The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie is a retired award that was handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In 2014, the category was restructured into Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More).
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design
Outstanding Art Direction for a Dramatic Program or Series
Outstanding Art Direction for a Dramatic Special
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 [22] | ||||
| Love Among the Ruins | Carmen Dillon, Tessa Davies | ABC | ||
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Jack De Shields, Harry Gordon | ABC | ||
| 1976 [23] | ||||
| Eleanor and Franklin | Jan Scott, Antony Mondello | ABC | ||
| Barbary Coast | Jack De Shields, Reg Allen | ABC | ||
| The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond | Roy Christopher, Frank Lombardo | CBS | ||
| 1977 [24] | ||||
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Jan Scott, Anne D. McCulley | ABC | ||
| Amelia Earhart | William H. Tuntke, Richard Friedman | NBC | ||
| Eccentricities of a Nightingale | Trevor Williams, Robert Checchi | PBS | ||
| The Last of Mrs. Lincoln | Roy Christopher, Beulah Frankel | |||
| 1978 [25] | ||||
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | John DeCuir, Richard C. Goddard | NBC | ||
| The Bastard | Loyd S. Papez, Richard Friedman | Syndicated | ||
| The Gathering | Jan Scott, Anne D. McCulley | ABC | ||
| It Happened One Christmas | John J. Lloyd, Hal Gausman | |||
| Our Town | Roy Christopher, James Shanahan | NBC | ||
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 [26] | ||||
| Studs Lonigan | "Part 3" | Jan Scott, Bill Harp | NBC | |
| Backstairs at the White House | "Book One" | Richard Y. Haman, Anne D. McCulley | NBC | |
| Blind Ambition | "Part 3" | Michael Baugh, Robert Checchi, Arthur Jeph Parker | CBS | |
| Centennial | "The Shepherds" | Jack Senter, John W. Corso, Sherman Loudermilk, Joseph J. Stone, John M. Dwyer, Robert George Freer | NBC | |
| Studs Lonigan | "Part 1" | Jan Scott, Edward J. McDonald, Bill Harp |
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 [27] | ||||
| Gauguin the Savage | Wilfred Shingleton, Julian Sacks, Jean Taillandier, Cheryal Kearney, Robert Christidès | CBS | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | John Stoll, Karel Vacek | CBS | ||
| Brave New World | Tom H. John, Mary Ann Biddle | NBC | ||
| The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Jack De Shields, Ira Bates | CBS | ||
| Orphan Train | Jan Scott, Bill Harp | |||
| The Silent Lovers | Michael Baugh, Jerry Adams | NBC | ||
| 1981 [28] | ||||
| East of Eden | "Part 3" | Ray Storey, Dennis W. Peeples, Dave L. Love | ABC | |
| Marilyn: The Untold Story | Jan Scott, Sydney Z. Litwack, Bill Harp | ABC | ||
| Masada | "Part 4" | Jack Senter, George Renne, Kuli Sander, Joseph J. Stone, Edward M. Parker | ||
| Playing for Time | Robert Gundlach, Gary Jones | CBS | ||
| Shōgun | "Part 5" | Joseph R. Jennings, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Tom Pedigo, Shoichi Yasuda | NBC | |
| 1982 [29] | ||||
| The Letter | James Hulsey, Jerry Adams | ABC | ||
| Brideshead Revisited | "Et in Arcadia Ego" | Peter Phillips | PBS | |
| Inside the Third Reich | Rolf Zehetbauer, Kuli Sander, Herbert Strabel | ABC | ||
| Marco Polo | "Part 2" | Luciano Ricceri, Bruno Cesari | NBC | |
| 1983 [30] | ||||
| The Thorn Birds | "Part 1" | Robert MacKichan, Jerry Adams | ABC | |
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | "Part 4" | John Napier | Syndicated | |
| Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Stuart Wurtzel, Guy J. Comtois, Enrico Campana, Doug Kraner, Maurice Leblanc | NBC | ||
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Tony Curtis, Carolyn Scott | CBS | ||
| The Winds of War | "The Winds Rise" | Jackson De Govia, John V. Cartwright, Malcolm Middleton, Michael Minor, Francesco Chianese, Hertha Hareiter, Thomas L. Roysden | ABC | |
| 1984 [31] | ||||
| A Streetcar Named Desire | James Hulsey, George R. Nelson | ABC | ||
| Chiefs | "Part 2" | Charles C. Bennett, Victor Kempster | CBS | |
| The Day After | Peter Wooley, Mary Ann Good | ABC | ||
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Michael Stringer, Fred Carter, Petros Kapouralis, Terry Parr | NBC | ||
| Invitation to Hell | Hub Braden, Bill Harp | ABC | ||
| The Master of Ballantrae | John Biggs, Derek Nice | CBS | ||
| 1985 [32] | ||||
| Evergreen | "Part 1" | Jan Scott, Charles C. Bennett, David Davis, Robert Drumheller, Jacques M. Bradette | NBC | |
| Christopher Columbus | Mario Chiari, Francesco Frigeri, Enzo Eusepi | CBS | ||
| A Death in California | Hub Braden, Donald J. Remacle | ABC | ||
| The Jewel in the Crown | "The Regimental Silver" | Vic Symonds, Alan Pickford | PBS | |
| My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Albert Heschong, Richard Berger, Dave L. Love | CBS | ||
| 1986 [33] | ||||
| Death of a Salesman | Tony Walton, John Kasarda, Robert J. Franco | CBS | ||
| An Early Frost | James Hulsey, Hal Gausman | NBC | ||
| The Long Hot Summer | "Part 1" | Jan Scott, Keith Hein | ||
| Peter the Great | "Part 1" | Aleksandr Popov, John Blezard, Freddi Dobsak | ||
| 1987 [34] | ||||
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | "Part 2" | Malcolm Middleton, Herbert Westbrook, Harry Cordwell | NBC | |
| Escape from Sobibor | Allan Starski, Vlastimir Gavrik, Milorad Kalanj, Miodrag Miric | CBS | ||
| Fresno | "Part 1" | Tommy Goetz, Mary Ann Good, Charles B. Pierce | ||
| Lyndon Johnston | Ben Edwards, Mike Patterson | PBS | ||
| There Must Be a Pony | James J. Agazzi, Ross Bellah, Audrey A. Blasdel, Jerry Adams | ABC | ||
| 1988 [35] | ||||
| Foxfire | Jan Scott, Erica Rogalla | CBS | ||
| Lincoln | "Part 1" | Paul Peters, Lynn Smart | NBC | |
| Noble House | "Part 1" | Robert W. Laing, Francesco Chianese, George Richardson, Hugh Scaife | ||
| 1989 [36] | ||||
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | Jan Scott, Jack Taylor, Edward J. McDonald | NBC | ||
| Around the World in 80 Days | "Part 1" | Vladislav Lasic, Mike Porter, Ian Watson, Jonathan Cheung, Roger Hulme, Chung Yee Fung, Svetislav Todorovic | NBC | |
| I Never Sang for My Father | Roy Christopher, Greg Richman | PBS | ||
| Lonesome Dove | "The Return" | Cary White, Michael J. Sullivan | CBS | |
| War and Remembrance | "Part 12" | Guy J. Comtois, Veronica Hadfield, William Cruse, Norm Baron, Jean-Michel Hugon, Francesco Chianese, Hari Pischinger, Wally White, Don K. Ivey, Richard Reams, Jeff Haley, Malcolm Stone | ABC | |
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [37] | ||||
| The Phantom of the Opera | "Part 2" | Timian Alsaker, Jacques Bufnoir | NBC | |
| Blind Faith | "Part 2" | Jan Scott, Anthony Brockliss, Bill Harp | NBC | |
| Caroline? | Jan Scott, Joseph Litsch | CBS | ||
| Great Expectations | "Part 1" | Keith Wilson, Stephen Bream | Disney | |
| The Kennedys of Massachusetts | "Part 1" | Jan Scott, Jack Taylor, Paul W. Gorfine, Jeff Haley, Tracey A. Doyle | ABC | |
| 1991 [38] | ||||
| The Josephine Baker Story | József Romvári, Dean Tschetter | HBO | ||
