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Movie Award

Name Year
THE DOVE; TEMPEST 1927/28
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY 1928/29
KING OF JAZZ 1929/30
CIMARRON 1930/31
TRANSATLANTIC 1931/32
CAVALCADE 1932/33
THE MERRY WIDOW 1934
THE DARK ANGEL 1935
DODSWORTH 1936
LOST HORIZON 1937
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD 1938
GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
(B&W) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 1940
(COLOR) THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD 1940
(B&W) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY 1941
(COLOR) BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST 1941
(B&W) THIS ABOVE ALL 1942
(COLOR) MY GAL SAL 1942
(B&W) THE SONG OF BERNADETTE 1943
(COLOR) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1943
(B&W) GASLIGHT 1944
(COLOR) WILSON 1944
(B&W) BLOOD ON THE SUN 1945
(COLOR) FRENCHMAN'S CREEK 1945
(B&W) ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM 1946
(COLOR) THE YEARLING 1946
(B&W) GREAT EXPECTATIONS 1947
(COLOR) BLACK NARCISSUS 1947
(B&W) HAMLET 1948
(COLOR) THE RED SHOES 1948
(B&W) THE HEIRESS 1949
(COLOR) LITTLE WOMEN 1949
(B&W) SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950
(COLOR) SAMSON AND DELILAH 1950
(B&W) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951
(COLOR) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 1951
(B&W) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 1952
(COLOR) MOULIN ROUGE 1952
(B&W) JULIUS CAESAR 1953
(COLOR) THE ROBE 1953
(B&W) ON THE WATERFRONT 1954
(COLOR) 20;000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA 1954
(B&W) THE ROSE TATTOO 1955
(COLOR) PICNIC 1955
(B&W) SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME 1956
(COLOR) THE KING AND I 1956
SAYONARA 1957
GIGI 1958
(B&W) THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 1959
(COLOR) BEN-HUR 1959
(B&W) THE APARTMENT 1960
(COLOR) SPARTACUS 1960
(B&W) THE HUSTLER 1961
(COLOR) WEST SIDE STORY 1961
(B&W) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
(COLOR) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
(B&W) AMERICA AMERICA 1963
(COLOR) CLEOPATRA 1963
(B&W) ZORBA THE GREEK 1964
(COLOR) MY FAIR LADY 1964
(B&W) SHIP OF FOOLS 1965
(COLOR) DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
(B&W) WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966
(COLOR) FANTASTIC VOYAGE 1966
CAMELOT 1967
OLIVER! 1968
HELLO, DOLLY! 1969
PATTON 1970
NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA 1971
CABARET 1972
THE STING 1973
THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
BARRY LYNDON 1975
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
STAR WARS 1977
HEAVEN CAN WAIT 1978
ALL THAT JAZZ 1979
TESS 1980
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981
GANDHI 1982
FANNY & ALEXANDER 1983
AMADEUS 1984
OUT OF AFRICA 1985
A ROOM WITH A VIEW 1986
THE LAST EMPEROR 1987
DANGEROUS LIAISONS 1988
BATMAN 1989
DICK TRACY 1990
BUGSY 1991
HOWARDS END 1992
SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE 1994
RESTORATION 1995
THE ENGLISH PATIENT 1996
TITANIC 1997
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1998
SLEEPY HOLLOW 1999
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 2000
MOULIN ROUGE 2001
CHICAGO 2002


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Description

The award for Best Art Direction, and the subsequent Set Direction award given out with it, is given to the production designer and set decorator primarily responsible for the film. If there is a tie in voting, then more than one film will receive the award. In some cases, the award is not given out, if the voting members of the Academy do not feel that any film merits the award that year.

During the 1940s-1960s, two films sometimes received the award per year, recognizing the best art direction in both black and white and color films. Towards the end of the 1960s, when color films had finally become standard, this practice was ended.



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