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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins.
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. In a rare occurrence during the period with five Best Picture nominees, only two were nominated for Best Director this year: Fred Zinnemann for A Man for All Seasons (the ...
For 1967, the two awards in this category were recombined into a single award. Later on, the award was renamed as 'Academy Award for Best Art Direction'. Here is a list of the winners of the award.
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. From 1940 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color).
Best Art Direction, Black & White: Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins; Best Costume Design, Color: Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge; Best Costume Design, Black & White: Irene Sharaff; Best Sound Mixing: Franklin Milton; Best Sound Editing: Gordon Daniel; Best Visual Effects: Art Cruickshank
This year marked the first year that the cinematography categories were merged back together - after 28 years. No longer would there be a distinction between color and black-and-white films. This would also be true for the categories of Art Direction and Costume Design.
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins (WINNER) The Fortune Cookie – Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle The Gospel According to St. Matthew – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Luigi Scaccianoce Is Paris Burning?
