Patrice Vermette (Born 1970) is a Canadian production designer/art director who has won three awards for his work on "C.R.A.Z.Y.", the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and a Jutra Award for Best Art Direction.
 His other work includes "1981", "La Cité", "Café de Flore" and "The Young Victoria".
 He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for his work in the film "The Young Victoria".
 He was nominated again in the category Best Production Design for his work in the film "Arrival" at the 89th Academy Awards.
Brian Ackland-Snow (31 March 1940 – 30 March 2013) was an English production designer.
 He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "A Room with a View".
 He also won an Emmy for best art direction for a miniseries or special in 1995 for "Scarlett" on CBS.
Takashi Matsuyama (松山　崇 , Matsuyama Takashi (Sō), September 22, 1908 - July 14, 1977 ) , a.k.a. Sō Matsuda and Sō Matsuyama, was a Japanese production designer and art director.
 He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction: the first time for his work in "Rashomon" (1950), and the second time for his work in "Seven Samurai" (1954).
 In 1950 he won the award for Best Art Direction at the Mainichi Film Concours for Stray Dog, directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Franz Bachelin (10 November 1895 – 26 May 1980) was a German art director.
 In 1946, he and Hans Dreier did the art direction for "The Searching Wind".
 He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
Josephine "Josie" MacAvin (1919 – 26 January 2005) was an Irish set decorator and art director.
 She won an Academy Award and was nominated two more times in the category Best Art Direction.
 She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for her work as set dresser on the miniseries "Scarlett" (1994).
Luigi Gervasi was an Italian set decorator.
 He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "The Taming of the Shrew".
Donald Graham Burt is a film production designer.
 He has worked on multiple films including The Joy Luck Club, Dangerous Minds, and Donnie Brasco, as well as with David Fincher on Zodiac in 2007.
 In 2008 he designed the sets for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 2009, an Art Directors Guild Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction, and a BAFTA Film Award for Best Production Design, along with a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Art Direction & Production Design.
The Taming of the Shrew (Italian: "La Bisbetica domata" ) is a 1967 film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people.
 The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Shakespeare's Kate and Petruchio.
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film.
 The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards.
 This change resulted from the Art Director's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) being renamed the Designer's branch.
 Since 1947, the award is shared with the set decorator(s).
 It is awarded to the best interior design in a film.
Gianni Quaranta (born August 30, 1943) is an Italian production designer and art director.
 He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Production Design for "La Traviata" (1983).
 He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film "A Room with a View".

Question: Luigi Gervasi was nominated for a Best Art Direction Academy Award for a film based on a play by what playwriter?
Answer: William Shakespeare