Outstanding Motion Picture

• Casablanca
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Heaven Can Wait
• The Human Comedy
• In Which We Serve
• Madame Curie
• The More the Merrier
• The Ox-Bow Incident
• The Song of Bernadette
• Watch on the Rhine

Best Actor

• Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
• Gary Cooper, For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine
• Walter Pidgeon, Madame Curie
• Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy

Best Actress

• Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
• Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Joan Fontaine, The Constant Nymph
• Greer Garson, Madame Curie
• Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Charles Bickford, The Song of Bernadette
• Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier
• J. Carrol Naish, Sahara
• Claude Rains, Casablanca
• Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Gladys Cooper, The Song of Bernadette
• Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail!
• Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Anne Revere, The Song of Bernadette
• Lucile Watson, Watch on the Rhine

Directing

• Clarence Brown, The Human Comedy
• Michael Curtiz, Casablanca
• Henry King, The Song of Bernadette
• Ernst Lubitsch, Heaven Can Wait
• George Stevens, The More the Merrier

Writing

• Original Motion Picture Story
  • Steve Fisher, Destination Tokyo
  • Guy Gilpatric, Action in the North Atlantic
  • Gordon McDonell, Shadow of a Doubt
  • Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier
  • William Saroyan, The Human Comedy
• Original Screenplay
  • Noel Coward, In Which We Serve
  • Lillian Hellman, The North Star
  • Norman Krasna, Princess O'Rourke
  • Dudley Nichols, Air Force
  • Allan Scott, So Proudly We Hail!
• Screenplay
  • Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch, Casablanca
  • Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross and Robert Russell, The More the Merrier
  • Dashiell Hammett, Watch on the Rhine
  • Nunnally Johnson, Holy Matrimony
  • George Seaton, The Song of Bernadette

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Arthur Edeson, Casablanca
  • Tony Gaudio, Corvette K-225
  • James Wong Howe, The North Star
  • James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles Marshall, Air Force
  • Charles Lang, So Proudly We Hail!
  • Rudolph Maté, Sahara
  • Arthur Miller, The Song of Bernadette
  • Joseph Ruttenberg, Madame Curie
  • John Seitz, Five Graves to Cairo
  • Harry Stradling, The Human Comedy
• Color
  • Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey, Hello, Frisco, Hello
  • Edward Cronjager, Heaven Can Wait
  • George Folsey, Thousands Cheer
  • Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene, Phantom of the Opera
  • Ray Rennahan, For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Leonard Smith, Lassie Come Home

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • James Basevi and William Darling, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Song of Bernadette
  • Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller, interior decoration, Flight for Freedom
  • Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, Five Graves to Cairo
  • Perry Ferguson, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The North Star
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, interior decoration, Madame Curie
  • Carl Weyl, art direction; George J. Hopkins interior decoration, Mission to Moscow
• Color
  • James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, The Gang's All Here
  • Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas, art direction; Bertram Granger, interior decoration, For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Cedric Gibbons and Daniel Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau, interior decoration, Thousands Cheer
  • Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, Phantom of the Opera
  • John Hughes and Lt. John Koenig, art direction; George J. Hopkins, interior decoration, This Is the Army

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Sahara
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Madame Curie
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Riding High
• RCA Sound, So This Is Washington
• Republic Studio Sound Dept., In Old Oklahoma
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., This Land Is Mine
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., The North Star
• Sound Service, Inc., Hangmen Also Die
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Song of Bernadette
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., Phantom of the Opera
• Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Saludos Amigos
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., This Is the Army

