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The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.
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Best Art Direction Academy Award winners. People who have been awarded the Best Art Direction Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
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The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but from 1939 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color). It changed to its current name, Best Production Design, in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the Art Director's branch of the Academy being renamed the Designer's branch. Since 1947, the award is shared with the Set Decorator(s).
List of the original name of the award changes through the years:
•1927 - 1939: The category was called Best Art Direction
•1940 - 1956: The category was split into two named Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color)
•1957 - 1958: The category was named Best Art Direction
•1959 - 1966: The category was split into two named Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color)
1st Academy Awards (1927/28)
Winner The Dove and Tempest — William Cameron Menzies
Nominees Sunrise — Rochus Gliese — Harry Oliver
2nd Academy Awards (1928/29)
Winner The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Cedric Gibbons
Nominees The Patriot — Hans Dreier — Mitchell Leisen and The Awakening — William Cameron Menzies — Harry Oliver
•Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
•Best Art Direction (Color)
1.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. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.
2.For the Third Academy Awards no certificates of nomination were given out in this category, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the individuals involved with the winning achievements were announced. The name(s) of those credited with this achievement are indicated.
Feb 5, 2014 · To BRUNO COUMERT and JACQUES DEBIZE for the optical design, and DOMINIQUE CHERVIN and CHRISTOPHE REBOULET for the mechanical design, of the compact and lightweight Angenieux 15-40 and 28-76 zoom lenses for handheld motion picture photography.
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.
Jan 23, 2024 · About this list: Updated as of 2024-01-23 to include the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards, honoring films from 2023. The award's original name (since 1947) was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name (Production Design) in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.
