Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and J. Michael Riva will be posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame at the 18th Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony, to be held on February 8, 2014, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Photo: Production designer J. Michael Riva.) J. Michael Riva J. Michael Riva (1948-2012), grandson of Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Shanghai Express, A Foreign Affair), was production designer for Stuart Rosenberg / Robert Redford’s 1980 socially conscious drama Brubaker. Later on, Redford hired Riva as the art director for Ordinary People, also released in 1980. Riva’s other production design credits include the Lethal Weapon movies starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover; A Few Good Men (1992), with Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore; The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), with Will Smith; Spider-Man 3 (2007), with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst,...
- 9/12/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and cult movie The Dark Knight were the big winners at the Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday.
Button claimed the Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film, The Dark Knight picked up the Fantasy Film prize and Slumdog Millionaire was named the Best Contemporary Film at the black-tie ceremony held at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Honorary awards were presented to Production Designer Paul Sylbert for Lifetime Achievement, and to iconic filmmaker George Lucas for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery.
And five production designers were inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame - Ted Haworth, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Romain Johnston, John Meehan and Harold Michelson.
Meanwhile, Mad Men, Little Britain U.S.A., John Adams and Weeds picked up awards for design excellence in television.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards telecast was named the Best Awards Show, Variety, Music, or Non-Fiction Program.
Button claimed the Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film, The Dark Knight picked up the Fantasy Film prize and Slumdog Millionaire was named the Best Contemporary Film at the black-tie ceremony held at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Honorary awards were presented to Production Designer Paul Sylbert for Lifetime Achievement, and to iconic filmmaker George Lucas for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery.
And five production designers were inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame - Ted Haworth, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Romain Johnston, John Meehan and Harold Michelson.
Meanwhile, Mad Men, Little Britain U.S.A., John Adams and Weeds picked up awards for design excellence in television.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards telecast was named the Best Awards Show, Variety, Music, or Non-Fiction Program.
- 2/16/2009
- WENN
The Art Director's Guild will induct five legendary production designers into its Hall of Fame next year.
The posthumous honors will go to John Meehan, Ted Haworth, Mac Johnson, Romain Johnston and Harold Michelseon. They will be recognized at the guild's 13th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony Feb. 14 in Beverly Hills.
The Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of artists who create and evolve art direction for the moving image.
"This continues to be a proud moment for our guild as we look to the past so we may build the bridges to our future," guild chair Thomas A. Walsh said. "Their creative legacy continues to inspire and challenge all of those who have chosen the art of production design as their profession, and it is appropriate that we honor their memory through their induction into the Adg Hall of Fame."
Meehan, who died in 1963, is a three-time...
The posthumous honors will go to John Meehan, Ted Haworth, Mac Johnson, Romain Johnston and Harold Michelseon. They will be recognized at the guild's 13th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony Feb. 14 in Beverly Hills.
The Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of artists who create and evolve art direction for the moving image.
"This continues to be a proud moment for our guild as we look to the past so we may build the bridges to our future," guild chair Thomas A. Walsh said. "Their creative legacy continues to inspire and challenge all of those who have chosen the art of production design as their profession, and it is appropriate that we honor their memory through their induction into the Adg Hall of Fame."
Meehan, who died in 1963, is a three-time...
- 9/24/2008
- by By Leslie Simmons
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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