Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille, producer
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
Best Director
Winner
John Ford
The Greatest Show on Earth — The Quiet Man
Cecil B. DeMille— The Greatest Show on Earth
Joseph L. Mankiewicz— 5 Fingers
Henry King— The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Fred Zinnemann— High Noon
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Gary Cooper
High Noon
Marlon Brando— Viva Zapata!
Kirk Douglas— The Bad and the Beautiful
Jose Ferrer— Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness— The Lavender Hill Mob
Best Actress
Winner
Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Joan Crawford— Sudden Fear
Bette Davis— The Star
Julie Harris— The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward— With a Song in My Heart
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Anthony Quinn
Viva Zapata!
Richard Burton— My Cousin Rachel
Arthur Hunicutt— The Big Sky
Jack Palance— Sudden Fear
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Gloria Grahame
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jean Hagen— Singin' in the Rain
Colette Marchand— Moulin Rouge
Thelma Ritter— With a Song in My Heart
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
T.E.B. Clarke
The Lavender Hill Mob
Best Screenplay
Winner
Charles Schnee
The Bad and the Beautiful
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
High Noon
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Alfred Newman
With a Song in My Heart
Best Original Song
Winner
"Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'" — Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
High Noon
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Robert Surtees
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout
The Quiet Man
Best Film Editing
Winner
Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad
High Noon
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertes
Moulin Rouge
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Helen Rose
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Marcel Vertes
Moulin Rouge
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
London Film Sound Dept.
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Best Visual Effects
Winner
A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries, Clifton Kelly
Plymouth Adventure
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Johann Mouse
MGM — Tom & Jerry
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Sea Around Us
RKO Radio — adapted from Rachel Carson's book