Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
On the Waterfront

Nominated

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
The Country Girl
James Mason
James Mason
A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy
Dan O'Herlihy
Robinson Crusoe
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
The Caine Mutiny
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
The Barefoot Contessa

Nominated

Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
On the Waterfront
Tom Tully
Tom Tully
The Caine Mutiny
Karl Malden
Karl Malden
On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger
On the Waterfront
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
The Country Girl

Nominated

Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
A Star Is Born
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Magnificent Obsession
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Sabrina
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint
On the Waterfront

Nominated

Nina Foch
Nina Foch
Executive Suite
Katy Jurado
Katy Jurado
Broken Lance
Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling
The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
The High and the Mighty
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Winner
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Richard Day

Nominated

Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir
Max Ophüls
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
Cedric Gibbons
Edward C. Carfagno
Edwin B. Willis
Emile Kuri
Sabrina
Sabrina
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Grace Gregory
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
John Meehan
Emile Kuri

Nominated

Brigadoon
Brigadoon
Cedric Gibbons
E. Preston Ames
Edwin B. Willis
F. Keogh Gleason
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
Malcolm C. Bert
Gene Allen
Irene Sharaff
George James Hopkins
Désirée
Désirée
Lyle R. Wheeler
Leland Fuller
Walter M. Scott
Paul S. Fox
Red Garters
Red Garters
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Boris Kaufman

Nominated

The Country Girl
The Country Girl
John F. Warren
Rogue Cop
Rogue Cop
John F. Seitz
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
George J. Folsey
Sabrina
Sabrina
Charles Lang
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain
Milton R. Krasner

Nominated

Rear Window
Rear Window
Robert Burks
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
George J. Folsey
The Silver Chalice
The Silver Chalice
William V. Skall
The Egyptian
The Egyptian
Leon Shamroy
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner
Sabrina
Sabrina
Edith Head

Nominated

The Earrings of Madame De...
The Earrings of Madame De...
Georges Annenkov
Rosine Delamare
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Christian Dior
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
Helen Rose
It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You
Jean Louis
Best Costume Design, Color
Winner
Gate of Hell
Gate of Hell
Mitsuzô Wada

Nominated

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
Jean Louis
Mary Ann Nyberg
Irene Sharaff
Désirée
Désirée
Charles Le Maire
René Hubert
There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business
Charles Le Maire
Travilla
Miles White
Brigadoon
Brigadoon
Irene Sharaff
Best Director
Winner
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront

Nominated

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Sabrina
George Seaton
George Seaton
The Country Girl
William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman
The High and the Mighty
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie
Walt Disney

Nominated

The Stratford Adventure
The Stratford Adventure
Guy Glover
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner
Thursday's Children
Thursday's Children

Nominated

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Morrie Roizman
Jet Carrier
Jet Carrier
Otto Lang
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Nominated

Them!
Them!
Hell and High Water
Hell and High Water
Best Film Editing
Winner
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Gene Milford

Nominated

The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
William A. Lyon
Henry Batista
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
Ralph Dawson
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Ralph E. Winters
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Elmo Williams
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain
Jule Styne
Sammy Cahn

Nominated

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
Harold Arlen
Ira Gershwin
Susan Slept Here
Susan Slept Here
Jack Lawrence
White Christmas
White Christmas
Irving Berlin
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ned Washington
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Winner
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
Dimitri Tiomkin

Nominated

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Leonard Bernstein
The Silver Chalice
The Silver Chalice
Franz Waxman
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
Max Steiner
Genevieve
Genevieve
Larry Adler
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Winner
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Adolph Deutsch
Saul Chaplin

Nominated

Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Herschel Burke Gilbert
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story
Joseph Gershenson
Henry Mancini
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
Ray Heindorf
There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business
Alfred Newman
Lionel Newman
Best Picture
Winner
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Sam Spiegel

Nominated

The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
Stanley Kramer
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Jack Cummings
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain
Sol C. Siegel
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
William Perlberg
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
When Magoo Flew
When Magoo Flew
Stephen Bosustow

Nominated

Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Walter Lantz
Pigs Is Pigs
Pigs Is Pigs
Walt Disney
Touché, Pussy Cat!
Touché, Pussy Cat!
Fred Quimby
Sandy Claws
Sandy Claws
Edward Selzer
Best Short Subject, One-reel
Winner
This Mechanical Age
This Mechanical Age
Robert Youngson

Nominated

The First Piano Quartette
The First Piano Quartette
Otto Lang
Strauss Fantasy
Strauss Fantasy
Johnny Green
Best Short Subject, Two-reel
Winner
A Time Out of War
A Time Out of War
Denis Sanders
Terry Sanders

Nominated

Siam
Siam
Walt Disney
Jet Carrier
Jet Carrier
Otto Lang
Beauty and the Bull
Beauty and the Bull
Cedric Francis
Best Sound, Recording
Winner
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story
Leslie I. Carey

Nominated

Rear Window
Rear Window
Loren L. Ryder
Brigadoon
Brigadoon
Wesley C. Miller
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
John P. Livadary
Susan Slept Here
Susan Slept Here
John Aalberg
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Winner
Broken Lance
Broken Lance
Philip Yordan

Nominated

Forbidden Games
Forbidden Games
François Boyer
Night People
Night People
Jed Harris
Tom Reed
There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business
Lamar Trotti
Bread, Love and Dreams
Bread, Love and Dreams
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Best Writing, Screenplay
Winner
The Country Girl
The Country Girl
George Seaton

Nominated

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Albert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Dorothy Kingsley
The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny
Stanley Roberts
Sabrina
Sabrina
Billy Wilder
Samuel A. Taylor
Ernest Lehman
Rear Window
Rear Window
John Michael Hayes
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
Winner
On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
Budd Schulberg

Nominated

Knock on Wood
Knock on Wood
Norman Panama
Melvin Frank
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story
Valentine Davies
Oscar Brodney
Genevieve
Genevieve
William Rose
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa
Joseph L. Mankiewicz