26th Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture Best Director
  • Buddy Adler for Columbia Pictures – From Here to Eternity
    • John Houseman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Julius Caesar
    • Frank Ross for 20th Century Fox – The Robe
    • William Wyler for Paramount Pictures – Roman Holiday
    • George Stevens for Paramount Pictures – Shane
  • Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity
    • George Stevens – Shane
    • Charles Walters – Lili
    • Billy Wilder – Stalag 17
    • William Wyler – Roman Holiday
Best Actor Best Actress
  • William Holden – Stalag 17
    • Marlon Brando – Julius Caesar
    • Richard Burton – The Robe
    • Montgomery Clift – From Here to Eternity
    • Burt Lancaster – From Here to Eternity
  • Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
    • Leslie Caron – Lili
    • Ava Gardner – Mogambo
    • Deborah Kerr – From Here to Eternity
    • Maggie McNamara – The Moon Is Blue
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Frank Sinatra – From Here to Eternity
    • Eddie Albert – Roman Holiday
    • Brandon deWilde – Shane
    • Jack Palance – Shane
    • Robert Strauss – Stalag 17
  • Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity
    • Grace Kelly – Mogambo
    • Geraldine Page – Hondo
    • Marjorie Rambeau – Torch Song
    • Thelma Ritter – Pickup on South Street
Best Screenplay Best Story and Screenplay
  • From Here to Eternity – Daniel Taradash
    • The Cruel Sea – Eric Ambler
    • Lili – Helen Deutsch
    • Roman Holiday – Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton
    • Shane – A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
  • Titanic – Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen
    • The Band Wagon – Betty Comden and Adolph Green
    • The Desert Rats – Richard Murphy
    • The Naked Spur – Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom
    • Take the High Ground – Millard Kaufman
Best Story Best Animated Short Film
  • Roman Holiday – Dalton Trumbo
    • Above and Beyond – Beirne Lay, Jr.
    • The Captain's Paradise – Alec Coppel
    • Little Fugitive – Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin
  • Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom – Walt Disney
    • Christopher Crumpet
    • From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
    • Rugged Bear
    • The Tell Tale Heart
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
  • The Living Desert – Walt Disney
    • The Conquest of Everest
    • A Queen Is Crowned
  • The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney
    • The Living City
    • Operation Blue Jay
    • They Planted a Stone
    • The Word
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
    • Christ Among the Primitives
    • Herring Hunt
    • Joy of Living
    • Wee Water Wonders
  • Bear Country – Walt Disney
    • Ben and Me
    • Return to Glennascaul
    • Vesuvius Express
    • Winter Paradise
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score Best Musical Score
  • Lili – Bronislau Kaper
    • Above and Beyond – Hugo Friedhofer
    • From Here to Eternity – Morris Stoloff and George Duning
    • Julius Caesar – Miklos Rozsa
    • This Is Cinerama – Louis Forbes
  • Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
    • The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch
    • Calamity Jane' – 'Ray Heindorf
    • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T – Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff
    • Kiss Me Kate – André Previn and Saul Chaplin
Best Original Song Best Sound Recording
  • "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane – Music by Sammy Fain; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
    • "The Moon Is Blue" from The Moon Is Blue – Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert; Lyric by Sylvia Fine
    • "My Flaming Heart" from Small Town Girl – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyric by Leo Robin
    • "Sadie Thompson's Song" from Miss Sadie Thompson – Music by Lester Lee; Lyric by Ned Washington
    • "That's Amore" from The Caddy – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Jack Brooks
  • From Here to Eternity – John P. Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
    • Calamity Jane – William A. Mueller, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
    • Knights of the Round Table – A. W. Watkins, MGM Studio Sound Department
    • The Mississippi Gambler – Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio Sound Department
    • The War of the Worlds – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White Best Art Direction, Color
  • Julius Caesar – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt
    • Martin Luther – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz
    • The President's Lady – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Paul S. Fox
    • Roman Holiday – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler
    • Titanic – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart Reiss
  • The Robe – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
    • Knights of the Round Table – Art Direction: Alfred Junge and Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
    • Lili – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams
    • The Story of Three Loves – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore
    • Young Bess – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore
Best Cinematography, Black and White Best Cinematography, Color
  • From Here to Eternity – Burnett Guffey
    • The Four Poster – Hal Mohr
    • Julius Caesar – Joseph Ruttenberg
    • Martin Luther – Joseph C. Brun
    • Roman Holiday – Frank Planer and Henry Alekan
  • Shane – Loyal Griggs
    • All the Brothers Were Valiant – George Folsey
    • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef – Edward Cronjager
    • Lili – Robert Planck
    • The Robe – Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design, Black and White Best Costume Design, Color
  • Roman Holiday – Edith Head
    • The Actress – Walter Plunkett
    • Dream Wife – Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy
    • From Here to Eternity – Jean Louis
    • The President's Lady Charles LeMaire and Renie Conley
  • The Robe –Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago
    • The Band Wagon – Mary Ann Nyberg
    • Call Me Madam – Irene Sharaff
    • How to Marry a Millionaire – Charles LeMaire and William Travilla
    • Young Bess – Walter Plunkett
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
  • From Here to Eternity – William Lyon
    • Crazylegs – Irvine (Cotton) Warburton
    • The Moon Is Blue – Otto Ludwig
    • Roman Holiday – Robert Swink
    • The War of the Worlds – Everett Douglas
  • The War of the Worlds

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