Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
On the Waterfront
Sam Spiegel, producer
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain
Best Director
Winner
Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront
Alfred Hitchcock— Rear Window
George Seaton— The Country Girl
William Wellman— The High and the Mighty
Billy Wilder— Sabrina
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Marlon Brando
On the Waterfront
Humphrey Bogart— The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby— The Country Girl
James Mason— A Star Is Born
Dan O'Herlihy— Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Best Actress
Winner
Grace Kelly
The Country Girl
Dorothy Dandridge— Carmen Jones
Judy Garland— A Star Is Born
Audrey Hepburn— Sabrina
Jane Wyman— Magnificent Obsession
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Edmond O'Brien
The Barefoot Contessa
Lee J. Cobb— On the Waterfront
Karl Malden— On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger— On the Waterfront
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Eva Marie Saint
On the Waterfront
Nina Foch— Executive Suite
Katy Jurado— Broken Lance
Claire Trevor— The High and the Mighty
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
Budd Schulberg
On the Waterfront
Best Screenplay
Winner
George Seaton
The Country Girl
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
The High and the Mighty
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Best Original Song
Winner
"Three Coins in the Fountain" — Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Three Coins in the Fountain
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Boris Kaufman
On the Waterfront
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Milton Krasner
Three Coins in the Fountain
Best Film Editing
Winner
Gene Milford
On the Waterfront
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Richard Day, Emile Kuri
On the Waterfront
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
John Meehan, Emile Kuri
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Edith Head
Sabrina
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Sanzo Wada
Gate of Hell — Japanese film wins Hollywood award
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Leslie I. Carey
The Glenn Miller Story
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Walt Disney Studio
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
When Magoo Flew
UPA — Mr. Magoo in his first Oscar win
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Thursday's Children
British — deaf children at the Royal School for the Deaf