Best Production Design is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize a designer who has delivered outstanding production design in a film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1964, selected production designers (or art directors or set decorators) have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Production Design at an annual ceremony. The award was formerly known as Best Art Direction (1964–1975).
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Stuart Craig has the most nominations with 16.
Winners and nominees
1960s Year Film Designer Best British Art Direction – Black and White Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Ken Adam Guns at Batasi Maurice Carter King and Country Richard Macdonald The Pumpkin Eater Edward Marshall Best British Art Direction – Colour Becket John Bryan The Chalk Garden Carmen Dillon Goldfinger Ken Adam Zulu Ernest Archer Best British Art Direction – Black and White Darling Ray Simm The Bedford Incident Arthur Lawson The Hill Herbert Smith Rotten to the Core Alex Vetchinsky Best British Art Direction – Colour The Ipcress File Ken Adam Lord Jim Geoffrey Drake Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Thomas N. Morahan Thunderball Ken Adam Best British Art Direction – Black and White The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Tambi Larsen Bunny Lake Is Missing Donald M. Ashton Georgy Girl Tony Woollard Life at the Top Edward Marshall Best British Art Direction – Colour The Blue Max Wilfred Shingleton Khartoum John Howell The Quiller Memorandum Maurice Carter The Wrong Box Ray Simm Best British Art Direction – Black and White Not awarded Best British Art Direction – Colour A Man for All Seasons John Box Accident Carmen Dillon Blow-up Assheton Gorton You Only Live Twice Ken Adam Best Art Direction 2001: A Space Odyssey Ernest Archer, Harry Lange and Anthony Masters The Charge of the Light Brigade Edward Marshall Oliver! John Box Romeo and Juliet Renzo Mongiardino Oh! What a Lovely War Donald M. Ashton Hello, Dolly! John DeCuir War and Peace Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Myasnikov Women in Love Luciana Arrighi
1970s Year Film Designer Waterloo Mario Garbuglia Anne of the Thousand Days Maurice Carter Ryan's Daughter Stephen B. Grimes Scrooge Terence Marsh Death in Venice Ferdinando Scarfiotti The Go-Between Carmen Dillon Nicholas and Alexandra John Box The Tales of Beatrix Potter Christine Edzard Cabaret Rolf Zehetbauer A Clockwork Orange John Barry Lady Caroline Lamb Carmen Dillon Young Winston Donald M. Ashton and Geoffrey Drake The Hireling Natasha Kroll England Made Me Tony Woollard Roma Danilo Donati Sleuth Ken Adam The Great Gatsby John Box Chinatown Richard Sylbert Murder on the Orient Express Tony Walton The Three Musketeers Brian Eatwell Rollerball John Box Barry Lyndon Ken Adam The Day of the Locust Richard Macdonald The Towering Inferno William J. Creber Best Production Design Bugsy Malone Geoffrey Kirkland All the President's Men George Jenkins King Kong Mario Chiari and Dale Hennesy The Slipper and the Rose Ray Simm Fellini's Casanova Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini A Bridge Too Far Terence Marsh The Spy Who Loved Me Ken Adam Valentino Philip Harrison Close Encounters of the Third Kind Joe Alves Julia Gene Callahan, Carmen Dillon and Willy Holt Star Wars John Barry Superman Alien Michael Seymour Apocalypse Now Dean Tavoularis The Europeans Jeremiah Rusconi Yanks Brian Morris
1980s Year Film Designer The Elephant Man Stuart Craig All That Jazz Philip Rosenberg The Empire Strikes Back Norman Reynolds Flash Gordon Danilo Donati Raiders of the Lost Ark Norman Reynolds Chariots of Fire Roger Hall The French Lieutenant's Woman Assheton Gorton Tess Pierre Guffroy Blade Runner Lawrence G. Paull E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial James D. Bissell Gandhi Stuart Craig Reds Richard Sylbert La Traviata Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli Heat and Dust Wilfred Shingleton Return of the Jedi Norman Reynolds WarGames Angelo P. Graham The Killing Fields Roy Walker 1984 Allan Cameron The Company of Wolves Anton Furst Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Stuart Craig Brazil Norman Garwood Amadeus Patrizia von Brandenstein Back to the Future Lawrence G. Paull A Passage to India John Box A Room with a View Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta Aliens Peter Lamont The Mission Stuart Craig Ran Shinobu and Yoshirō Muraki Radio Days Santo Loquasto Hope and Glory Anthony Pratt Jean de Florette Bernard Vézat The Untouchables William A. Elliott Tucker: The Man and His Dream Dean Tavoularis Empire of the Sun Norman Reynolds The Last Emperor Ferdinando Scarfiotti Who Framed Roger Rabbit Elliot Scott The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Dante Ferretti Batman Anton Furst Dangerous Liaisons Stuart Craig Henry V Tim Harvey
1990s Year Film Designer Dick Tracy Richard Sylbert Cinema Paradiso Andrea Crisanti The Hunt for Red October Terence Marsh The Sheltering Sky Gianni Silvestri Edward Scissorhands Bo Welch The Addams Family Richard Macdonald Cyrano de Bergerac Ezio Frigerio Terminator 2: Judgment Day Joseph C. Nemec III Strictly Ballroom Catherine Martin Chaplin Stuart Craig Howards End Luciana Arrighi The Last of the Mohicans Wolf Kroeger The Piano Andrew McAlpine The Age of Innocence Dante Ferretti Bram Stoker's Dracula Thomas E. Sanders Schindler's List Allan Starski Interview with the Vampire Dante Ferretti The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Colin Gibson and Owen Paterson Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Tim Harvey The Mask Craig Stearns Apollo 13 Michael Corenblith Braveheart Thomas E. Sanders The Madness of King George Ken Adam Sense and Sensibility Luciana Arrighi Richard III Tony Burrough The English Patient Stuart Craig Evita Brian Morris Hamlet Tim Harvey Romeo + Juliet Catherine Martin L.A. Confidential Jeannine Oppewall Mrs Brown Martin Childs Titanic Peter Lamont The Truman Show Dennis Gassner Elizabeth John Myhre Saving Private Ryan Thomas E. Sanders Shakespeare in Love Martin Childs Sleepy Hollow Rick Heinrichs American Beauty Naomi Shohan Angela's Ashes Geoffrey Kirkland The End of the Affair Anthony Pratt The Matrix Owen Paterson
