Best Production Design
1929 to 2026 · 627 nominations
Most nominated in this category
- 1Cedric Gibbons39 noms11
- 2Edwin B. Willis32 noms8
- 3Lyle R. Wheeler29 noms5
- 4Sam Comer26 noms4
- 5Hans Dreier23 noms3
- 6Hal Pereira23 noms1
- 7Thomas Little21 noms6
- 8Walter M. Scott21 noms6
- 9Richard Day20 noms7
- 10George W. Davis17 noms2
Year by year
2020s7 ceremonies, tap to open
- 2026
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Also nominated - 2025
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Also nominated - 2024Also nominated
- 2023
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
Also nominated - 2022
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Also nominatedNightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth, West Side Story
- 2021
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Also nominatedMa Rainey's Black Bottom, News of the World, Tenet, The Father
- 2020
Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Also nominated
2010s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 2019
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
Also nominated - 2018
Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin
Also nominatedBeauty and the Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk
- 2017
Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Also nominatedArrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hail, Caesar!, Passengers
- 2016
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
Also nominated - 2015
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Also nominatedInterstellar, Into the Woods, Mr. Turner, The Imitation Game
- 2014
Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Also nominated - 2013
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Also nominatedAnna Karenina, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- 2012
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Also nominatedHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Midnight in Paris, The Artist, War Horse
- 2011
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Also nominatedHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Inception, The King's Speech, True Grit
- 2010Also nominated
Nine, Sherlock Holmes, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Young Victoria
2000s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 2009
Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
Also nominatedChangeling, Revolutionary Road, The Dark Knight, The Duchess
- 2008
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Also nominatedAmerican Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, There Will Be Blood
- 2007
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Also nominatedDreamgirls, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Good Shepherd, The Prestige
- 2006
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- 2005
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- 2004
- 2003
Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Also nominatedFrida, Gangs of New York, Road to Perdition, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- 2002
Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
- 2001
- 2000
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young
Also nominatedAnna and the King, The Cider House Rules, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Topsy-Turvy
1990s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1999
Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
Also nominatedElizabeth, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, What Dreams May Come
- 1998
Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Also nominated - 1997
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Also nominated - 1996Also nominated
- 1995
Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott
- 1994
Art Direction: Allan Starski; Set Decoration: Ewa Braun
Also nominatedAddams Family Values, Orlando, The Age of Innocence, The Remains of the Day
- 1993
Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Also nominated - 1992
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Also nominated - 1991
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
Also nominatedCyrano de Bergerac, Dances with Wolves, Hamlet, The Godfather Part III
- 1990
Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
Also nominatedDriving Miss Daisy, Glory, The Abyss, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1980s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1989Also nominated
Beaches, Rain Man, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- 1988Also nominated
Empire of the Sun, Hope and Glory, Radio Days, The Untouchables
- 1987Also nominated
Aliens, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Color of Money, The Mission
- 1986Also nominated
- 1985
Art Direction: Patrizia Von Brandenstein; Set Decoration: Karel Cerny
Also nominated2010: The Year We Make Contact, A Passage to India, The Cotton Club, The Natural
- 1984
- 1983Also nominated
- 1982Also nominated
- 1981
Art Direction: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
- 1980Also nominated
Alien, Apocalypse Now, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The China Syndrome
1970s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1979Also nominated
- 1978Also nominated
Airport '77, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Turning Point
- 1977
Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Also nominatedLogan's Run, The Incredible Sarah, The Last Tycoon, The Shootist
- 1976Also nominated
Shampoo, The Hindenburg, The Man Who Would Be King, The Sunshine Boys
- 1975
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Also nominatedChinatown, Earthquake, The Island at the Top of the World, The Towering Inferno
- 1974Also nominated
Brother Sun, Sister Moon, The Exorcist, The Way We Were, Tom Sawyer
- 1973
Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel
Also nominatedLady Sings the Blues, The Poseidon Adventure, Travels with My Aunt, Young Winston
- 1972Also nominated
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Fiddler on the Roof, Mary, Queen of Scots, The Andromeda Strain
- 1971Also nominated
- 1970
Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton
Also nominatedAnne of the Thousand Days, Gaily, Gaily, Sweet Charity, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1960s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1969Also nominated
2001: A Space Odyssey, Star!, The Shoes of the Fisherman, War and Peace
- 1968
- 1967Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Best Production Design (Color)Also nominated - 1966Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish
Also nominatedA Patch of Blue, King Rat, The Slender Thread, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Best Production Design (Color) - 1965Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Best Production Design (Color)Also nominated
Becket, Mary Poppins, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, What a Way to Go!
