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Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Definition and Overview

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The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.

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1920s

This award was originally for Interior Decoration

1930s

With the awards for 1940 the award was divided into separate awards for black-and-white and color movies.

1940s

  • 1940 Black-and-white Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse - Pride and Prejudice
  • 1940 Color Vincent Korda - The Thief of Bagdad
  • 1941 Black-and-White Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little - How Green Was My Valley
    • Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera - Citizen Kane
    • Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman - Flame of New Orleans
    • Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer - Hold Back the Dawn
    • Lionel Banks, George Montgomery - Ladies in Retirement
    • Stephen Goosson, Howard Bristol - The Little Foxes
    • John Hughes, Fred MacLean - Sergeant York
    • John DuCasse Schultze, Edward G. Boyle - Son of Monte Cristo
    • Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine - Sundown
    • Vincent Korda, Julia Heron - That Hamilton Woman
    • Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis - When Ladies Meet
  • 1941 Color Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis - Blossoms in the Dust
    • Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - Blood and Sand
    • Raoul Pene du Bois, Stephen A. Seymour - Louisiana Purchase
  • 1942 Black-and-White Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - This Above All
    • Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk, Casey Roberts - George Washington Slept Here
    • Albert S. D'Agostino, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera - The Magnificent Ambersons
    • Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol - The Pride of the Yankees
    • Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore - Random Harvest
    • Boris Leven - The Shanghai Gesture
    • Ralph Berger, Emile Kuri - Silver Queen
    • John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson - The Spoilers
    • Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer - Take a Letter, Darling
    • Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad, Fay Babcock - The Talk of the Town
  • 1942 Color Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - My Gal Sal
    • Alexander Golitzen, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - Arabian Nights
    • Ted Smith, Casey Roberts - Captains of the Clouds
    • Vincent Korda, Julia Heron - Jungle Book
    • Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, George Sawley - Reap the Wild Wind
  • 1943 Black-and-White James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little - The Song of Bernadette
    • Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Bertram Granger - Five Graves to Cairo
    • Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller - Flight for Freedom
    • Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Madame Curie
    • Carl Weyl, George J. Hopkins - Mission to Moscow
    • Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol - The North Star
  • 1943 Color Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - Phantom of the Opera
    • Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas, Bertram Granger - For Whom the Bell Tolls
    • James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - The Gang's All Here
    • John Hughes, John Koenig, George J. Hopkins - This Is the Army
    • Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau - Thousands Cheer
  • 1944 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis - Gaslight
    • Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish - Address Unknown
    • John J. Hughes, Fred MacLean - The Adventures of Mark Twain
    • Perry Ferguson, Julia Heron - Casanova Brown
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little - Laura
    • Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer - No Time for Love
    • Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin - Since You Went Away
    • Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter - Step Lively
  • 1944 Color Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little - Wilson
    • John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - The Climax
    • Lionel Banks, Cary Odell, Fay Babcodk - Cover Girl
    • Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy - The Desert Song
    • Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle - Kismet
    • Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois, Ray Moyer - Lady in the Dark
    • Ernst Fegte, Howard Bristol - The Princess and the Pirate
  • 1945 Black-and-White Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields - Blood on the Sun
    • Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter - Experiment Perilous
    • James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - The Keys of the Kingdom
    • Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Love Letters
    • Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar, Hugh Hunt - The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • 1945 Color Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Samuel M. Comer - Frenchman's Creek
  • 1946 Black-and-White William Darling, Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - Anna and the King of Siam
  • 1946 Color Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis - The Yearling
    • John Bryan - Caesar and Cleopatra
    • Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon - Henry V

Beginning with 1947 movies the name of the award was changed to Art Direction - Set Decoration.

  • 1947 Black-and-White John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton - Great Expectations
    • Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Foxes of Harrow
  • 1947 Color Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus
  • 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon - Hamlet
  • 1948 Color Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson - The Red Shoes
    • Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish - Joan of Arc
  • 1949 Black-and-White Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri - The Heiress
    • Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - Come to the Stable
    • Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle - Madame Bovary
  • 1949 Color Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore - Little Women
    • Edward Carrere, Lyle Reifsnider - Adventures of Don Juan
    • Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph - Saraband for Dead Lovers

