Production Designer William J. Creber to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Art Directors Guild at Guild's 9th Annual Awards Ceremony, Feb. 12.

LOS ANGELES -- Three-time Academy Award(R)-nominated Production Designer William J. Creber will be presented with the honorary Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild at the Guild's Ninth Annual Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony on February 12, 2005, before a black-tie industry gathering at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, it was announced today by Thomas A. Walsh, ADG President, and co-chairs of ADG's Awards Committee Dina Lipton and Robert Strohmaier.

Previous recipients of ADG Lifetime Achievement Awards are Production Designers Roy Christopher, Albert Brenner, Ken Adam, Jan Scott, Richard Sylbert, Harold Michelson, Henry Bumstead and Robert Boyle.

Creber's three Academy Award(R) nominations were for "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno." His other film credits include "Planet of the Apes," "Justine," "Without Limits," "Spy Hard," "Islands In The Stream," "Flight of the Navigator," "The Detective" and "Street Fighter." His television credits include the Emmy-nominated "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Lost In Space" and "The Time Tunnel," among others. He has served as Production Designer for such directors as Franklin Schaffner, Stanley Kramer, George Stevens, George Cukor, Ronald Neame and Robert Towne.

Two years ago, Creber was awarded with the Hollywood Film Festival's Outstanding Achievement in Production Design Award. He is a member of the Art Directors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Directors Guild of America and a member of the Council of the Art Directors Guild. Creber's most recent films were "Without Limits, The Steve Prefontaine Story" and "The Last Brickmaker in America," which won the ADG Award in 2001 for Excellence in Art Direction for a Television Movie or Mini-Series.

On Feb. 12, the ADG will also present awards in seven categories of theatrical films, television and a new commercials award along with an additional honorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cinematic Imagery.

NOTE TO MEDIA: A photo image of William Creber is available electronically by contacting Jessica Parker at 818-760-8995 or [e-mail]