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Art Direction - Art Direction: John Box, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife Cinematography - Ernest Day Costume Design - Judy Moorcroft
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.
People who have been awarded the Best Art Direction Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Best Picture
- Directing
- Actor in A Leading Role
- Actress in A Leading Role
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
The Color Purple – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones Kiss of the Spider Woman – David Weisman Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack Prizzi’s Honor – John Foreman Witness– Edward S. Feldman
Kiss of the Spider Woman – Hector Babenco Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack Prizzi’s Honor – John Huston Ran – Akira Kurosawa Witness– Peter Weir
Harrison Ford – Witness James Garner – Murphy’s Romance William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman Jack Nicholson – Prizzi’s Honor Jon Voight – Runaway Train
Anne Bancroft – Agnes of God Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful Meryl Streep – Out of Africa
Don Ameche – Cocoon Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa William Hickey – Prizzi’s Honor Robert Loggia – Jagged Edge Eric Roberts – Runaway Train
Margaret Avery – The Color Purple Anjelica Huston – Prizzi’s Honor Amy Madigan – Twice in a Lifetime Meg Tilly – Agnes of God Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple
The Color Purple – Menno Meyjes Kiss of the Spider Woman – Leonard Schrader Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke Prizzi’s Honor – Richard Condon, Janet Roach The Trip to Bountiful– Horton Foote
“Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)” – The Color Purple – Music by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Lionel Richie “The Power Of Love” – Back to the Future – Music by Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis “Say You, Say Me” – White Nights – Music, Lyric by Lionel Richie “Separate Lives (Love Theme From ‘White Night...
A Chorus Line – John Bloom Out of Africa – Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn Prizzi’s Honor – Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr Runaway Train – Henry Richardson Witness– Thom Noble
The Color Purple – Allen Daviau Murphy’s Romance – William A. Fraker Out of Africa – David Watkin Ran – Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai Witness– John Seale
The romantic biopic had eleven Oscar nominations and captured all the major awards, seven in all - except in the acting categories (Best Picture, Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Screenplay Adaptation (Kurt Luedtke), Best Cinematography (David Watkins), Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, and Best Original Score).
The 57th Academy Awards were presented on March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and were hosted by Jack Lemmon. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and Stevie Wonder won for their respective work on Purple Rain and The Woman in Red.
Best Art Direction. Academy Awards or Oscars is one of the oldest and much awaited award ceremonies for the people associated with Hollywood. This award ceremony is held to acknowledge the achievements of the people related with motion pictures. 'Oscar for Best Art Direction', initially, was given for the interior design in a film.
