Best Picture

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Sam Spiegel

NOMINEES

Peyton Place: Jerry Wald

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Sayonara: William Goetz

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12 Angry Men: Henry Fonda, Reginald Rose

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Witness for the Prosecution: Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness was not present at the awards ceremony. Jean Simmons accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Sayonara: Marlon Brando

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A Hatful of Rain: Anthony Franciosa

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Witness for the Prosecution: Charles Laughton

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Wild Is the Wind: Anthony Quinn

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

The Three Faces of Eve: Joanne Woodward

NOMINEES

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison: Deborah Kerr

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Wild Is the Wind: Anna Magnani

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Raintree County: Elizabeth Taylor

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Peyton Place: Lana Turner

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Sayonara: Red Buttons

NOMINEES

A Farewell to Arms: Vittorio De Sica

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The Bridge on the River Kwai: Sessue Hayakawa

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Peyton Place: Arthur Kennedy

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Peyton Place: Russ Tamblyn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Sayonara: Miyoshi Umeki

NOMINEES

The Bachelor Party: Carolyn Jones

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Witness for the Prosecution: Elsa Lanchester

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Peyton Place: Hope Lange

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Peyton Place: Diane Varsi

Best Director

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: David Lean

NOMINEES

Sayonara: Joshua Logan

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12 Angry Men: Sidney Lumet

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Peyton Place: Mark Robson

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Witness for the Prosecution: Billy Wilder

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER

Designing Woman: George Wells

NOMINEES

Funny Face: Leonard Gershe

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Man of a Thousand Faces: Ralph Wheelwright (story), R. Wright Campbell (screenplay), Ivan Goff (screenplay), Ben Roberts (screenplay)

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The Tin Star: Barney Slater (story), Joel Kane (story), Dudley Nichols (screenplay)

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I Vitelloni: Federico Fellini (screenplay/story), Ennio Flaiano (screenplay/story), Tullio Pinelli (story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and received no screen credit. They were posthumously awarded Oscars in 1984.
Pierre Boulle was not present at the awards ceremony. Kim Novak accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison: John Lee Mahin, John Huston

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Peyton Place: John Michael Hayes

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Sayonara: Paul Osborn

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12 Angry Men: Reginald Rose

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Jack Hildyard

NOMINEES

An Affair to Remember: Milton R. Krasner

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Funny Face: Ray June

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Peyton Place: William C. Mellor

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Sayonara: Ellsworth Fredericks

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Sayonara: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley

NOMINEES

Funny Face: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

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Les Girls: William A. Horning, Gene Allen, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle

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Pal Joey: Walter Holscher, William Kiernan, Louis Diage

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Raintree County: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Les Girls: Orry-Kelly

NOMINEES

An Affair to Remember: Charles Le Maire

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Funny Face: Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy

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Pal Joey: Jean Louis

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Raintree County: Walter Plunkett

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

Sayonara: George Groves (Warner Bros. SSD)

NOMINEES

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: George Dutton (Paramount SSD)

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Les Girls: Wesley C. Miller (M-G-M SSD)

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Pal Joey: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)

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Witness for the Prosecution: Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Peter Taylor

NOMINEES

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Warren Low

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Pal Joey: Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms

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Sayonara: Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson

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Witness for the Prosecution: Daniel Mandell

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

The Enemy Below: Walter Rossi

NOMINEE

The Spirit of St. Louis: Louis Lichtenfield

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

The Joker Is Wild: Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "All the Way"

NOMINEES

An Affair to Remember: Harry Warren (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics), Leo McCarey (lyrics)
For the song "An Affair to Remember"

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April Love: Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
For the song "April Love"

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Tammy and the Bachelor: Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
For the song "Tammy"

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Wild Is the Wind: Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "Wild Is the Wind"

Best Music, Scoring

WINNER

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Malcolm Arnold

NOMINEES

An Affair to Remember: Hugo Friedhofer

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Boy on a Dolphin: Hugo Friedhofer

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Perri: Paul J. Smith

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Raintree County: Johnny Green

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

WINNER

The Wetback Hound: Larry Lansburgh

NOMINEES

A Chairy Tale: Norman McLaren

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City of Gold: Tom Daly

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Foothold on Antarctica: James Carr

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Portugal: Ben Sharpsteen

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

Birds Anonymous: Edward Selzer

NOMINEES

One Droopy Knight: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

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Tabasco Road: Edward Selzer

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Trees and Jamaica Daddy: Stephen Bosustow

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The Truth About Mother Goose: Walt Disney

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Albert Schweitzer: Jerome Hill

NOMINEES

On the Bowery: Lionel Rogosin

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Torero: Manuel Barbachano Ponce

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Nights of Cabiria
Italy.

NOMINEES

The Devil Strikes at Night
Germany.

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The Gates of Paris
France.

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Mother India
India.

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Nine Lives
Norway.

WINNERS

Charles Brackett
For outstanding service to the Academy.

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B.B. Kahane
For distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

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Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment.

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(Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)
For their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.

WINNER

Samuel Goldwyn

WINNERS

(Todd-AO Corp., Westrex Corp.)
For developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as the Todd-AO System.

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(Motion Picture Research Council)
For the design and development of a high efficiency projection screen for drive-in theatres.

WINNERS

(Societe d'Optique et de Mecanique de Haute Precision)
For the development of a high speed variafocal photographic lens.

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Harlan L. Baumbach, Lorand Wargo, Howard M. Little (Unicorn Engineering Corp.)
For the development of an automatic printer light selector.

WINNER

Charles E. Sutter, William B. Smith (Paramount Pictures Corp., General Cable Corp.)
For the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors.