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.

1920s
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 - Street Angel

1930s

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 - Lloyd's 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
Richard Day - Dead End
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
Hans Dreier, John Goodman - If I Were King
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 awards for black-and-white and color movies.

1940s

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 - The 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 Little - 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

1950s

1950 Black-and-White Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sunset Boulevard
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 - The 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 - Rashōmon
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 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
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, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - The Country Girl
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri - Executive Suite
Max Ophuls - Le Plaisir
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sabrina
1954 Color John Meehan, Emile Kuri - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - Brigadoon
Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Desirée
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
Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace - Blackboard Jungle
Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt - I'll Cry Tomorrow
Joseph C. Wright, Darrell Silvera - The Man With the Golden Arm
Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds, Robert Priestley - Marty
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 W. 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
Takashi Matsuyama - The Magnificent Seven
Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Proud and the Profane
Ross Bellah, William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage - The Solid Gold Cadillac
Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Teenage Rebel
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 Eighty Days
Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst - Giant
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, 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 W. 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, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason - Gigi
Malcolm Bert, George James Hopkins - Auntie Mame
Cary Odell, Louis Diage - Bell, Book and Candle
Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - A Certain Smile
Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead, Samuel M. Comer, Frank McKelvy - Vertigo
With the 1959 films this category was again divided in two

1959 Black-and-White Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - The Diary of Anne Frank
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams, - Career
Carl Anderson, William Kiernan - The Last Angry Man
Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle - Some Like It Hot
Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scot Slimon - Suddenly, Last Summer
1959 Color William A. Horning, 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, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy - North by Northwest
Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt - Pillow Talk

1960s

1960 Black-and-White Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle - The Apartment
Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd - The Facts of Life
Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - Psycho
Tom Morahan, Lionel Couch - Sons and Lovers
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - Visit to a Small Planet
1960 Color Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron - Spartacus
George W. Davis, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel - Cimarron
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Arrigo Breschi - It Started in Naples
Ted Haworth, William Kiernan - Pepe
Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins - Sunrise at Campobello

1961 Black-and-White Harry Horner, Gene Callahan - The Hustler
Carroll Clark, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - The Absent-Minded Professor
Fernando Carrere, Edward G. Boyle - The Children's Hour
Rudolf Sternad, George Milo - Judgment at Nuremberg
Piero Gherardi - La Dolce Vita
1961 Color Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin - West Side Story
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Veniero Colasanti, John Moore - El Cid
Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright, Howard Bristol - Flower Drum Song
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - Summer and Smoke

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, Leon Barasa, Vincent Korda, Gabriel Bechir - The Longest Day
George W. 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
Paul Groesse, George James Hopkins - The Music Man
George W. Davis, J. McMillan Johnson, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Mutiny on the Bounty
Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo - That Touch of Mink
George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1963 Black-and-White Gene Callahan - America America
Piero Gherardi - 81/2
Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Robert R. Benton - Hud
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - Love With the Proper Stranger
George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Twilight of Honor
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
Lyle Wheeler, Gene Callahan - The Cardinal
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, James Payne - Come Blow Your Horn
George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr., Jack Mills - How the West Was Won
Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert, Josie MacAvin - Tom Jones

1964 Black-and-White Vassilis Fotopoulos - Zorba the Greek
George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott, Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton - The Americanization of Emily
William Glasgow, Raphael Bretton - Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Stephen Grimes - The Night of the Iguana
Cary Odell, Edward G. Boyle - Seven Days in May
1964 Color Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins - My Fair Lady
John Bryan, Maurice Carter, Patrick McLoyghlin, Robert Cartwright - Becket
Carroll Clark, William H, Tuntke, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - Mary Poppins
George W. Davis, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - What a Way to Go

1965 Black-and-White Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish - Ship of Fools
Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle - King Rat
George W. Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson - A Patch of Blue
Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert Benton, Joseph Kish - The Slender Thread
Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall, Josie MacAvin - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965 Color John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni - Doctor Zhivago
John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Dario Simoni - The Agony and the Ecstasy
Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett - The Greatest Story Ever Told
Robert Clatworthy, George James Hopkins - Inside Daisy Clover
Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt - The Sound of Music

1966 Black-and-White Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Luthardt, Edward G. Boyle - The Fortune Cookie
Luigi Scaccianoce - The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Willy Holt, Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy - Is Paris Burning?
George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt - Mister Buddwing
1966 Color Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Fantastic Voyage
Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, John McCarthy, John Austin - Gambit
Piero Gherardi - Juliet of the Spirits
Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan, Robert Benton, James Payne - The Oscar
Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan - The Sand Pebbles

For 1967 the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award.

