27th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Sam Spiegel for Columbia Pictures – On the Waterfront Stanley Kramer for Columbia Pictures – The Caine Mutiny William Perlberg for Paramount Pictures – The Country Girl Jack Cummings for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox – Three Coins in the Fountain	Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window George Seaton – The Country Girl William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty Billy Wilder – Sabrina
Best Actor	Best Actress
Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront Humphrey Bogart – The Caine Mutiny Bing Crosby – The Country Girl James Mason – A Star Is Born Dan O'Herlihy – Robinson Crusoe	Grace Kelly – The Country Girl Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones Judy Garland – A Star Is Born Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina Jane Wyman – Magnificent Obsession
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Edmond O'Brien – The Barefoot Contessa Lee J. Cobb – On the Waterfront Karl Malden – On the Waterfront Rod Steiger – On the Waterfront Tom Tully – The Caine Mutiny	Eva Marie Saint – On the Waterfront Nina Foch – Executive Suite Katy Jurado – Broken Lance Jan Sterling – The High and the Mighty Claire Trevor – The High and the Mighty
Best Screenplay	Best Story and Screenplay
The Country Girl – George Seaton The Caine Mutiny – Stanley Roberts Rear Window – John Michael Hayes Sabrina – Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor and Ernest Lehman Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley	On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg The Barefoot Contessa – Joseph L. Mankiewicz Genevieve – William Rose The Glenn Miller Story – Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney Knock on Wood – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Best Story	Best Animated Short Film
Broken Lance – Philip Yordan Bread, Love and Dreams – Ettore Maria Margadonna Forbidden Games – Francois Boyer Night People – Jed Harris and Tom Reed There's No Business Like Show Business – Lamar Trotti	When Magoo Flew Crazy Mixed Up Pup Pigs Is Pigs Sandy Claws Touché, Pussy Cat!
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Vanishing Prairie – Walt Disney The Stratford Adventure	Thursday's Children Jet Carrier Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
This Mechanical Age – Robert Youngson The First Piano Quartette – Otto Lang The Strauss Fantasy – Johnny Green	A Time Out of War – Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders Beauty and the Bull – Cedric Francis Jet Carrier – Otto Lang Siam – Walt Disney Productions
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin The Caine Mutiny – Max Steiner Genevieve – Larry Adler On the Waterfront – Leonard Bernstein The Silver Chalice – Franz Waxman	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin Carmen Jones – Herschel Burke Gilbert The Glenn Miller Story – Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini A Star Is Born – Ray Heindorf There's No Business Like Show Business – Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain* – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn** "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" from White Christmas – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin "The High and the Mighty" from The High and the Mighty – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington "Hold My Hand" from Susan Slept Here – Music and Lyric by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers "The Man That Got Away" from A Star Is Born – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Ira Gershwin	The Glenn Miller Story – Leslie I. Carey, Universal Studio Sound Department Brigadoon – Wesley C. Miller, MGM Studio Sound Department The Caine Mutiny – John P. Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Rear Window – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department Susan Slept Here – John O. Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
On the Waterfront – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Richard Day The Country Girl – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Grace Gregory Executive Suite – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri Le plaisir – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Max Ophüls Sabrina – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Art Direction: John Meehan; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri Brigadoon – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason Desiree – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox Red Garters – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer A Star Is Born – Art Direction: Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen and Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
On the Waterfront – Boris Kaufman The Country Girl – John F. Warren Executive Suite – George Folsey Rogue Cop – John Seitz Sabrina – Charles Lang, Jr.	Three Coins in the Fountain – Milton Krasner The Egyptian – Leon Shamroy Rear Window – Robert Burks Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – George Folsey The Silver Chalice – William V. Skall
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
Sabrina – Edith Head The Earrings of Madame de... – Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare Executive Suite – Helen Rose It Should Happen to You – Jean Louis Indiscretion of an American Wife – Christian Dior	The Gate of Hell – Sanzo Wada Brigadoon – Irene Sharaff Desiree – Charles LeMaire and Rene Hubert A Star Is Born – Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff There's No Business Like Show Business – Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
On the Waterfront – Gene Milford 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Elmo Williams The Caine Mutiny – William A. Lyon and Henry Batista The High and the Mighty – Ralph Dawson Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Ralph E. Winters	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Hell and High Water Them!