Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
An American in Paris
Arthur Freed, producer
Decision Before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Director
Winner
George Stevens
An American in Paris — A Place in the Sun
John Huston— The African Queen
Elia Kazan— A Streetcar Named Desire
Vincente Minnelli— An American in Paris
William Wyler— Detective Story
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Humphrey Bogart
The African Queen
Marlon Brando— A Streetcar Named Desire
Montgomery Clift— A Place in the Sun
Arthur Kennedy— Bright Victory
Fredric March— Death of a Salesman
Best Actress
Winner
Vivien Leigh
A Streetcar Named Desire
Katharine Hepburn— The African Queen
Eleanor Parker— Detective Story
Shelley Winters— A Place in the Sun
Jane Wyman— The Blue Veil
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Karl Malden
A Streetcar Named Desire
Leo Genn— Quo Vadis
Peter Ustinov— Quo Vadis
Gig Young— Come Fill the Cup
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Kim Hunter
A Streetcar Named Desire
Joan Blondell— The Blue Veil
Mildred Dunnock— Death of a Salesman
Thelma Ritter— The Mating Season
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
Alan Jay Lerner
An American in Paris
Best Screenplay
Winner
Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
A Place in the Sun
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Franz Waxman
A Place in the Sun
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
An American in Paris
Best Original Song
Winner
"In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" — Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
Here Comes the Groom
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
William C. Mellor
A Place in the Sun
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Alfred Gilks, John Alton
An American in Paris
Best Film Editing
Winner
William Hornbeck
A Place in the Sun
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller
Fourteen Hours
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames
An American in Paris
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Edith Head
A Place in the Sun
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
An American in Paris
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Two Mouseketeers
MGM — Tom & Jerry
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Benjy
Fred Zinnemann short about a disabled boy
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Dept.
The Great Caruso
Best Special Effects
Winner
Gordon Jennings
When Worlds Collide