronique Melery

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE- THE FINAL RECKONING:
PD: Gary Freeman, SAD: Matt Gray, SD: Raffaella Giovannetti SDSA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – FANTASY

SUPPORTED BY SHADOWBOX STUDIOS SHINFIELD

BUGONIA
PD: James Price, SAD: Adam Makin, SD: Prue Howard

MICKEY 17 
PD: Fiona Crombie, SAD: Jason Knox-Johnston, SD: Alice Felton SDSA

WICKED: FOR GOOD
 PD: Nathan Crowley, SAD: Ben Collins, SD: Lee Sandales

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART DEPARTMENT

To be announced

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

SUPPORTED BY WARNER BROS. STUDIOS LEAVESDEN

To be announced.

BAFTA Awards 

To be presented February 22nd, 2026

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

FRANKENSTEIN

Production Design: Tamara Deverell and Set Decoration: Shane Vieau SDSA

HAMNET 

Production Design: Fiona Crombie and Set Decoration Alice Felton SDSA

MARTY SUPREME

Production Designer: Jack Fisk and Set Decoration: Adam Willis  

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 

Production Design: Florencia Martin and Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino SDSA

SINNERS

Production Design: Hannah Beachler and Set Decoration Monique Champagne SDSA

ROOFMAN

Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester, on the run and hiding out in a TOYS-R-US store in North Carolina in 2004.
Set Decorator Kendall Anderson SDSA reveals, “This is the first view of the store that Jeff was going to see when he came out from the back office area.
We wanted to make the view feel expansive.”  Now in SETDECOR