Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. From 1940 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color). It changed to its current name, Best Production Design, in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the Art Director's branch of the Academy being renamed the Designer's branch. Since 1947, the award is shared with the Set Decorator(s).

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Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) By Decade
1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

1927 - 1939: The category was called Best Art Direction.

1940s

13th Academy Awards (1940)

Winner: Pride and Prejudice — Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse
Nominees: Arise, My Love — Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Arizona — Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson; The Boys from Syracuse — John Otterson; The Dark Command — John Victor Mackay; Foreign Correspondent — Alexander Golitzen; Lillian Russell — Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; My Favorite Wife — Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk; My Son, My Son! — John DuCasse Schulze; Our Town — Lewis J. Rachmil; Rebecca — Lyle Wheeler; The Sea Hawk — Anton Grot; The Westener — James Basevi

14th Academy Awards (1941)

Winner: How Green Was My Valley — Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little
Nominees: Citizen Kane — Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera; The Flame of New Orleans — Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman; Hold Back the Dawn — Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Sam Comer; Ladies in Retirement — Lionel Banks, George Montgomery; The Little Foxes — Stephen Goosson, Howard Bristol; Sergeant York — John Hughes, Fred MacLean; The Son of Monte Carlo — John DuCasse Schulze, Edward G. Boyle; Sundown — Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine; That Hamilton Woman — Vincent Korda, Julia Heron; When Ladies Meet — Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis

15th Academy Awards (1942)

Winner: This Above All — Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little
Nominees: George Washington Slept Here — Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk, Casey Roberts; The Magnificent Ambersons — Albert S. D'Agostino, Darrell Silvera, Al Fields; The Pride of the Yankees — Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol; Random Harvest — Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore; The Shanghai Gesture — Boris Leven, Boris Leven; Silver Queen — Ralph Berger, Emile Kuri; The Spoilers — Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson; Take a Letter, Darling — Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer; That Hamilton Woman — Vincent Korda, Julia Heron; The Talk of the Town — Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad, Fay Babcock

16th Academy Awards (1943)

Winner: The Song of Bernadette — James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little
Nominees: Five Graves to Cairo — Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Bertram Granger; Flight for Freedom — Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller; Madame Curie — Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt; Mission to Moscow — Carl Weyl, George J. Hopkins; The North Star — Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol

17th Academy Awards (1944)

Winner: Gaslight — Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
Nominees: Address Unknown — Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish; The Adventures of Mark Twain — John J. Hughes, Fred MacLean; Casanova Brown — Perry Ferguson, Julia Heron; Laura — Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little; No Time for Love — Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Sam Comer; Since You Went Away — Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin; Step Lively — Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter

18th Academy Awards (1945)

Winner: Blood on the Sun — Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields
Nominees: Experiment Perilous — Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter; The Keys of the Kingdom — James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes; Love Letters — Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer; The Picture of Dorian Gray — Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar

19th Academy Awards (1946)

Winner: Anna and the King of Siam — Lyle Wheeler, William Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
Nominees: Kitty — Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer; The Razor's Edge — Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

20th Academy Awards (1947)

Winner: Great Expectations — John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton
Nominees: The Foxes of Harrow — Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

21st Academy Awards (1948)

Winner: Hamlet — Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon
Nominees: Johnny Belinda — Robert Haas, William Wallace

22nd Academy Awards (1949)

Winner: The Heiress — Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri
Nominees: Come to the Stable — Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox; Madame Bovary — Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle

1950s

23rd Academy Awards (1950)

Winner: Sunset Blvd. — Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees: All About Eve — Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott; The Red Danube — Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

24th Academy Awards (1951)

Winner: A Streetcar Named Desire — Richard Day, George James Hopkins
Nominees: Fourteen Hours — Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode; House on Telegraph Hill — Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox; La Ronde — D'Eaubonne; Too Young to Kiss — Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

25th Academy Awards (1952)

Winner: The Bad and the Beautiful — Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Nominees: Carrie — Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri; My Cousin Rachel — Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott; Rashomon — Matsuyama, H. Motsumoto; Viva Zapata! — Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter

26th Academy Awards (1953)

Winner: Julius Caesar — Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Nominees: Martin Luther — Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz; The President's Lady — Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Paul S. Fox; Roman Holiday — Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Titanic — Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Stuart Reiss

27th Academy Awards (1954)

Winner: On the Waterfront — Richard Day
Nominees: The Country Girl — Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Grace Gregory; Executive Suite — Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri; Le Plaisir — Max Ophuls; Sabrina (1954) — Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

28th Academy Awards (1955)

Winner: The Rose Tattoo — Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Nominees: Blackboard Jungle — Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace; I'll Cry Tomorrow — Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt; The Man with the Golden Arm — Joseph C. Wright. Darrell Silvera; Marty — Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds, Robert Priestley

29th Academy Awards (1956)

Winner: Somebody Up There Likes Me — Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
Nominees: The Magnificent Seven — Takashi Matsuyama; The Proud and Profane — Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy; The Solid Gold Cadillac — Ross Bellah, William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage; Teenage Rebel — Lyle Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

1957-1958: The category was was named Best Art Direction

32nd Academy Awards (1959)

Winner: The Diary of Anne Frank — Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Nominees: Career — Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams; The Last Angry Man — Carl Anderson, William Kiernan; Some Like It Hot — Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle; Suddenly, Last Summer — Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scot Slimon

1960s

33rd Academy Awards (1960)

Winner: The Apartment — Alexander Trauner, Edward G. Boyle
Nominees: The Facts of Life — Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd; Psycho — Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo; Sons and Lovers — Tom Morahan, Lionel Couch; Visit to a Small Planet — Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

34th Academy Awards (1961)

Winner: The Hustler — Harry Horner, Gene Callahan
Nominees: The Absent Minded Professor — Carroll Clark, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman; The Children's Hour — Fernando Carrere, Edward G. Boyle; La Dolce Vita — Piero Gherardi; Judgment at Nuremberg — Rudolph Sternad, George Milo

35th Academy Awards (1962)

Winner: To Kill a Mockingbird — Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert
Nominees: Days of Wine and Roses — Joseph Wright, George James Hopkins; The Longest Day — Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda, Gabriel Bechir; Period of Adjustment — George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle; The Pigeon That Took Rome — Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy

36th Academy Awards (1963)

Winner: America America — Gene Callahan
Nominees: Twilight of Honor — George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt; Federico Fellini's 8½ — Piero Gherardi; Hud — Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Sam Comer, Robert Benton; Love With the Proper Stranger — Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Grace Gregory

37th Academy Awards (1964)

Winner: Zorba the Greek — Vassilis Fotopoulos
Nominees: The Americanization of Emily — George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott, Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte — William Glasgow, Raphael Bretton; The Night of the Iguana — Stephen Grimes; Seven Days in May — Cary Odell, Edward G. Boyle

38th Academy Awards (1965)

Winner: Ship of Fools — Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish
Nominees: King Rat — Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle; A Patch of Blue — George W. Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson; The Slender Thread — Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert Benton, Joseph Kish; The Spy Who Came In from the Cold — Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall, Josie MacAvin

39th Academy Awards (1966)

Winner: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins
Nominees: The Fortune Cookie — Robert Luthardt, Edward G. Boyle; The Gospel According to St. Mattew — Luigi Scaccianoce; Is Paris Burning? — Willy Holt, Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy; Mister Buddwing — George W. Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt

1967 - 2011: The category was called Best Art Direction

2012 - Present: The category is called Best Production Design

Related Categories[]

Best Art Direction
Best Art Direction (Color)
Best Production Design

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

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