ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ART DIRECTION

1   0   6.3 

1928 ~ William Cameron Menzies - The Dove and Tempest

NOMINEES:
Harry Oliver - Seventh Heaven
Rochus Gliese - Sunrise

1   0   8.1 

1929 ~ Cedric Gibbons - The Bridge of San Luis Rey

NOMINEES:
Mitchell Leisen - Dynamite
Cedric Gibbons - The Hollywood Revue of 1929
William Cameron Menzies - The Iron Mask
Hans Dreier - The Patriot
Harry Oliver - Street Angel

1   0   8.1 

1930 ~ Herman Rosse - King of Jazz

NOMINEES:
William Cameron Menzies - Bulldog Drummond
Hans Dreier - The Love Parade
Jack Okey - Sally
Hans Dreier - The Vagabond King

18   5.2   6.2 

1931 ~ Max Ree - Cimarron

NOMINEES:
Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras - Just Imagine
Hans Dreier - Morocco
Anton Grot - Svengali
Richard Day - Whoopee!

1   0   7.2 

1932 ~ Gordon Wiles - Transatlantic

NOMINEES:
Lazare Meerson - À nous la liberté
Richard Day - Arrowsmith

15   8   6.6 

1933 ~ William S. Darling - Cavalcade

NOMINEES:
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - A Farewell to Arms
Cedric Gibbons - When Ladies Meet

12   8   7.7 

1934 ~ Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope - The Merry Widow

NOMINEES:
Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark - The Gay Divorcee
Richard Day - The Affairs of Cellini

3   7   7 

1935 ~ Richard Day - The Dark Angel

NOMINEES:
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Carroll Clark, Van Nest Polglase - Top Hat

17   8.3   8.4 

1936 ~ Richard Day - Dodsworth

NOMINEES:
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

32   7.8   7.8 

1937 ~ Stephen Goosson - Lost Horizon

NOMINEES:
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 S. Hall - Wee Willie Winkie
Jack Otterson - You're a Sweetheart

155   7.4   8.1 

1938 ~ Carl J. Weyl - The Adventures of Robin Hood

NOMINEES:
Lyle Wheeler - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander Toluboff - Algiers
Van Nest Polglase - Carefree
Richard Day - The Goldwyn Follies
Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks - Holiday
Hans Dreier, John B. Goodman - If I Were King
Jack Otterson - Mad About Music
Cedric Gibbons - Marie Antoinette
Charles D. Hall - Merrily We Live

AFIoscar's rating:

679   7.5   8.2 

1939 ~ Lyle Wheeler - Gone with the Wind

NOMINEES:
Hans Dreier, Robert Odell - Beau Geste
Charles D. Hall - Captain Fury
Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina - First Love
Van Nest Polglase, Alfred 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 S. Darling, George Dudley - The Rains Came
Alexander Toluboff - Stagecoach
Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning - The Wizard of Oz
James Basevi - Wuthering Heights

AFIoscar's rating:

35   6.4   7.6 

1940 (Black-and-white) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse - Pride and Prejudice

NOMINEES:
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

30   7.9   7.8 

1940 (Color) ~ Vincent Korda - The Thief of Bagdad

NOMINEES:
Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie - Bitter Sweet
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright - Down Argentine Way
Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson - North West Mounted Police

AFIoscar's rating:

73   7.6   7.9 

1941 ~ (Black-and-White) Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little - How Green Was My Valley

NOMINEES:
Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, Al Fields, Darrell Silvera - Citizen Kane
Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman - The 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 M. 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

8   6.3   6.9 

1941 (Color) ~Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis - Blossoms in the Dust

NOMINEES:
Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - Blood and Sand
Raoul Pene Du Bois, Stephen A. Seymour - Louisiana Purchase

2   0   7 

1942 (Black-and-White) ~ Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little - This Above All

NOMINEES:
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

2   0   6.4 

1942 (Color) ~ Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little -My Gal Sal

NOMINEES:
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

16   7.7   7.7 

1943 ~ Black-and-White James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little - The Song of Bernadette

NOMINEES:
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

AFIoscar's rating:

33   6.4   6.6 

1943 (Color) ~ Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - Phantom of the Opera

NOMINEES:
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, George J. Hopkins - This Is the Army
Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau - Thousands Cheer

51   7.7   7.9 

1944 (Black-and-White) ~Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis - Gaslight

NOMINEES:
Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish - Address Unknown
John Hughes, Fred M. 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

5   8   7.2 

1944 (Color) ~Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little - Wilson

NOMINEES:
John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - The Climax
Lionel Banks, Cary Odell, Fay Babcock - 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