- 1964Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)
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
Also nominatedCome Blow Your Horn, How the West Was Won, The Cardinal, Tom Jones
- 1963Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
Days of Wine and Roses, Period of Adjustment, The Longest Day, The Pigeon That Took Rome
Best Production Design (Color) - 1962Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Also nominatedJudgment at Nuremberg, La Dolce Vita, The Absent Minded Professor, The Children's Hour
Best Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Also nominatedBreakfast at Tiffany's, El Cid, Flower Drum Song, Summer and Smoke
- 1961Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
Psycho, Sons and Lovers, The Facts of Life, Visit to a Small Planet
Best Production Design (Color)Also nominated - 1960Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
Career, Some Like It Hot, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Last Angry Man
Best Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
Also nominatedJourney to the Center of the Earth, North by Northwest, Pillow Talk, The Big Fisherman
1950s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1959
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
Also nominatedA Certain Smile, Auntie Mame, Bell, Book and Candle, Vertigo
- 1958
- Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Also nominated - 1957Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
Seven Samurai, Teenage Rebel, The Proud and Profane, The Solid Gold Cadillac
Best Production Design (Color)Also nominatedAround the World in 80 Days, Giant, Lust for Life, The Ten Commandments
- 1956Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
Blackboard Jungle, I'll Cry Tomorrow, Marty, The Man with the Golden Arm
Best Production Design (Color)Also nominatedDaddy Long Legs, Guys and Dolls, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, To Catch a Thief
- 1955Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominated
- 1954Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)Also nominated
Knights of the Round Table, Lili, The Story of Three Loves, Young Bess
- 1953Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)Also nominatedHans Christian Andersen, The Merry Widow, The Quiet Man, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- 1952Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Also nominatedFourteen Hours, La Ronde, The House on Telegraph Hill, Too Young to Kiss
Best Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Also nominatedDavid and Bathsheba, On the Riviera, Quo Vadis, The Tales of Hoffmann
- 1951Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)Also nominated
- 1950Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)Also nominated
1940s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1949Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon
Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson
Also nominated - 1948Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton
Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Alfred Junge; Set Decoration: Alfred Junge
Also nominated - 1947Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
Also nominatedBest Production Design (Color)Also nominated - 1946Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields
Also nominatedExperiment Perilous, Love Letters, The Keys of the Kingdom, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Production Design (Color)Also nominatedA Thousand and One Nights, Leave Her to Heaven, National Velvet, San Antonio
- 1945Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
Best Production Design (Color)- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Also nominatedCover Girl, Kismet, Lady in the Dark, The Climax, The Desert Song, The Princess and the Pirate
- 1944Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Also nominatedFive Graves to Cairo, Flight for Freedom, Madame Curie, Mission to Moscow, The North Star
Best Production Design (Color)- Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Also nominatedFor Whom the Bell Tolls, The Gang's All Here, This Is the Army, Thousands Cheer
- 1943Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Best Production Design (Color)- Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Also nominatedArabian Nights, Captains of the Clouds, Reap the Wild Wind, The Jungle Book
- 1942Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Best Production Design (Color)Also nominated
- 1941Best Production Design (Black-and-White)Best Production Design (Color)Also nominated
- 1940
1930s10 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936Also nominated
- 1935Also nominated
- 1934Also nominated
- 1932Also nominated
- 1931
- 1930Also nominated
- 1930
NOTE: The award citation reads 'for 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' and other pictures.' THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.
Also nominated
1920s1 ceremonies, tap to open
- 1929Also nominated