Awards Season Recap: Art Directors Guild & GLAAD Animation Nominees
Published: 01/22/2026

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, has announced the nominees for its 30th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, celebrating achievements in the field across theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films. The ceremony will take place on February 28 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Animated Feature Film Nominees

  • The Bad Guys 2 – Production Designer: Luc Desmarchelier
  • Elio – Production Designer: Harley Jessup
  • KPop Demon Hunters – Production Designers: Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants – Production Designer: Sean Haworth, Animation Production Designer: Pablo R. Mayer
  • Zootopia 2 – Production Designer: Cory Loftis
Hazbin Hotel [c/o Prime Video © Amazon Content Services LLC]
Hazbin Hotel [c/o Prime Video © Amazon Content Services LLC]

Today also saw the announcement of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards, furthering GLAAD’s mission to accelerate acceptance and understanding for LGBTQ people through visibility in media by recognizing achievements in in film, television and other mediums. See the full list of nominees, which include categories for video games, comics and graphic novels, here.

Notably, Vivienne Medrano’s outrageous underworld musical adult comedy Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video) is an animated standout in the general entertainment categories, scoring a nod for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Outstanding Children’s Programming

  • Be@rbrick (Apple TV)
  • Firebuds (Disney Jr.)
  • “Ghost Town” Mermicorno: Starfall (HBO Max)
  • “No Wrong Way to Be You” Sesame Street (HBO Max)
  • Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney Jr./Disney+) 

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming – Animated

  • Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (HBO Max)
  • The Bravest Knight (Hulu)
  • Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)