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Monday, February 15, 2016

88th Academy Awards: Best Production Design

The nominees are:

Bridge of Spies

Nominated Team and Oscar History:

* Rena DeAngelo - first nomination

* Bernhard Henrich - first nomination

* Adam Stockhausen - 1 win for Best Production Design for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); 1 previous nomination for 12 Years a Slave (2012)


The Danish Girl

* Michael Standish - first nomination

* Eve Stewart - 3 previous nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Direction for Topsy-Turvy (1999), for Best Art Direction for The King's Speech (2010), and Best Production Design for Les Miserables (2012)


Mad Max: Fury Road

* Colin Gibson - first nomination

* Lisa Thompson - first nomination


The Martian

Celia Bobak - 1 previous nomination for Best Art Direction for The Phantom of the Opera (2005)

Arthur Max - 2 previous nominations for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for Gladiator (2000) and Best Art Direction for American Gangster (2007)


The Revenant

Jack Fisk - 1 previous nomination for Best Art Direction for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Hamish Purdy - first nomination


What I've Seen: Bridge of Spies, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant

My Pick: Mad Max: Fury Road

Not Nominated, But Should Have Been: Crimson Peak

Predicted Winner: The Revenant

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