The 1st Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, honoring the best production designers in film, television and media of 1996, were held in 1997.
Winners and nominees Film Excellence in Production Design Award – Feature FilmThe English Patient – Stuart Craig, Aurelio Crugnola The Birdcage – Bo Welch, Tom Duffield, John Dexter The Crucible – Lilly Kilvert, John Warnke Hamlet – Tim Harvey, Desmond Crowe Mars Attacks! – Wynn Thomas, James Hegedus, John Dexter, Jann K. Engel, Richard Fernandez
Television Excellence in Production Design Award – TelevisionStar Trek: Deep Space Nine – Herman F. Zimmerman, Randall McIlvain Frasier – Roy Christopher, Wendell Johnson Mrs. Santa Claus – Hub Braden, Mary Dodson NYPD Blue – Richard C. Hankins, Alan E. Muraoka, Lauren Crasco The Summer of Ben Tyler – Jan Scott, Tim Eckel
Special Achievement Award Gene Allen
Distinguished Career Award Allen Daviau
Lifetime Achievement Award Robert F. Boyle
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