Awards & Winners

William A. Horning

Date of Birth 09-November-1904
Place of Birth Missouri
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as William Horning, William Allen Horning
Profession Film Art Director
William Allen Horning was an American multiple Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, Gigi. The following year, he received two additional posthumous Oscar nominations, one for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and another for the 1959 epic film Ben-Hur. At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Horning won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Ben-Hur, that year's Best Picture winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only individual ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies.

Awards by William A. Horning

Check all the awards nominated and won by William A. Horning.

1959


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : Ben-Hur

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design North by Northwest
Academy Award for Best Production Design Ben-Hur

1958


Academy Award for Best Production Design
Honored for : Gigi

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design Gigi

1957


Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design Les Girls
Academy Award for Best Production Design Raintree County

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design Quo Vadis

1939


Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design The Wizard of Oz

1937


Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design Conquest