Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film

The Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film is one of the annual awards given by the Art Directors Guild starting from 2000.

This award was combined with Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film from 2000 to 2005, and is now in its own category from 2006.

Winners

2000–2005 (Fantasy or Period)

Year	Film	Production Designer(s)
2000	Gladiator	Arthur Max
	The Cell	Tom Foden
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Tim Yip
	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Michael Corenblith
	The Patriot	Kirk M. Petruccelli
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Catherine Martin
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Rick Carter
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Stuart Craig
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Grant Major
	The Man Who Wasn't There	Dennis Gassner
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Grant Major
	Chicago	John Myhre
	Gangs of New York	Dante Ferretti
	Minority Report	Alex McDowell
	Road to Perdition	Dennis Gassner
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Grant Major
	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Ben Van Os
	The Last Samurai	Lilly Kilvert
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Brian Morris
	Seabiscuit	Jeannine Oppewall
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Rick Heinrichs
	The Aviator	Dante Ferretti
	Finding Neverland	Gemma Jackson
	The Incredibles	Lou Romano
	The Phantom of the Opera	Anthony Pratt
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha	John Myhre
	Batman Begins	Nathan Crowley
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Alex McDowell
	Good Night, and Good Luck	James Bissell
	King Kong	Grant Major

2006–2009 (Period)

Year	Film	Production Designer(s)
2006	Curse of the Golden Flower	Tingxiao Huo
	Dreamgirls
	Flags of Our Fathers
	The Good Shepherd
	The Prestige
2007	There Will Be Blood	Jack Fisk
	American Gangster
	Atonement
	Elizabeth: The Golden Age
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Donald Graham Burt
	Changeling	James J. Murakami
	Doubt	David Gropman
	Frost/Nixon	Michael Corenblith
	Milk	Bill Groom
2009	Sherlock Holmes	Sarah Greenwood
	A Serious Man	Jess Gonchor
	Inglourious Basterds	David Wasco
	Julie & Julia	Mark Ricker
	Public Enemies	Nathan Crowly

2010s

Year	Film	Production Designer(s)
2010	The King's Speech	Eve Stewart
	Get Low	Geoffrey Kirkland
	Robin Hood	Arthur Max
	Shutter Island	Dante Ferretti
	True Grit	Jess Gonchor
2011	Hugo	Dante Ferretti
	Anonymous	Sebastian Krawinkel
	The Artist	Laurence Bennett
	The Help	Mark Ricker
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Maria Djurkovic
2012	Anna Karenina	Sarah Greenwood
	Argo	Peter Borck
	Django Unchained	David F. Klassen
	Les Misérables	Eve Stewart
	Lincoln	Rick Carter
2013	The Great Gatsby	Catherine Martin
	12 Years a Slave	Adam Stockhausen
	American Hustle	Judy Becker
	Inside Llewyn Davis	Jess Gonchor
	Saving Mr. Banks	Michael Corenblith
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Adam Stockhausen
	Inherent Vice	David Crank
	The Imitation Game	Maria Djurkovic
	The Theory of Everything	John Paul Kelly
	Unbroken	Jon Hutman
2015	The Revenant	Jack Fisk
	Bridge of Spies	Adam Stockhausen
	Crimson Peak	Thomas E. Sanders
	The Danish Girl	Eve Stewart
	Trumbo	Mark Ricker