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Emmy Winner Bryan Cranston Set to Host the Art Directors Guild 13th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/09 -- Bryan Cranston, the 2008 winner of thePrimetime Emmy as Best Actor in a Drama Series (AMC's "Breaking Bad"), hasbeen tapped to host the 13th annual Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awardshonoring excellence in production design set for Saturday, February 14 atthe Beverly Hilton Hotel. Cranston won a Satellite Award last month as BestActor in a Drama Series from the International Press Academy for "BreakingBad," while the series was also voted by the American Film Institute as oneof the top 10 TV programs of the year.
Eight ADG awards for Excellence in Production Design in categories fortelevision, theatrical motion pictures and commercials/music videos, willbe presented, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for ProductionDesigner Paul Sylbert and a Cinematic Imagery Award going to iconicfilmmaker George Lucas. Ron Howard will be presenting the award to Lucas.In addition, five legendary Production Designers will be inducted into theADG Hall of Fame. They are Ted Haworth, Mac Johnson, Romain Johnston, JohnMeehan and Harold Michelson. Also, as a highlight of this year's Awardsceremony, the Guild will unveil "The Magnificent 100"-- its selection ofthe 100 feature films that they consider to display the best productiondesign in theatrical films from 1898 through 2000.
Throughout his career, Cranston has portrayed a variety of diverse rolesrunning the gamut from happy and hairy "Hal" on Fox's comedy, "Malcolm inthe Middle," to his current role as Walt White, the mild-mannered chemistryteacher turned drug dealer, on AMC's critically-acclaimed series "BreakingBad."
Cranston's additional television credits are myriad, from the role ofLucifer on the ABC Family miniseries "Fallen" to the recurring role ofTed's boss on CBS's "How I Met Your Mother." Cranston made viewers laugh on"Seinfeld" as the recurring character of Dentist Tim Whatley. He was alsothe annoying neighbor Tim Sacksky on "The King of Queens." He appeared inTom Hanks' Emmy Award winning HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon," inwhich he portrayed Buzz Aldrin. Cranston has guest-starred on numerousprograms such as "Chicago Hope," "The X-Files," "Rockford Files," "3rd RockFrom the Sun," and many more.
His feature film credits include the Taylor Hackford project "Love Ranch,"in addition to "Little Miss Sunshine," "Seeing Other People," "That ThingYou Do!," "Clean Slate," "Kissing Miranda," "Dead Space," "PrivateOfferings" and "Terror Tract," to name a few. He also appeared in StevenSpielberg's feature film "Saving Private Ryan" as a hardened one-armed ArmyColonel.
Voting in all categories will now be primarily conducted online, linkedthrough the ADG website (www.artdirectors.org), or by paper ballots uponrequest.
Co-Producers for this year's ADG Awards are John Sabato and John Janavs.
Media sponsors are Daily Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Below TheLine.
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Throughout his career, Cranston has portrayed a variety of diverse rolesrunning the gamut from happy and hairy "Hal" on Fox's comedy, "Malcolm inthe Middle," to his current role as Walt White, the mild-mannered chemistryteacher turned drug dealer, on AMC's critically-acclaimed series "BreakingBad."
Cranston's additional television credits are myriad, from the role ofLucifer on the ABC Family miniseries "Fallen" to the recurring role ofTed's boss on CBS's "How I Met Your Mother." Cranston made viewers laugh on"Seinfeld" as the recurring character of Dentist Tim Whatley. He was alsothe annoying neighbor Tim Sacksky on "The King of Queens." He appeared inTom Hanks' Emmy Award winning HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon," inwhich he portrayed Buzz Aldrin. Cranston has guest-starred on numerousprograms such as "Chicago Hope," "The X-Files," "Rockford Files," "3rd RockFrom the Sun," and many more.
His feature film credits include the Taylor Hackford project "Love Ranch,"in addition to "Little Miss Sunshine," "Seeing Other People," "That ThingYou Do!," "Clean Slate," "Kissing Miranda," "Dead Space," "PrivateOfferings" and "Terror Tract," to name a few. He also appeared in StevenSpielberg's feature film "Saving Private Ryan" as a hardened one-armed ArmyColonel.
Voting in all categories will now be primarily conducted online, linkedthrough the ADG website (www.artdirectors.org), or by paper ballots uponrequest.
Co-Producers for this year's ADG Awards are John Sabato and John Janavs.
Media sponsors are Daily Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Below TheLine.
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PRESS CONTACTS & PHOTO REQUESTS:Murray Weissman & AssociatesLindajo LoftusSuzanne ParkerTel: 818/760-8995Fax: 818/760-4847Email: Email ContactEmail Contact
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