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.

This award was originally for Interior Decoration

• 1928 William Cameron Menzies[?] - The Dove and Tempest[?]
  • Harry Oliver[?] - Seventh Heaven
  • Rochus Gliese[?] - Sunrise
• 1929 Cedric Gibbons[?] - The Bridge of San Luis Rey[?]
  • Mitchell Leisen[?] - Dynamite[?]
  • Cedric Gibbons[?] - Hollywood Review[?]
  • William Cameron Menzies[?] - The Iron Mask[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?] - The Patriot
  • Harry Oliver[?] - Sweet Angel[?]
• 1930 Herman Rosse[?] - King of Jazz[?]
  • William Cameron Menzies[?] - Bulldog Drummond
  • Hans Dreier[?] - The Love Parade
  • Jack Okey[?] - Sally[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?] - The Vagabond King[?]
• 1931 Max Ree[?] - Cimarron
  • Stephen Goosson[?], Ralph Hammeras[?] - Just Imagine[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?] - Morocco[?]
  • Anton Grot[?] - Svengali[?]
  • Richard Day[?] - Whoopee[?]
• 1932 Gordon Wiles[?] - Transatlantic[?]
  • Lazare Meerson[?] - A Nous la liberté[?]
  • Richard Day[?] - Arrowsmith
• 1933 William S. Darling[?] - Cavalcade
  • Hans Dreier[?], Roland Anderson[?] - A Farewell to Arms
  • Cedric Gibbons[?] - When Ladies Meet[?]
• 1934 Cedric Gibbons[?], Frederic Hope[?] - The Merry Widow[?]
  • Van Nest Polglase[?], Carroll Clark[?] - The Gay Divorcee
  • Richard Day[?] - Affairs of Cellini[?]
• 1935 Richard Day[?] - The Dark Angel
  • Hans Dreier[?], Roland Anderson[?] - Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Carroll Clark[?], Van Nest Polglase[?] - Top Hat
• 1936 Richard Day[?] - Dodsworth
  • Anton Grot[?] - Anthony Adverse
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Eddie Imazu[?], Edwin B. Willis[?] - The Great Ziegfeld
  • William S. Darling[?] - Lloyds of London
  • Albert S. D'Agostino[?], Jack Otterson[?] - The Magnificent Brute[?]
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Frederic Hope[?], Edwin B. Willis[?] - Romeo and Juliet[?]
  • Perry Ferguson[?] - Winterset[?]
• 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
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], John S. Detlie[?] - Bitter Sweet[?]
  • Richard Day[?], Joseph C. Wright[?] - Down Argentine Way[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?], Roland Anderson[?] - North West Mounted Police
• 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[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?], Haldane Douglas[?], Bertram Granger[?] - For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • James Basevi[?], Joseph C. Wright[?], Thomas Little[?] - The Gang's All Here[?]
  • John Hughes, John Koenig[?], George J. Hopkins[?] - This Is the Army[?]
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Daniel Cathcart[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Jacques Mersereau[?] - Thousands Cheer[?]
• 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[?]
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], Maurice Ransford[?], Thomas Littel[?] - Leave Her to Heaven
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Urie McCleary[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Mildred Griffiths[?] - National Velvet[?]
  • Ted Smith[?], Jack McConaghy[?] - San Antonio[?]
  • Stephen Goosson[?], Rudolph Sternad[?], Frank Tuttle[?] - A Thousand and One Nights[?]
• 1946 Black-and-White William Darling[?], Lyle Wheeler[?], Thomas Little[?], Frank E. Hughes[?] - Anna and the King of Siam[?]
  • Hans Dreier[?], Walter Tyler[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Ray Moyer[?] - Kitty[?]
  • Richard Day[?], Nathan Juran[?], Thomas Little[?], Paul S. Fox[?] - The Razor's Edge
• 1946 Color Cedric Gibbons[?], Paul Groesse[?], Edwin B. Willis[?] - The Yearling
  • John Bryan[?] - Caesar and Cleopatra[?]
  • Paul Sheriff[?], Carmen Dillon[?] - Henry V

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
  • Robert M. Haas[?], George James Hopkins[?] - Life with Father
• 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse[?], Carmen Dillon[?] - Hamlet
  • Robert Haas[?], William Wallace - Johnny Belinda
• 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[?]
• 1950 Black-and-White Hans Dreier[?], John Meehan[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Ray Moyer[?] - Sunset Blvd.[?]
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], George Davis[?], Thomas Little[?], Walter M. Scott[?] - All About Eve
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Hans Peters[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Hugh Hunt[?] - The Red Danube[?]
• 1950 Color Hans Dreier[?], Walter Tyler[?], Samuel M. Comer[?], Ray Moyer[?] - Samson And Delilah[?]
  • Cedric Gibbons[?], Paul Groesse[?], Edwin B. Willis[?], Richard A. Pefferle[?] - Annie Get Your Gun[?]
  • Ernst Fegte[?], George Sawley[?] - Destination Moon[?]
• 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
  • Emile Kuri[?] - Carrie[?]
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], John DeCuir[?], Walter M. Scott[?] - My Cousin Rachel[?]
  • Matsuyama H. Matsumoto[?] - Rashomon
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], Leland Fuller[?], Thomas Little[?], Claude Carpenter[?] - Viva Zapata!
• 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
  • Fritz Maurischat[?], Paul Markwitz[?] - Martin Luther[?]
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], Leland Fuller[?], Paul S. Fox[?] - The President's Lady[?]
  • Hal Pereira[?], Walter Tyler[?] - Roman Holiday
  • Lyle Wheeler[?], Maurice Ransford[?], Stuart Reiss[?] - Titanic[?]
• 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
  • Hal Pereira[?], Roland Anderson[?],