text: 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.This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) being renamed the Designers' branch.Since 1947, the award is shared with the set decorators.It is awarded to the best interior design in a film.The films below are listed with their production year (for example, the 2000 Academy Award for Best Art Direction is given to a film from 1999).In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees in alphabetical order.Superlatives Winners and nominees 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design Individuals with multiple wins 11 wins Cedric Gibbons 8 wins Edwin B.Willis 7 wins Richard Day 6 wins Thomas Little Walter M.Scott 5 wins Lyle R.Wheeler 4 wins John Box Samuel M.Comer F.Keogh Gleason George James Hopkins 3 wins Edward Carfagno Stuart Craig William S.Darling John DeCuir Vernon Dixon Hans Dreier Dante Ferretti Paul S.Fox Alexander Golitzen Paul Groesse John Meehan Ray Moyer Francesca Lo Schiavo Jack Martin Smith 2 wins Ken Adam E.Preston Ames Herman A.Blumenthal Henry Bumstead Donald Graham Burt Gene Callahan Rick Carter George Davis Leslie Dilley Michael D.Ford George Gaines Russell A.Gausman Nancy Haigh Harry Horner William A.Horning Hugh Hunt Wiard Ihnen Emile Kuri Terence Marsh Catherine Martin William Cameron Menzies Urie McCleary John Myhre Gil Parrondo Robert Priestley Stuart A.Reiss Norman Reynolds Dario Simoni Robert Stromberg Richard Sylbert Joseph C.Wright Peter Young Notes References Best Production Design Awards for best art direction