1967 John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown - Camelot
Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - Doctor Dolittle
Robert Clatworthy, Frank Tuttle - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani, Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi - The Taming of the Shrew
Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Howard Bristol - Thoroughly Modern Millie

1968 John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston - Oliver!
George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno - The Shoes of the Fisherman
Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, Howard Bristol - Star!
Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Mikhail Bogdanov, Gennady Myasnikov, Georgi Koshelev, Vladimir Uvarov - War and Peace

1969 John Decuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton - Hello, Dolly!
Maurice Carter, Lionel Couch, Patrick McLoughlin - Anne of the Thousand Days
Robert Boyle, George B. Chan, Edward Boyle, Carl Biddiscombe - Gaily, Gaily
Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, Jack D. Moore - Sweet Charity
Harry Horner, Frank McKelvy - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1970s

1970 Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thevenet - Patton
Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Jack D. Moore, Mickey S. Michaels - Airport
Tambi Larsen, Darrell Silvera - The Molly MaGuires
Terry Marsh, Bob Cartwright, Pamela Cornell - Scrooge
Jack Martin Smith, Yoshiro Muraki, Richard Day, Taizoh Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, Carl Biddiscombe - Tora! Tora! Tora!

1971 John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon - Nicholas and Alexandra
Boris Leven, William Tuntke, Ruby Levitt - The Andromeda Strain
John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Robert Boyle, Michael Stringer, Peter Lamont - Fiddler on the Roof
Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright, Peter Howitt - Mary, Queen of Scots

1972 Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel - Cabaret
Carl Anderson, Reg Allen - Lady Sings the Blues
William Creber, Raphael Bretton - The Poseidon Adventure
John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing - Travels with My Aunt
Don Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James - Young Winston

1973 Henry Bumstead, James Payne - The Sting
Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta, Carmelo Patrono - Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Bill Malley, Jerry Wunderlich - The Exorcist
Philip Jefferies, Robert de Vestel - Tom Sawyer
Stephen Grimes, William Kiernan - The Way We Were

1974 Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson - The Godfather Part II
Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby Levitt - Chinatown
Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank McKelvy - Earthquake
Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman - The Island at the Top of the World
William Creber, Ward Preston. Raphael Bretton - The Towering Inferno

1975 Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon - Barry Lyndon
Edward Carfagno, Frank McKelvy - The Hindenburg
Alexander Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James - The Man Who Would Be King
Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, George Gaines - Shampoo
Albert Brenner, Marvin March - The Sunshine Boys

1976 George Jenkins, George Gaines - All the President's Men
Elliot Scott, Norman Reynolds - The Incredible Sarah
Gene Callahan, Jack Collis, Jerry Wunderlich - The Last Tycoon
Dale Hennesy, Robert de Vestel - Logan's Run
Robert F. Boyle, Arthur Jeph Parker - The Shootist

1977 John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian - Star Wars
George C. Webb, Mickey S. Michaels - Airport '77
Joe Alves, Dan Lomino, Phil Abramson - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Ken Adam, Peter Lamont, Hugh Scaife - The Spy Who Loved Me
Albert Brenner, Marvin March - The Turning Point

1978 Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines - Heaven Can Wait
Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson
Albert Brenner, Marvin March - California Suite
Mel Bourne, Daniel Robert - Interiors
Tony Walton, Philip Rosenberg, Edward Stewart, Robert Drumheller - The Wiz

1979 Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary Brink - All That Jazz
Michael Seymour, Les Dilley, Roger Christian, Ian Whittaker - Alien
Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson - Apocalypse Now
George Jenkins, Arthur Jeph Parker - The China Syndrome
Harold Michelson, Joe Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda Descenna - Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1980s

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

1990s

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

2000s

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
Felipe Fernández del Paso (art director), Hannia Robledo (set decorator) - Frida
Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca LoSchiavo (set decorator) - Gangs of New York
Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator), Alan Lee (set decorator) - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dennis Gassner (art director), Nancy Haigh (set decorator) - Road to Perdition

2003 Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ben Van Os (Art Direction); Cecile Heideman (Set Decoration) Girl with a Pearl Earring
Lilly Kilvert (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration) The Last Samurai
William Sandell (Art Direction); Robert Gould (Set Decoration) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Jeannine Oppewall (Art Direction); Leslie Pope (Set Decoration) Seabiscuit

2004 Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) The Aviator
Gemma Jackson (Art Direction); Trisha Edwards (Set Decoration) Finding Neverland
Rick Heinrichs (Art Direction); Cheryl Carasik (Set Decoration) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Anthony Pratt (Art Direction); Celia Bobak (Set Decoration) The Phantom of the Opera
Aline Bonetto (Art Direction) A Very Long Engagement

2005 John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration) Memoirs of a Geisha
Jim Bissell (Art Direction); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration) Good Night, and Good Luck.
Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Simon Bright (Set Decoration) King Kong
Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) Pride and Prejudice