1950s

  • 1950 Black-and-White Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sunset Boulevard
    • Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott - All About Eve
    • Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - The Red Danube
  • 1950 Color Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Samson and Delilah
  • 1951 Black-and-White Richard Day, George James Hopkins - A Streetcar Named Desire
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode - Fourteen Hours
    • Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - House on Telegraph Hill
    • Jean d'Eaubonne - La Ronde
    • Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Wills, Jack D. Moore - Too Young to Kiss
  • 1951 Color Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - An American in Paris
    • Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - David and Bathsheba
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott - On the Riviera
    • William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt - Quo Vadis
    • Hein Heckroth - Tales of Hoffmann
  • 1952 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - The Bad and the Beautiful
    • Emile Kuri - Carrie
    • Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott - My Cousin Rachel
    • Matsuyama H. Matsumoto - Rashomon
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter - Viva Zapata!
  • 1952 Color Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes - Moulin Rouge
  • 1953 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Julius Caesar
    • Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz - Martin Luther
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox - The President's Lady
    • Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler - Roman Holiday
    • Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Stuart Reiss - Titanic
  • 1953 Color Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The Robe
    • Alfred Junge, Hans Peters. John Jarvis - Knights of the Round Table
    • Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams - Lili
    • Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore - The Story of Three Loves
    • Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore - Young Bess
  • 1954 Black-and-White Richard Day - On the Waterfront
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - The Country Girl
    • Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri - Executive Suite
    • Max Ophuls - Le Plaisir
    • Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sabrina
  • 1954 Color John Meehan, Emile Kuri - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - Brigadoon
    • Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Desirée
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Red Garters
    • Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff, George James Hopkins - A Star Is Born
  • 1955 Black-and-White Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - The Rose Tattoo
  • 1955 Color William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley - Picnic
  • 1956 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason - Somebody Up There Likes Me
    • Takashi Matsuyama - The Magnificent Seven
    • Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Proud and the Profane
    • Ross Bellah, William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage - The Solid Gold Cadillac
    • Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Teenage Rebel
  • 1956 Color Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The King and I

For 1957 films this award became a single award.

  • 1957 Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley - Sayonara
    • Hal Pereira, George W. Davis, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Funny Face
    • William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle - Les Girls
    • Walter Holscher, William Kiernan, Louis Diage - Pal Joey
    • William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Raintree County
  • 1958 William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason - Gigi
    • Malcolm Bert, George James Hopkins - Auntie Mame
    • Cary Odell, Louis Diage - Bell, Book and Candle
    • Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - A Certain Smile
    • Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead, Samuel M. Comer, Frank McKelvy - Vertigo

With the 1959 films this category was again divided in two

1960s

  • 1960 Black-and-White Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle - The Apartment
    • Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd - The Facts of Life
    • Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - Psycho
    • Tom Morahan, Lionel Couch - Sons and Lovers
    • Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - Visit to a Small Planet
  • 1960 Color Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron - Spartacus
    • George W. Davis, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel - Cimarron
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Arrigo Breschi - It Started in Naples
    • Ted Haworth, William Kiernan - Pepe
    • Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins - Sunrise at Campobello
  • 1961 Black-and-White Harry Horner, Gene Callahan - The Hustler
  • 1961 Color Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin - West Side Story
  • 1962 Black-and-White Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert - To Kill a Mockingbird
    • Joseph Wright, George James Hopkins - Days of Wine and Roses
    • Ted Haworth, Leon Barasa, Vincent Korda, Gabriel Bechir - The Longest Day
    • George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle - Period of Adjustment
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Pigeon That Took Rome
  • 1962 Color John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni - Lawrence of Arabia
    • Paul Groesse, George James Hopkins - The Music Man
    • George W. Davis, J. McMillan Johnson, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Mutiny on the Bounty
    • Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - That Touch of Mink
    • George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
  • 1963 Black-and-White Gene Callahan - America America
    • Piero Gherardi - 81/2
    • Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Robert Benton - Hud
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - Love With the Proper Stranger
    • George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Twilight of Honor
  • 1963 Color John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer - Cleopatra
    • Lyle Wheeler, Gene Callahan - The Cardinal
    • Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, James Payne - Come Blow Your Horn
    • George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr., Jack Mills - How the West Was Won
    • Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert, Josie MacAvin - Tom Jones
  • 1964 Black-and-White Vassilis Fotopoulos - Zorba the Greek
    • George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott, Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton - The Americanization of Emily
    • William Glasgow, Raphael Bretton - Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte
    • Stephen Grimes - The Night of the Iguana
    • Cary Odell, Edward G. Boyle - Seven Days in May
  • 1964 Color Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins - My Fair Lady
    • John Bryan, Maurice Carter, Patrick McLoyghlin, Robert Cartwright - Becket
    • Carroll Clark, William H, Tuntke, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - Mary Poppins
    • George W. Davis, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
    • Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - What a Way to Go
  • 1965 Black-and-White Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish - Ship of Fools
    • Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle - King Rat
    • George W. Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson - A Patch of Blue
    • Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert Benton, Joseph Kish - The Slender Thread
    • Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall, Josie MacAvin - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • 1965 Color John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni - Doctor Zhivago
  • 1966 Black-and-White Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • 1966 Color Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Fantastic Voyage
    • Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, John McCarthy, John Austin - Gambit
    • Piero Gherardi - Juliet of the Spirits
    • Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan, Robert Benton, James Payne - The Oscar
    • Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan - The Sand Pebbles

For 1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award.

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

See also: Academy Awards

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