Art Direction (Color) Oscar Winners & Nomination History
The AwardWentTo archive contains 112 Academy Award records for Art Direction (Color), including 25 wins, across 25 film years (1940–1966).
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Archive film years: 1927–2025. Leave either field blank to include the earliest or latest available year.
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Winner history
25 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.
| Film year | Film | Credited nominee / recipient |
|---|---|---|
| Film year1966 | FilmFantastic Voyage IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss |
| Film year1965 | FilmDoctor Zhivago IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: John Box, Terry Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni |
| Film year1964 | FilmMy Fair Lady IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins |
| Film year1963 | FilmCleopatra IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer |
| Film year1962 | FilmLawrence of Arabia IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: John Box, John Stoll; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni |
| Film year1961 | FilmWest Side Story IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin |
| Film year1960 | FilmSpartacus IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron |
| Film year1959 | FilmBen-Hur IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt |
| Film year1956 | FilmThe King and I IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox |
| Film year1955 | FilmPicnic IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley |
| Film year1954 | Film20,000 Leagues under the Sea IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri |
| Film year1953 | FilmThe Robe IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox |
| Film year1952 | FilmMoulin Rouge IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes |
| Film year1951 | FilmAn American in Paris IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason |
| Film year1950 | FilmSamson and Delilah IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer |
| Film year1949 | FilmLittle Women IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore |
| Film year1948 | FilmThe Red Shoes IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson |
| Film year1947 | FilmBlack Narcissus IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge |
| Film year1946 | FilmThe Yearling IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis |
| Film year1945 | FilmFrenchman's Creek IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer |
| Film year1944 | FilmWilson IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little |
| Film year1943 | FilmPhantom of the Opera IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb |
| Film year1942 | FilmMy Gal Sal IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little |
| Film year1941 | FilmBlossoms in the Dust IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis |
| Film year1940 | FilmThe Thief of Bagdad IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientVincent Korda |
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About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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