ART DIRECTORS GUILD NOMINATIONS

Best Production Design – Period Film

Rick Carter (Lincoln)

Sarah Greenwood (Anna Karenina)

J. Michael Riva (Django Unchained)

Sharon Seymour (Argo)

Eve Stewart (Les Misérables)

Best Production Design – Fantasy Film

Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch (Cloud Atlas)

Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh (The Dark Knight Rises)

David Gropman (Life of Pi)

Dan Hennah (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

Arthur Max (Prometheus)

Best Production Design – Contemporary Film

Eugenio Caballero (The Impossible)

Nelson Coates (Flight)

Dennis Gassner (Skyfall)

Jeremy Hindle (Zero Dark Thirty)

Alan MacDonald (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)

A little disappointment at the Moonrise Kingdom snub - it's the critics' favourite in this category, anyway, and these nominations are likely to satisfy most regardless. A packed Fantasy category this year, with several contenders, whereas the Contemporary category is comparatively very easy to call - that one's Skyfall's. I hope Period goes to Anna Karenina, far and away the best production design of the year, although either Lincoln or Les Mis could ride Best Picture buzz to a win there. The ADG is usually better than that, though. They'll announce their winners on the 2nd of February.