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Academy Awards, USA: 1955

Oscar

Date:30 March
Host:Bob Hope (I); Thelma Ritter (New York City)
Location:RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - Stanley Kramer
  • Country Girl, The (1954) - William Perlberg
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - Jack Cummings (I)
  • Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) - Sol C. Siegel

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - Humphrey Bogart
  • Country Girl, The (1954) - Bing Crosby
  • Robinson Crusoe (1954) - Dan O'Herlihy
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - James Mason (I)

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Carmen Jones (1954) - Dorothy Dandridge
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954) - Jane Wyman
  • Sabrina (1954) - Audrey Hepburn
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - Judy Garland (I)

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - Tom Tully (I)
  • On the Waterfront (1954) - Lee J. Cobb
  • On the Waterfront (1954) - Karl Malden
  • On the Waterfront (1954) - Rod Steiger

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Broken Lance (1954) - Katy Jurado
  • Executive Suite (1954) - Nina Foch (I)
  • High and the Mighty, The (1954) - Jan Sterling
  • High and the Mighty, The (1954) - Claire Trevor

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Country Girl, The (1954) - George Seaton (I)
  • High and the Mighty, The (1954) - William A. Wellman
  • Rear Window (1954) - Alfred Hitchcock (I)
  • Sabrina (1954) - Billy Wilder

  • Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Genevieve (1953) - William Rose (I)
  • Glenn Miller Story, The (1953) - Valentine Davies; Oscar Brodney
  • Knock on Wood (1954) - Norman Panama; Melvin Frank

  • Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Jeux interdits (1952) - François Boyer
  • Night People (1954) - Jed Harris; Tom Reed (I)
  • Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) - Ettore Maria Margadonna
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - Lamar Trotti

  • Best Writing, Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - Stanley Roberts (I)
  • Rear Window (1954) - John Michael Hayes
  • Sabrina (1954) - Billy Wilder; Samuel A. Taylor; Ernest Lehman
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - Albert Hackett; Frances Goodrich; Dorothy Kingsley

  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Country Girl, The (1954) - John F. Warren
  • Executive Suite (1954) - George J. Folsey
  • Rogue Cop (1954) - John F. Seitz
  • Sabrina (1954) - Charles Lang (I)

  • Best Cinematography, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Egyptian, The (1954) - Leon Shamroy
  • Rear Window (1954) - Robert Burks
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - George J. Folsey
  • Silver Chalice, The (1954) - William V. Skall

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
      Winner:
     
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  • Brigadoon (1954) - Cedric Gibbons; E. Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis; F. Keogh Gleason
  • Desirée (1954) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Walter M. Scott; Paul S. Fox
  • Red Garters (1954) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I)
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - Malcolm C. Bert; Gene Allen (I); Irene Sharaff; George James Hopkins

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Country Girl, The (1954) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Grace Gregory
  • Executive Suite (1954) - Cedric Gibbons; Edward C. Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis; Emile Kuri
  • Plaisir, Le (1952) - Max Ophüls
  • Sabrina (1954) - Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I)

  • Best Costume Design, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Brigadoon (1954) - Irene Sharaff
  • Desirée (1954) - Charles Le Maire; René Hubert
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - Jean Louis (I); Mary Ann Nyberg; Irene Sharaff
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - Charles Le Maire; Travilla; Miles White (I)

  • Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Executive Suite (1954) - Helen Rose (I)
  • It Should Happen to You (1954) - Jean Louis (I)
  • Madame de... (1953) - Georges Annenkov; Rosine Delamare
  • Stazione Termini (1953) - Christian Dior (I)

  • Best Sound, Recording
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Brigadoon (1954) - Wesley C. Miller (M-G-M)
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
  • Rear Window (1954) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount)
  • Susan Slept Here (1954) - John Aalberg (RKO Radio)

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Elmo Williams
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - William A. Lyon; Henry Batista
  • High and the Mighty, The (1954) - Ralph Dawson
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - Ralph E. Winters

  • Best Effects, Special Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hell and High Water (1954) - 20th Century-Fox
  • Them! (1954) - Warner Bros.

