Academy Award for Best Art Direction
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 James W. Sullivan , Ken Adam , Ross J. Dowd - Around the World in Eighty 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 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 R. 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 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 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.
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!
George W. Davis , Edward Carfagno - The Shoes of the Fisherman Boris Leven , Walter M. Scott , Howard Bristol - Star!
Tony Masters , Harry Lange , Ernie Archer - 2001: A Space Odyssey Mikhail Bogdanov , Gennady Myasnikov , Georgi Koshelev , Vladimir Uvarov - War and Peace
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? 1970s
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 Lorenzo Mongiardino , Gianni Quaranta , Carmelo Patrono - Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Bill Malley , Jerry Wunderlich - The Exorcist Philip Jefferies , Robert de Vestel - Tom Sawyer
Stephen Grimes , William Kiernan - The Way We Were 1974 Dean Tavoularis , Angelo Graham , George R. Nelson - The Godfather Part II Richard Sylbert , W. Stewart Campbell , Ruby Levitt - Chinatown Alexander Golitzen , E. Preston Ames , Frank McKelvy - Earthquake
Peter Ellenshaw , John B. Mansbridge , Walter Tyler , Al Roelofs , Hal Gausman - The Island at the Top of the World
William Creber , Ward Preston . Raphael Bretton - The Towering Inferno 1975 Ken Adam , Roy Walker , Vernon Dixon - Barry Lyndon 1976 George Jenkins , George Gaines - All the President's Men Elliot Scott , Norman Reynolds - The Incredible Sarah
Gene Callahan , Jack Collis , Jerry Wunderlich - The Last Tycoon Dale Hennesy , Robert de Vestel - Logan's Run Robert F. Boyle , Arthur Jeph Parker - The Shootist
1977 John Barry , Norman Reynolds , Leslie Dilley , Roger Christian - Star Wars 1978 Paul Sylbert , Edwin O'Donovan , George Gaines - Heaven Can Wait Dean Tavoularis , Angelo Graham , George R. Nelson
Albert Brenner , Marvin March - California Suite Mel Bourne , Daniel Robert - Interiors
Tony Walton , Philip Rosenberg , Edward Stewart , Robert Drumheller - The Wiz 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
1980s
1990s
2000s
See also: Academy Awards
