Best Motion Picture

• Double Indemnity
• Gaslight
• Going My Way
• Since You Went Away
• Wilson

Best Actor

• Charles Boyer, Gaslight
• Bing Crosby, Going My Way
• Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way
• Cary Grant, None but the Lonely Heart
• Alexander Knox, Wilson

Best Actress

• Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight
• Claudette Colbert, Since You Went Away
• Bette Davis, Mr. Skeffington
• Greer Garson, Mrs. Parkington
• Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Hume Cronyn, The Seventh Cross
• Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way
• Claude Rains, Mr. Skeffington
• Clifton Webb, Laura
• Monty Woolley, Since You Went Away

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ethel Barrymore, None but the Lonely Heart
• Jennifer Jones, Since You Went Away
• Angela Lansbury, Gaslight
• Aline MacMahon, Dragon Seed
• Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington

Directing

• Alfred Hitchcock, Lifeboat
• Henry King, Wilson
• Leo McCarey, Going My Way
• Otto Preminger, Laura
• Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity

Writing

• Original Motion Picture Story
  • David Boehm and Chandler Sprague, A Guy Named Joe
  • Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer, The Sullivans
  • Leo McCarey, Going My Way
  • Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than, None Shall Escape
  • John Steinbeck, Lifeboat
• Original Screenplay
  • Jerome Cady, Wing and a Prayer
  • Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman, Two Girls and a Sailor
  • Preston Sturges, Hail the Conquering Hero
  • Preston Sturges, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  • Lamar Trotti, Wilson
• Screenplay
  • John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten, Gaslight
  • Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, Going My Way
  • Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity
  • Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, Laura

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes, Since You Went Away
  • George Folsey, The White Cliffs of Dover
  • Charles Lang, The Uninvited
  • Joseph LaShelle, Laura
  • Lionel Lindon, Going My Way
  • Glen MacWilliams, Lifeboat
  • Joseph Ruttenberg, Gaslight
  • John Seitz, Double Indemnity
  • Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
  • Sidney Wagner, Dragon Seed
• Color
  • Edward Cronjager, Home in Indiana
  • George Folsey, Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey, Cover Girl
  • Ray Rennahan, Lady in the Dark
  • Charles Rosher, Kismet
  • Leon Shamroy, Wilson

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher, art direction; Joseph Kish, interior decoration, Address Unknown
  • Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter, interior decoration, Step Lively
  • Hans Dreier and Robert Usher, art direction; Sam Comer, interior decoration, No Time for Love
  • Perry Ferguson, art direction; Julia Heron, interior decoration, Casanova Brown
  • Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky, interior decoration, Gaslight
  • John J. Hughes, art direction; Fred MacLean, interior decoration, The Adventures of Mark Twain
  • Mark-Lee Kirk, art direction; Victor A. Gangelin, interior decoration, Since You Went Away
  • Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Laura
• Color
  • Lionel Banks and Cary Odell, art direction; Fay Babcock, interior decoration, Cover Girl
  • Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois, art direction; Ray Moyer, interior decoration, Lady in the Dark
  • Ernst Fegte, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The Princess and the Pirate
  • Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle, interior decoration, Kismet
  • John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, The Climax
  • Wiard Ihnen, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Wilson
  • Charles Novi, art direction; Jack McConaghy, interior decoration, The Desert Song

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Cover Girl
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Kismet
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Double Indemnity
• RCA Sound, Voice in the Wind
• Republic Studio Sound Dept., Brazil
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Music in Manhattan
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Casanova Brown
• Sound Service Inc., It Happened Tomorrow
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Wilson
• Universal Studio Sound Dept., His Butler's Sister
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Hollywood Canteen

