The Art Directors Guild awards have been announced and the expected winners took home prizes led by likely Oscar winner Hugo. In spite of it taking home a special achievement award, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 was also named Best Fantasy Art Direction, which was further notable considering this was the franchise’s fifth nomination and only their first competitive win.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Art Directors Guild.

The Awards

Best Period Art Direction

Hugo

Best Fantasy Art Direction

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Best Contemporary Art Direction

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Art Directors Guild Data

Year Founded: 1937
First Awards: 1996 (16)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Art Direction: 3 (0-1-1-0-1) W / 9 (2-2-2-2-1) N / 6 (1-1-1-1-2) I
Art Direction (Period): 1 (0-0-1-0-0) W / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) N / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) I
Art Direction (Fantasy): 2 (0-1-0-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Art Direction (Contemporary): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I