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.
This award was originally for Interior Decoration
With the awards for 1940 the award was divided into separate awrds for black-and-white and color movies.
- 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
- 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[?]
- 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[?]
- 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
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
- 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
- 1949 Black-and-White Harry Horner[?], John Meehan[?], Emile Kuri[?] - The Heiress
- 1949 Color Cedric Gibbons[?], Paul Groesse[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Jack D. Moore[?] - Little Women[?]
- 1950 Black-and-White Hans Dreier[?], John Meehan[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Ray Moyer[?] - Sunset Blvd.[?]
- 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
- 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
- 1952 Color Paul Sheriff[?], Marcel Vertes[?] - Moulin Rouge[?]
- Richard Day[?], Antoni Clavé[?], Howard Bristol[?] - Hans Christian Andersen[?]
- Cedric Gibbons[?], Paul Groesse[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Arthur Krams[?] - The Merry Widow[?]
- Frank Hotaling[?], John McCarthy, Jr.[?], Charles Thompson[?] - The Quiet Man
- Lyle Wheeler[?], John DeCuir[?], Thomas Little[?], Paul S. Fox[?] - The Snows of Kilimanjaro[?]
- 1953 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons[?], Edward Carfagno[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Hugh Hunt[?] - Julius Caesar
- 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
- 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[?]
- Lyle Wheeler[?], John DeCuir[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Paul S. Fox[?] - Daddy Long Legs[?]
- Oliver Smith[?], Joseph C. Wright[?], Howard Bristol[?] - Guys and Dolls[?]
- Lyle Wheeler[?], George W. Davis[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Jack Stubbs[?] - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing[?]
- Hal Pereira[?], Joseph McMillan Johnson[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Arthur Krams[?] - To Catch a Thief
- 1956 Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons[?], Malcolm F. Brown[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], F. Keogh Gleason[?] - Somebody Up There Likes Me[?]
- 1956 Color Lyle R. Wheeler[?], John Decuir[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Paul S. Fox[?] - The King and I
- James W. Sullivan[?], Ken Adam[?], Ross J. Dowd[?] - Around the World in 80 Days[?]
- Boris Leven[?], Ralph S. Hurst[?] - Giant[?]
- Cedric Gibbons[?], Hans Peters[?], Preston Ames[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], F. Keogh Gleason[?] - Lust for Life
- Hal Pereira[?], Walter H. Tyler[?], Albert Nozaki[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Ray Moyer[?] - The Ten Commandments
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
With the 1959 films this category was again divided in two
- 1959 Black-and-White Lyle R. Wheeler[?], George W. Davis[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Stuart A. Reiss[?] - The Diary of Anne Frank
- 1959 Color William A. Horning[?], Edward Carfagno[?], Hugh Hunt[?] - Ben-Hur[?]
- 1960 Black-and-White Alexander Trauner[?], Edward G. Boyle[?] - The Apartment
- 1960 Color Alexander Golitzen[?], Eric Orbom[?], Russell A. Gausman[?], Julia Heron[?] - Spartacus
- 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
- 1963 Black-and-White Gene Callahan[?] - America America[?]
- 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
- 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
- John DeCuir[?], Jack Martin Smith[?], Dario Simoni[?] - The Agony and the Ecstasy[?]
- Richard Day[?], William Creber[?], David Hall[?], Ray Moyer[?], Fred MacLean[?], Norman Rockett[?] - The Greatest Story Ever Told[?]
- Robert Clatworthy[?], George James Hopkins[?] - Inside Daisy Clover[?]
- Boris Leven[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Ruby Levitt[?] - The Sound of Music
- 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[?]
For 1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award.
- 1967 John Truscott[?], Edward Carrere[?], John W. Brown[?] - Camelot[?]