Music

• Song
  • "Black Magic", Star Spangled Rhythm, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
  • "A Change of Heart", Hit Parade of 1943, Jule Styne, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics
  • "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe", Cabin in the Sky, Harold Arlen, music; E. Y. Harburg, lyrics
  • "My Shining Hour", The Sky's the Limit, Harold Arlen, music; Johnny Mercer, music
  • "Saludos Amigos", Saludos Amigos, Charles Wolcott, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • "Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There", Hers to Hold, Jimmy McHugh, music; Herb Magidson, lyrics
  • "They're Either Too Young or Too Old", Thank Your Lucky Stars, Arthur Schwartz, music; Frank Loesser, lyrics
  • "We Mustn't Say Goodbye", Stage Door Canteen, James Monaco, music; Al Dubin, lyrics
  • "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To", Something to Shout About, Cole Porter, music and lyrics
  • "You'll Never Know", Hello, Frisco, Hello, Harry Warren, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • C. Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb, The Fallen Sparrow
  • Philip Boutelje, Hi Diddle Diddle
  • Gerard Carbonara, The Kansan
  • Aaron Copland, The North Star
  • Hanns Eisler, Hangmen Also Die
  • Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff, Commandos Strike at Dawn
  • Leigh Harline, Johnny Come Lately
  • Arthur Lange, Lady of Burlesque
  • Alfred Newman, The Song of Bernadette
  • Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver G. Wallace, Victory Through Air Power
  • Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
  • Walter Scharf, In Old Oklahoma
  • Max Steiner, Casablanca
  • Herbert Stothart, Madame Curie
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, The Moon and Sixpence
  • Victor Young, For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Robert Emmett Dolan, Star Spangled Rhythm
  • Leigh Harline, The Sky's the Limit
  • Ray Heindorf, This Is the Army
  • Alfred Newman, Coney Island
  • Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott, Saludos Amigos
  • Frederic E. Rich, Stage Door Canteen
  • Walter Scharf, Hit Parade of 1943
  • Morris Stoloff, Something to Shout About
  • Herbert Stothart, Thousands Cheer
  • Edward Ward, Phantom of the Opera

Film Editing

• George Amy, Air Force
• Doane Harrison, Five Graves to Cairo
• Owen Marks, Casablanca
• Barbara McLean, The Song of Bernadette
• Sherman Todd and John Link, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Special Effects

• Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, So Proudly We Hail!
• A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus, photography; Michael Steinore, sound, Stand By for Action
• Hans Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, Air Force
• Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Crash Dive
• Clarence Slifer and R. O. Binger, photography; Thomas T. Moulton, sound, The North Star
• Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Stewart and Roy Granville, sound, Bombardier

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • The Dizzy Acrobat (Woody Woodpecker Series) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal)
  • The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount)
  • Greetings, Bait! (Merrie Melodies Series) (Leon Schlesinger, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Imagination (Color Rhapsodies Series) (Dave Fleischer, producer; Columbia)
  • Reason and Emotion (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Yankee Doodle Mouse (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
• One-Reel
  • Amphibious Fighters (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Grantland Rice, producer; Paramount)
  • Cavalcade of Dance With Veloz and Yolanda (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Champions Carry On (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Reviews Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Hollywood in Uniform (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia)
  • Seeing Hands (Pete Smith Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
• Two-Reel
  • Heavenly Music (Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, producers; MGM)
  • Letter to a Hero (This Is America Series) (Frederic Ullman, Jr., producer; RKO Radio)
  • Mardi Gras (Musical Parade Series) (Walter MacEwen, producer; Paramount)
  • Women at War (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Children of Mars (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio)
  • December 7th (U.S. Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau; U.S. Navy)
  • Plan for Destruction (MGM)
  • Swedes in America (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau)
  • To the People of the United States (Walter Wanger; U.S. Public Health Service)
  • Tomorrow We Fly (U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics)
  • Youth in Crisis (March of Time Series) (Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Feature
  • Baptism of Fire (Fighting Men's Series) (U.S. Army)
  • The Battle of Russia (Special Service Division of the U.S. War Department; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Desert Victory (British Ministry of Information; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Report From the Aleutians (Combat Film Series) (U.S. Army Pictorial Service)
  • War Department Report (Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau)

The following titles were originally announced as Feature nominees, but they did not appear on the final ballot.

• For God and Country (U.S. Army Pictorial Service)
• Silent Village (British Ministry of Information; Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• We've Come a Long Way (Negro Marches On, Inc.)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Hal B. Wallis

Special Award

• To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 2, 1944
• Held at: Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California
• Host: Jack Benny
• Eligibility Year: 1943