21st Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture Best Director
  • Laurence Olivier for Universal Studios and General Film Distributors, Ltd. - Hamlet
    • Jerry Wald for Warner Bros. - Johnny Belinda
    • Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for Eagle-Lion Films and General Film Distributors, Ltd. - The Red Shoes
    • Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler for 20th Century Fox - The Snake Pit
    • Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    • Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit
    • Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda
    • Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
    • Fred Zinnemann – The Search
Best Actor Best Actress
  • Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
    • Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda
    • Montgomery Clift – The Search
    • Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me
    • Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty
  • Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda
    • Ingrid Bergman – Joan of Arc
    • Olivia de Havilland – The Snake Pit
    • Irene Dunne – I Remember Mama
    • Barbara Stanwyck – Sorry, Wrong Number
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    • Charles Bickford – Johnny Belinda
    • Jose Ferrer – Joan of Arc
    • Oscar Homolka – I Remember Mama
    • Cecil Kellaway – The Luck of the Irish
  • Claire Trevor – Key Largo
    • Barbara Bel Geddes – I Remember Mama
    • Ellen Corby – I Remember Mama
    • Agnes Moorehead – Johnny Belinda
    • Jean Simmons – Hamlet
Best Story Best Screenplay
  • The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler
    • The Louisiana Story – Robert Flaherty, and Frances Flaherty
    • The Naked City – Malvin Wald
    • Red River – Borden Chase
    • The Red Shoes – Emeric Pressburger
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – John Huston
    • A Foreign Affair – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen
    • Johnny Belinda – Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent
    • The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler
    • The Snake Pit – Frank Partos and Millen Brand
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
  • The Secret Land – O. O. Dull
    • The Quiet One – Janice Loch
  • Toward Independence
    • Heart to Heart
    • Operation Vittles
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
  • Symphony of a City – Edmund H. Reek
    • Annie Was a Wonder – Herbert Moulton
    • Cinderella Horse – Gordon Hollingshead
    • So You Want to Be on the Radio – Gordon Hollingshead
    • You Can't Win – Pete Smith
  • Seal Island – Walt Disney
    • Calgary Stampede – Gordon Hollingshead
    • Going to Blazes – Herbert Morgan
    • Samba-Mania – Harry Grey
    • Snow Capers – Thomas Head
Best Animated Short Film
  • The Little Orphan – Fred Quimby
    • Mickey and the Seal – Walt Disney
    • Mouse Wreckers – Edward Selzer
    • Robin Hoodlum – United Productions of America
    • Tea for Two Hundred – Walt Disney
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score Best Musical Score
  • The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale
    • Hamlet – William Walton
    • Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner
    • The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman
  • Easter Parade – Johnny Green and Roger Edens
    • The Emperor Waltz – Victor Young
    • The Pirate – Lennie Hayton
    • Romance on the High Seas – Ray Heindorf
    • When My Baby Smiles at Me – Alfred Newman
Best Original Song Best Sound Recording
  • "Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
    • "For Every Man There is a Woman" from Casbah – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Leo Robin
    • "It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
    • "This is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine – Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyric by Leo Robin
    • "The Woody Woodpecker Song" from Wet Blanket Policy – Music and Lyric by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles
  • The Snake Pit – Thomas T. Moulton, 20th Century Fox Studio Sound Department
    • Johnny Belinda – Nathan O. Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
    • Moonrise – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White Best Art Direction, Color
  • Hamlet – Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon
    • Johnny Belinda – Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: William O. Wallace
  • The Red Shoes – Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson
  • Joan of Arc – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish
Best Cinematography, Black and White Best Cinematography, Color
  • The Naked City – William H. Daniels
    • A Foreign Affair – Charles B. Lang Jr.
    • I Remember Mama – Nicholas Musuraca
    • Johnny Belinda – Ted McCord
    • Portrait of Jennie – Joseph H. August
  • Joan of Arc – Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch
    • Green Grass of Wyoming – Charles G. Clarke
    • The Loves of Carmen – William Snyder
    • The Three Musketeers – Robert Planck
Best Costume Design, Black and White Best Costume Design, Color
  • Hamlet – Roger K. Furse
    • B.F.'s Daughter – Irene
  • Joan of Arc – Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska
    • The Emperor Waltz – Edith Head and Gile Steele
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
  • The Naked City – Paul Weatherwax
    • Joan of Arc – Frank Sullivan
    • Johnny Belinda – David Weisbart
    • Red River – Christian Nyby
    • The Red Shoes – Reginald Mills
  • Portrait of Jennie – Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart
    • Deep Waters – Ralph Hammeras, Fred Semen, Edward Snyder and Roger Herman

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