The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Art Direction is an annual award given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
| Year | Film | Winner(s) and nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 [6] | Inception | |
| Alice in Wonderland | ||
| Black Swan | ||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | ||
| True Grit | ||
| 2011 [7] | Hugo | Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator) |
| The Artist | Laurence Bennett (production designer), Gregory S. Hooper (set decorator) | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Stuart Craig (production designer), Stephenie McMillan (art director) | |
| The Tree of Life | Jack Fisk (production designer), Jeanette Scott (set decorator) | |
| War Horse | Rick Carter (production designer), Lee Sandales (set decorator) | |
| 2012 [8] | Cloud Atlas | Uli Hanisch and Hugh Bateup (production designers); Rebecca Alleway and Peter Walpole (set decorators) |
| Anna Karenina | Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator) | |
| Les Misérables | Eve Stewart (production designer), Anna Lynch-Robinson (set decorator) | |
| Lincoln | Rick Carter (production designer), Jim Erickson (set decorator) | |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Adam Stockhausen (production designer), Kris Moran (set decorator) | |
| 2013 [9] | The Great Gatsby | Catherine Martin (production designer), Beverley Dunn (set decorator) |
| 12 Years a Slave | Adam Stockhausen (production designer), Alice Baker (set decorator) | |
| Gravity | Andy Nicholson (production designer), Rosie Goodwin (set decorator) | |
| Her | K. K. Barrett (production designer), Gene Serdena (set decorator) | |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Jess Gonchor (production designer), Susan Bode (set decorator) | |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Adam Stockhausen (production designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator) |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Kevin Thompson (production designer), George DeTitta, Jr. (set decorator) | |
| Interstellar | Nathan Crowley (production designer), Gary Fettis (set decorator) | |
| Into the Woods | Dennis Gassner (production designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator) | |
| Snowpiercer | Ondrej Nekvasil (production designer), Beatrice Brentnerova (set decorator) | |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Colin Gibson (production designer), Lisa Thompson (set decorator) |
| Brooklyn | François Séguin (production designer); Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay (set decorators) | |
| Carol | Judy Becker (production designer), Heather Loeffler (set decorator) | |
| Cinderella | Dante Ferretti (production designer), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator) | |
| Crimson Peak | Thomas Sanders (production designer); Jeff Melvin and Shane Vieau (set decorators) | |
| 2016 | La La Land | David Wasco (production designer), Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set decorator) |
| Arrival | Patrice Vermette (production designer), Paul Hotte (set decorator) | |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Stuart Craig (production designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator) | |
| Jackie | Jean Rabasse (production designer), Véronique Melery (set decorator) | |
| The Witch | Craig Lathrop | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Dennis Gassner (production designer), Alessandra Querzola (set decorator) |
| Beauty and the Beast | Sarah Greenwood (production designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator) | |
| Dunkirk | Nathan Crowley (production designer), Gary Fettis (set decorator) | |
| The Shape of Water | Paul Denham Austerberry (production designer); Jeff Melvin and Shane Vieau (set decorators) | |
| Wonder Woman | Aline Bonetto (production designer), Anna Lynch-Robinson (set decorator) | |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Hannah Beachler (production designer), Jay Hart (set decorator) |
| The Favourite | Fiona Crombie (production designer), Alice Felton (set decorator) | |
| First Man | Nathan Crowley (production designer), Kathy Lucas (set decorator) | |
| Mary Poppins Returns | John Myhre (production designer), Gordon Sim (set decorator) | |
| Roma | Eugenio Caballero (production designer), Bárbara Enríquez (set decorator) | |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood | Barbara Ling (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set decoration) |
| 1917 | Dennis Gassner (production design) and Lee Sandales (set decoration) | |
| Jojo Rabbit | Ra Vincent (production design) and Nora Sopková (set decoration) | |
| Little Women | Jess Gonchor (production design) and Claire Kaufman (set decoration) | |
| Parasite | Lee Ha-jun (production design) and Cho Won-woo (set decoration) |
| Year | Film | Winner(s) and nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mank | Donald Graham Burt (production design) and Jan Pascale (set decoration) |
| News of the World | David Crank (production design) and Elizabeth Keenan (set decoration) | |
| Tenet | Nathan Crowley (production design) and Kathy Lucas (set decoration) | |
| Emma | Kave Quinn (production design) and Stella Fox (set decoration) | |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Mark Ricker (production design) and Karen O'Hara (set decoration) | |
| 2021 | Dune | Patrice Vermette (production designer); Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set decorators) |
| Belfast | Jim Clay (production designer); Claire Nia Richards (set decorator) | |
| The French Dispatch | Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator) | |
| Nightmare Alley | Tamara Deverell (production designer); Shane Vieau (set decorator) | |
| West Side Story | Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Rena DeAngelo (set decorator) |
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