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Australian Production Design Guild Winners
2015-12-31
2015 WINNERS
AFTRS Award for Student Screen Design
WINNER:
The Best Way to Kill Your Mother
Sarah Hopper
NOMINATED:
The Little Girl
Hannah Sitters
The Fruity
Alexandra Hickmott
New You, Hair & Beauty
Joel West
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NIDA Award for Emerging Designer for Stage
WINNER:
The Crucible
Anna Gardiner
NOMINATED:
Europe by Michael Gow
Benjamin Brockman
Phaedra
Catherine Steele
The Rivers of China
Martelle Hunt
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Film Finances Australasia Award for Set Decoration on a Television Drama
WINNER:
Marco Polo
Christian Petersen
NOMINATED:
Anzac Girls
Rolland Pike
Love Child Season 2
Brock Sykes
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MAXON Award for Title Design
WINNER:
Deadline Gallipoli
Finn Spencer
NOMINATED:
Glitch
Emma Freeman
The Little Death
Scott Geersen
Mythbusters
Matt Taylor
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WYSIWYG 3D Award for Visual Effects Design
WINNER:
Avengers – Age of Ultron
Animal Logic
VFX Supervisor – Paul Butterworth
CG Supervisor – Matt Estela
CG Artists – Matt Ebb, Benjamin Jones, Rodrigo Guimaraes
Compositing Artists – Tyson Donnelly, Alex Lay
NOMINATED:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
Double-Blind No. 1
Zenon Kohler
Insurgent
Animal Logic
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The Interactive Design Award sponsored by Design Awards
WINNER:
AIT
Lightwell
Software Developer – Adam Katz
Designer and Prop Maker – Sharon Sanders
IT Hardware Programmer – Kris Mahatumaratana
Designer and Painter – Kwan Chemsripong
Software Developer and Tester – Carlton Zhu
Designer and Painter – Nik Sutila
NOMINATED:
Magna Carta: The Story of our Freedom
The Explainers
Create Your Own Halloween Character (The Reject Shop)
Paul Sharratt
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Animal Logic Award for Design on an Animated Short Film, Commercial or Series
WINNER:
The Nautilus & the Sea
Ample Projects
NOMINATED:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
Betadine ‘Lozenge’
Ian Anderson
Act for Kids ‘Riley‘s Story’
Ian Anderson
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Academy Information Technology Award for Drawing and Concept Illustration
WINNER:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Peter Pound – Principle vehicle designer and storyboard artist
NOMINATED:
The Nautilus & the Sea
Ample Projects
Unbroken
Evan Shipard
White Night Melbourne 2015 – Wonderland Precinct Projections
Peter Milne & the Electric Canvas creative design team
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MAC Cosmetics Award for Make-Up, Hair & Prosthetic Make-Up Design
WINNER:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt & Damian Martin -Hair and Make-up designer and prosthetic supervisor
Senior Prosthetics Make-up Artist – Elka Wardega
Makeup and Hair Supervisor – Nadine Prigge
Makeup and Hair Artist – Paul Pattison
Make-up Artist – Audrey Doyle
Make-up and Hair Artist – Catherine Biggs
Senior Prosthetics Artist – Sean Genders
NOMINATED:
The Secret River
Ian Loughnan
House of Hancock
Make-up Effects Group, Nick Nicolaou & Paul Katte
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Hero Frock Hire Award for Costume Design on a Feature Film
WINNER:
The Water Diviner
Tess Schofield a.p.d.g
Key Costume Standby – Andrea Hood
Webbing Master/Costume Assistant – Nathaniel Martin
Costume Department Supervisor (Turkey) – Funda Buyuktunalýoglu
Costume Department Supervisor (Australia) – Robin Elliot
Women’s Cutter / Costumier – Sally Steele
Men’s Cutter / Costumier – Gabriele Schmid
Ruben Guthrie
Xanthe Heubel
Paper Planes
Lien See Leong
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Lisa Mann Creative Management Award for Costume Design on a TelevisionDrama or Production
WINNER:
Gallipoli
Cappi Ireland
NOMINATED:
