Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominated

Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Sayonara
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Wild Is the Wind
Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa
A Hatful of Rain
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Red Buttons
Red Buttons
Sayonara

Nominated

Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy
Peyton Place
Russ Tamblyn
Russ Tamblyn
Peyton Place
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica
A Farewell to Arms
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve

Nominated

Lana Turner
Lana Turner
Peyton Place
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Raintree County
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Wild Is the Wind
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki
Sayonara

Nominated

Hope Lange
Hope Lange
Peyton Place
Diane Varsi
Diane Varsi
Peyton Place
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester
Witness for the Prosecution
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones
The Bachelor Party
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Winner
Sayonara
Sayonara
Ted Haworth
Robert Priestley

Nominated

Funny Face
Funny Face
Hal Pereira
George W. Davis
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer
Raintree County
Raintree County
William A. Horning
Urie McCleary
Edwin B. Willis
Hugh Hunt
Pal Joey
Pal Joey
Walter Holscher
William Kiernan
Louis Diage
Les Girls
Les Girls
William A. Horning
Gene Allen
Edwin B. Willis
Richard Pefferle
Best Cinematography
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Jack Hildyard

Nominated

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
Milton R. Krasner
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
William C. Mellor
Sayonara
Sayonara
Ellsworth Fredericks
Funny Face
Funny Face
Ray June
Best Costume Design
Winner
Les Girls
Les Girls
Orry-Kelly

Nominated

Pal Joey
Pal Joey
Jean Louis
An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
Charles Le Maire
Funny Face
Funny Face
Edith Head
Hubert de Givenchy
Raintree County
Raintree County
Walter Plunkett
Best Director
Winner
David Lean
David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominated

Mark Robson
Mark Robson
Peyton Place
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan
Sayonara
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Witness for the Prosecution
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
12 Angry Men
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Jerome Hill

Nominated

On the Bowery
On the Bowery
Lionel Rogosin
Torero
Torero
Manuel Barbachano Ponce
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner
The Enemy Below
The Enemy Below
Walter Rossi

Nominated

The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis
Louis Lichtenfield
Best Film Editing
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peter Taylor

Nominated

Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
Daniel Mandell
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Warren Low
Pal Joey
Pal Joey
Viola Lawrence
Jerome Thoms
Sayonara
Sayonara
Arthur P. Schmidt
Philip W. Anderson
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria

Nominated

Nine Lives
Nine Lives
The Gates of Paris
The Gates of Paris
Mother India
Mother India
The Devil Strikes at Night
The Devil Strikes at Night
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
The Joker Is Wild
The Joker Is Wild
Jimmy Van Heusen
Sammy Cahn

Nominated

Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Wild Is the Wind
Wild Is the Wind
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ned Washington
An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
Harry Warren
Harold Adamson
Leo McCarey
April Love
April Love
Sammy Fain
Paul Francis Webster
Best Music, Scoring
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Malcolm Arnold

Nominated

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
Hugo Friedhofer
Boy on a Dolphin
Boy on a Dolphin
Hugo Friedhofer
Raintree County
Raintree County
Johnny Green
Perri
Perri
Paul J. Smith
Best Picture
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sam Spiegel

Nominated

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
Henry Fonda
Reginald Rose
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
Jerry Wald
Sayonara
Sayonara
William Goetz
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
Birds Anonymous
Birds Anonymous
Edward Selzer

Nominated

Tabasco Road
Tabasco Road
Edward Selzer
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
Trees and Jamaica Daddy
Stephen Bosustow
The Truth About Mother Goose
The Truth About Mother Goose
Walt Disney
One Droopy Knight
One Droopy Knight
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Winner
The Wetback Hound
The Wetback Hound
Larry Lansburgh

Nominated

Foothold on Antarctica
Foothold on Antarctica
James Carr
Portugal
Portugal
Ben Sharpsteen
A Chairy Tale
A Chairy Tale
Norman McLaren
City of Gold
City of Gold
Tom Daly
Best Sound, Recording
Winner
Sayonara
Sayonara
George Groves

Nominated

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
George Dutton
Les Girls
Les Girls
Wesley C. Miller
Pal Joey
Pal Joey
John P. Livadary
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
Gordon Sawyer
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Pierre Boulle
Carl Foreman
Michael Wilson

Nominated

Sayonara
Sayonara
Paul Osborn
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
John Michael Hayes
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
Reginald Rose
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
John Lee Mahin
John Huston
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Winner
Designing Woman
Designing Woman
George Wells

Nominated

Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
Ralph Wheelwright
R. Wright Campbell
Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
The Tin Star
The Tin Star
Barney Slater
Joel Kane
Dudley Nichols
The Bullocks
The Bullocks
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano
Tullio Pinelli
Funny Face
Funny Face
Leonard Gershe