A Reminder List of all eligible pictures shall be sent with a nominations ballot to all members of the Academy Art Directors Branch, except costume designers, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five productions.

The five productions receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Art Direction Award.

Prior to the mailing of nominations ballots, a meeting of the Academy Art Directors Branch shall be held to rule on the eligibility of all productions for award consideration.  Eligibility for this award shall be limited to the production designer and set decorator primarily responsible for the design of the production and the execution of that concept, as verified by the producer.  Any submission requesting award eligibility for more than one set decorator or one production designer must be accompanied by a letter of justification submitted by the producer to the Academy no later than December 1, 2007.  These extraordinary circumstances will be reviewed at a special meeting of the Art Directors Branch; however, in no case will more than one additional award be considered.  An art director may only be considered eligible for this award when there is no production designer credited.

Final voting for the Art Direction Award shall be restricted to active and life Academy members.

Set Decoration

Recognition in the form of the Academy statuette shall be given for the set decoration of the production receiving an award for achievement in art direction.