The Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) announced its 2023 APDG Awards nominees today while thanking the many judges that completed the judging this year. The APDG will be celebrating the outstanding work by their talented membership on Saturday August 26, 2023 at the Federation Hall, VCA in Melbourne, Australia.
The APDG Awards ceremony is held annually and gathers together professionals from the Australian live performance, film, television and interactive multimedia industries, to celebrate the art of visually captivating audiences the world over.
The awards recognise outstanding achievements and excellence in design for works that have been broadcast, screened or performed annually and celebrate the wonderful work of the Australian production design community.
As a national organisation the event alternates between cities on the east coast and is live streamed so that all members of the APDG community can take part.
Congratulations to all of the winners listed below. For more information on the Australian Production Design Guild, click here.
The 2023 Australian Production Design Guild APDG Awards Nominees Announced Share on X
The 2023 Australian Production Design Guild APDG Awards Nominees
Docklands Studios Melbourne Art Direction for a Feature Film or Television Production Award
Elvis
Damien Drew APDG – Senior Art Director
Tuesday Stone, Matt Wynne – Art Directors
Christopher Tangney – Digital Art Director
La Brea (Season 2)
Kate Saunders – Art Director
Ben Barber – Art Director
Thor Love and Thunder
Dale J. Mackie – Virtual Art Director
Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Sophie Nash – Supervising Art Director
Nicholas Dare – Art Director
Production Art Department Concept Art Award
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
Matt Hatton – Concept Artist
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)
Daniel J Burns – Concept Artist
Jonathan Lee – Production Designer
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Annet Mackie – Concept Artist
Catherine Martin Costume Design for a Feature Film Award
Blueback
Lien See Leong – Costume Designer
Poker Face
Gypsy Taylor – Costume Designer
Thirteen Lives
Tess Schofield – Costume Designer
Cris Baldwin – Assistant Costume Designer
True Spirit
Justine Seymour – Costume Designer
The Jennie Tate Costume Design for a Live Performance or Event Award Sponsored by HLA Management
Amadeus
Anna Cordingley APDG – Costume Designer
Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales – Costume Directors
Blithe Spirit
David Fleischer – Designer
Less
Aislinn King – Costume Designer
Tell Me I’m Here
Ella Butler – Costume Designer
Judy Tanner – Costume Supervisor
JMB FX Studio Costume Design for a Television Production Award
Black Snow
Vanessa Loh – Costume Designer
Helen Maggs – Costume Supervisor
Heartbreak High
Rita Carmody – Costume Designer
Emma Russell – Costume Supervisor
Genevieve Graham & Jasmine Christie – Buyer/Dressers
Irreverent
Edie Kurzer APDG – Costume Designer
Justine Baker – Costume Supervisor
Mystery Road Origin
Terri Lamera APDG – Costume Designer
Photoplay Design for a Commercial Award
Coffee Club ‘Coffee is our Middle Name’
Madeleine Barlow – Costume Designer
ABC ‘Listen’
Virginia Mesiti – Production Designer
Alpro ‘Earth Day’
Damien Drew APDG – Production Designer
Vodafone x Apple ‘Unlimited’
Virginia Mesiti – Production Designer
WSIWYG 3D Design for a Digital Production or Performance Award
Elvis
Josh Simmonds – Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathan Ortiz – CG Supervisor
Drew Wood-Davies – Head of Lighting and Look Dev
Kiersten Casey – Joint Head of Model/Texture
Dom Hellier – Joint Head of 2D
Interceptor
Stuart White – Visual Effects Supervisor
Haris Kruskic – VFX Producer
Chris Spry – Executive VFX Producer / MD
Alastair Stephen – Head of VFX
Adam Paschke – Compositing Supervisor
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Glenn Melenhorst – Visual Effects Supervisor
Sam Doolan – CG Supervisor
Nicholas Tripodi – Head of Animation
Matt Omond – Joint Head of 2D
Jordan Koler – Lead Lighting Artist
Next Printing Graphic Design Award
Crazy Fun Park
Stephanie Leigh – Graphic Designer
Crazy Fun Park
Phoenix Waddell – Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Paddy Reardon – Production Designer
Elvis
Jessica Barrell, Samantha Dabrowski and Bowen Ellames – Graphic Designers
Event Engineering Lighting Design for a Live Performance or Event Award
Anatomy of a Suicide
Morgan Moroney – Lighting Designer
Cleansed
Benjamin Brockman and Morgan Moroney – Lighting Designers
Overflow
Benjamin Brockman – Lighting Designer
Sunday
Paul Jackson APDG – Lighting Designer
Design Awards Make-up, Prosthetic Make-up or Hair Design Award
Blaze
Rose Saffioti – Hair and/or Make-up Designer
Elvis
Jason Baird – Prosthetics Supervisor