| The Flash | "Pilot" | Dean Edward Mitzner, Jeanette M. Gunn | CBS | |
| An Inconvenient Woman | "Part 1" | Stephen Storer, Mimi Gramatky, Sharon Viljoen | ABC | |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | Ed Wittstein, Robert Checchi | CBS | ||
| 1992 [39] | ||||
| Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal | Gavin Bocquet, Keith Pain, Lucy Richardson, Maggie Gray | ABC | ||
| Cruel Doubt | "Part 2" | Jan Scott, Sandy Getzler, Donald Krafft | NBC | |
| Homefront | "Pilot" | Dean Edward Mitzner, Anne D. McCulley | ABC | |
| I'll Fly Away | "Pilot" | James Hulsey, Joseph Litsch | NBC | |
| Miss Rose White | Fred Harpman, Robert Checchi | |||
| 1993 [40] | ||||
| Stalin | Keith Wilson, Vladimir Murzin, Alistair Kay, Vladimir Bashkin, Peter Drozd, Eugene Kamaev, Vladimir Rybin, Yuri Shuyer, Valery Tsvetkov, Alexander Kazmischev | HBO | ||
| Barbarians at the Gate | Linda Pearl, Michael Armani, Jan K. Bergstrom, Karen O'Hara | HBO | ||
| Citizen Cohn | Stephen Marsh, Gary Kosko, Diana Stoughton | |||
| Sinatra | "Part 1" | Veronica Hadfield, Richard L. Johnson, Cindy Carr, Robin Royce | CBS | |
| Wild Palms | "Part 2" | Dins Danielsen, Mark Zuelzke, Suzette Sheets | ABC | |
| 1994 [41] | ||||
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | "Part 1" | Charles C. Bennett, Amy McGary | CBS | |
| And the Band Played On | Victoria Paul, Lee Mayman, Diana Allen Williams | HBO | ||
| Gypsy | Jackson De Govia, John R. Jensen, K.C. Fox | CBS | ||
| Stephen King's The Stand | "Part 4" | Susan Benjamin, Nelson Coates, Michael Perry, Burton Rencher | ABC | |
| Zelda | Roger Cain, Ronald Fauteux | TNT | ||
| 1995 [42] | ||||
| Scarlett | "Part 1" | Rodger Maus, Brian Ackland-Snow, Josie MacAvin, Joseph Litsch | CBS | |
| Buffalo Girls | Cary White, Michael J. Sullivan, Alistair Kay, Barbara Haberecht | CBS | ||
| In Search of Dr. Seuss | Thomas A. Walsh, Ricardo Morin, Thomas P. Wilkins, Leslie E. Rollins | TNT | ||
| Joseph | "Part 1" | Enrico Sabbatini, Paolo Biagetti | ||
| Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | "Part 2" | James J. Agazzi, Sandy Getzler, Donald Krafft | NBC | |
| The Piano Lesson | James William Newport, Tim Saternow, Diana Stoughton | CBS | ||
| 1996 [43] | ||||
| Gulliver's Travels | Roger Hall, John Fenner, Alan Tomkins, Frederic Evard, Rosalind Shingleton | NBC | ||
| Andersonville | Michael Z. Hanan, Edward L. Rubin, Douglas A. Mowat | TNT | ||
| Harvest of Fire | Jan Scott, Paul Steffensen, Erica Rogalla | CBS | ||
| Rasputin | Miljen Kreka Kljakovic, Branimir Babic, Yury Pashigorev, Lóránt Jávor, Aleksandar Denic, Livia Balogh | HBO | ||
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Fred Harpman, Janet Stokes, Tom Pedigo | CBS | ||
| 1997 [44] | ||||
| Emma | Don Taylor, Jo Graysmark, John Bush | A&E | ||
| The Hunchback | Trevor Williams, József Romvári, András Maros | TNT | ||
| Mrs. Santa Claus | Hub Braden, Mary Dodson, Ellen Totleben | CBS | ||
| The Odyssey | Roger Hall, John King, Frederic Evard, Karen Brookes | NBC | ||
| Weapons of Mass Distraction | Charles Rosen, Chas. Butcher, Charles William Breen, Stephanie Ziemer, Linda Spheeris | HBO | ||
| 1998 [45] | ||||
| Merlin | "Part 1" | Roger Hall, John King, Michael Boone, Karen Brookes | NBC | |
| Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City | "Part 2" | Normand Sarazin, Lise Ethier, Anne Grenier | Showtime | |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Michael Baugh, William Vail | TNT | ||
| From the Earth to the Moon | "Le Voyage Dans La Lune" | Richard Toyon, Kitty Doris-Bates, Seth Reed, Amy Wells, Michele Poulik | HBO | |
