Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sam Spiegel, producer
12 Angry Men
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution
Best Director
Winner
David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Joshua Logan— Sayonara
Mark Robson— Peyton Place
Sidney Lumet— 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder— Witness for the Prosecution
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando— Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa— A Hatful of Rain
Charles Laughton— Witness for the Prosecution
Anthony Quinn— Wild Is the Wind
Best Actress
Winner
Joanne Woodward
The Three Faces of Eve
Deborah Kerr— Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Anna Magnani— Wild Is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor— Raintree County
Lana Turner— Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Red Buttons
Sayonara
Vittorio De Sica— A Farewell to Arms
Sessue Hayakawa— The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Kennedy— Peyton Place
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Miyoshi Umeki
Sayonara
Carolyn Jones— The Bachelor Party
Elsa Lanchester— Witness for the Prosecution
Hope Lange— Peyton Place
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
George Wells
Designing Woman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Pierre Boulle (front for blacklisted Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Music
Best Score
Winner
Malcolm Arnold
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Original Song
Winner
"All the Way" — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
The Joker Is Wild
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Jack Garmes
Sayonara
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Jack Hildyard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Film Editing
Winner
Peter Taylor
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley
Sayonara
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edward Carfagno
Les Girls
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Orry-Kelly
Les Girls
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Orry-Kelly
Les Girls
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
George Groves (Warner Bros. Sound Dept.)
Sayonara
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Walter Rossi
The Enemy Below
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Birds Anonymous
Warner Bros. — Sylvester quits cats cold turkey
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Albert Schweitzer
Louis Malle and Jerome Hill
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Nights of Cabiria
Italy — Federico Fellini