Shane Thomas – Make-up Designer
Mark Coulier – Prosthetics Designer
Louise Coulston – Key Hair
Poker Face
Lynne O’Brien – Hair and/or Make-up Designer
David Jennings – Supervisor
Kalotina Amperidis – Key Hair & Make-up
Rachel Scane – Make-up & Prosthetic Artist
Samara Gildea – Make-up Artist
Cassie Hanlon – Make-up & Hair Artist
Creative Crunchers Multi-discipline Design for a Live Performance or Event Award
Adrift
Nathan Sibthorpe – Multi-disciplinary Designer
Blue
Cris Baldwin and Jake Nash – Multi-disciplinary Designers
Horses
Cris Baldwin – Multi-disciplinary Designer
Monsters
Paul Jackson APDG – Multi-disciplinary Designer
Harlequin Floors Production Design for a Television Production Award
Bali 2002
Tim Ferrier APDG – Production Designer
Daniel Willis, Emily Lam – Art Directors
Brian Nickless – Set Designer
Craig Mandile – Graphic Designer
Tom Coppola – Set Decorator
Beep and Mort
Jonathon Oxlade – Multi-disciplinary Designer
La Brea (Season 2)
Carrie Kennedy APDG and Ben Morieson APDG – Production Designers
The Twelve
Fiona Donovan APDG – Production Designer
Storm FX Production Design or Costume Design for a Short Film, Music Video or Web Series Award
All Silent Dogs
Isabella Andronos – Designer
Meg White – Cinematographer
Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
Joseph Tiernan – Production Designer
Brad Diebert – Art Director
Hariet Dunn – Property Master
Hamish McMullen – Set Dresser
Vigil: Awaken
Jennifer Irwin APDG – Costume Designer
Viv’s Silly Mango
Marcel Lim – Production Designer
Stanmart Film Services Set Decoration for a Feature Film or Television Production Award
Bali 2002
Tom Coppola – Set Decorator
Stephanie Dunlop, Susanna Sykes, Lachlan Brown, Doran McQuire – Buyer/Dressers
Elvis
Beverley Dunn APDG – Set Decorator
Catherine Martin APDG & Karen Murphy APDG – Production Designers
Ian Gracie APDG – Supervising Art Director
Poker Face
Jan Edwards – Set Decorator
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Lisa Thompson – Set Decorator
Virginia Mesiti – Assistant Set Decorator
Chris Tomkins – Senior Buyer/Dresser
Ruth Levi, Karla Urizar – Buyer/Dresser
Jo Thorpe – Set Decorator Textiles
Film Cars Australia Title Design Award
Halloween Ends
Zenon Kohler – Title Designer
Rob Conn – 3D Previs
Phil Jackson – 3D FX & Lighting
Cam Wright – 3D Lighting & Pipeline Support
Brad Coomber – Compositor
Bruno Ribeiro Profeta – Compositor
Slant
Nathan Su – Title Designer
Technical Direction Company Video Design for a Live Performance or Event Award
First Casualty
Craig Wilkinson APDG – Video Designer
Jake Lodder – Associate Video Designer
Lucky and the Flight of the Sky Puppies
Justin Harrison – Video Designer
The Mystery of the Valkyrie
Craig Wilkinson APDG – Video Designer
Jake Lodder – Associate Video Designer
Jordan Peña – Associate Motion Designer
Hannah Barr – Associate Video Producer
Joel Tronoff – Cinematographer
NIDA Foundation Trust Emerging Designer for a Live Performance or Event Award
Burning
Angelina Grace Meany – Production Designer
Eclipse
Angelica Rush and Eloise Kent – Multi-disciplinary Designers
Seven Days of Silence
Ruby Jenkins – Production Designer
The Seagull
Lochie Odgers – Set Designer
Bella Thompson – Video Designer
Meg Anderson – Costume Designer
Eleanor Weller-Brown – Lighting Designer
Cameron Russell – Sound Designer / Composer
AFTRS Emerging Designer for a Screen Production Award
Occam’s Razor
Lufan Shi – Production Designer
Small
Pernell Marsden – Production Designer
Bree Ogden – Art Director
Starlings of the Hyperreal
Amelia Hutchinson – Production Designer
Atoosa Monazami – Art Director
Lin Kerr – Graphic Designer
Thallium Enthusiasts
Bethany Hewitt – Costume Designer
Vectorworks Australia Set Design for A Live Performance or Event Award
Fashion Freak Show
Justin Nardella – Designer
Galleria Campari: ‘Rivus’ 23rd Biennale of Sydney
Cris Baldwin – Production Designer
Mark Swartz – Art Director
Hubris & Humiliation
Isabel Hudson – Set Designer
School of Rock
Madeleine Barlow – Set Designer
Docklands Studios Melbourne Production Design for a Feature Film Award
Elvis
Catherine Martin APDG and Karen Murphy APDG – Production Designers
Beverley Dunn APDG – Set Decorator
Ian Gracie APDG – Supervising Art Director
The Invitation
Felicity Abbott APDG BFDG – Production Designer
Clare Keyte, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Set Decorators
Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Roger Ford APDG – Production Designer
Sophie Nash – Supervising Art Director
Nicholas Dare – Art Director
Lisa Thompson – Set Decorator
You Won’t Be Alone
Bethany Ryan – Production Designer
What do you think of the 2023 nominees of the Australian Production Design Guild’s APDG Awards? As always, I’d love to know your thoughts in the comments below.
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