Art Direction (Black-and-White) — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Oscars Art Direction (Black-and-White) category in CineRoll's records: 136 films across 25 years, 25 of them winners.
The most recent winner is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967); the earliest on record is Pride and Prejudice (1941).
The last three winners were Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967), Ship of Fools (1966) and Zorba the Greek (1965).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
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1967
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)WinnerArt Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

Mister Buddwing(1966)Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt


1966
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)Art Direction: George W. Davis, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson

The Slender Thread(1965)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, Joseph Kish
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
1965
Winner

The Americanization of Emily(1964)Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton

1964
Winner

Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory
Twilight of Honor(1963)Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)WinnerArt Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert

Period of Adjustment(1962)Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
The Longest Day(1962)Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir
The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
1962
Winner

The Absent-Minded Professor(1961)Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman

1961
Winner

The Facts of Life(1960)Art Direction: Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid; Set Decoration: Ross Dowd
Visit to a Small Planet(1960)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
1960
The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)WinnerArt Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss


Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)Art Direction: Oliver Messel, William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon

1957
Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)WinnerArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason


Teenage Rebel(1956)Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
The Proud and Profane(1956)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
The Solid Gold Cadillac(1956)Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
1956
The Rose Tattoo(1955)WinnerArt Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Blackboard Jungle(1955)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace
I'll Cry Tomorrow(1955)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt


1955
Winner
Executive Suite(1954)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri


The Country Girl(1954)Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory
1954
Julius Caesar(1953)WinnerArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt




1953
The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)WinnerArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason



Viva Zapata!(1952)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter
1952
Winner
Fourteen Hours(1951)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode

The House on Telegraph Hill(1951)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Too Young to Kiss(1951)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
1951
Winner
All About Eve(1950)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
The Red Danube(1949)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
1950
Winner
Come to the Stable(1949)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Madame Bovary(1949)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
1949
Winner
1948
Winner
The Foxes of Harrow(1947)Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
1947
Anna and the King of Siam(1946)WinnerArt Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes

The Razor's Edge(1946)Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
1946
Winner
Experiment Perilous(1944)Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
Love Letters(1945)Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar
1945
Gaslight(1944)WinnerArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky





Step Lively(1944)Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter

1944
The Song of Bernadette(1943)WinnerArt Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
Flight for Freedom(1943)Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
Madame Curie(1943)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt


1943
Winner
George Washington Slept Here(1942)Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Random Harvest(1942)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore

Take a Letter, Darling(1942)Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields


The Spoilers(1942)Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
The Talk of the Town(1942)Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
1942
How Green Was My Valley(1941)WinnerArt Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Citizen Kane(1941)Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera





The Flame of New Orleans(1941)Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman

The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
When Ladies Meet(1941)Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
1941
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