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.

Last updated

1967

1966

  • Ship of Fools (1965) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Ship of Fools(1965)

    Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish

    Winner
  • A Patch of Blue (1965) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    A Patch of Blue(1965)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson

  • King Rat (1965) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    King Rat(1965)

    Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle

  • The Slender Thread (1965) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    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) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin

1965

1964

  • America America (1963) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    America America(1963)

    Gene Callahan

    Winner
  • 8½ (1963) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    8½(1963)

    Piero Gherardi

  • Hud (1963) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Hud(1963)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Robert Benton

  • Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory

  • Twilight of Honor (1963) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Twilight of Honor(1963)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt

1963

  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)

    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert

    Winner
  • Days of Wine and Roses (1962) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Days of Wine and Roses(1962)

    Art Direction: Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

  • Period of Adjustment (1962) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Period of Adjustment(1962)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle

  • The Longest Day (1962) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Longest Day(1962)

    Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir

  • The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy

1962

1961

  • The Apartment (1960) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Apartment(1960)

    Art Direction: Alexander Trauner; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle

    Winner
  • Psycho (1960) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Psycho(1960)

    Art Direction: Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo

  • Sons and Lovers (1960) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Sons and Lovers(1960)

    Art Direction: Tom Morahan; Set Decoration: Lionel Couch

  • The Facts of Life (1960) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Facts of Life(1960)

    Art Direction: Joseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid; Set Decoration: Ross Dowd

  • Visit to a Small Planet (1960) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    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) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)

    Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

    Winner
  • Career (1959) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Career(1959)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

  • Some Like It Hot (1959) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Some Like It Hot(1959)

    Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle

  • Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)

    Art Direction: Oliver Messel, William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon

  • The Last Angry Man (1959) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Last Angry Man(1959)

    Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan

1957

1956

  • The Rose Tattoo (1955) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Rose Tattoo(1955)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

    Winner
  • Blackboard Jungle (1955) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Blackboard Jungle(1955)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Henry Grace

  • I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    I'll Cry Tomorrow(1955)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh B. Hunt

  • Marty (1955) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Marty(1955)

    Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley

  • The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Man with the Golden Arm(1955)

    Art Direction: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera

1955

  • On the Waterfront (1954) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    On the Waterfront(1954)

    Richard Day

    Winner
  • Executive Suite (1954) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Executive Suite(1954)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Emile Kuri

  • Le Plaisir (1952) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Le Plaisir(1952)

    Max Ophuls

  • Sabrina (1954) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Sabrina(1954)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

  • The Country Girl (1954) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Country Girl(1954)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory

1954

  • Julius Caesar (1953) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Julius Caesar(1953)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

    Winner
  • Martin Luther (1953) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Martin Luther(1953)

    Art Direction: Fritz Maurischat, Paul Markwitz

  • Roman Holiday (1953) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Roman Holiday(1953)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler

  • The President's Lady (1953) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The President's Lady(1953)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox

  • Titanic (1953) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Titanic(1953)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss

1953

  • The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason

    Winner
  • Carrie (1952) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Carrie(1952)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri

  • My Cousin Rachel (1952) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    My Cousin Rachel(1952)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott

  • Rashomon (1950) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Rashomon(1950)

    Art Direction: Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto

  • Viva Zapata! (1952) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Viva Zapata!(1952)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter

1952

  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)

    Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

    Winner
  • Fourteen Hours (1951) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Fourteen Hours(1951)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Fred J. Rode

  • La Ronde (1950) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    La Ronde(1950)

    D'Eaubonne

  • The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The House on Telegraph Hill(1951)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

  • Too Young to Kiss (1951) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Too Young to Kiss(1951)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

1951

  • Sunset Boulevard (1950) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Sunset Boulevard(1950)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

    Winner
  • All About Eve (1950) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    All About Eve(1950)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott

  • The Red Danube (1949) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Red Danube(1949)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

1950

  • The Heiress (1949) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Heiress(1949)

    Art Direction: Harry Horner, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri

    Winner
  • Come to the Stable (1949) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Come to the Stable(1949)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

  • Madame Bovary (1949) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Madame Bovary(1949)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle

1949

  • Hamlet (1948) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Hamlet(1948)

    Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon

    Winner
  • Johnny Belinda (1948) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Johnny Belinda(1948)

    Art Direction: Robert Haas; Set Decoration: William Wallace

1948

  • Great Expectations (1946) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Great Expectations(1946)

    Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton

    Winner
  • The Foxes of Harrow (1947) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    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) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Anna and the King of Siam(1946)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes

    Winner
  • Kitty (1946) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Kitty(1946)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

  • The Razor's Edge (1946) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Razor's Edge(1946)

    Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

1946

  • Blood on the Sun (1945) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Blood on the Sun(1945)

    Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields

    Winner
  • Experiment Perilous (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Experiment Perilous(1944)

    Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter

  • Love Letters (1945) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Love Letters(1945)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

  • The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    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) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar

1945

  • Gaslight (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    Gaslight(1944)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky

    Winner
  • Address Unknown (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Address Unknown(1944)

    Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish

  • Casanova Brown (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Casanova Brown(1944)

    Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron

  • Laura (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Laura(1944)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

  • No Time for Love (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    No Time for Love(1943)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer

  • Since You Went Away (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Since You Went Away(1944)

    Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin

  • Step Lively (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Step Lively(1944)

    Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter

  • The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)

    Art Direction: John J. Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean

1944

  • The Song of Bernadette (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    The Song of Bernadette(1943)

    Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

    Winner
  • Five Graves to Cairo (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Five Graves to Cairo(1943)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger

  • Flight for Freedom (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Flight for Freedom(1943)

    Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller

  • Madame Curie (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Madame Curie(1943)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

  • Mission to Moscow (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Mission to Moscow(1943)

    Art Direction: Carl Weyl; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins

  • The North Star (1943) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The North Star(1943)

    Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

1943

  • This Above All (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    This Above All(1942)

    Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

    Winner
  • George Washington Slept Here (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    George Washington Slept Here(1942)

    Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts

  • Random Harvest (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Random Harvest(1942)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore

  • Silver Queen (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Silver Queen(1942)

    Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri

  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Take a Letter, Darling(1942)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer

  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)

    Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields

  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Pride of the Yankees(1942)

    Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

  • The Shanghai Gesture (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Shanghai Gesture(1941)

    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven

  • The Spoilers (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Spoilers(1942)

    Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson

  • The Talk of the Town (1942) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Talk of the Town(1942)

    Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock

1942

  • How Green Was My Valley (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner
    How Green Was My Valley(1941)

    Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

    Winner
  • Citizen Kane (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Citizen Kane(1941)

    Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera

  • Hold Back the Dawn (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Hold Back the Dawn(1941)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer

  • Ladies in Retirement (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Ladies in Retirement(1941)

    Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery

  • Sergeant York (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Sergeant York(1941)

    Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean

  • Sundown (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    Sundown(1941)

    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine

  • That Hamilton Woman (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    That Hamilton Woman(1941)

    Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron

  • The Flame of New Orleans (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Flame of New Orleans(1941)

    Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman

  • The Little Foxes (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Little Foxes(1941)

    Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

  • The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    The Son of Monte Cristo(1940)

    Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle

  • When Ladies Meet (1941) poster, Art Direction (Black-and-White) nominee
    When Ladies Meet(1941)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

1941

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