Animation Production Design

For the first time this year the Art Directors Guild recognized Animation Production Design as a category in its annual awards. We gathered some recent news and behind-the-scenes interviews on the work of colleagues in the animation world:

View portfolios of the Animation Production Designer nominees and the winner of the ADG's annual awards

The Hollywood Reporter on How Production Designers Created the Looks of This Year's Animated Movies

Pixar Production Designer Albert Lozano Talks in detail about the studio's Oscar-nominated short film Lou

An interview with John Joyce, the Production Designer of Anomalisa, in Interiors Journal

Inside Sony Pictures Animation with Production Designer Michael Kurinsky

From 'Angry Birds' to 'Madagascar 2' - What's It Like to Production Design for Animation? Production designer Pete Oswald talks to us about his role in creating the worlds of feature-length animations

Top Image from Walt Disney's Fantasia. Art Direction for segment "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria": Thor Putnam, Charles Payzant, Kay Nielsen and Terrell Stapp