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Art Direction (Color) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Art Direction (Color) category in CineRoll's records: 112 films across 25 years, 25 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Fantastic Voyage (1967); the earliest on record is The Thief of Bagdad (1941).

The last three winners were Fantastic Voyage (1967), Doctor Zhivago (1966) and My Fair Lady (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

  • Fantastic Voyage (1966) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Fantastic Voyage(1966)

    Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

    Winner
  • Gambit (1966) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Gambit(1966)

    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin

  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Juliet of the Spirits(1965)

    Piero Gherardi

  • The Oscar (1966) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Oscar(1966)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne

  • The Sand Pebbles (1966) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Sand Pebbles(1966)

    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

1966

  • Doctor Zhivago (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Doctor Zhivago(1965)

    Art Direction: John Box, Terry Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni

    Winner
  • Inside Daisy Clover (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Inside Daisy Clover(1965)

    Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)

    Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)

    Art Direction: Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett

  • The Sound of Music (1965) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Sound of Music(1965)

    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt

1965

  • My Fair Lady (1964) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    My Fair Lady(1964)

    Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

    Winner
  • Becket (1964) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Becket(1964)

    Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright

  • Mary Poppins (1964) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Mary Poppins(1964)

    Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman

  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt

  • What a Way to Go! (1964) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    What a Way to Go!(1964)

    Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

1964

  • Cleopatra (1963) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Cleopatra(1963)

    Art 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

    Winner
  • Come Blow Your Horn (1963) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Come Blow Your Horn(1963)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, James Payne

  • How the West Was Won (1962) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    How the West Was Won(1962)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills

  • The Cardinal (1963) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Cardinal(1963)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan

  • Tom Jones (1963) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Tom Jones(1963)

    Art Direction: Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin

1963

1962

  • West Side Story (1961) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    West Side Story(1961)

    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin

    Winner
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

  • El Cid (1961) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    El Cid(1961)

    Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore

  • Flower Drum Song (1961) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Flower Drum Song(1961)

    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol

  • Summer and Smoke (1961) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Summer and Smoke(1961)

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

1961

  • Spartacus (1960) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Spartacus(1960)

    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron

    Winner
  • Cimarron (1960) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Cimarron(1960)

    Art Direction: George W. Davis, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel

  • It Started in Naples (1960) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    It Started in Naples(1960)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arrigo Breschi

  • Pepe (1960) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Pepe(1960)

    Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: William Kiernan

  • Sunrise at Campobello (1960) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Sunrise at Campobello(1960)

    Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

1960

  • Ben-Hur (1959) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Ben-Hur(1959)

    Art Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt

    Winner
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Journey to the Center of the Earth(1959)

    Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish

  • North by Northwest (1959) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    North by Northwest(1959)

    Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy

  • Pillow Talk (1959) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Pillow Talk(1959)

    Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt

  • The Big Fisherman (1959) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Big Fisherman(1959)

    Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron

1957

  • The King and I (1956) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    The King and I(1956)

    Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

    Winner
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1956) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Around the World in 80 Days(1956)

    Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd

  • Giant (1956) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Giant(1956)

    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst

  • Lust for Life (1956) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Lust for Life(1956)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason

  • The Ten Commandments (1956) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Ten Commandments(1956)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer

1956

  • Picnic (1955) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Picnic(1955)

    Art Direction: William Flannery, Jo Mielziner; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley

    Winner
  • Daddy Long Legs (1955) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Daddy Long Legs(1955)

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

  • Guys and Dolls (1955) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Guys and Dolls(1955)

    Art Direction: Oliver Smith, Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol

  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing(1955)

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

  • To Catch a Thief (1955) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    To Catch a Thief(1955)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Joseph McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

1955

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1954)

    Art Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri

    Winner
  • A Star Is Born (1954) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    A Star Is Born(1954)

    Art Direction: Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

  • Brigadoon (1954) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Brigadoon(1954)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason

  • Désirée (1954) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Désirée(1954)

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

  • Red Garters (1954) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Red Garters(1954)

    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

1954

  • The Robe (1953) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    The Robe(1953)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

