This
Academy Award was first given for
movies made in
1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies.
- 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse[?] - Hamlet
- 1948 Color Dorothy Jeakins[?], Barbara Karinska[?] - Joan of Arc[?]
- 1949 Black-and-White Edith Head[?], Gile Steele[?] - The Heiress
- 1949 Color Leah Rhodes[?], William Travilla[?], Marjorie Best[?] - Adventures of Don Juan[?]
- 1950 Black-and-White Edith Head[?], Charles LeMaire[?] - All About Eve
- 1950 Color Edith Head[?], Dorothy Jeakins[?], Elois Jenssen[?], Gile Steele[?], Gwen Wakeling[?] - Samson and Delilah
- 1951 Black-and-White Edith Head[?] - A Place in the Sun
- 1951 Color Walter Plunkett[?], Irene Sharaff[?] - An American in Paris
- 1952 Black-and-White Helen Rose[?] - The Bad and the Beautiful
- 1952 Color - Marcel Vertes[?] - Moulin Rouge[?]
- 1953 Black-and-White Edith Head[?] - Roman Holiday
- 1953 Color Charles LeMaire[?], Emile Santiago[?] - The Robe
- 1954 Black-and-White Edith Head[?] - Sabrina
- 1954 Color Sanzo Wada[?] - Gate of Hell[?]
- 1955 Black-and-White Helen Rose[?] - I'll Cry Tomorrow
- 1955 Color Charles LeMaire[?] - Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
- 1956 Black-and-White Jean Louis[?] - The Solid Gold Cadillac[?]
- 1956 Color Irene Sharaff[?] - The King and I
For 1957 the awards were combined into a single award.
For 1959 the Award was again divided into two awards.
For 1967 the category was recombided for one last time.