Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Best Years of Our Lives
Samuel Goldwyn, producer
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling
Best Director
Winner
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
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
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
Best Actress
Winner
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
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Harold Russell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Charles Coburn— The Green Years
William Demarest— The Jolson Story
Claude Rains— Notorious
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Anne Baxter
The Razor's Edge
Ethel Barrymore— The Spiral Staircase
Lillian Gish— Duel in the Sun
Flora Robson— Saratoga Trunk
Writing
Best Original Story
Winner
Muriel Box, Sydney Box
The Seventh Veil
Best Screenplay
Winner
Robert E. Sherwood
The Best Years of Our Lives
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Hugo Friedhofer
The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Morris Stoloff
The Jolson Story
Best Original Song
Winner
"On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe" — Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
The Harvey Girls
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Arthur Miller
Anna and the King of Siam
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
The Yearling
Best Film Editing
Winner
Daniel Mandell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Lyle Wheeler, William Darling
Anna and the King of Siam
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse
The Yearling
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
John Livadary (Columbia Studio Sound Dept.)
The Jolson Story
Best Special Effects
Winner
Thomas Howard
Blithe Spirit
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Cat Concerto
MGM — Tom & Jerry
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Seeds of Destiny
US War Dept.