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Academy Award for Best Art Direction
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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. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
award was originally for Interior Decoration
With the awards for 1940 the award was divided into separate awards for black-and-white and color movies.
inning with 1947 movies the name of the award was changed to Art Direction - Set Decoration.
1957 films this award became a single award.
With the 1959 films this category was again divided in two
1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award.
a class="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m183784",this)' onMouseout='hide("m183784")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/73rd_Academy_Awards">2000: Tim Yip (AD) – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
* Arthur Max (AD); Crispian Sallis (SD) – Gladiator
* Michael Corenblith (AD); Merideth Boswell (SD) – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
* Martin Childs (AD); Jill Quertier (SD) – Quills
* Jean Rabasse (AD); Françoise Benoît-Fresco (SD) – Vatel
2001: Catherine Martin (AD); Brigitte Broch (SD) – Moulin Rouge!
* Aline Bonetto (AD); Marie-Laure Valla (SD) – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
* Stephen Altman (AD); Anna Pinnock (SD) – Gosford Park
* Stuart Craig (AD); Stephenie McMillan (SD) – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
* Grant Major (AD); Dan Hennah (SD) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: John Myhre (AD); Gordon Sim (SD) – Chicago
* Felipe Fernández del Paso (AD); Hannia Robledo (SD) – Frida
* Dante Ferretti (AD); Francesca Lo Schiavo (SD) – Gangs of New York
* Grant Major (AD); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (SD) – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
* Dennis Gassner (AD); Nancy Haigh (SD) – Road to Perdition
2003: Grant Major (AD); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (SD) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*Ben Van Os (AD); Cecile Heideman (SD) – Girl with a Pearl Earring
*Lilly Kilvert (AD); Gretchen Rau (SD) – The Last Samurai
*William Sandell (AD); Robert Gould (SD) – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
*Jeannine Oppewall (AD); Leslie Pope (SD) – Seabiscuit
2004: Dante Ferretti (AD); Francesca Lo Schiavo (SD) – The Aviator
*Gemma Jackson (AD); Trisha Edwards (SD) – Finding Neverland
*Rick Heinrichs (AD); Cheryl Carasik (SD) – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
*Anthony Pratt (AD); Celia Bobak (SD) – The Phantom of the Opera
*Aline Bonetto (AD) – A Very Long Engagement
2005: John Myhre (AD); Gretchen Rau (SD; posthumous award) – Memoirs of a Geisha
*Jim Bissell (AD); Jan Pascale (SD) – Good Night, and Good Luck.
*Stuart Craig (AD); Stephenie McMillan (SD) – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*Grant Major (AD); Dan Hennah and Simon Bright (SD) – King Kong
*Sarah Greenwood (AD); Katie Spencer (SD) – Pride & Prejudice
2006: Eugenio Caballero (AD); Pilar Revuelta (SD) – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
*John Myhre (AD); Nancy Haigh (SD) – Dreamgirls
*Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E.

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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. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
1920s
This award was originally for Interior Decoration
Seventh Heaven Rochus Gliese - Sunrise 1929 Cedric Gibbons - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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 H. 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 - The 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 M. 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 S. 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 Hughes, Fred M. 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 Babcock - 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 S. 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 S. 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.
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
- 1951 Color Cedric Gibbons, E. 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 - The 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 S. 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 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, E. 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, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - Brigadoon
- Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Désirée
- 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 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
- James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross J. Dowd - Around the World in 80 Days
- Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst - Giant
- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, E. 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 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 (posthumous award), E. 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 Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - The Diary of Anne Frank
- 1959 Color William A. Horning (posthumous award), 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 (posthumous nomination), Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy - North by Northwest
- Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt, Richard H. Riedel (posthumous nomination) - Pillow Talk
1960s
- 1960 Black-and-White Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle - The Apartment
- 1960 Color Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), 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 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, Léon Barsacq, Vincent Korda, Gabriel Bechir - The Longest Day
- George 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
- 1963 Black-and-White Gene Callahan - America America
- 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
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