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
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- Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity
- George Stevens – Shane
- Charles Walters – Lili
- Billy Wilder – Stalag 17
- William Wyler – Roman Holiday
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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
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- Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
- Leslie Caron – Lili
- Ava Gardner – Mogambo
- Deborah Kerr – From Here to Eternity
- Maggie McNamara – The Moon Is Blue
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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
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- Donna Reed – From Here to Eternity
- Grace Kelly – Mogambo
- Geraldine Page – Hondo
- Marjorie Rambeau – Torch Song
- Thelma Ritter – Pickup on South Street
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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.
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- 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
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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
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- Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom – Walt Disney
- Christopher Crumpet
- From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
- Rugged Bear
- The Tell Tale Heart
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Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Living Desert – Walt Disney
- The Conquest of Everest
- A Queen Is Crowned
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- The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney
- The Living City
- Operation Blue Jay
- They Planted a Stone
- The Word
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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
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- Bear Country – Walt Disney
- Ben and Me
- Return to Glennascaul
- Vesuvius Express
- Winter Paradise
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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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- Shane – Loyal Griggs
- All the Brothers Were Valiant – George Folsey
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef – Edward Cronjager
- Lili – Robert Planck
- The Robe – Leon Shamroy
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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
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- 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
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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
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