This is a solid list of selections and almost everything we expected to be major Oscar contenders are here, though The Woman King and The Northman are hurt most by this and RRR is once again the foreign film that the guilds don’t seem to be warming up to. Instead it’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Bardo again.

The Nominations

Best Period Art Direction

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
White Noise

Best Fantasy Art Direction

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope

Best Contemporary Art Direction

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bullet Train
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animation Art Direction

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Lightyear
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Art Directors Guild Data

Year Founded: 1937
First Awards: 1996 (27)