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The 1940s

Production design & set decoration nominations from 1940–1949.

109 nominations 23 wins 115 unique honorees 3 award bodies

Latest harvest: 2026-05-13

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Most-decorated in the 1940s

1 Cedric Gibbons 14 noms · 5 wins
2 Hans Dreier 12 noms · 1 win
3 Edwin B. Willis 10 noms · 2 wins
4 Thomas Little 9 noms · 1 win
5 Richard Day 8 noms · 3 wins
6 Joseph C. Wright 7 noms · 2 wins
7 Lyle R. Wheeler 6 noms · 1 win
8 Alexander Golitzen 5 noms · 1 win
9 Russell A. Gausman 5 noms · 1 win
10 Lionel Banks 5 noms · 0 wins
11 Darrell Silvera 5 noms · 0 wins
12 Samuel M. Comer 5 noms · 0 wins
13 Paul Groesse 4 noms · 3 wins
14 James Basevi 4 noms · 1 win
15 Jack Otterson 4 noms · 0 wins
16 Roland Anderson 4 noms · 0 wins
17 Perry Ferguson 4 noms · 0 wins
18 Howard Bristol 4 noms · 0 wins
19 Albert S. D'Agostino 4 noms · 0 wins
20 William S. Darling 3 noms · 2 wins
21 Vincent Korda 3 noms · 1 win
22 John B. Goodman 3 noms · 1 win
23 Ira S. Webb 3 noms · 1 win
24 Ernst Fegté 3 noms · 1 win
25 Robert Usher 3 noms · 0 wins

Academy Awards 103 noms

★ 1949Harry Horner, John Meehan — The Heiress
★ 1949Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore — Little Women
· 1949Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little — Come to the Stable
· 1949Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle — Madame Bovary
· 1949Edward Carrere, Lyle Reifsnider — Adventures of Don Juan
· 1949Jim Morahan, William Kellner, Michael Relph — Saraband
★ 1948Roger K. Furse — Hamlet
★ 1948Hein Heckroth — The Red Shoes
· 1948Robert M. Haas, William O. Wallace — Johnny Belinda
· 1948Richard Day, Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish — Joan of Arc
★ 1947Wilfred Shingleton — Great Expectations
★ 1947Alfred Junge — Black Narcissus
· 1947Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little — The Foxes of Harrow
· 1947Robert M. Haas, George James Hopkins — Life with Father
★ 1946William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes — Anna and the King of Siam
★ 1946Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse — The Yearling
· 1946Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer — Kitty
· 1946Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little — The Razor's Edge
· 1946John Bryan — Caesar and Cleopatra
· 1946Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon — Henry V
★ 1945Wiard Ihnen — Blood on the Sun
★ 1945Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté — Frenchman's Creek
· 1945Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter — Experiment Perilous
· 1945James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes — The Keys of the Kingdom
· 1945Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer — Love Letters
· 1945Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar, Hugh Hunt — The Picture of Dorian Gray
· 1945Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford, Thomas Little — Leave Her to Heaven
· 1945Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths — National Velvet
· 1945Ted Smith, Jack McConaghy — San Antonio
· 1945Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad, Frank Tuttle — A Thousand and One Nights
★ 1944Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis — Gaslight
★ 1944Wiard Ihnen — Wilson
· 1944United Artists — Song of the Open Road
· 1944Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish — Address Unknown
· 1944John Hughes, Fred M. MacLean — The Adventures of Mark Twain
· 1944Perry Ferguson, Julia Heron — Casanova Brown
· 1944Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little — Laura
· 1944Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer — No Time for Love
· 1944Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin — Since You Went Away
· 1944Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter — Step Lively
· 1944John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb — The Climax
· 1944Lionel Banks, Cary Odell, Fay Babcock — Cover Girl
· 1944Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy — The Desert Song
· 1944Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle — Kismet
· 1944Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene Du Bois, Ray Moyer — Lady in the Dark
· 1944Ernst Fegté, Howard Bristol — The Princess and the Pirate
★ 1943James Basevi, William S. Darling — The Song of Bernadette
★ 1943Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb — Phantom of the Opera
· 1943Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Bertram C. Granger — Five Graves to Cairo
· 1943Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller — Flight for Freedom
· 1943Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt — Madame Curie
· 1943Carl Jules Weyl, George James Hopkins — Mission to Moscow
· 1943Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol — The North Star
· 1943Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas, Bertram C. Granger — For Whom the Bell Tolls
· 1943James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little — The Gang's All Here
· 1943John Hughes, George James Hopkins — This Is the Army
· 1943Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau — Thousands Cheer
★ 1942Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright — This Above All
★ 1942Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright — My Gal Sal
· 1942Mark-Lee Kirk, Casey Roberts — George Washington Slept Here
· 1942Albert S. D'Agostino, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera — The Magnificent Ambersons
· 1942Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol — The Pride of the Yankees
· 1942Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore — Random Harvest
· 1942Boris Leven — The Shanghai Gesture
· 1942Ralph Berger, Emile Kuri — Silver Queen
· 1942John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Edward Ray Robinson — The Spoilers
· 1942Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer — Take a Letter, Darling
· 1942Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad, Fay Babcock — The Talk of the Town
· 1942Alexander Golitzen, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb — Arabian Nights
· 1942Ted Smith, Casey Roberts — Captains of the Clouds
· 1942Vincent Korda, Julia Heron — Jungle Book
· 1942Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, George Sawley — Reap the Wild Wind
★ 1941Richard Day, Nathan Juran — How Green Was My Valley
★ 1941Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary — Blossoms in the Dust
· 1941Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera — Citizen Kane
· 1941Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson, Russell A. Gausman — The Flame of New Orleans
· 1941Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Samuel M. Comer — Hold Back the Dawn
· 1941Lionel Banks, George Montgomery — Ladies in Retirement
· 1941Stephen Goosson, Howard Bristol — The Little Foxes
· 1941John Hughes, Fred M. MacLean — Sergeant York
· 1941John DuCasse Schulze, Edward G. Boyle — The Son of Monte Cristo
· 1941Alexander Golitzen, Richard Irvine — Sundown
· 1941Vincent Korda, Julia Heron — That Hamilton Woman
· 1941Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis — When Ladies Meet
· 1941Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little — Blood and Sand
· 1941Raoul Pene Du Bois, Stephen Seymour — Louisiana Purchase
★ 1940Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse — Pride and Prejudice
★ 1940Vincent Korda — The Thief of Bagdad
· 1940Hans Dreier, Robert Usher — Arise, My Love
· 1940Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson — Arizona
· 1940Jack Otterson — The Boys from Syracuse
· 1940John Victor Mackay — Dark Command
· 1940Alexander Golitzen — Foreign Correspondent
· 1940Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright — Lillian Russell
· 1940Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk — My Favorite Wife
· 1940John DuCasse Schulze — My Son, My Son!
· 1940Lewis J. Rachmil — Our Town
· 1940Lyle R. Wheeler — Rebecca
· 1940Anton Grot — The Sea Hawk
· 1940James Basevi — The Westerner
· 1940Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie — Bitter Sweet
· 1940Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright — Down Argentine Way
· 1940Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson — North West Mounted Police

Mainichi Film Awards 3 noms

· 1949So Matsuyama — Stray Dog
· 1948Tatsuo Hamada — Waga Shōgai no Kagayakeru Hi
· 1947So Matsuyama — Ima Hitotabi no

Nastro d'Argento 3 noms

★ 1948Piero Filippone — La figlia del capitano
★ 1947Gastone Medin, Maurice Colanton — Eugenia Grandet
★ 1946Piero Filippone — Le miserie del signor Travet