LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Award winning television producer, writer and director Chuck Lorre will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award from the Art Directors Guild at the 24th Annual Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Awards, It was announced today.
The 2020 ADG Awards will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown and will honor the prestigious spectrum of Chuck's award-winning work over the past 20 years.
The announcement was made today by ADG President Nelson Coates and ADG Awards Producer Scott Moses.
“Chuck Lorre is one of television's most prolific and successful writers/directors/producers. His impact on the television comedy landscape has been tremendous, with shows such as “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Mom,” and most recently, “The Kominsky Method.”
Lorre also co-created and serves as executive producer of four series currently on the air, including “Young Sheldon, “ Mom,” “Bob Heats Abishola,” and the Golden Globe Award winning comedy “The Kominsky Method,” which stars Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin and garnered three nominations for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards. The Kominsky Method was also recently nominated again for the 2020 Golden Globes Best Television Series “Musical or Comedy,” Best Actor for Douglas, and Best Supporting Actor for Arkin.
Lorre also co-created and executive-produced the comedy “The Big Bang Theory,” which concluded its highly successful 12-season run after 279 episodes, finishing as the longest-running multi-camera comedy in television history. He also co-created/executive produced the long-running hit comedy “Two and a Half Men” and the comedy “Disjointed.” He was executive producer of the hit comedy “Mike & Molly,” co-executive producer on “Roseanne,” and created hits such as “Cybill,” “Dharma & Greg” and “Grace Under Fire.”
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