Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor

• Fredric March in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
• Laurence Olivier in "Henry V"
• Larry Parks in "The Jolson Story"
• Gregory Peck in "The Yearling"
• James Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Charles Coburn in "The Green Years"
• William Demarest in "The Jolson Story"
• Claude Rains in "Notorious"
• Harold Russell in "The Best Years of Our Lives"
• Clifton Webb in "The Razor's Edge"

Actress

• Olivia de Havilland in "To Each His Own"
• Celia Johnson in "Brief Encounter"
• Jennifer Jones in "Duel in the Sun"
• Rosalind Russell in "Sister Kenny"
• Jane Wyman in "The Yearling"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ethel Barrymore in "The Spiral Staircase"
• Anne Baxter in "The Razor's Edge"
• Lillian Gish in "Duel in the Sun"
• Flora Robson in "Saratoga Trunk"
• Gale Sondergaard in "Anna and the King of Siam"

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• "Anna and the King of Siam" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes
• "Kitty" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
• "The Razor's Edge" Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

Art Direction (Color)

• "Caesar and Cleopatra" John Bryan
• "Henry V" Art Direction: Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon
• "The Yearling" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• "Anna and the King of Siam" Arthur Miller
• "The Green Years" George Folsey

Cinematography (Color)

• "The Jolson Story" Joseph Walker
• "The Yearling" Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling

Directing

• "The Best Years of Our Lives" William Wyler
• "Brief Encounter" David Lean
• "It's a Wonderful Life" Frank Capra
• "The Killers" Robert Siodmak
• "The Yearling" Clarence Brown

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "Atomic Power" The March of Time
• "Life at the Zoo" Artkino
• "Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927.....1947)" Paramount
• "Seeds of Destiny" United States Department of War
• "Traffic with the Devil" Herbert Morgan, Producer

Film Editing

• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Daniel Mandell
• "It's a Wonderful Life" William Hornbeck
• "The Jolson Story" William Lyon
• "The Killers" Arthur Hilton
• "The Yearling" Harold Kress

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• "Anna and the King of Siam" Bernard Herrmann
• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Hugo Friedhofer
• "Henry V" William Walton
• "Humoresque" Franz Waxman
• "The Killers" Miklos Rozsa

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

• "Blue Skies" Robert Emmett Dolan
• "Centennial Summer" Alfred Newman
• "The Harvey Girls" Lennie Hayton
• "The Jolson Story" Morris Stoloff
• "Night and Day" Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

Music (Song)

• "All Through the Day" from "Centennial Summer" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "I Can't Begin to Tell You" from "The Dolly Sisters" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" from "Canyon Passage" Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Jack Brooks
• "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from "The Harvey Girls" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" from "Blue Skies" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Best Motion Picture

• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Samuel Goldwyn Productions
• "Henry V" J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
• "It's a Wonderful Life" Liberty Films
• "The Razor's Edge" 20th Century-Fox
• "The Yearling" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Short Subject (Cartoon)

• "The Cat Concerto" Frederick Quimby, Producer
• "Chopin's Musical Moments" Walter Lantz, Producer
• "John Henry and the Inky Poo" George Pal, Producer
• "Squatter's Rights" Walt Disney, Producer
• "Walky Talky Hawky" Edward Selzer, Producer

Short Subject (One-reel)

• "Dive-Hi Champs" Jack Eaton, Producer
• "Facing Your Danger" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
• "Golden Horses" Edmund Reek, Producer
• "Smart as a Fox" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
• "Sure Cures" Pete Smith, Producer

Short Subject (Two-reel)

• "A Boy and His Dog" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
• "College Queen" George B. Templeton, Producer
• "Hiss and Yell" Jules White, Producer
• "The Luckiest Guy in the World" Jerry Bresler, Producer

Sound Recording

• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
• "It's a Wonderful Life" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
• "The Jolson Story" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director

Special Effects

• "Blithe Spirit" Special Visual Effects by Thomas Howard
• "A Stolen Life" Special Visual Effects by William McGann; Special Audible Effects by Nathan Levinson

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)

• "The Dark Mirror" Vladimir Pozner
• "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" Jack Patrick
• "The Stranger" Victor Trivas
• "To Each His Own" Charles Brackett
• "Vacation from Marriage" Clemence Dane

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "The Blue Dahlia" Raymond Chandler
• "Children of Paradise" Jacques Prevert
• "Notorious" Ben Hecht
• "Road to Utopia" Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
• "The Seventh Veil" Muriel Box, Sydney Box

Writing (Screenplay)

• "Anna and the King of Siam" Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson
• "The Best Years of Our Lives" Robert E. Sherwood
• "Brief Encounter" David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
• "The Killers" Anthony Veiller
• "Open City" Sergio Amidei, F. Fellini

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• Star indicates a win.