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Art Directors Guild

A craft union of the screen's visual authors, the art directors and designers who build what a film's world looks like.

  • adg.org
  • Guild
  • CA
  • Professional and scientific society
  • Read from public sources, Sep 2026
15named by ADG
104named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies Art Directors Guild is read alongside.

ACE

American Cinema Editors

An honorary company of working film and television editors who celebrate a craft and pass it forward

1 companies named

ASC

American Society of Cinematographers

The invitation only honorary society of cinematographers, keepers of the craft of the image whose motto…

PGA

Producers Guild of America

The professional guild representing producers across film, television, and emerging media, protecting the…

22 companies named

GMS

Guild of Music Supervisors

A nonprofit guild promoting the craft of music supervision across film, television, games, and advertising…

61 companies named

AWD

Alliance of Women Directors

The community that gathers women directors to hand one another access to the director's chair, and to move an…

24 companies named

Who backs ADG

Every company Art Directors Guild names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

CompanySupport as publishedAlso named by
DisneyAward sponsorAI AAF CI GJCC IWSMF +3
NETFLIXAward sponsorGACC GMS MHA NABE NLGJA +2
Logo_VarietyMedia PartnerCTA NYWIFT PGA
Warner Bros. Design Studio and Property Dept.Award sponsorCI She Runs It
BBC Studios Americas, Inc.Award sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
DAZIAN.COMAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
GALPINAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
IDSAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
Immersive-Media-logoMedia PartnerOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
On Air DesignAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
SHOOTLogoMedia PartnerOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
THR-LogoMedia PartnerOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
UNIVERSAL PICTURESAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
WARNER BROS. PICTURESAward sponsorOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
WrapLogoMedia PartnerOnly Art Directors Guild, so far
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026

30th Annual ADG Awards program journal sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. The journal's sponsor wall is logo-only; companies recorded here are the sponsor-labelled ad pages where the advertiser is named in the text. Partial list. IATSE (union) excluded.

ADG Awards media sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Media sponsors shown as logos on the ADG Awards page; names read from image file names.

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Who backs Art Directors Guild's peers, but not Art Directors Guild

Companies named publicly by at least one of Art Directors Guild's five peer societies, and not found in Art Directors Guild's reviewed public records.

CompanyACEPGAGMSAWDPeers
ABKCO Music & RecordsPlatinum Partners1 of 4
Adobe-Acrobat-scaledSponsors1 of 4
Amazon MGM StudiosEmerald Partners1 of 4
AMC-Networks-1Studio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
APM MusicDiamond Partners1 of 4
Apple TVSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
AssemblageSponsors1 of 4
Astek LogoPartners1 of 4
AtlanticSilver Partners1 of 4
backstagePartnerships1 of 4
Beggars GroupVinyl Provided By1 of 4
Big LoudGold Partners1 of 4
Bilingual SoundsSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
Blackmagic DesignPlatinum Sponsor1 of 4
BMG Sync+Diamond Partners1 of 4
BMISilver Partners1 of 4
Calm and Collected Music Group (CACMG)Gold Partners1 of 4
CanonStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
CapitolVinyl Provided By1 of 4
Champagne BreakfastPlatinum Partners1 of 4
Chil House RecordsSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
cinegear-30-year-logoStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
Clark Street LogoPartners1 of 4
CokePartners1 of 4
Concord Label GroupSilver Partners1 of 4
Concord Music PublishingSilver Partners1 of 4
Crucial Music CorporationSilver Partners1 of 4
Current MusicGold Partners1 of 4
Cuties LogoPartners1 of 4
De Wolfe MusicSilver Partners1 of 4
DeadlinePartners1 of 4
Delta (06.18.24)Official Airline1 of 4
Disney-ChannelStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
EMPIRESpecial Thanks To1 of 4
Final Draft (1)Premier Sponsors1 of 4
Foley WinesPartners1 of 4
FotoKemSponsors1 of 4
GalateaTVStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
GlenfiddichPartners1 of 4
GreenSlatePremier Sponsors1 of 4
HBO MaxSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
IMDbProPremier Sponsors1 of 4
indeePremier Sponsors1 of 4
InterscopeVinyl Provided By1 of 4
JC3 Media MusicSilver Partners1 of 4
LifetimeStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
LionsgateStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
LoveCat MusicSilver Partners1 of 4
mediaLiberatedSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
MegatraxSilver Partners1 of 4
NBCU-LaunchStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
NettwerkVinyl Provided By1 of 4
NikolozfilmsPremier Sponsors1 of 4
NSMSilver Partners1 of 4
Ottinger-Employment-LawyersSponsors1 of 4
ParamountGold Partners1 of 4
Partisan RecordsVinyl Provided By1 of 4
PaykeeperPremier Sponsors1 of 4
PeacockEmerald Partners1 of 4
peermusicVinyl Provided By1 of 4
PEN Music GroupDiamond Partners1 of 4
Pony CanyonSigma Partners1 of 4
PopChipsPartners1 of 4
Position MusicSapphire Partners1 of 4
Primary Wave MusicPlatinum Partners1 of 4
Prime FYCSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
RCAVinyl Provided By1 of 4
Red Brick SongsSapphire Partners1 of 4
ReservoirSilver Partners1 of 4
Rimas PublishingSilver Partners1 of 4
Riot GamesGold Partners1 of 4
Saturation-Logo_primaryPartnerships1 of 4
Scriptation-logo-bluePartnerships1 of 4
Secret RoadSilver Partners1 of 4
Secretly GroupVinyl Provided By1 of 4
Seed_Spark-logo-blackPartnerships1 of 4
SESACSilver Partners1 of 4
ShotDeckPartnerships1 of 4
Signature TracksSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
slipstreamPlatinum Partners1 of 4
SM LatinVinyl Provided By1 of 4
SmartSourcePremier Sponsors1 of 4
SoCal SoundSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
Sony MusicSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
SoundstripeSilver Partners1 of 4
Spirit MusicSilver Partners1 of 4
Starz-Take-The-Lead-logoStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
Sunset StudiosPremier Sponsors1 of 4
Sustainable-Artist-StudioPartnerships1 of 4
SYNCsongwriterSigma Partners1 of 4
TCM_Print_BlackStudio & Network Partnerships1 of 4
Team Spirit MgmtVinyl Provided By1 of 4
The OrchardGold Partners1 of 4
TheWrap (1)Partners1 of 4
TSMSilver Partners1 of 4
UnfamousSpecial Thanks To1 of 4
Uni Production Services - blackHosting Sponsor1 of 4
UPMSilver Partners1 of 4
Voodoo DoughnutPartners1 of 4
Warner RecordsSilver Partners1 of 4
WarnerMediaSponsors1 of 4
WBDSapphire Partners1 of 4
Wrapbook LogoPremier Sponsors1 of 4
ZenBusinessSponsors1 of 4

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The outside view

A craft union of the screen's visual authors, the art directors and designers who build what a film's world looks like.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Inward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Guild

Where mastery is the price of belonging.

The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.

Also reads toward The League, The Movement and The Legacy.

Strengths

→Deep loyalty and a strong sense of belonging.
→Standards and credentials carry real weight.
→Expertise and trusted credential in the field.

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