Academy Award for Best Art Direction

The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.

1980s

• 1980 Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens - Tess
• 1981 Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael Ford (Set Decoration) - Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 1982 Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Michael Seirton (Set Decoration) - Gandhi
• 1983 Anna Asp - Fanny & Alexander
• 1984 Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Cerny (Set Decoration) - Amadeus
• 1985 Stephen Grimes; Josie Macavin (Set Decoration) - Out of Africa
• 1986 Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura (Set Decoration) - A Room with a View
• 1987 Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (Set Decoration) - The Last Emperor
• 1988 Stuart Craig; Gerard James (Set Decoration) - Dangerous Liaisons
• 1989 Anton Furst; Peter Young (Set Decoration) - Batman