Academy Awards or Oscars is one of the oldest and much awaited award ceremonies for the people associated with Hollywood. This award ceremony is held to acknowledge the achievements of the people related with motion pictures. 'Oscar for Best Art Direction', initially, was given for the interior design in a film.
This category has undergone many changes since then. In 1940, a separate category of awards were introduced for color and black & white movies. In 1947, the name of the award was changed to Art Direction - Set Decoration. In 1957, the award became a single award and two years later, the category was again divided in two.
For 1967, the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award. Later on, the award was renamed as 'Academy Award for Best Art Direction'. Here is a list of the winners of the award.
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Year
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Winner
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Film
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2009
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Donald Graham Burt
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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2008
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Dante Ferretti (art direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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2007
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Eugenio Caballero (Art Direction); Pilar Revuelta (Set Decoration)
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Pan's Labyrinth
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2006
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John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration; posthumous award)
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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2005
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Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
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The Aviator
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2004
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Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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2003
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John Myhre (art director), Gordon Sim (set decorator)
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Chicago
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2002
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Catherine Martin (Art Direction); Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration)
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Moulin Rouge!
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2001
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Tim Yip (Art Direction)
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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2000
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Rick Heinrichs (Art Direction); Peter Young (Set Decoration)
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- Sleepy Hollow
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1999
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Martin Childs (Art Direction); Jill Quertier (Set Decoration)
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Shakespeare in Love
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1998
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Peter Lamont (Art Direction); Michael Ford (Set Decoration) -
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Titanic
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1997
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Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephanie McMillan (Set Decoration)
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The English Patient
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1996
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Eugenio Zanetti (Art Direction)
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Restoration
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1995
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Ken Adam (Art Direction); Carolyn Scott (Set Decoration)
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The Madness of King George
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1994
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Allan Starski (Art Direction); Ewa Braun (Set Decoration)
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Schindler's List
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1993
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Luciana Arrighi (Art Direction); Ian Whittaker (Set Decoration)
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Howards End
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1992
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Dennis Gassner (Art Direction); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
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Bugsy
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1991
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Richard Sylbert (Art Direction); Rick Simpson (Set Decoration)
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Dick Tracy
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