Music

• Song
  • "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night", Higher and Higher, Jimmy McHugh, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics
  • "I'll Walk Alone", Follow the Boys, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "I'm Making Believe", Sweet and Lowdown, James V. Monaco, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics
  • "Long Ago and Far Away", Cover Girl, Jerome Kern, music; Ira Gershwin, lyrics
  • "Now I Know", Up in Arms, Harold Arlen, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics
  • "Remember Me to Carolina", Minstrel Man, Harry Revel, music; Paul Webster, lyrics
  • "Rio de Janeiro", Brazil, Ary Barroso, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams", Lady, Let's Dance, Lew Pollack, music; Charles Newman, lyrics
  • "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart", Hollywood Canteen, M. K. Jerome, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics
  • "Swinging on a Star", Going My Way, James Van Heusen, music; Johnny Burke, lyrics
  • "Too Much in Love", Song of the Open Road, Walter Kent, music; Kim Gannon, lyrics
  • "The Trolley Song", Meet Me in St. Louis, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, music and lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • C. Bakaleinikoff and Hanns Eisler, None but the Lonely Heart
  • Karl Hajos, Summer Storm
  • Franke Harling, Three Russian Girls
  • Arthur Lange, Casanova Brown
  • Michel Michelet and Edward Paul, The Hairy Ape
  • Michel Michelet, Voice in the Wind
  • Alfred Newman, Wilson
  • Edward Paul, Up in Mabel's Room
  • Frederic E. Rich, Jack London
  • David Rose, The Princess and the Pirate
  • Miklos Rozsa, Double Indemnity
  • Miklos Rozsa, Woman of the Town
  • H. J. Salter, Christmas Holiday
  • Walter Scharf and Roy Webb, The Fighting Seabees
  • Max Steiner, The Adventures of Mark Twain
  • Max Steiner, Since You Went Away
  • Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch, Address Unknown
  • Robert Stolz, It Happened Tomorrow
  • Herbert Stothart, Kismet
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • C. Bakaleinikoff, Higher and Higher
  • Robert Emmett Dolan, Lady in the Dark
  • Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff, Cover Girl
  • Leo Erdody and Ferde Grofé, Minstrel Man
  • Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf, Up in Arms
  • Ray Heindorf, Hollywood Canteen
  • Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday
  • Edward Kay, Lady, Let's Dance
  • Mahlon Merrick, Sensations of 1945
  • Alfred Newman, Irish Eyes Are Smiling
  • Charles Previn, Song of the Open Road
  • H. J. Salter, The Merry Monahans
  • Walter Scharf, Brazil
  • Georgie Stoll, Meet Me in St. Louis

Film Editing

• Roland Gross, None but the Lonely Heart
• Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom, Since You Went Away
• Owen Marks, Janie
• Barbara McLean, Wilson
• Leroy Stone, Going My Way

Special Effects

• David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright, photography; Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick, sound, Secret Command
• John R. Cosgrove, photography; Arthur Johns, sound, Since You Went Away
• Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, The Adventures of Mark Twain
• Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, The Story of Dr. Wassell
• A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe, photography; Douglas Shearer, sound, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
• Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Wilson
• Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Steward and Roy Granville, sound, Days of Glory

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount)
  • Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Series) (Screen Gems; Columbia)
  • Fish Fry (Cartunes) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal)
  • How to Play Football (Goofy Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Mouse Trouble (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • My Boy Johnny (Terrytoons Series) (Paul Terry, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Swooner Crooner (Looney Tunes Series) (Warner Bros.)
• One-Reel
  • Blue Grass Gentlemen (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Review Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Jammin' the Blues (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Movie Pests (Pete Smith's Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
  • Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia)
  • Who's Who in Animal Land (Speaking of Animals Series) (Jerry Fairbanks, producer; Paramount)
• Two-Reel
  • Bombalera (Musical Parade Series) (Louis Harris, producer; Paramount)
  • I Won't Play (Featurette Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Main Street Today (Jerry Bresler, producer; MGM)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Arturo Toscanini (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau)
  • New Americans (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio)
  • With the Marines at Tarawa (U.S. Marine Corps)
• Feature
  • The Fighting Lady (U.S. Navy; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Resisting Enemy Interrogation (U.S. Army Air Force)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Darryl F. Zanuck

Special Awards

• To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944
• To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy (a life membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 15, 1945
• Held at: Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California
• Host: John Cromwell and Bob Hope
• Eligibility Year: 1944