Academy Award for Best Production Design

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1927–1939
Interior Decoration 1940–1946
Black & White
/ Color separate
  • 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda
  • 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis
  • 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
  • 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
  • 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little
  • 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer
  • 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed
Art Direction
– Set Decoration
Black & White
/ Color separate
  • 1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge
  • 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson
  • 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
  • 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
  • 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
  • 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès
  • 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
  • 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri
  • 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley
  • 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
1957–1958 1959–1966
Black & White
/ Color separate
  • 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt
  • 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
  • 1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin
  • 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni
  • 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
  • 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins
  • 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni
  • 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980
  • 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown
  • 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston
  • 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton
  • 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet
  • 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon
  • 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel
  • 1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne
  • 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson
  • 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon
  • 1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines
  • 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian
  • 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O’Donovan, George Gaines
  • 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink
  • 1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
1981–2000 2001–present