3   0   6.3 

1945 (Black-and-White) ~ Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields - Blood on the Sun

NOMINEES:
Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter - Experiment Perilous
James Basevi, William S. 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

4   6   6.4 

1945 (Color) ~Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Samuel M. Comer - Frenchman's Creek

NOMINEES:
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

11   5.5   7.1 

1946 (Black-and-White) ~ William S. Darling, Lyle Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - Anna and the King of Siam

NOMINEES:
Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Kitty
Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Razor's Edge

17   6.8   7.5 

1946 (Color) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B.
Willis - The Yearling

NOMINEES:
John Bryan - Caesar and Cleopatra
Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon - Henry V

AFIoscar's rating:

83   7.6   8.2 

1947 (Black-and-White) ~ John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton - Great Expectations

NOMINEES:
Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox - The Foxes of Harrow

53   8   8.1 

1947 (Color) ~ Alfred Junge - Black Narcissus

NOMINEES:
Robert M. Haas, George James Hopkins - Life with Father

56   6.7   8 

1948 (Black-and-White) ~ Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon - Hamlet

NOMINEES:
Robert Haas, William O. Wallace - Johnny Belinda

62   8.3   8.2 

1948 (Color) ~ Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson - The Red Shoes

NOMINEES:
Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish - Joan of Arc

AFIoscar's rating:

27   8   8.2 

1949 (Black-and-White) ~ Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri - The Heiress

NOMINEES:
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

25   6.5   7.1 

1949 (Color) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B.
Willis, Jack D. Moore - Little Women

NOMINEES:
Edward Carrere, Lyle Reifsnider - Adventures of Don Juan
Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph - Saraband for Dead Lovers

324   8.5   8.7 

1950 (Black-and-White) ~ Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sunset Boulevard

NOMINEES:
Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott - All About Eve
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - The Red Danube

16   6.1   6.7 

1950 (Color) ~ Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Samson and Delilah

NOMINEES:
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle - Annie Get Your Gun
Ernst Fegte, George Sawley - Destination Moon

301   7.7   8.1 

1951 (Black-and-White) ~ Richard Day, George James Hopkins - A Streetcar Named Desire

NOMINEES:
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

123   7.1   7.3 

1951 (Color) ~ Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - An American in Paris

NOMINEES:
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

25   8.1   7.7 

1952 (Black-and-White) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - The Bad and the Beautiful

NOMINEES:
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri - Carrie
Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott - My Cousin Rachel
So Matsuyama, H. Motsumoto - Rashōmon
Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter - Viva Zapata!

30   6.5   7.3 

1952 (Color) ~ Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes - Moulin Rouge

NOMINEES:
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

42   6.7   7.4 

1953 (Black-and-White) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt - Julius Caesar

NOMINEES:
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

25   5.9   6.7 

1953 (Color) ~ Lyle Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The Robe

NOMINEES:
Alfred Junge, Hans Peters. John Jarvis - Knights of the Round Table
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams - Lili
Cedric Gibbons, E. 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

229   8.1   8.4 

1954 (Black-and-White) ~ Richard Day - On the Waterfront

NOMINEES:
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory - The Country Girl
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri - Executive Suite
Max Ophüls - Le Plaisir
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Sabrina

118   6.8   7.2 

1954 (Color) ~ John Meehan, Emile Kuri - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

NOMINEES:
Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - Brigadoon
Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - Désirée
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer - Red Garters
Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff, George James Hopkins - A Star Is Born

6   6.3   7.2 

1955 (Black-and-White) ~ Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams - The Rose Tattoo

NOMINEES:
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

20   6.8   7.2 

1955 (Color) ~ William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley - Picnic

NOMINEES:
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 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

23   6.9   7.4 

1956 (Black-and-White) ~ Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason - Somebody Up There Likes Me

NOMINEES:
So Matsuyama - Seven Samurai
Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy - The Proud and 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

94   7.1   7.4 

1956 (Color) ~ Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox - The King and I

NOMINEES:
James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross J. Dowd - Around the World in 80 Days Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst - Giant
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, E. 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

21   7   7.2 

1957 ~ Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley - Sayonara

NOMINEES:
Hal Pereira, George 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

71   6.9   6.9 

1958 ~ William A. Horning (posthumous award), E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason - Gigi

NOMINEES:
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

48   6.2   7.6 

1959 (Black-and-White) ~ Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss - The Diary of Anne Frank

NOMINEES:
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

374   7.2   8.2 

1959 (Color) ~ William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt - Ben-Hur

NOMINEES:
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 (posthumous nomination), Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy - North by Northwest
Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt, Richard H. Riedel (posthumous nomination) - Pillow Talk