The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in film. 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
- 1928 William Cameron Menzies - The Dove and Tempest
- 1929 Cedric Gibbons - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- 1930 Herman Rosse - King of Jazz
- 1931 Max Ree - Cimarron
- 1932 Gordon Wiles - Transatlantic
- 1933 William S. Darling - Cavalcade
- 1934 Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope - The Merry Widow
- 1935 Richard Day - The Dark Angel
- 1936 Richard Day - Dodsworth
- 1937 Stephen Goosson - Lost Horizon
- Cedric Gibbons, William Horning - Conquest
- Carroll Clark - A Damsel in Distress
- Ward Ihnen - Every Day's a Holiday
- Anton Grot - The Life of Emile Zola
- John Victor MacKay - Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
- Lyle Wheeler - The Prisoner of Zenda
- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - Souls at Sea
- Alexander Toluboff - Vogues of 1938
- William S. Darling, David Hall - Wee Willie Winkie
- Jack Otterson - You're a Sweetheart
- 1938 Carl J. Weyl - The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Lyle Wheeler - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Alexander Toluboff - Algiers
- Van Nest Polglase - Carefree
- Richard Day - Goldwyn Follies
- Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks - Holiday
- Jack Otterson - Mad About Music
- Cedric Gibbons - Marie Antoinette
- Charles D. Hall - Merrily We Live
- 1939 Lyle Wheeler - Gone With the Wind
- Hans Dreier, Robert Odell - Beau Geste
- Charles D. Hall - Captain Fury
- Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina - First Love
- Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman - Love Affair
- John Victor Mackay - Man of Conquest
- Lionel Banks - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Anton Grot - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- William Darling, George Dudley - The Rains Came
- Alexander Toluboff - Stagecoach
- Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning - The Wizard of Oz
- James Basevi - Wuthering Heights
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
- Hans Dreier, Robert Usher - Arise, My Love
- Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson - Arizona
- John Otterson - The Boys from Syracuse
- John Victor Mackay - Dark Command
- Alexander Golitzen - Foreign Correspondent
- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Lillian Russell
- Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk - My Favorite Wife
- John DuCasse Schulze - My Son, My Son
- Lewis J. Rachmil - Our Town
- Lyle Wheeler - Rebecca
- Anton Grot - Sea Hawk
- James Basevi - The Westerner
- 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, Sam 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, Sam Comer - Take a Letter
- Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad, Fay Babcock - The Talk of the Town
- 1942 Color Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - My Gal Sal
- 1943
- B/W: James Basevi, William Darling; Thomas Little (Interior Decoration) - The Song of Bernadette
- Color: Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman; Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb (Interior Decoration) - Phantom of the Opera
- 1944
- 1945
- B/W: Wiard Ihnen; A. Roland Fields (Interior Decoration) - Blood on the Sun
- Color: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Sam Comer (Interior Decoration) - Frenchman's Creek
- 1946
- B/W: William Darling, Lyle Wheeler; Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes (Interior Decoration) - Anna and the King of Siam
- Color: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis (Interior Decoration) - The Yearling
- 1947
- B/W: John Bryan; Wilfred Shingleton (Set Decoration) - Great Expectations
- Color: Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus
- 1948
- B/W: Roger K. Furse; Carmen Dillon (Set Decoration) - Hamlet
- Color: Hein Heckroth; Arthur Lawson (Set Decoration) - The Red Shoes
- 1949
- B/W: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Emile Kuri (Set Decoration) - The Heiress
- Color:Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore (Set Decoration) - Little Women
- 1950
- B/W: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Sam Comer, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Sunset Blvd.