    Winner
  • Knights of the Round Table (1953) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Knights of the Round Table(1953)

    Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis

  • Lili (1953) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Lili(1953)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams

  • The Story of Three Loves (1953) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Story of Three Loves(1953)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore

  • Young Bess (1953) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Young Bess(1953)

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

1953

  • Moulin Rouge (1952) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Moulin Rouge(1952)

    Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes

    Winner
  • Hans Christian Andersen (1952) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Hans Christian Andersen(1952)

    Art Direction: Richard Day, Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol

  • The Merry Widow (1952) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Merry Widow(1952)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams

  • The Quiet Man (1952) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Quiet Man(1952)

    Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson

  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)

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

1952

  • An American in Paris (1951) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    An American in Paris(1951)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason

    Winner
  • David and Bathsheba (1951) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    David and Bathsheba(1951)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

  • On the Riviera (1951) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    On the Riviera(1951)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott

  • Quo Vadis (1951) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Quo Vadis(1951)

    Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt

  • The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Tales of Hoffmann(1951)

    Hein Heckroth

1951

  • Samson and Delilah (1949) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Samson and Delilah(1949)

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

    Winner
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Annie Get Your Gun(1950)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle

  • Destination Moon (1950) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Destination Moon(1950)

    Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley

1950

  • Little Women (1949) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Little Women(1949)

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

    Winner
  • Adventures of Don Juan (1948) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Adventures of Don Juan(1948)

    Art Direction: Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: Lyle Reifsnider

  • Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Saraband for Dead Lovers(1948)

    Art Direction: Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph

1949

  • The Red Shoes (1948) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    The Red Shoes(1948)

    Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson

    Winner
  • Joan of Arc (1948) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Joan of Arc(1948)

    Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish

1948

  • Black Narcissus (1947) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Black Narcissus(1947)

    Art Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge

    Winner
  • Life with Father (1947) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Life with Father(1947)

    Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

1947

  • The Yearling (1946) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    The Yearling(1946)

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

    Winner
  • Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Caesar and Cleopatra(1945)

    John Bryan

  • Henry V (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Henry V(1944)

    Art Direction: Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon

1946

  • Frenchman's Creek (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Frenchman's Creek(1944)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer

    Winner
  • A Thousand and One Nights (1945) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    A Thousand and One Nights(1945)

    Art Direction: Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Frank Tuttle

  • Leave Her to Heaven (1945) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Leave Her to Heaven(1945)

    Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

  • National Velvet (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    National Velvet(1944)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths

  • San Antonio (1945) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    San Antonio(1945)

    Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy

1945

  • Wilson (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Wilson(1944)

    Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

    Winner
  • Cover Girl (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Cover Girl(1944)

    Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock

  • Kismet (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Kismet(1944)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle

  • Lady in the Dark (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Lady in the Dark(1944)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer

  • The Climax (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Climax(1944)

    Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb

  • The Desert Song (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Desert Song(1943)

    Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy

  • The Princess and the Pirate (1944) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Princess and the Pirate(1944)

    Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol

1944

  • Phantom of the Opera (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Phantom of the Opera(1943)

    Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb

    Winner
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger

  • The Gang's All Here (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    The Gang's All Here(1943)

    Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

  • This Is the Army (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    This Is the Army(1943)

    Art Direction: John Hughes, Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins

  • Thousands Cheer (1943) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Thousands Cheer(1943)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau

1943

  • My Gal Sal (1942) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    My Gal Sal(1942)

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

    Winner
  • Arabian Nights (1942) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Arabian Nights(1942)

    Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb

  • Captains of the Clouds (1942) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Captains of the Clouds(1942)

    Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts

  • Jungle Book (1942) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Jungle Book(1942)

    Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron

  • Reap the Wild Wind (1942) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Reap the Wild Wind(1942)

    Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley

1942

  • Blossoms in the Dust (1941) poster, Art Direction (Color) winner
    Blossoms in the Dust(1941)

    Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

    Winner
  • Blood and Sand (1941) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Blood and Sand(1941)

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

  • Louisiana Purchase (1941) poster, Art Direction (Color) nominee
    Louisiana Purchase(1941)

    Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour

1941

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