Academy awards what is art direction

Art Direction is one of the original technical categories, although for the first twenty years it was called Best Interior Decoration.

Of course, Art Direction has always been important to films — especially given how many early films were period pieces.

Only twice in its history have the Art Direction nominees been completely void of Best Picture nominees: and I also feel I should mention The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari here, as it pre-dates the Oscars and had some of the most brilliant Art Direction of all-time, with brilliant sets and angles that confounded the senses. It used to be quite common for films to get an Art Direction nomination and nothing else, but that has been less common since they did away with the separation of Color and Black-and-White in Since then, it is just as likely that a nominee get 2 nominations for Art Direction and Costume Design , than to just get Art Direction.

Also of note — Batman the Burton film is the only film since to win Art Direction without getting any other nominations. Art Direction also seems to be the tipping point for getting more than 10 nominations. Of the 46 films to get 11 or more nominations, all but 3 Mrs. By a long way, the king of Art Direction is Cedric Gibbons.

With his 38 nominations 4th most behind Walt Disney, John Williams and Alfred Newman , and 11 Oscars 2nd most behind Walt Disney he is far and away the most successful art director in film history.

He had a stretch of 11 straight years with a nomination and then another string of 8 straight years Of the top 20 art directors in terms of Oscar points , none of them were nominated after You have to go all the way down to Stuart Craig, tied for 23rd place to find a modern art director on the list.

It also does not include the nomination for Hollywood Revue that is included in Inside Oscar. If it were an actual nominee, it would add another nomination and another 20 points to Cedric Gibbons.

Smith Goes to Washington. I also just wanted to congratulate all the nominees and say how proud the Canadian film industry has been that three of the nominees are Canadian. Kudos to the winner, Avatar , which absolutely raised the bar this year for production design.

Hope you enjoyed the video and you can make an informed decision next year on your favourite art direction. Did this video help you realize what makes great art direction? In , the award became a single award and two years later, the category was again divided in two. For , the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award. Here is a list of the winners of the award. Report typo or correction. Add to Favorites. Best Art Direction Academy Awards or Oscars is one of the oldest and much awaited award ceremonies for the people associated with Hollywood.

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