Academy Award for Best Art Direction

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best Art Direction is a former Oscar category that honored outstanding achievement in a film’s overall visual design, including sets and decor, now encompassed by the Best Production Design award.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Production Design 24
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White 8
Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White 3

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Art Direction
associatedWith Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry
awardFor outstanding achievement in art direction ⓘ
overall visual design of a film ⓘ
sets and decor in film ⓘ
categoryType craft award ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field art direction ⓘ
film production design ⓘ
genreCoverage all film genres ⓘ
hasSuccessor Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
includesAspects decor ⓘ
overall visual environment of a film ⓘ
scenic design ⓘ
set design ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
languageOfAward English ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
nowPartOf Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAt annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
recognizes visual aesthetic of motion pictures ⓘ
replacedBy Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
scope feature films ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
shortName Best Art Direction ⓘ
status discontinued category ⓘ
successorCategory Best Production Design ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doctor Zhivago → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Color)
Lost Horizon → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Raiders of the Lost Ark → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Art Direction
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Art Direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Gaslight → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Gaslight (1944 film)
Lost Horizon → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Fiddler on the Roof → academyAwardNominations → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Art Direction
Captain from Castile → artDirectionAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Color
All Quiet on the Western Front → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Anna and the King of Siam → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Schindler's List → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Godfather Part II → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Yearling (1946 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
Good Night, and Good Luck → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Into the Woods → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Into the Woods (2014 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Mary Poppins Returns → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Nine → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Nine (2009 film)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Color
A Room with a View → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
Batman (1989 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Ben-Hur → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Black Panther → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Cedric Gibbons → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Dune (2021 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Hamlet (1948 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
How Green Was My Valley → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Howards End → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Lawrence of Arabia → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Mad Max: Fury Road → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
On the Waterfront → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Out of Africa → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Pan’s Labyrinth → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Shakespeare in Love → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Spartacus (1960 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Apartment → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Black-and-White
The Aviator → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The English Patient → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Grand Budapest Hotel → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Madness of King George → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Shape of Water → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Song of Bernadette → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
William Cameron Menzies → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design