Art Direction

1927-28
Who won: William Cameron Menzies, The Dove and Tempest

1928-29
Who won: Cedric Gibbons, The Bridge of San Luis Rey 

1929-30 
Who won: Herman Rosse, King of Jazz

1930-31
Who won: Max Rée, Cimarron 
Who should have won: Stephen Goosson and Ralph Hammeras, Just Imagine 

1931-32
Who won: Gordon Wiles, Transatlantic 
Who should have won: Charles D. Hall, Frankenstein 

1932-33 
Who won: William S. Darling, Cavalcade 
Who should have won: Anton Grot, Gold Diggers of 1933 

1934 
Who won: Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope for The Merry Widow 
Who should have won: Hans Dreier for The Scarlet Empress 

1935 
Who won: Richard Day for The Dark Angel 
Who should have won: Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark for Top Hat 

1936 
Who won: Richard Day for Dodsworth 

1937 
Who won: Stephen Goosson, Lost Horizon 

1938 
Who won: Carl J. Weyl, The Adventures of Robin Hood 

1939 
Who won: Lyle Wheeler, Gone With the Wind 

1940
Who won: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Pride and Prejudice (Black-and-White); Vincent Korda, The Thief of Bagdad (Color)
Who should have won: Lyle Wheeler, Rebecca (Black-and-White)

1941 
Who won: Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, How Green Was My Valley (Black-and-White); Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Blossoms in the Dust (Color)

1942
Who won: Richard Day, Joseph Wright, Thomas Little, This Above All (Black-and-White) and My Gal Sal (Color)
Who should have won: Albert S. D'Agostino, Darrell Silvera, Al Fields, The Magnificent Ambersons (Black-and-White)

1943 
Who won: James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little, The Song of Bernadette (Black-and-White); John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb, Phantom of the Opera (Color)
Who should have won: Cedric Gibbons, Leonid Vasian, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, Cabin in the Sky (Black-and-White)

1944 
Who won: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky, Gaslight (Black-and-White); Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little, Wilson (Color)
Who should have won: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky, Meet Me in St. Louis (Color)

1945 
Who won: Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields, Blood on the Sun (Black-and-White); Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte, Sam Comer, Frenchman's Creek (Color)
Who should have won: Hans Dreier, Earl Hedrick, Bertram Granger, The Lost Weekend (Black-and-White); Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little, Leave Her to Heaven (Color)

1946 
Who won: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes, Anna and the King of Siam (Black-and-White); Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, The Yearling (Color)
Who should have won: Léon Barsacq, Alexandre Trauner, Children of Paradise (Black-and-White); Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon, Henry V (Color)

1947 
Who won: John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton, Great Expectations (Black-and-White); Alfred Junge, Black Narcissus (Color)

1948 
Who won: Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon, Hamlet (Black-and-White); Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson, The Red Shoes (Color)
Who should have won: Christian Bérard, Carré, René Moulaert, Beauty and the Beast (Black-and-White)