Art Directors Guild To Give Lifetime Achievement Award To Michael Denering
deadline.comScenic Artist Michael Denering will be honored in February with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.
Denering is best known for his creative painting of artwork for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Toys, Die Hard, Batman Returns, Jurassic Park and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
The honors stem from the Scenic, Title & Graphic Artists (STG) and will be presented at the 27th Annual ADG Awards. The ceremony also honors winners in 14 categories of production design and will be held at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown in the Wilshire Grand Ballroom.
This is the first of four Lifetime Achievement Awards to be announced by the Art Directors Guild. “Michael Denering is what his colleagues have referred to as a ‘dynamic’ scenic artist,” said Clint Schultz, STG Council Chair. “From his beginnings painting scenery at CBS Television City to his many years at Warner Brothers Studios, Mike’s career as a filmmaker has seen his murals and backings appear in over 100 films.
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