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • High and the Mighty, The (1954) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics)
    - For the song "The High and the Mighty"
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - Harold Arlen (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics)
    - For the song "The Man that Got Away"
  • Susan Slept Here (1954) - Jack Lawrence (II); Richard Myers (I)
    - For the song "Hold My Hand"
  • White Christmas (1954) - Irving Berlin (I)
    - For the song "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - Max Steiner (I)
  • Genevieve (1953) - Larry Adler (I)
  • On the Waterfront (1954) - Leonard Bernstein
  • Silver Chalice, The (1954) - Franz Waxman

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
      Winner:
     
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  • Carmen Jones (1954) - Herschel Burke Gilbert
  • Glenn Miller Story, The (1953) - Joseph Gershenson; Henry Mancini
  • Star Is Born, A (1954) - Ray Heindorf
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - Alfred Newman; Lionel Newman

  • Best Short Subject, Cartoons
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Crazy Mixed Up Pup (1954) - Walter Lantz
  • Pigs Is Pigs (1954) - Walt Disney
  • Sandy Claws (1954) - Edward Selzer
  • Touché, Pussy Cat! (1954) - Fred Quimby

  • Best Short Subject, Two-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Beauty and the Bull (1954) - Cedric Francis
  • Jet Carrier (1954) - Otto Lang (I)
  • Siam (1954) - Walt Disney

  • Best Short Subject, One-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • First Piano Quartette, The (1954) - Otto Lang (I)
  • Strauss Fantasy (1954) - Johnny Green (I)

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Jet Carrier (1954) - Otto Lang (I)
  • Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait (1954) - Morrie Roizman

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Stratford Adventure, The (1954) - Guy Glover

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.
      - For their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
    • Greta Garbo
      - For her unforgettable screen performances.
    • Danny Kaye
      - For his unique talents, his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry, and the American people.
    • Kemp Niver
      - For the development of the Renovare Process which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection.
    • Jigokumon (1953)
      - Japan. Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.
    • Kidnappers, The (1953) - Jon Whiteley
      - For his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers.
    • Kidnappers, The (1953) - Vincent Winter
      - For his outstanding performance in The Little Kidnappers (miniature statuette).

    Academy Award of Merit

      Winner:
     
    • Loren L. Ryder (Paramount Pictures, Inc.); John R. Bishop (Paramount Pictures, Inc.); Paramount Pictures, Inc.; All the members of the technical and engineering staff at Paramount
      - For developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Karl Freund (Photo Research Corp.); Frank Crandell (II) (Photo Research Corp.)
      - For the design and development of a direct reading brightness meter.
    • David S. Horsley; Universal-International Studio Special Photographic Dept.
      - For a portable remote control device for process projectors.
    • Fred Knoth (Universal-International Studio Technical Department); Orien Ernest (Universal-International Studio Technical Department)
      - For the development of a hand portable, electric, dry oil-fog machine.
    • John P. Livadary; Lloyd Russell; Columbia SSD
      - For an improved limiting amplifier as applied to sound level comparison devices.
    • Roland Miller (III) (Magnascope Corp.); Max Goeppinger (Magnascope Corp.)
      - For the design and development of a cathode ray magnetic sound track viewer.
    • Wesley C. Miller; J.W. Stafford; K.M. Frierson; M-G-M SSD
      - For an electronic sound printing comparison device.
    • Carlos Rivas (VII); G.M. Sprague; M-G-M SSD
      - For the design of a magnetic sound editing machine.
    • Fred Wilson (IV) (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)
      - For the design of a variable multiple-band equalizer.
    • P.C. Young (M-G-M Studio Projection Department)
      - For the practical application of a variable focal length attachment to motion picture projector lenses.