Academy Award for Best Production Design
This page should also list nominees for each year, instead of just listing the winners...
The films are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.
- 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 Night
- 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
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse - Pride and Prejudice
- Color: Vincent Korda - The Thief of Bagdad
- 1941
- B/W: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Thomas Little (Interior Decoration) - How Green Was My Valley
- Color: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Edwin B. Willis (Interior Decoration) - Blossoms in the Dust
- 1942
- B/W: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Thomas Little (Interior Decoration) - This Above All
- Color: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Thomas Little (Interior Decoration) - My Gal Sal
- 1943
- B/W: James Basevi, William Darling; Thomas Little (Interior Decoration) - The Song of Bernadette
- Color: Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman; Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb (Interior Decoration) - Phantom of the Opera
- 1944
- 1945
- B/W: Wiard Ihnen; A. Roland Fields (Interior Decoration) - Blood on the Sun
- Color: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Sam Comer (Interior Decoration) - Frenchman's Creek
- 1946
- B/W: William Darling, Lyle Wheeler; Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes (Interior Decoration) - Anna and the King of Siam
- Color: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis (Interior Decoration) - The Yearling
- 1947
- B/W: John Bryan; Wilfred Shingleton (Set Decoration) - Great Expectations
- Color: Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus
- 1948
- B/W: Roger K. Furse; Carmen Dillon (Set Decoration) - Hamlet
- Color: Hein Heckroth; Arthur Lawson (Set Decoration) - The Red Shoes
- 1949
- B/W: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Emile Kuri (Set Decoration) - The Heiress
- Color:Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore (Set Decoration) - Little Women
- 1950
- B/W: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Sam Comer, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Sunset Blvd.
- Color: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Sam Comer, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Samson And Delilah
- 1951
- B/W:Richard Day; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - A Streetcar Named Desire
- Color: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - An American in Paris
- 1952
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - The Bad and the Beautiful
- Color: Paul Sheriff; Marcel Vertes (Set Decoration) - Moulin Rouge
- 1953
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration) - Julius Caesar
- Color: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox (Set Decoration) - The Robe
- 1954
- B/W: Richard Day - On the Waterfront
- Color: John Meehan; Emile Kuri (Set Decoration) - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 1955
- B/W: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Sam Comer, Arthur Krams (Set Decoration) - The Rose Tattoo
- Color: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Robert Priestley (Set Decoration) - Picnic
- 1956
- B/W: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Color: Lyle R. Wheeler, John Decuir; Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox (Set Decoration) - The King and I
- 1957 Ted Haworth; Robert Priestley (Set Decoration) - Sayonara
- 1958 William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason (Set Decoration) - Gigi
- 1959
- B/W: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss (Set Decoration) - The Diary of Anne Frank
- Color: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration) - Ben-Hur
- 1960
- B/W: Alexander Trauner; Edward G. Boyle (Set Decoration) - The Apartment
- Color: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom; Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron (Set Decoration) - Spartacus
- 1961
- B/W: Harry Horner; Gene Callahan (Set Decoration) - The Hustler
- Color: Boris Leven; Victor A. Gangelin (Set Decoration) - West Side Story
- 1962
- B/W: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Oliver Emert (Set Decoration) - To Kill a Mockingbird
- Color: Ohn Box, John Stoll; Dario Simoni (Set Decoration) - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1963
- B/W: Gene Callahan - America America
- Color: John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Walter M.Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer (Set Decoration) - Cleopatra
- 1964
- B/W: Vassilis Fotopoulos - Zorba the Greek
- Color: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - My Fair Lady
- 1965
- B/W: Robert Clatworthy; Joseph Kish (Set Decoration) - Ship of Fools
- Color: John Box, Terry Marsh; Dario Simoni (Set Decoration) - Doctor Zhivago
- 1966
- B/W: Richard Sylbert; George James Hopkins (Set Decoration) - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Color: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss (Set Decoration) - Fantastic Voyage
- 1967 John Truscott, Edward Carrere; John W. Brown (Set Decoration) - Camelot
- 1968 John Box, Terence Marsh; Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston (Set Decoration) - Oliver!
- 1969 John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal; Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton (Set Decoration) - Hello, Dolly!
- 1970 Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo; Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet (Set Decoration)- Patton
- 1971 John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo; Vernon Dixon (Set Decoration) - Nicholas and Alexandra
- 1972 Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Herbert Strabel (Set Decoration) - Cabaret
- 1973 Henry Bumstead; James Payne (Set Decoration) - The Sting
- 1974 Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; George R. Nelson (Set Decoration) - The Godfather Part II
- 1975 Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Vernon Dixon (Set Decoration) - Barry Lyndon
- 1976 George Jenkins; George Gaines (Set Decoration) - All the President's Men
- 1977 John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Roger Christian (Set Decoration) - Star Wars
- 1978 Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; George Gaines (Set Decoration) - Heaven Can Wait
- 1979 Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Edward Stewart, Gary Brink (Set Decoration) - 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
- See also : Academy Awards