29th Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture Best Director
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
    • Friendly Persuasion
    • Giant
    • The King and I
    • The Ten Commandments
  • George Stevens – Giant
    • Michael Anderson – Around the World in Eighty Days
    • Walter Lang – The King and I
    • King Vidor – War and Peace
    • William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion
Best Actor Best Actress
  • Yul Brynner – The King and I
    • James Dean – Giant
    • Kirk Douglas – Lust for Life
    • Rock Hudson – Giant
    • Laurence Olivier – Richard III
  • Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
    • Carroll Baker – Baby Doll
    • Katharine Hepburn – The Rainmaker
    • Nancy Kelly – The Bad Seed
    • Deborah Kerr – The King and I
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Anthony Quinn – Lust for Life
    • Don Murray – Bus Stop
    • Anthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion
    • Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave
    • Robert Stack – Written on the Wind
  • Dorothy Malone – Written on the Wind
    • Mildred Dunnock – Baby Doll
    • Eileen Heckart – The Bad Seed
    • Mercedes McCambridge – Giant
    • Patty McCormack – The Bad Seed
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Le Ballon rouge – Albert Lamorisse
    • The Bold and the Brave – Robert Lewin
    • Julie – Andrew L. Stone
    • La Strada – Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli
    • The Ladykillers – William Rose
  • Around the World in Eighty Days – James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman
    • Baby Doll – Tennessee Williams
    • Friendly Persuasion – Michael Wilson
    • Giant – Ivan Moffat and Fred Guiol
    • Lust for Life – Norman Corwin
Best Story Best Foreign Language Film
  • The Brave One – Dalton Trumbo
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Leo Katcher
    • High Society – Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman
    • The Proud and the Beautiful – Jean-Paul Sartre
    • Umberto D. – Cesare Zavattini
  • La Strada (Italy)
    • The Burmese Harp (Japan)
    • The Captain from Köpenick (Germany)
    • Gervaise (France)
    • Qivitoq (Denmark)
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
  • The Silent World
    • The Naked Eye
    • Where Mountains Float
  • The True Story of the Civil War
    • A City Decides
    • The Dark Wave
    • The House Without a Name
    • Man in Space
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
  • Crashing the Water Barrier
    • I Never Forget a Face
    • Time Stood Still
  • The Bespoke Overcoat
    • Cow Dog
    • The Dark Wave
    • Samoa
Best Animated Short Film
  • Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
    • Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo
    • The Jay Walker
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score Best Musical Score
  • Around the World in Eighty Days – Victor Young
    • Anastasia – Alfred Newman
    • Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Giant – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Rainmaker – Alex North
  • The King and I – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby
    • The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff and George Duning
    • High Society – Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
    • Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll and Johnny Green
Best Original Song Best Sound Recording
  • "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
    • "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
    • "Julie" from Julie – Music by Leith Stevens; Lyric by Tom Adair
    • "True Love" from High Society – Music and Lyric by Cole Porter
    • "Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind – Music by Victor Young; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
  • The King and I – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
    • The Brave One – Buddy Myers, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
    • Friendly Persuasion – Gordon R. Glennan and Gordon Sawyer, Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
    • The Ten Commandments – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White Best Art Direction, Color
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
    • The Proud and Profane – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy
    • Seven Samurai – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Takashi Matsuyama
    • The Solid Gold Cadillac – Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage
    • Teenage Rebel – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
  • The King and I – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox
    • Around the World in Eighty Days – Art Direction: James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
    • Giant – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
    • Lust for Life – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
    • The Ten Commandments – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer
Best Cinematography, Black and White Best Cinematography, Color
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me – Joseph Ruttenberg
    • Baby Doll – Boris Kaufman
    • The Bad Seed – Harold Rosson
    • The Harder They Fall – Burnett Guffey
    • Stagecoach to Fury – Walter Strenge
  • Around the World in Eighty Days – Lionel Lindon
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Harry Stradling
    • The King and I – Leon Shamroy
    • The Ten Commandments – Loyal Griggs
    • War and Peace – Jack Cardiff
Best Costume Design, Black and White Best Costume Design, Color
  • The Solid Gold Cadillac – Jean Louis
    • The Power and the Prize – Helen Rose
    • The Proud and Profane – Edith Head
    • Seven Samurai – Kohei Ezaki
    • Teenage Rebel – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
  • The King and I – Irene Sharaff
    • Around the World in Eighty Days – Miles White
    • Giant – Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best
    • The Ten Commandments – Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg
    • War and Peace – Marie De Matteis
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
  • Around the World in Eighty Days – Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax
    • The Brave One – Merrill G. White
    • Giant – William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan
    • Somebody Up There Likes Me – Albert Akst
    • The Ten Commandments – Anne Bauchens
  • The Ten Commandments – John Fulton
    • Forbidden Planet – A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller

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