Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Samuel Goldwyn for RKO Radio Pictures - The Best Years of Our Lives
- Laurence Olivier for United Artists - Henry V
- Frank Capra for RKO Radio Pictures - It's a Wonderful Life
- Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - The Razor's Edge
- Sidney Franklin for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - The Yearling
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- William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Clarence Brown – The Yearling
- Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life
- David Lean – Brief Encounter
- Robert Siodmak – The Killers
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Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Laurence Olivier – Henry V
- Larry Parks – The Jolson Story
- Gregory Peck – The Yearling
- James Stewart – It's a Wonderful Life
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- Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own
- Celia Johnson – Brief Encounter
- Jennifer Jones – Duel in the Sun
- Rosalind Russell – Sister Kenny
- Jane Wyman – The Yearling
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Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Charles Coburn – The Green Years
- William Demarest – The Jolson Story
- Claude Rains – Notorious
- Clifton Webb – The Razor's Edge
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- Anne Baxter – The Razor's Edge
- Ethel Barrymore – The Spiral Staircase
- Lillian Gish – Duel in the Sun
- Flora Robson – Saratoga Trunk
- Gale Sondergaard – Anna and the King of Siam
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Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- The Seventh Veil – Muriel Box and Sydney Box
- The Blue Dahlia – Raymond Chandler
- Notorious – Ben Hecht
- Road to Utopia – Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
- Children of Paradise – Jacques Prévert
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- The Best Years of Our Lives – Robert E. Sherwood
- Rome, Open City – Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini
- Anna and the King of Siam – Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings
- Brief Encounter – Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame
- The Killers – Anthony Veiller
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Best Story |
- Vacation From Marriage – Clemence Dane
- To Each His Own – Charles Brackett
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers – Jack Patrick
- The Dark Mirror – Vladimir Pozner
- The Stranger – Victor Trivas
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Best Documentary Short |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Seeds of Destiny
- Atomic Power
- Life at the Zoo
- Paramount News Issue #37
- Traffic with the Devil
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- The Cat Concerto – Frederick Quimby
- Chopin's Musical Moments – Walter Lantz
- John Henry and the Inky Poo – George Pal
- Squatter's Rights – Walt Disney
- Walky Talky Hawky – Edward Selzer
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Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Facing Your Danger – Gordon Hollingshead
- Dive-Hi Champs – Jack Eaton
- Golden Horses – Edmund Reek
- Smart as a Fox – Gordon Hollingshead
- Sure Cures – Pete Smith
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- A Boy and His Dog – Gordon Hollingshead
- College Queen – George B. Templeton
- Hiss and Yell – Jules White
- The Luckiest Guy in the World – Jerry Bresler
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Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- The Best Years of Our Lives – Hugo Friedhofer
- Anna and the King of Siam – Bernard Herrmann
- The Killers – Miklós Rózsa
- Henry V – William Walton
- Humoresque – Franz Waxman
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- The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff
- Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan
- The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton
- Night and Day – Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner
- Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman
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Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls – Music by Harry Warren; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
- "All Through the Day" from Centennial Summer – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II
- "I Can't Begin to Tell You" from The Dolly Sisters – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyric by Mack Gordon
- "Ole Buttermilk Sky" from Canyon Passage – Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyric by Jack Brooks
- "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" from Blue Skies – Music and Lyric by Irving Berlin
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- The Jolson Story – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- It's a Wonderful Life – John Aalberg, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- The Best Years of Our Lives – Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
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Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Anna and the King of Siam – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and William S. Darling; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes
- The Razor's Edge – Art Direction: Richard Day and Nathan Juran; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
- Kitty – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Ray Moyer
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- The Yearling – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
- Caesar and Cleopatra – Art Direction and Set Decoration: John Bryan
- Henry V – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon
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Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Anna and the King of Siam – Arthur C. Miller
- The Green Years – George Folsey
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- The Yearling – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling
- The Jolson Story – Joseph Walker
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Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- The Best Years of Our Lives – Daniel Mandell
- The Killers – Arthur Hilton
- It's a Wonderful Life – William Hornbeck
- The Yearling – Harold Kress
- The Jolson Story – William Lyon
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- Blithe Spirit – Thomas Howard
- A Stolen Life – William McGann and Nathan Levinson
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