| Moby Dick | Leslie Binns, Andrew Walpole, Peter Kendall, Jill Eden | USA | ||
| 1999 [46] | ||||
| The Rat Pack | Hilda Stark, Kathleen M. McKernin, Linda Spheeris | HBO | ||
| Alice in Wonderland | Roger Hall, Alan Tomkins, Rosalind Shingleton, Karen Brookes | HBO | ||
| Cleopatra | "Part 1" | Martin Hitchcock, Frank Walsh, Judy Farr | ABC | |
| Horatio Hornblower | "The Fire Ships" | Andrew Mollo, Mike Joyce, Jan Chaney, Christian Huband | A&E | |
| Joan of Arc | "Part 1" | Michael Joy, Shannon Grover, Martin Martinec | CBS | |
| Winchell | Marcia Hinds, Bo Johnson, Cindy Coburn | HBO | ||
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [47] | ||||
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | James H. Spencer, A. Leslie Thomas, Robert Greenfield | HBO | ||
| Annie | Stephen Hendrickson, Edward L. Rubin, Archie D'Amico | ABC | ||
| Arabian Nights | "Part 2" | Tony Burrough, Choi Ho Man, Dominic Smithers | ||
| Gepetto | Charles Wood, Mark Zuelzke, Garrett Lewis | |||
| RKO 281 | Maria Djurkovic, Lucinda Thomson, Tatiana Macdonald | HBO | ||
| 2001 [48] | ||||
| Anne Frank: The Whole Story | "Part 2" | Ondrej Nekvasil, Jan Vlasák, Marie Raskova | ABC | |
| Horatio Hornblower | "Mutiny" | Rob Harris, Peter Wenham, Matthew Robinson | A&E | |
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | "Part 1" | Dan Davis, Ian Hall, Stephanie Ziemer | ABC | |
| On Golden Pond | Eugene Lee, Matthew C. Jacobs, Joe Bevacqua | CBS | ||
| 61* | Rusty Smith, Denise Hudson, Anne D. McCulley | HBO | ||
| 2002 [49] | ||||
| James Dean | Robert Pearson, Marc Dabe, Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer | TNT | ||
| Band of Brothers | "The Breaking Point" | Anthony Pratt, Don Dossett, Alan Tomkins, Kevin Phipps, Desmond Crowe, Malcolm Stone | HBO | |
| Dinotopia | "Part 1" | Walter P. Martishius, Malcolm Middleton, Jim Morahan, Peter Walpole | ABC | |
| The Mists of Avalon | "Part 1" | Rodger Maus, Jaromír Svarc, Vlasta Svoboda, Barbora Bucharova | TNT | |
| Stephen King's Rose Red | "Part 2" | Craig Stearns, Randy Moore, Maggie Martin | ABC | |
| 2003 [50] | ||||
| Hitler: The Rise of Evil | "Part 1" | Marek Dobrowolski, Martin Martinec, Albrecht Konrad, Karel Vanásek | CBS | |
| Live from Baghdad | Richard Hoover, Matthew C. Jacobs, Brian Kasch | HBO | ||
| Meredith Willson's The Music Man | Stephen Hendrickson, Edward Bonutto, Caroline George-Kohne | ABC | ||
| My House in Umbria | Luciana Arrighi, Christina Onori, Alessandra Querzola | HBO | ||
| Napoléon | "Part 2" | Richard Cunin, Réal Proulx | A&E | |
| 2004 [51] | ||||
| Angels in America | Stuart Wurtzel, John Kasarda, George DeTitta Jr. | HBO | ||
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Herbert Pinter, Bernardo Trujillo, Jay Aroesty | HBO | ||
| Horatio Hornblower | "Loyalty" & "Duty" | Rob Harris, Peter Wenham, Paul Cross, Stephen Campbell, Tina Jones | A&E | |
| Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Ralph Davies, Nick Bassett, Andy McLaren, Jill Cormack | |||
| The Lion in Winter | Roger Hall, János Szabolcs, István Tóth | Showtime | ||
| 2005 [52] | ||||
| The Lost Prince | John Paul Kelly, Emma MacDevitt, Sara Wan | PBS | ||
| Warm Springs | Sarah Knowles, Scott Ritenour, Thomas Minton, Frank Galline | HBO | ||
| Empire Falls | Stuart Wurtzel, John Kasarda, Maria Nay | HBO | ||
| Faith of My Fathers | Vincent M. Cresciman, Raymond Pumilia | A&E | ||
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Norman Garwood, Chris Lowe, Lucy Richardson, John Ralph, Maggie Gray | HBO | ||