Banished
Wendy Cork a.p.d.g
Love Child Series 2
Xanthe Heubel
A Place to Call Home Season 2
Lisa Meagher
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The Jennie Tate Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Stage – sponsored by HLA Management
WINNER:
LORE Bangarra Dance Theatre
Jennifer Irwin – costume designer
NOMINATED:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Isabella Andronos
Blood Wedding
Isabella Andronos
As You Like It
Kate Aubrey
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SMPTE Conference & Exhibition Award for Design on an Event, sponsored by Expertise Events
WINNER:
Merry Go Round
Ample Projects
NOMINATED:
Aquatic Wonderland
Ample Projects
White Night Melbourne 2015 – Wonderland Precinct Projections
Peter Milne & The Electric Canvas creative design team
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Showreelfinder Award for Live Performance Lighting Design
WINNER:
The Glass Menagerie
Damien Cooper
NOMINATED:
Medea
Ben Hughes
The Rivers of China
Sian James-Holland
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Photoplay Award for Design on a Commercial
WINNER:
Foxtel Movies
Aaron Crothers a.p.d.g
VFX Supervision: Scott Geersen
VFX, Design, Compositing (Flame): Scott Geersen
NOMIATED:
St George Thumbs
Virginia Mesiti
Youi Life on Screen
Scott Geersen
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MEAA Award for Set Decoration on a Feature Film
WINNER:
Partisan
Vanessa Cerne
NOMINATED:
Son of a Gun
Nicki Gardiner
Infini
Kitty Taube
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APDG Award for Set Design for Stage
WINNER:
Dr Zhivago on Broadway
Michael Scott-Mitchell a.p.d.g
NOMINATED:
Gaybies
Owen Phillips
After Dinner
Alicia Clements
Switzerland
Michael Scott-Mitchell a.p.d.g
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Next Printing Award for Production Design on a Television Production
WINNER:
I’m a Celebrity Studio Kruga National Park South Africa
Chris Batson – production designer
Art Director – John Leon Bennet
NOMINATED:
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Dan Patmore
Q&A
Dan Patmore
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AIT Award for Design on a Short Film
WINNER:
Double-Blind No. 1
Zenon Kohler – creative director
VFX Designers – Jasper St Aubyn West, Ricky Marks and Raoul Teague
Animation Director – Ian Anderson
Editor – Kerry Farrell
Sound Designer – Mike Lange
Additional 3D Modelling – Jake Hempson
NOMINATED:
Pulitzer
Josephine Wagstaff
Foal
Sherree Philips
Inanimate
Lee Launay
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ACS Award for Production Design on a Television Drama
WINNER:
Game of Thrones Season 5
Deborah Riley – production designer
Supervising Art Director – Paul Ghirardani
Set Decorator – Robert Cameron
Supervising Art Director Croatia/Spain – Christina Moore
Art Directors – Hauke Richter and Philip Eton
Stand By Art Director – Mark Lowry
Set Decorator Art Director – Harry Pain
NOMINATED:
Redfern Now | Promise Me
Felicity Abbott a.p.d.g
ANZAC Girls
Scott Bird
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Season 3
Robert Perkins
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Docklands Studios Melbourne Award for Production Design on a Feature Film
JOINT WINNERS:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson a.p.d.g
Supervising Art Director – Richard Hobbs
Art Director – Jacinta Leong a.p.d.g.
Set Decorator (Build) – Katie Sharrock
Set Decorator (Africa) – Lisa Thompson
Set Decorator (Sydney) – Nicki Gardiner
Vehicle Designer – Peter Pound
ALSO :
Partisan
Steven Jones-Evans a.p.d.g & Sarah Cyngler – co-production designers
Art Director – Max Dennett
Set Decorator – Vanessa Cerne
NOMINATED:
Jupiter Ascending
Hugh Bateup a.p.d.g
Macbeth
Fiona Crombie
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Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design
WINNER:
Tess Schofield a.p.d.g
Costume designer for film,television,opera and theatre.