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)

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Academy Award for Best Art Direction → hasSuccessor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bridge of Spies → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Chariots of Fire → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Citizen Kane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Come and Get It → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Come to the Stable → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Dreamgirls → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Dunkirk → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Gosford Park → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Inception → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Joan of Arc (1948 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
Johnny Belinda → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
L.A. Confidential → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
La La Land → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Life of Pi → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Quills → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Revolutionary Road → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Roma → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Roma (2018 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Roman Holiday → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Some Like It Hot → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Tenet → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Danish Girl → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Fisher King → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Grand Budapest Hotel → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Imitation Game → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Longest Day → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
The Razor's Edge → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: The Razor's Edge (1946 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
The Towering Inferno → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
The Young Victoria → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
There Will Be Blood → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Tom Jones → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Jones (1963 film)
True Grit (2010 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Viva Zapata! → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
War Horse → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction → nowPartOf → Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Costume Design → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Art Direction → replacedBy → Academy Award for Best Art Direction self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button → won → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Avatar (2009 film) → wonAward → Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