| 2006 [53] | ||||
| Elizabeth I | Eve Stewart, Leon McCarthy, Sarah Whittle | HBO | ||
| Bleak House | Simon Elliott, Bill Crutcher | PBS | ||
| The Girl in the Café | Candida Otton, Andrea Coathupe | HBO | ||
| Into the West | Marek Dobrowolski, Rick Roberts, Guy Barnes, Paul Healy, Wendy Ozols-Barnes | TNT | ||
| Stephen King's Desperation | Phil Dagort, Jason Weil, Marcia Calosio | ABC | ||
| 2007 [54] | ||||
| Jane Eyre | Grenville Horner, Patrick Rolfe, Clare Andrade | PBS | ||
| Broken Trail | Ken Rempel, Bill Ives, Paul Healy | AMC | ||
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Ian D. Thomas, Douglasann Menchions, Paul Healy | HBO | ||
| Return to Halloweentown | Edward L. Rubin, Ken Kirchner | Disney | ||
| The Starter Wife | Tracey Gallacher, Brian Edmonds, Rolland Pike | USA | ||
| 2008 [55] | ||||
| John Adams | Gemma Jackson, David Crank, Christina Moore, Kathy Lucas, Sarah Whittle | HBO | ||
| The Andromeda Strain | Jerry Wanek, Dan Hermansen, Merlin Dervisevic | A&E | ||
| Cranford | Donal Woods, Trisha Edwards | PBS | ||
| Recount | Patti Podesta, Christopher Tandon, Anuradha Mehta | HBO | ||
| Tin Man | Michael Joy, Paolo G. Venturi, Mark Lane | Sci-Fi | ||
| 2009 [56] | ||||
| Grey Gardens | Kalina Ivanov, Brandt Gordon, Norma Jean Sanders | HBO | ||
| Little Dorrit | James Merifield, Paul Ghirardani, Deborah Wilson | PBS | ||
| Generation Kill | Rob Harris, Mickey Lennon, Emilia Roux | HBO | ||
| Into the Storm | Luciana Arrighi, Paul Ghirardani, Ian Whittaker | |||
| Taking Chance | Dan Leigh, James Donahue, Ron von Blomberg | |||
| Year | Program | Episode(s) | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [57] | ||||
| The Pacific | Anthony Pratt, Dominic Hyman, Richard Hobbs, Scott Bird, Jim Millett, Rolland Pike, Lisa Thompson | HBO | ||
| Georgia O'Keeffe | Stephen Altman, John Bucklin, Helen Britten | Lifetime | ||
| Return to Cranford | Donal Woods, Mark Kebby, Trisha Edwards | PBS | ||
| Temple Grandin | Richard Hoover, Meghan C. Rogers, Gabriella Villarreal | HBO | ||
| You Don't Know Jack | Mark Ricker, Amy Fritz, Rena DeAngelo | |||
| 2011 [58] | ||||
| Mildred Pierce | Mark Friedberg, Peter Rogness, Ellen Christiansen | HBO | ||
| Downton Abbey | Donal Woods, Charmian Adams, Gina Cromwell | PBS | ||
| The Kennedys | Rocco Matteo, Mun Ying Kwun, Enrico Campana | Reelz | ||
| Upstairs Downstairs | Eve Stewart, David Hindle, Julia Castle | PBS | ||
| 2012 [59] | ||||
| Great Expectations | David Roger, Paul Ghirardani, Jo Kornstein | PBS | ||
| American Horror Story | "Open House" | Mark Worthington, Edward L. Rubin, Ellen Brill | FX | |
| "Pilot" | Beth A. Rubino, Charles M. Lagola, Ellen Brill | |||
| Hatfields & McCoys | Derek R. Hill, Serban Porupca, John B. Vertrees, Sally Black | History | ||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Geoffrey Kirkland, Nanci Noblett, Jim Erickson | HBO | ||
| Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia | Arwel Jones, Dafydd Shurmer, Joelle Rumbelow | PBS | ||
| 2013 [60] | ||||
| Behind the Candelabra | Howard Cummings, Patrick M. Sullivan Jr., Barbara Munch | HBO | ||
| American Horror Story: Asylum | "I Am Anne Frank, Part 2" | Mark Worthington, Andrew Murdock, Ellen Brill | FX | |
| "Welcome to Briarcliff" | Mark Worthington, Edward L. Rubin, Ellen Brill | |||
| Phil Spector | Patrizia von Brandenstein, Fredda Slavin, Diane Lederman | HBO | ||
| Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden | Guy Barnes, Rosario Provenza, Wendy Ozols-Barnes | Nat Geo | ||