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| About The Film Society |
THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD FILM SOCIETY & AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRODUCTION DESIGN SCREENING SERIES
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The primary goal of the Art Directors Film Society is to honor and celebrate the careers and achievements of designers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of excellence in the design of motion pictures. This distinctive film series gives ADG members and industry professionals, students, educators, film buffs and the public a unique opportunity to take a closer look at the process of designing motion pictures from the designer's perspective. Through first person accounts of their experiences, the Art Directors and Production Designers we honor give us all the unusual chance to explore the creative origins of many of the classic film and television images they have created, introduce us to others that are now rarely seen and give us a glimpse into what the future may hold for the art of visual storytelling. Each new program presents a different aspect of motion picture Art Direction placed in its historical context and illustrated through examples of great design.
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The Art Directors Guild Film Society was founded in 1998 to provide an opportunity for films of special significance to Art Directors and the craft of Art Direction to be presented on the big screen, with the creators of the film’s design often in attendance. A special effort is made to seek out work that was little known, seldom seen, or has been unjustly neglected. The Film Society’s screenings serve as a forum where guild colleagues, the media and the general public can become enlightened about the significant contributions that Production Designers and Art Directors and their many art department affiliates make to the art of motion pictures.
In 2007, the Art Directors Guild Film Society teamed with the American Cinematheque to host a series of monthly screenings honoring Production Designers and Art Directors from the ADG’s Hall of Fame. This programming continues the tradition of the Art Directors Guild Film Society in showcasing the significant contributions that Production Designers and Art Directors and their many art department affiliates make to the art of motion pictures. Alternating between the historic Egyptian and Aero theatres, screenings are followed by discussions with colleagues or family of the featured Hall of Fame Production Designer to further illuminate their work.
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| Designers Celebrated by The ADG Film Society |
Sir Ken Adam: Dr. Strangelove (1963)
Gene Allen: Les Girls (1957)
Gene Allen: Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
John Box: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
John Box: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Robert F. Boyle: Saboteur (1942)
Robert F. Boyle: Winter Kills (1979)
Albert Brenner: Bullitt (1964)
Albert Brenner: Point Blank (1967)
Albert Brenner: The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Wilfred Buckland: Robin Hood (1922)
Hilyard M. Brown: Night of the Hunter (1955)
Patrizia von Brandenstein: Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Henry Bumstead: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Henry Bumstead: Cape Fear (1962)
Henry Bumstead: Slaughterhouse-Five (1971)
Rick Carter & Doug Chaing: Polar Express (2004)
Carroll Clark & Van Nest Polglase: Top Hat (1935)
William J. Creber: The Detective (1968)
William J. Creber: Justine (1969)
John DeCuir Sr.: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
John DeCuir Sr.: Naked City (1948)
John DeCuir Sr.: My Cousin Rachel (1952)
John DeCuir Sr .: The King and I (1956)
Hans Drier: Scarlet Empress (1934)
Brian Eatwell: Three Musketeers (1973)
Peter Ellenshaw: Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
Leon Ericksen: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Perry Ferguson: Citizen Cane (1941)
Stephen Goosson: Lost Horizon (1937)
Stephen B. Grimes: The Yakuza (1975)
Anton Grot: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
Charles D. Hall: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Michael D. Haller: Being There (1979)
Ted Haworth: What A Way To Go (1964)
James Hegedus: Shrek (2001)
Rick Heinrichs: Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Albert Heschong: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957)
Wiard Ihnen: Blonde Venus (1932)
Joseph R. Jennings: “Shogun” (1980)
Nathan Juran: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Lilly Kilvert “The Crucible” (1996)
Boris Leven: New York, New York (1977)
Charles Lisanby: Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980)
Richard Macdonald: Day of the Locust (1975)
Terrence Marsh: Basic Instinct (1992)
William Cameron Menzies: Invaders From Mars (1953)
Harold Michelson: Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Dean Edward Mitzner: Tron (1982)
Patricia Norris: Blue Velvet (1986)
Albert Nozaski: War of the Worlds (1953)
Jeannine Oppewall: Pleasantville (1999)
Polly Platt: Paper Moon (1973)
Ida Random: Silverado (1985)
Jan Scott: Eleanor and Franklin (1976) Evergreen (1985) The Scarecrow (1972)
Richard Sylbert: Catch 22 (1970)
Sy Tamashoff: (name misspelled and need to confirm title and date)
Dean Tavoularis: One From the Heart (1982)
Alexandre Trauner: Round Midnight (1986)
Tony Walton: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum (1966)
Lyle Wheeler and William Cameron Menzies: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) |
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Last year, the ADG Film Society and American Cinematheque decided to host the series with a different theme each month, focusing on various styles of production design, with a panel discussion to follow the film. The series kicked off with a double bill screening dedicated to legendary Production Designer Robert Boyle, who celebrated his 100th birthday in October 2009. Boyle was personally present between the screenings.
The following themes and designers were celebrated in the 2009 screening series:
• The Wolf Man (1941) and Gaily Gaily (1969) a Robert F. Boyle Centennial
• Designing for World War II, They Were Expendable (1945) Malcolm Brown
• Designing for Science Fiction: Two Versions of Flash Gordon, Ralph Berger (1936) and Danilo Donati (1980)
• Designing for Adventure, John Mansbridge, Island at the Top of the World (1974)
• Designing for 3 Strip Technicolor, Alfred Junge, Black Narcissus (1947)
• Designing for the Backlot, Richard Day, The Chase (1966)
• Designing for Star Trek: Past and Future, Clips from the television series and the 2009 feature film, Walter M. Jefferies,
John D. Jefferies, Joseph R. Jennings, Herman F. Zimmerman, Harold Michelson and Scott Chambliss
The 2010 screening series will feature six films to be screened from May through October:
• The following designers will be honored and films will be screened:
• Arthur Max: Gladiator (2000)
• Eugene Lourie: Crack in the World (1965) and The River (1951)
• Rudolph Sternad: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
• Nitin Chandrakant Desai: Devdas (2002)
• Eiko Ishioka: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
• Tony Walton: The Boy Friend (1971)
Representing the ADG are president, Thomas A. Walsh and production designer, John Muto. Working with them are the American Cinematheque’s Gwen Deglise and Grant Moninger. The series is sponsored by the trade publication, Variety.
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