Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

The ADG Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to individuals who are outstanding in each of the guild's four crafts.

The guild's four crafts are, Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; and Set Designers and Model Makers.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Ref
1996	Robert F. Boyle	[1]
1998	Henry Bumstead	[2]
1999	Harold Michelson	[3]
2001	Jan Scott	[4]
2002	Albert Brenner	[5]
2002	Sir Ken Adam	[6]
2004	William J. Creber	[7]
2005	John B. Mansbridge	[8]
2006	Dean Tavoularis	[9]
2007	Stuart Craig	[10]
2009	Paul Sylbert	[11]
2010	Terence Marsh	[12]
2012	Patricia Norris	[13]
2012	Tony Walton	[14]
2013	Herman Zimmerman	[15]
2014	Camille Abbott	[16]
2014	Jim Bissell	[17]
2014	John P. Bruce	[18]
2014	Rick Carter	[19]
2014	Will Ferrell	[20]
2015	Bill Anderson	[21]
2015	Harrison Ellenshaw	[22]
2015	Patrizia Von Brandenstein	[23]
2016	Cate Bangs	[24]
2017	Albert Obregon	[25]
2017	Joseph Musso	[26]
2017	Rene Lagler	[27]
2017	William J. Newmon II	[28]
2018	James J. Murakami	[29]
2018	John Moffitt	[30]
2018	Marty Kline	[31]
2018	Norm Newberry	[32]
2019	Joe Alves	[33]
2019	Denis Olsen	[33]
2019	Stephen Berger	[33]
2019	Jack Johnson	[33]
2020	John Eaves	[34]
2020	Patrick DeGreve	[34]
2020	Martha Johnson	[34]
2020	Stuart Wurtzel	[34]
2021	Ida Random	[35]
2022	Michael Denering	[36]
2023	David Lowery, Greg Papalia, Wynn P. Thomas , Francine West	[37]
2024	Lisa Frazza, Barbara Mesney, Dan Sweetman, J. Dennis Washington	[38]

See also

• Art Directors Guild
• ADG Excellence in Production Design Award
• Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame