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Art Direction
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes
achievement in art direction on a film. This award was originally for
Interior Decoration. With the awards for 1940 the award was divided into
separate awards for "black and white" & "color"
movies. Beginning with 1947 movies, the name of the award was changed
to Art Direction - Set Decoration. For 1957 Films this award became a
single award. With the 1959 Films this category was again divided in two.
For 1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single
award. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar
2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.
| Year | Other | Names | Film |
| 2007 | 80th | - TBA | |
| 2006 | 79th | Eugenio Caballero (Art Direction); Pilar Revuelta (Set Decoration) | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2005 | 78th | John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration) | Memoirs of a Geisha |
| 2004 | 77th | Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) | The Aviator |
| 2003 | 76th | Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2002 | 75th | John Myhre (art director), Gordon Sim (set decorator) | Chicago |
| 2001 | 74th | Catherine Martin (Art Direction); Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration) | Moulin Rouge! |
| 2000 | 73rd | Tim Yip (Art Direction); - | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 1999 | Rick Heinrichs (Art Direction); Peter Young (Set Decoration) | Sleepy Hollow | |
| 1998 | Martin Childs (Art Direction); Jill Quertier (Set Decoration) | Shakespeare in Love | |
| 1997 | Peter Lamont (Art Direction); Michael Ford (Set Decoration) | Titanic | |
| 1996 | Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephanie McMillan (Set Decoration) | The English Patient | |
| 1995 | Eugenio Zanetti (Art Direction) | Restoration | |
| 1994 | Ken Adam (Art Direction); Carolyn Scott (Set Decoration) | The Madness of King George | |
| 1993 | Allan Starski (Art Direction); Ewa Braun (Set Decoration) | Schindler's List | |
| 1992 | Luciana Arrighi (Art Direction); Ian Whittaker (Set Decoration) | Howards End | |
| 1991 | Dennis Gassner (Art Direction); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) | Bugsy | |
| 1990 | Richard Sylbert (Art Direction); Rick Simpson (Set Decoration) | Dick Tracy | |
| 1989 | Anton Furst; Peter Young (Set Decoration) | Batman | |
| 1988 | Stuart Craig; Gerard James (Set Decoration) | Dangerous Liaisons | |
| 1987 | Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration) | The Last Emperor | |
| 1986 | Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura (Set Decoration) | A Room with a View | |
| 1985 | Stephen Grimes; Josie Macavin (Set Decoration) | Out of Africa | |
| 1984 | Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Cerny (Set Decoration) | Amadeus | |
| 1983 | Anna Asp | Fanny & Alexander | |
| 1982 | Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Michael Seirton (Set Decoration) | Gandhi | |
| 1981 | Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) | Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| 1980 | Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens | Tess | |
| 1979 | Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary Brink | All That Jazz | |
| 1978 | Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines | Heaven Can Wait | |
| 1977 | John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian | Star Wars | |
| 1976 | George Jenkins, George Gaines | All the President's Men | |
| 1975 | Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon | Barry Lyndon | |
| 1974 | Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson | The Godfather Part II | |
| 1972 | Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel | Cabaret | |
| 1971 | John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon | Nicholas and Alexandra | |
| 1970 | Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet | Patton | |
| 1969 | John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton | Hello, Dolly! | |
| 1968 | John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston | Oliver! | |
| 1967 | John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown | Camelot | |
| For 1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award. | |||
| 1966 | Color | Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss | Fantastic Voyage |
| 1966 | B&W | Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1965 | Color | John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni | Doctor Zhivago |
| 1965 | B&W | Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish | Ship of Fools |
| 1964 | Color | Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins | My Fair Lady |
| 1964 | B&W | Vassilis Fotopoulo | Zorba the Greek |
| 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 |
| 1963 | B&W | Gene Callahan | America America |
| 1962 | Color | John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1962 | B&W | Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 1961 | Color | Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin | West Side Story |
| 1961 | B&W | Harry Horner, Gene Callahan | The Hustler |
| 1960 | Color | Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron | Spartacus |
| 1960 | B&W | Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle | The Apartment |
| 1959 | Color | William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt | Ben-Hur |
| 1959 | B&W | Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| With the 1959 films this category was again divided in two | |||
| 1958 | William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason | Gigi | |
| 1957 | Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley | Sayonara | |
| For 1957 films this award became a single award. | |||
| 1956 | Color | Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - | The King and I |
| 1956 | B&W | Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason - | Somebody Up There Likes Me |
| 1955 | Color | William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley | Picnic |
| 1955 | B&W | Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams | The Rose Tattoo |
| 1954 | Color | John Meehan, Emile Kuri | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| 1954 | B&W | Black-and-White Richard Day | On the Waterfront |
| 1953 | Color | Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox |
The Robe |
| 1953 | B&W | Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - | Julius Caesar |
| 1952 | Color | Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes | Moulin Rouge |
| 1952 | B&W | Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason | The Bad and the Beautiful |
| 1951 | Color | Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason | An American in Paris |
| 1951 | B&W | Black-and-White Richard Day, George James Hopkins | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1950 | Color | Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler,
Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Samson and Delilah 1950: Black-and-White Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - |
Sunset Boulevard |
| 1949 | Color | Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore | Little Women |
| 1949 | B&W | Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri | The Heiress |
| 1948 | Color | Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson | The Red Shoes |
| 1948 | B&W | Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon | Hamlet |
| 1947 | Color | Alfred Junge | Black Narcissus |
| 1947 | B&W | John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton | Great Expectations. |
| Beginning with 1947 movies the name of the award was changed to Art Direction - Set Decoration. | |||
| 1946 | Color | Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse,
Edwin B. Willis |
The Yearling |
| 1946 | B&W | William Darling, Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes | Anna and the King of Siam |
| 1945 | Color | Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte,
Samuel M. Comer |
Frenchman's Creek |
| 1945 | B&W | Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields | Blood on the Sun |
| 1944 | Color | Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little |
Wilson |
| 1944 | B&W | Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis | Gaslight |
| 1943 | Color | Alexander Golitzen, John
B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb |
Phantom of the Opera |
| 1943 | B&W | JJames Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little | The Song of Bernadette |
| 1942 | Color | Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little | My Gal Sal |
| 1942 | B&W | Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little | This Above All |
| 1941 | Color | Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary,
Edwin B. Willis |
Blossoms in the Dust |
| 1941 | B&W | Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little | How Green Was My Valley |
| 1940 | Color | Vincent Korda |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| 1940 | B&W | Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse | Pride and Prejudice. |
| With the awards for 1940 the award was divided into separate awards for black-and-white and color movies. | |||
| 1939 | Lyle Wheeler | Gone with the Wind | |
| 1938 | Carl J. Weyl | The Adventures of Robin Hood | |
| 1937 | Stephen Goosson | Lost Horizon | |
| 1936 | Richard Day - Dodsworth |
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| 1935 | Richard Day | The Dark Angel | |
| 1934 | Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope | The Merry Widow | |
| 1933 | William S. Darling | Cavalcade | |
| 1932 | Gordon Wiles | Transatlantic | |
| 1931 | Max Ree | Cimarron | |
| 1930 | Herman Rosse | King of Jazz | |
| 1929 | Cedric Gibbons | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | |
| 1928 | William Cameron Menzies | The Dove and Tempest | |
| This award was originally for Interior Decoration. |
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