Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Hamlet
Laurence Olivier, producer
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Director
Winner
John Huston
Hamlet — The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston— Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Anatole Litvak— The Snake Pit
Jean Negulesco— Johnny Belinda
Fred Zinnemann— The Search
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
Lew Ayres— Johnny Belinda
Montgomery Clift— The Search
Dan Dailey— When My Baby Smiles at Me
Clifton Webb— Sitting Pretty
Best Actress
Winner
Jane Wyman
Johnny Belinda
Ingrid Bergman— Joan of Arc
Olivia de Havilland— The Snake Pit
Irene Dunne— I Remember Mama
Barbara Stanwyck— Sorry Wrong Number
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Walter Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Charles Bickford— Johnny Belinda
Jose Ferrer— Joan of Arc
Oscar Homolka— I Remember Mama
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Claire Trevor
Key Largo
Barbara Bel Geddes— I Remember Mama
Agnes Moorehead— Johnny Belinda
Jean Simmons— Hamlet
Writing
Best Original Story
Winner
Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
The Search
Best Screenplay
Winner
John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Brian Easdale
The Red Shoes
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Johnny Green, Roger Edens
Easter Parade
Best Original Song
Winner
"Buttons and Bows" — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
The Paleface
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
William Daniels
The Naked City
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch
Joan of Arc
Best Film Editing
Winner
Paul Weatherwax
The Naked City
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon
Hamlet
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson
The Red Shoes
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Thomas T. Moulton (20th Century Fox Sound Dept.)
The Snake Pit
Best Special Effects
Winner
Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer
Portrait of Jennie
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Little Orphan
MGM — Tom & Jerry
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Secret Land
MGM — Operation Highjump in Antarctica