{"id":155289,"date":"2018-03-05T04:05:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155289"},"modified":"2018-03-05T04:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T09:05:08","slug":"canadian-trio-wins-an-oscar-for-production-design-on-the-shape-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/05\/canadian-trio-wins-an-oscar-for-production-design-on-the-shape-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian trio wins an Oscar for production design on ‘The Shape of Water’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau won for best production design on \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d and thanked their colleagues back home in Toronto, where the film was partly shot. (Photo<\/a>: The Shape of Water\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Toronto and Montreal got shout-outs onstage at Sunday’s Academy Awards as productions with Canadian talent won trophies.<\/p>\n

Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau won for best production design on \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d and thanked their colleagues back home in Toronto, where the film was partly shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to all the Canadian crew who are partying right now at the Palais Royale in Toronto \u2014 this is for you,\u201d said Austerberry, who is credited for production design while Melvin and Vieau crafted the film’s set decoration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to the academy. (Director Guillermo del Toro) \u2014 may you keep dreaming up your monsters and their wonderful stories so people like us can help shape their worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the first Oscar nomination for the trio, who also won in the same category at the recent British Academy Film Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d stars Sally Hawkins as a mute janitor who falls for a captive and abused amphibian creature, played by Doug Jones. The story is set in 1960s-era Baltimore but it was shot in Toronto and Hamilton, using landmarks including the opulent Elgin Theatre and the storied concert venue Massey Hall.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a trio who won for best visual effects on Quebec director Denis Villeneuve’s \u201cBlade Runner 2049\u201d thanked their \u201cfriends in Montreal,\u201d saying: \u201cMerci beaucoup, this is for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to Denis Villeneuve, whose guts are seen in every frame of this film, especially the visual effects,\u201d said John Nelson, who won alongside Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover.<\/p>\n

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel mentioned \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d \u2014 which had a leading 13 nominations heading into the awards \u2014 in his opening monologue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to Guillermo, we will always remember this year as the year men screwed up so badly, women started dating fish,\u201d Kimmel joked.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters backstage, Vieau noted that Toronto’s screen community had a huge year not only with the recognition for \u201cThe Shape of Water,\u201d but also the accolades for TV’s \u201cThe Handmaid’s Tale,\u201d which was shot in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cToronto (was) above and beyond with everyone in North America with ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Shape of Water,’ we really came out on top,\u201d Vieau said. \u201cIt’s a really big thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melvin said after decades of growth, Toronto’s TV and film industries are truly \u201cworld-class.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have 35 years in the business now and worked in Toronto almost exclusively, so I’ve worked with and watched the business grow in Toronto and go from children’s television to Academy Award-winning films,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started with ‘Good Will Hunting,’ ‘Chicago,’ now us…. We want to keep it that way and keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel also mentioned another Canadian nominee in the opening \u2014 \u201cthe magnificent Christopher Plummer\u201d \u2014 who got a nod for his supporting role in \u201cAll the Money in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel made a couple of jokes about the 88-year-old Toronto native’s age, including a reference to the hit Broadway play \u201cHamilton,\u201d about one of the founding fathers of the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow does (‘Hamilton’ creator and star) Lin-Manuel Miranda compare to the real Alexander Hamilton?\u201d Kimmel teased Plummer from the stage.<\/p>\n

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