2000s Year Film Designer Gladiator Arthur Max Chocolat David Gropman Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dennis Gassner Quills Martin Childs Amélie Aline Bonetto Gosford Park Stephen Altman Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Stuart Craig The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Grant Major Moulin Rouge! Catherine Martin Road to Perdition Dennis Gassner Chicago John Myhre Gangs of New York Dante Ferretti Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Stuart Craig The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Grant Major Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World William Sandell Big Fish Dennis Gassner Cold Mountain Dante Ferretti Girl with a Pearl Earring Ben Van Os The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Grant Major The Aviator Dante Ferretti Finding Neverland Gemma Jackson Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Stuart Craig House of Flying Daggers Huo Tingxiao Vera Drake Eve Stewart Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Stuart Craig Batman Begins Nathan Crowley Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Alex McDowell King Kong Grant Major Memoirs of a Geisha John Myhre Children of Men Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland and Jennifer Williams Casino Royale Peter Lamont, Lee Sandales and Simon Wakefield Marie Antoinette K. K. Barrett and Véronique Melery Pan's Labyrinth Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Cheryl Carasik and Rick Heinrichs Atonement Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Elizabeth: The Golden Age Guy Hendrix Dyas and Richard Roberts Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan La Vie en Rose Olivier Raoux There Will Be Blood Jim Erickson and Jack Fisk The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo Changeling Gary Fettis and James J. Murakami The Dark Knight Nathan Crowley and Peter Lando Revolutionary Road Debra Schutt and Kristi Zea Slumdog Millionaire Michelle Day and Mark Digby Avatar Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair District 9 Philip Ivey and Guy Potgieter Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith Inglourious Basterds David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco
2010s Year Film Designer Inception Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat Alice in Wonderland Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara Black Swan Thérèse DePrez and Tora Peterson The King's Speech Eve Stewart and Judy Farr True Grit Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Hugo Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo The Artist Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald War Horse Rick Carter and Lee Sandales Les Misérables Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson Anna Karenina Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Life of Pi David Gropman and Anna Pinnock Lincoln Rick Carter and Jim Erickson Skyfall Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn 12 Years a Slave Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker American Hustle Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler Behind the Candelabra Howard Cummings and Barbara Munch-Cameron Gravity Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard The Grand Budapest Hotel Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock Big Eyes Rick Heinrichs and Shane Vieau The Imitation Game Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald Interstellar Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis Mr. Turner Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts Mad Max: Fury Road Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson Bridge of Spies Rena DeAngelo, Adam Stockhausen and Bernhard Henrich Carol Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler The Martian Celia Bobak and Arthur Max Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rick Carter, Darren Gilford and Lee Sandales Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock Doctor Strange John Bush and Charles Wood Hail, Caesar! Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh La La Land David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco Nocturnal Animals Shane Valentino and Meg Everist The Shape of Water Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin and Shane Vieau Beauty and the Beast Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Blade Runner 2049 Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola Darkest Hour Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Dunkirk Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis The Favourite Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock First Man Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas Mary Poppins Returns John Myhre and Gordon Sim Roma Eugenio Caballero and Bárbara Enríquez 1917 Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales The Irishman Bob Shaw and Regina Graves Jojo Rabbit Ra Vincent and Nora Sopková Joker Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh
2020s