- Color: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Sam Comer, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Samson And Delilah
- 1951
- B/W:Richard Day; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Color: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - An American in Paris
- 1952
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - The Bad and the Beautiful
- Color: Paul Sheriff; Marcel Vertes (Set Decoration) - Moulin Rouge
- 1953
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration) - Julius Caesar
- Color: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox (Set Decoration) - The Robe
- 1954
- B/W: Richard Day - On the Waterfront
- Color: John Meehan; Emile Kuri (Set Decoration) - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 1955
- B/W: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Sam Comer, Arthur Krams (Set Decoration) - The Rose Tattoo
- Color: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Robert Priestley (Set Decoration) - Picnic
- 1956
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Color: Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox (Set Decoration) - The King and I
- 1957 Ted Haworth; Robert Priestley (Set Decoration) - Sayonara
- 1958 William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - Gigi
- 1959
- B/W: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss (Set Decoration) - The Diary of Anne Frank
- Color: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration) - Ben-Hur
- 1960
- B/W: Alexander Trauner; Edward G. Boyle (Set Decoration) - The Apartment
- Color: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom; Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron (Set Decoration) - Spartacus
- 1961
- B/W: Harry Horner; Gene Callahan (Set Decoration) - The Hustler
- Color: Boris Leven; Victor A. Gangelin (Set Decoration) - West Side Story
- 1962
- B/W: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Oliver Emert (Set Decoration) - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Color: Ohn Box, John Stoll; Dario Simoni (Set Decoration) - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1963
- B/W: Gene Callahan - America America
- Color: John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Walter M.Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Cleopatra
- 1964
- B/W: Vassilis Fotopoulos - Zorba the Greek
- Color: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - My Fair Lady
- 1965
- B/W: Robert Clatworthy; Joseph Kish (Set Decoration) - Ship of Fools
- Color: John Box, Terry Marsh; Dario Simoni (Set Decoration) - Doctor Zhivago
- 1966
- B/W: Richard Sylbert; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Color: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss (Set Decoration) - Fantastic Voyage
- 1967 John Truscott, Edward Carrere; John W. Brown (Set Decoration) - Camelot
- 1968 John Box, Terence Marsh; Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston (Set Decoration) - Oliver!
- 1969 John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton (Set Decoration) - Hello, Dolly!
- 1970 Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet (Set Decoration)- Patton
- 1971 John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo; Vernon Dixon (Set Decoration) - Nicholas and Alexandra
- 1972 Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Herbert Strabel (Set Decoration) - Cabaret
- 1973 Henry Bumstead; James Payne (Set Decoration) - The Sting
- 1974 Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; George R. Nelson (Set Decoration) - The Godfather Part II
- 1975 Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Vernon Dixon (Set Decoration) - Barry Lyndon
- 1976 George Jenkins; George Gaines (Set Decoration) - All the President's Men
- 1977 John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Roger Christian (Set Decoration) - Star Wars
- 1978 Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; George Gaines (Set Decoration) - Heaven Can Wait
- 1979 Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Edward Stewart, Gary Brink (Set Decoration) - All That Jazz
- 1980 Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens - Tess
- 1981 Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) - Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1982 Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Michael Seirton (Set Decoration) - Gandhi
- 1983 Anna Asp - Fanny & Alexander
- 1984 Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Cerny (Set Decoration) - Amadeus
- 1985 Stephen Grimes; Josie Macavin (Set Decoration) - Out of Africa
- 1986 Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura (Set Decoration) - A Room With a View
- 1987 Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration) - The Last Emperor
- 1988 Stuart Craig; Gerard James (Set Decoration) - Dangerous Liaisons
- 1989 Anton Furst; Peter Young (Set Decoration) - Batman
- 1990 Richard Sylbert; Rick Simpson (Set Decoration) - Dick Tracy
- 1991 Dennis Gassner; Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) - Bugsy
- 1992 Luciana Arrighi; Ian Whittaker (Set Decoration) - Howards End
- 1993 Allan Starski; Ewa Braun (Set Decoration) - Schindler's List
- 1994 Ken Adam; Carolyn Scott (Set Decoration) - The Madness of King George
- 1995 Eugenio Zanetti - Restoration
- 1996 Stuart Craig; Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) - The English Patient
- 1997 Peter Lamont; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) - Titanic
- 1998 Martin Childs; Jill Quertier (Set Decoration) - Shakespeare in Love
- 1999 Rick Heinrichs; Peter Young (Set Decoration) - Sleepy Hollow
- See also : Academy Awards