| Best Motion Picture |
Best Director |
- Leo McCarey for Paramount Pictures - Going My Way
- Joseph Sistrom for Paramount Pictures - Double Indemnity
- Arthur Hornblow, Jr. for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Gaslight
- David O. Selznick for United Artists - Since You Went Away
- Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox - Wilson
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- Leo McCarey – Going My Way
- Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity
- Otto Preminger – Laura
- Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat
- Henry King – Wilson
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Bing Crosby – Going My Way
- Charles Boyer – Gaslight
- Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way
- Cary Grant – None But the Lonely Heart
- Alexander Knox – Wilson
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- Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight
- Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity
- Bette Davis – Mr. Skeffington
- Greer Garson – Mrs. Parkington
- Claudette Colbert – Since You Went Away
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way
- Clifton Webb – Laura
- Claude Rains – Mr. Skeffington
- Monty Woolley – Since You Went Away
- Hume Cronyn – The Seventh Cross
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- Ethel Barrymore – None But the Lonely Heart
- Aline MacMahon – Dragon Seed
- Angela Lansbury – Gaslight
- Agnes Moorehead – Mrs. Parkington
- Jennifer Jones – Since You Went Away
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Wilson – Lamar Trotti
- Hail the Conquering Hero – Preston Sturges
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek – Preston Sturges
- Two Girls and a Sailor – Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman
- Wing and a Prayer – Jerome Cady
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- Going My Way – Frank Butler and Frank Cavett
- Double Indemnity – Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder
- Gaslight – John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten
- Laura – Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt
- Meet Me in St. Louis – Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe
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| Best Story |
Best Animated Short Film |
- Going My Way – Leo McCarey
- A Guy Named Joe – David Boehm and Chandler Sprague
- Lifeboat – John Steinbeck
- None Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than
- The Sullivans – Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer
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- Mouse Trouble – Fred Quimby
- And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street – George Pal
- Dog, Cat and Canary – Raymond Katz
- Fish Fry – Walter Lantz
- How to Play Football – Walt Disney
- My Boy, Johnny – Paul Terry
- Swooner Crooner – Edward Selzer
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Fighting Lady
- Resisting Enemy Interrogation
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- With the Marines at Tarawa
- Hymn of the Nations
- New Americans
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| Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel |
Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel |
- Who's Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks
- Blue Grass Gentlemen – Edmund Reek
- Jammin' the Blues – Gordon Hollingshead
- Movie Pests – Pete Smith
- Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub
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- I Won't Play – Gordon Hollingshead
- Bombalera – Louis Harris
- Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler
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| Best Dramatic or Comedy Score |
Best Musical Score |
- Since You Went Away – Max Steiner
- Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin
- Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange
- Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter
- Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa
- The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf and Roy Webb
- The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul and Michel Michelet
- It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz
- Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich
- Kismet – Herbert Stothart
- None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff
- The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose
- Summer Storm – Karl Hajos
- Three Russian Girls – W. Franke Harling
- Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul
- Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet
- Wilson – Alfred Newman
- Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa
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- Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon
- Brazil – Walter Scharf
- Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff
- Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf
- Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman
- Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill
- Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan
- Lady, Let's Dance – Edward Kay
- Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll
- The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter
- Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofe and Leo Erdody
- Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick
- Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn
- Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf and Louis Forbes
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| Best Original Song |
Best Sound Recording |
- "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyric by Johnny Burke
- "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyric by Harold Adamson
- "I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
- "I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyric by Mack Gordon
- "Long Ago and Far Away" from Cover Girl – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Ira Gershwin
- "Now I Know" from Up in Arms – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Ted Koehler
- "Remember Me to Carolina" from Minstrel Man – Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
- "Rio de Janeiro" from Brazil – Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance – Music by Lew Pollack; Lyric by Charles Newman
- "Too Much in Love" from Song of the Open Road – Music by Walter Kent; Lyric by Kim Gannon
- "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis – Music and Lyric by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
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- Wilson – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department
- Brazil – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department
- Casanova Brown – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
- Cover Girl – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department
- Double Indemnity – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department
- His Butler's Sister – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department
- Hollywood Canteen – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
- It Happened Tomorrow – Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc.
- Kismet – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department
- Music in Manhattan – Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
- Voice in the Wind – W. M. Dalgleish, RCA Sound
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| Best Art Direction, Black and White |
Best Art Direction, Color |
- Gaslight – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; Set Decoration: Paul Huldschinsky and Edwin B. Willis
- Address Unknown – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Art Direction: John Hughes; Set Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
- Casanova Brown – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
- Laura – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little
- No Time for Love – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
- Since You Went Away – Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- Step Lively – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter
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- Wilson – Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Set Decoration: Thomas Little
- The Climax – Art Direction: John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb
- Cover Girl – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Fay Babcock
- The Desert Song – Art Direction: Charles Novi; Set Decoration: Jack McConaghy
- Kismet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle
- Lady in the Dark – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer
- The Princess and the Pirate – Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
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| Best Cinematography, Black and White |
Best Cinematography, Color |
- Laura – Joseph LaShelle
- Double Indemnity – John F. Seitz
- Dragon Seed – Sidney Wagner
- Gaslight – Joseph Ruttenberg
- Going My Way – Lionel Lindon
- Lifeboat – Glen MacWilliams
- Since You Went Away – Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes
- The Uninvited – Charles Lang
- The White Cliffs of Dover – George J. Folsey
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson
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- Wilson – Leon Shamroy
- Cover Girl – Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey
- Home in Indiana – Edward Cronjager
- Kismet – Charles Rosher
- Lady in the Dark – Ray Rennahan
- Meet Me in St. Louis – George J. Folsey
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- Wilson – Barbara McLean
- Going My Way – Leroy Stone
- Janie – Owen Marks
- None but the Lonely Heart – Roland Gross
- Since You Went Away – Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
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- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; Sound: Douglas Shearer
- Days of Glory – Photography: Vernon L. Walker; Sound: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville
- Secret Command – Photography: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; Sound: Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick
- Since You Went Away – Photography: Jack Cosgrove; Sound: Arthur Johns
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Photography: Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse; Sound: Nathan Levinson
- The Story of Dr. Wassell – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: George Dutton
- Wilson – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: Roger Heman Sr.
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