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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.List of Winners
| Year | Art Director | Picture |
| 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 |
| 1938 | Carl J. Weyl | The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| 1939 | Lyle Wheeler | Gone with the Wind |
| 1940 | Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse (b/w) Vincent Korda (color) |
Pride and Prejudice The Thief of Bagdad |
| 1941 | Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little (b/w) Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis(color) |
How Green Was My Valley Blossoms in the Dust |
| 1942 | Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little(b/w) Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little(color) |
This Above All My Gal Sal |
| 1943 | James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little(b/w) Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb(color) |
The Song of Bernadette Phantom of the Opera |
| 1944 |
Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis(b/w) Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little(color) |
Gaslight Wilson |
| 1945 |
Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields(b/w) Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Samuel M. Comer(color) |
Blood on the Sun Frenchman's Creek |
| 1946 |
William Darling, Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes(b/w) Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis(color) |
Anna and the King of Siam The Yearling |
| 1947 |
John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton(b/w) Alfred Junge(color) |
Great Expectations Black Narcissus |
| 1948 |
Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon (b/w) Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson(color) |
Hamlet The Red Shoes |
| 1949 |
Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri(b/w) Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore(color) |
The Heiress Little Women |
| 1950 |
Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer(b/w) Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer(color) |
Sunset Boulevard Samson and Delilah |
| 1951 |
Richard Day, George James Hopkins(b/w) Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason(color) |
A Streetcar Named Desire An American in Paris |
| 1952 |
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason(b/w) Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes(color) |
The Bad and the Beautiful Moulin Rouge |
| 1953 |
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt(b/w) Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox(color) |
Julius Caesar The Robe |
| 1954 |
Richard Day(b/w) John Meehan, Emile Kuri(color) |
On the Waterfront 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| 1955 |
Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams(b/w) William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley(color) |
The Rose Tattoo Picnic |
| 1956 |
Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason(b/w) Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox(color) |
Somebody Up There Likes Me The King and I |
| 1957 | Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley | Sayonara |
| 1958 | William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason | Gigi |
| 1959 |
Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss(b/w) William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt(color) |
The Diary of Anne Frank Ben-Hur |
| 1960 |
Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle(b/w) Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron(color) |
The Apartment Spartacus |
| 1961 |
Harry Horner, Gene Callahan(b/w) Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin(color) |
The Hustler West Side Story |
| 1962 |
Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert(b/w) John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni(color) |
To Kill a Mockingbird Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1963 |
Gene Callahan(b/w) John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer(color) |
America America Cleopatra |
| 1964 |
Vassilis Fotopoulos (b/w) Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins(color) |
Zorba the Greek My Fair Lady |
| 1965 |
Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish (b/w) John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni(color) |
Ship of Fools Doctor Zhivago |
| 1966 |
Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins(b/w) Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss(color) |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Fantastic Voyage |
| 1967 | John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown | Camelot |
| 1968 | John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston | Oliver! |
| 1969 | John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton | Hello, Dolly! |
| 1970 | Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet | Patton |
| 1971 | John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon | Nicholas and Alexandra |
| 1972 | Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel | Cabaret |
| 1973 | Henry Bumstead, James Payne | The Sting |
| 1974 | Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson | The Godfather Part II |
| 1975 | Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon | Barry Lyndon |
| 1976 | George Jenkins, George Gaines | All the President's Men |
| 1977 | John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian | Star Wars |
| 1978 | Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines | Heaven Can Wait |
| 1979 | Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary Brink | 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 |
| 2000 | Tim Yip | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 | Catherine Martin (Art Direction) and Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration) | Moulin Rouge! |
| 2002 | John Myhre (art director), Gordon Sim (set decorator) | Chicago |
| 2003 | Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2004 | Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) | The Aviator |
| 2005 | John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration) | Memoirs of a Geisha |
| 2006 | Eugenio Caballero (Art Direction); Pilar Revuelta (Set Decoration) | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2007 | Dante Ferretti (AD); Francesca Lo Schiavo (SD) | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2008 | Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
