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A visual history · Oscars

The winners who defined Production Design.

72 ceremonies, 1929–2025. 69 different winners. The longest run belongs to Richard Day, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales in 2025 for Wicked.
Who has won the most?
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo, 3 wins (2005, 2008, 2012).
  1. WickedNathan Crowley & Lee Sandales
  2. Poor ThingsJames Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek
  3. All Quiet on the Western FrontChristian M. Goldbeck & Ernestine Hipper
  4. DunePatrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos
  5. MankDonald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale
  6. Once Upon a Time in HollywoodBarbara Ling & Nancy Haigh
Years explored
1929–2025
Different winners
69
Category leader
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo · 3
About this record

Best Production Design was previously known as Best Art Direction.

The 2013 ceremony was the first to use the new name, and the winners listed here are the production designers and set decorators together. One undivided award ran through the 12th ceremony, again at the 30th and 31st, and continuously from the 40th; in between the Academy gave a black-and-white award and a colour award, each with its own page here.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19292025

01 / The reigns

24 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

  1. 01
    Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo3 wins
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Rick Heinrichs & Peter Young'00
Timmy Yip'01
Catherine Martin & Brigitte Broch'02
John Myhre & Gordon Sim'03
Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee'04
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo'05
John Myhre & Gretchen Rau'06
Eugenio Caballero & Pilar Revuelta'07
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo'08
Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo'09
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair'10
Robert Stromberg & Karen O'Hara'11
Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo'12
Rick Carter & Jim Erickson'13
Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn'14
Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock'15
Colin Gibson & Lisa Thompson'16
David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco'17
Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau & Jeff Melvin'18
Hannah Beachler & Jay Hart'19
Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh'20
Donald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale'21
Patrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos'22
Christian M. Goldbeck & Ernestine Hipper'23
James Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek'24
Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Paramount leads the recorded distributor credits with 4 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Paramount4 wins
Warner Bros.4 wins
Disney3 wins
Searchlight3 wins
Sony3 wins
20th Century2 wins
Wins by distributor
  1. Paramount415%
  2. Warner Bros.415%
  3. Disney312%
  4. Searchlight312%
  5. Sony312%
  6. 20th Century28%
  7. Other727%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
    7 noms
  2. 02
    Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan
    4 noms
  3. 03
    Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
    7L · 0W
  2. 02
    Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan
    4L · 0W
  3. 03
    Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock
    2L · 0W
  4. 04
    Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh
    2L · 0W
  5. 05
    John Myhre & Gordon Sim
    2L · 1W
  6. 06
    Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales (Wicked)
beat 4 others
  • Judy Becker & Patricia Cuccia (The Brutalist)
  • Suzie Davies & Cynthia Sleiter (Conclave)
  • Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau (Dune: Part Two)
  • Craig Lathrop & Beatrice Brentnerová (Nosferatu)
Universal Pictures
2024James Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek (Poor Things)
beat 4 others
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Barbie)
  • Jack Fisk & Adam Willis (Killers of the Flower Moon)
  • Arthur Max & Elli Griff (Napoleon)
  • Ruth De Jong & Claire Kaufman (Oppenheimer)
Searchlight Pictures
2023Christian M. Goldbeck & Ernestine Hipper (All Quiet on the Western Front)
beat 4 others
  • Dylan Cole, Ben Procter & Vanessa Cole (Avatar: The Way of Water)
  • Florencia Martin & Anthony Carlino (Babylon)
  • Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy & Bev Dunn (Elvis)
  • Rick Carter & Karen O'Hara (The Fabelmans)
Netflix
2022Patrice Vermette & Zsuzsanna Sipos (Dune)
beat 4 others
  • Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau (Nightmare Alley)
  • Grant Major & Amber Richards (The Power of the Dog)
  • Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
  • Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngelo (West Side Story)
Warner Bros.
2021Donald Graham Burt & Jan Pascale (Mank)
beat 4 others
  • Peter Francis & Cathy Featherstone (The Father)
  • Mark Ricker, Karen O'Hara & Diana Stoughton (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
  • David Crank & Elizabeth Keenan (News of the World)
  • Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas (Tenet)
Netflix
2020Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
beat 4 others
  • Bob Shaw & Regina Graves (The Irishman)
  • Ra Vincent & Nora Sopková (Jojo Rabbit)
  • Dennis Gassner & Lee Sandales (1917)
  • Lee Ha-jun & Cho Won-woo (Parasite)
Columbia Pictures
2019Hannah Beachler & Jay Hart (Black Panther)
beat 4 others
  • Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton (The Favourite)
  • Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas (First Man)
  • John Myhre & Gordon Sim (Mary Poppins Returns)
  • Eugenio Caballero & Bárbara Enrı́quez (Roma)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2018Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau & Jeff Melvin (The Shape of Water)
beat 4 others
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Beauty and the Beast)
  • Dennis Gassner & Alessandra Querzola (Blade Runner 2049)
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Darkest Hour)
  • Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis (Dunkirk)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
2017David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (La La Land)
beat 4 others
  • Patrice Vermette & Paul Hotte (Arrival)
  • Stuart Craig & Anna Pinnock (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
  • Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh (Hail, Caesar!)
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas & Gene Serdena (Passengers)
Lionsgate
2016Colin Gibson & Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)
beat 4 others
  • Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo & Bernhard Henrich (Bridge of Spies)
  • Eve Stewart & Michael Standish (The Danish Girl)
  • Arthur Max & Celia Bobak (The Martian)
  • Jack Fisk & Hamish Purdy (The Revenant)
Warner Bros.
2015Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
beat 4 others
  • Maria Djurkovic & Tatiana Macdonald (The Imitation Game)
  • Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis (Interstellar)
  • Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock (Into the Woods)
  • Suzie Davies & Charlotte Watts (Mr. Turner)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)
beat 4 others
  • Judy Becker & Heather Loeffler (American Hustle)
  • Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin & Joanne Woollard (Gravity)
  • K. K. Barrett & Gene Serdena (Her)
  • Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker (12 Years a Slave)
Warner Bros.
2013Rick Carter & Jim Erickson (Lincoln)
beat 4 others
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)
  • Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
  • Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson (Les Misérables)
  • David Gropman & Anna Pinnock (Life of Pi)
Touchstone Pictures
2012Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo (Hugo)
beat 4 others
  • Laurence Bennett & Robert Gould (The Artist)
  • Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)
  • Anne Seibel & Hélène Dubreuil (Midnight in Paris)
  • Rick Carter & Lee Sandales (War Horse)
Paramount Pictures
2011Robert Stromberg & Karen O'Hara (Alice in Wonderland)
beat 4 others
  • Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1)
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Doug Mowat (Inception)
  • Eve Stewart & Judy Farr (The King's Speech)
  • Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh (True Grit)
Walt Disney Pictures
2010Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair (Avatar)
beat 4 others
  • Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro & Caroline Smith (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)
  • John Myhre & Gordon Sim (Nine)
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Sherlock Holmes)
  • Patrice Vermette & Maggie Gray (The Young Victoria)
20th Century Fox
2009Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
beat 4 others
  • James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis (Changeling)
  • Nathan Crowley & Peter Lando (The Dark Knight)
  • Michael Carlin & Rebecca Alleway (The Duchess)
  • Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt (Revolutionary Road)
Paramount Pictures
2008Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
beat 4 others
  • Arthur Max & Beth A. Rubino (American Gangster)
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Atonement)
  • Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock (The Golden Compass)
  • Jack Fisk & Jim Erickson (There Will Be Blood)
Paramount Pictures
2007Eugenio Caballero & Pilar Revuelta (Pan's Labyrinth)
beat 4 others
  • John Myhre & Nancy Haigh (Dreamgirls)
  • Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau & Leslie E. Rollins (The Good Shepherd)
  • Rick Heinrichs & Cheryl Carasik (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
  • Nathan Crowley & Julie Ochipinti (The Prestige)
Picturehouse
2006John Myhre & Gretchen Rau (Memoirs of a Geisha)
beat 4 others
  • Jim Bissell & Jan Pascale (Good Night, and Good Luck)
  • Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
  • Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Simon Bright (King Kong)
  • Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer (Pride & Prejudice)
Columbia Pictures
2005Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo (The Aviator)
beat 4 others
  • Gemma Jackson & Trisha Edwards (Finding Neverland)
  • Rick Heinrichs & Cheryl Carasik (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
  • Anthony Pratt & Celia Bobak (The Phantom of the Opera)
  • Aline Bonetto (A Very Long Engagement)
Miramax
2004Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
beat 4 others
  • Ben Van Os & Cecile Heideman (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
  • Lilly Kilvert & Gretchen Rau (The Last Samurai)
  • William Sandell & Robert Gould (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
  • Jeannine Oppewall & Leslie Pope (Seabiscuit)
New Line Cinema
2003John Myhre & Gordon Sim (Chicago)
beat 4 others
  • Felipe Fernández del Paso & Hania Robledo (Frida)
  • Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo (Gangs of New York)
  • Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
  • Dennis Gassner & Nancy Haigh (Road to Perdition)
Miramax
2002Catherine Martin & Brigitte Broch (Moulin Rouge!)
beat 4 others
  • Aline Bonetto & Marie-Laure Valla (Amélie)
  • Stephen Altman & Anna Pinnock (Gosford Park)
  • Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
  • Grant Major & Dan Hennah (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
20th Century Fox
2001Timmy Yip (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
beat 4 others
  • Arthur Max & Crispian Sallis (Gladiator)
  • Michael Corenblith & Merideth Boswell (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
  • Martin Childs & Jill Quertier (Quills)
  • Jean Rabasse & Françoise Benoît-Fresco (Vatel)
Sony Pictures Classics
2000Rick Heinrichs & Peter Young (Sleepy Hollow)
beat 4 others
  • Luciana Arrighi & Ian Whittaker (Anna and the King)
  • David Gropman & Beth Rubino (The Cider House Rules)
  • Roy Walker & Bruno Cesari (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
  • Eve Stewart & John Bush (Topsy-Turvy)
Paramount Pictures