Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Todd, producer
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
Best Director
Winner
George Stevens
Around the World in 80 Days — Giant
Michael Anderson— Around the World in 80 Days
Walter Lang— The King and I
King Vidor— War and Peace
William Wyler— Friendly Persuasion
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Yul Brynner
The King and I
James Dean— Giant
Kirk Douglas— Lust for Life
Rock Hudson— Giant
Sir Laurence Olivier— Richard III
Best Actress
Winner
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
Carroll Baker— Baby Doll
Katharine Hepburn— The Rainmaker
Nancy Kelly— The Bad Seed
Deborah Kerr— The King and I
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Anthony Quinn
Lust for Life
Don Murray— Bus Stop
Robert Stack— Written on the Wind
Robert Vaughn— The Ten Commandments
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Dorothy Malone
Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock— Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart— The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge— Giant
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
Dalton Trumbo (writing as Robert Rich)
The Brave One
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman
Around the World in 80 Days
Music
Best Score
Winner
Victor Young
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Original Song
Winner
"Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)" — Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Joseph Ruttenberg
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Lionel Lindon
Around the World in 80 Days
Best Film Editing
Winner
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
Around the World in 80 Days
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir
The King and I
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Jean Louis
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Irene Sharaff
The King and I
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Carl Faulkner (20th Century Fox Sound Dept.)
The King and I
Best Visual Effects
Winner
John Fulton
The Ten Commandments
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper
UPA
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Silent World
Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
La Strada
Italy — Federico Fellini