- Mario Chiari[?], Jack Martin Smith[?], Ed Graves[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Stuart A. Reiss[?] - Doctor Dolittle
- Robert Clatworthy[?], Frank Tuttle[?] - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Renzo Mongiardino[?], John DeCuir[?], Elven Webb[?], Giuseppe Mariani[?], Dario Simoni[?], Luigi Gervasi[?] - The Taming of the Shrew[?]
- Alexander Golitzen[?], George C. Webb[?], Howard Bristol[?] - Thoroughly Modern Millie[?]
- 1968 John Box[?], Terence Marsh[?], Vernon Dixon[?], Ken Muggleston[?] - Oliver![?]
- 1969 John Decuir[?], Jack Martin Smith[?], Herman Blumenthal[?], Walter M. Scott[?], George Hopkins[?], Raphael Bretton[?] - Hello, Dolly!
- Maurice Carter[?], Lionel Couch[?], Patrick McLoughlin[?] - Anne of the Thousand Days
- Robert Boyle, George B. Chan[?], Edward Boyle[?], Carl Biddiscombe[?] - Gaily, Gaily[?]
- Alexander Golitzen[?], George C. Webb[?], Jack D. Moore[?] - Sweet Charity[?]
- Harry Horner[?], Frank McKelvy[?] - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- 1970 Urie McCleary[?], Gil Parrondo[?], Antonio Mateos[?], Pierre-Louis Thevenet[?] - Patton[?]
- Alexander Golitzen[?], E. Preston Ames[?], Jack D. Moore[?], Mickey S. Michaels[?] - Airport[?]
- Tambi Larsen[?], Darrell Silvera[?] - The Molly MaGuires[?]
- Terry Marsh[?], Bob Cartwright[?], Pamela Cornell[?] - Scrooge[?]
- Jack Martin Smith[?], Yoshiro Muraki[?], Richard Day[?], Taizoh Kawashima[?], Walter M. Scott[?], Norman Rockett[?], Carl Biddiscombe[?] - Tora! Tora! Tora!
- 1971 John Box[?], Ernest Archer[?], Jack Maxsted[?], Gil Parrondo[?], Vernon Dixon[?] - Nicholas and Alexandra
- Boris Leven[?], William Tuntke[?], Ruby Levitt[?] - The Andromeda Strain
- John B. Mansbridge[?], Peter Ellenshaw[?], Emile Kuri[?], Hal Gausman[?] - Bedknobs and Broomsticks[?]
- Robert Boyle, Michael Stringer[?], Peter Lamont[?] - Fiddler on the Roof
- Terence Marsh[?], Robert Cartwright[?], Peter Howitt[?] - Mary, Queen of Scots
- 1972 Rolf Zehetbauer[?], Jurgen Kiebach[?], Herbert Strabel[?] - Cabaret
- 1973 Henry Bumstead[?], James Payne[?] - The Sting
- 1974 Dean Tavoularis[?], Angelo Graham[?], George R. Nelson[?] - The Godfather Part II
- 1975 Ken Adam[?], Roy Walker[?], Vernon Dixon[?] - Barry Lyndon
- 1976 George Jenkins[?], George Gaines[?] - All the President's Men
- 1977 John Barry[?], Norman Reynolds[?], Leslie Dilley[?], Roger Christian[?] - Star Wars
- 1978 Paul Sylbert[?], Edwin O'Donovan[?], George Gaines[?] - Heaven Can Wait[?]
- 1979 Philip Rosenberg[?], Tony Walton[?], Edward Stewart[?], Gary Brink[?] - All That Jazz
- Michael Seymour[?], Les Dilley[?], Roger Christian[?], Ian Whittaker[?] - Alien[?]
- Dean Tavoularis[?], Angelo Graham[?], George R. Nelson[?] - Apocalypse Now
- George Jenkins[?], Arthur Jeph Parker[?] - The China Syndrome
- Harold Michelson[?], Joe Jennings, Leon Harris[?], John Vallone[?], Linda Descenna[?] - Star Trek - The Motion Picture[?]
See also: Academy Awards