| year | Award winners | for the movie | Nominations | 
| 1951 | Black and white: Hans Dreier
 John Meehan
 Sam Comer
 Ray Moyer
 | Twilight Boulevard | Cedric Gibbons , Hans O. Peters , Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt for The Red Danube Lyle R. Wheeler , George W. Davis , Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott for Alles über Eva
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| Color: Hans Dreier
 Walter H. Tyler
 Sam Comer
 Ray Moyer
 | Samson and Delilah | Ernst Fegté and George Sawley for Endstation Mond Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle for Duel in der Manege
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| 1952 | Black and white: Richard Day
 George James Hopkins
 | End of the line longing | Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore for Too Young to Kiss Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox for The House on Telegraph Hill
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller , Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode for Fourteen Hours
 Jean d'Eaubonne for Der Reigen
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| Color: Cedric Gibbons
 E. Preston Ames
 Edwin B. Willis
 F. Keogh Gleason
 | An American in Paris | Hein Heckroth for Hoffmann's stories William A. Horning , Cedric Gibbons , Edward C. Carfagno and Hugh Hunt for Quo vadis?
 Lyle R. Wheeler , George W. Davis , Thomas Little, and Paul S. Fox for David and Bathsheba
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little, and Walter M. Scott for On the Riviera
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| 1953 | Black and white: Cedric Gibbons
 Edward C. Carfagno
 Edwin B. Willis
 F. Keogh Gleason
 | City of Illusions | So Matsuyama and Haruzō Matsumoto for Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen Hal Pereira , Roland Anderson and Emile Kuri for Carrie
 Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir and Walter M. Scott for my cousin Rachel
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller , Thomas Little and Claude E. Carpenter for Viva Zapata!
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| Color: Paul Sheriff
 Marcel Vértes
 | Moulin Rouge | Richard Day , Antoni Clavé and Howard Bristol for Hans Christian Andersen Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams for The Merry Widow
 Frank Hotaling , John McCarthy Jr. and Charles S. Thompson for Der Sieger
 Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox for snow on Kilimanjaro
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| 1954 | Black and white: Cedric Gibbons
 Edward C. Carfagno
 Edwin B. Willis
 Hugh Hunt
 | Julius Caesar | Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz for Martin Luther Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler for A Heart and a Crown
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller and Paul S. Fox for The President's Lady
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Maurice Ransford and Stuart A. Reiss for The sinking of the Titanic
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| Color: Lyle R. Wheeler
 George W. Davis
 Walter M. Scott
 Paul S. Fox
 | The robe | Cedric Gibbons , E. Preston Ames , Edward C. Carfagno , Gabriel Scognamillo , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason , Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore for The Story of Three Loves Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams for Lili
 Cedric Gibbons , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore for The Heir apparent
 Alfred Junge , Hans O. Peters and John Jarvis for The Knights of the Round Table
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| 1955 | Black and white: Richard Day
 | The fist on the neck | Cedric Gibbons , Edward C. Carfagno , Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri for Die Intriganten Max Ophüls for Pläsier
 Hal Pereira , Roland Anderson , Sam Comer and Grace Gregory for A Country Girl
 Hal Pereira , Walter H. Tyler , Sam Comer and Ray Moyer for Sabrina
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| Color: John Meehan
 Emile Kuri
 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Malcolm C. Bert , Gene Allen , Irene Sharaff and George James Hopkins for A New Star in the Sky Cedric Gibbons , E. Preston Ames , Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason for Brigadoon
 Hal Pereira , Roland Anderson , Sam Comer and Ray Moyer for Red Garters
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller , Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox for Desirée
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| 1956 | Black and white: Hal Pereira
 Tambi Larsen
 Sam Comer
 Arthur Krams
 | The tattooed rose | Cedric Gibbons , Malcolm Brown , Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt for And Tomorrow I Will Cry Cedric Gibbons , Randall Duell , Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace for The Seeds of Violence
 Ted Haworth , Walter M. Simonds and Robert Priestley for Marty
 Joseph C. Wright and Darrell Silvera for The Man with the Golden Arm
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| Color: William Flannery
 Jo Mielziner
 Robert Priestley
 | picnic | Hal Pereira , J. McMillan Johnson , Sam Comer and Arthur Krams for Over the Roofs of Nice Oliver Smith , Joseph C. Wright and Howard Bristol for Heavy Boys - Easy Girls
 Lyle R. Wheeler , George W. Davis , Walter M. Scott and Jack Stubbs for All Glory on Earth
 Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox for Daddy Long Legs
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| 1957 | Black and white: Cedric Gibbons
 Malcolm Brown
 Edwin B. Willis
 F. Keogh Gleason
 | Hell is inside of me | Ross Bellah , William Kiernan and Louis Diage for The Solid Gold Cadillac So Matsuyama for The Seven Samurai
 Hal Pereira , A. Earl Hedrick , Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy for Also Heroes Can Cry
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Jack Martin Smith , Walter M Scott and Stuart A. Reiss for Teenage Rebel
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| Color: Lyle R. Wheeler
 John DeCuir
 Walter M. Scott
 Paul S. Fox
 | The king and me | Cedric Gibbons , Hans O. Peters , E. Preston Ames , Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason for Vincent van Gogh - A life in passion Boris Leven and Ralph S. Hurst for giants
 Hal Pereira , Walter H. Tyler , Albert Nozaki , Sam Comer and Ray Moyer for The Ten Commandments
 James W. Sullivan , Ken Adam and Ross Dowd for Around the World in Eighty Days
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| 1958 | Ted Haworth Robert Priestley
 | Sayonara | Walter Holscher , William Kiernan and Louis Diage for Pal Joey William A. Horning , Gene Allen , Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle for The Girls
 William A. Horning , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt for The Land of the Rain Tree
 Hal Pereira , George W. Davis , Sam Comer and Ray Moyer for A Sweet Face
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| 1959 | William A. Horning E. Preston Ames
 Henry Grace
 F. Keogh Gleason
 | Gigi | Malcolm C. Bert and George James Hopkins for The Great Aunt Cary Odell and Louis Diage for My Bride Is Psychic
 Hal Pereira , Henry Bumstead , Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy for Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead
 Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox for A Certain Smile
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| 1960 | Black and white: Lyle R. Wheeler
 George W. Davis
 Walter M. Scott
 Stuart A. Reiss
 | Anne Frank's diary | Carl Anderson and William Kiernan for The Wrath of the Righteous Ted Haworth and Edward G. Boyle for Some Like It Hot
 Oliver Messel , William Kellner and Scott Slimon for Suddenly Last Summer,
 Hal Pereira , Walter H. Tyler , Sam Comer and Arthur Krams for Career
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| Color: William A. Horning
 Edward C. Carfagno
 Hugh Hunt
 | Ben Hur | John DeCuir and Julia Heron for The Big Fisherman William A. Horning , Robert F. Boyle , Merrill Pye , Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy for The Invisible Third
 Richard H. Riedel , Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt for Bed Whisper
 Lyle R. Wheeler , Franz Bachelin , Herman A. Blumenthal , Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish for Journey to the Center of the Earth
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