Academy Award for Best Production Design
Appearance
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, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
For 1957 films this award became a single award.
- 1957 Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley - Sayonara
- 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
- John De Cuir, Julia Heron - The Big Fisherman
- Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal. Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish - Journey to the Center of the Earth
- William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy - North by Northwest
- Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt - Pillow Talk
- 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
- 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