Best Motion Picture

• Hamlet (British)
• Johnny Belinda
• The Red Shoes
• The Snake Pit
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Best Actor

• Lew Ayres, Johnny Belinda
• Montgomery Clift, The Search
• Dan Dailey, When My Baby Smiles at Me
• Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
• Clifton Webb, Sitting Pretty

Best Actress

• Ingrid Bergman, Joan of Arc
• Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
• Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama
• Barbara Stanwyck, Sorry, Wrong Number
• Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Charles Bickford, Johnny Belinda
• José Ferrer, Joan of Arc
• Oscar Homolka, I Remember Mama
• Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• Cecil Kellaway, The Luck of the Irish

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Barbara Bel Geddes, I Remember Mama
• Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
• Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda
• Jean Simmons, Hamlet
• Claire Trevor, Key Largo

Directing

• John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• Anatole Litvak, The Snake Pit
• Jean Negulesco, Johnny Belinda
• Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
• Fred Zinnemann, The Search

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Borden Chase, Red River
  • Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty, Louisiana Story
  • Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes
  • Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, The Search
  • Malvin Wald, The Naked City
• Screenplay
  • Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen, A Foreign Affair
  • John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Frank Partos and Millen Brand, The Snake Pit
  • Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, The Search
  • Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent, Johnny Belinda

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Joseph August, Portrait of Jennie
  • William Daniels, The Naked City
  • Charles B. Lang, Jr., A Foreign Affair
  • Ted McCord, Johnny Belinda
  • Nicholas Musuraca, I Remember Mama
• Color
  • Charles G. Clarke, Green Grass of Wyoming
  • Robert Planck, The Three Musketeers
  • William Snyder, The Loves of Carmen
  • Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch, Joan of Arc

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Roger K. Furse, art direction; Carmen Dillon, set decoration, Hamlet
  • Robert Haas, art direction; William Wallace, set decoration, Johnny Belinda
• Color
  • Richard Day, art direction; Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish, set decoration, Joan of Arc
  • Hein Heckroth, art direction; Arthur Lawson, set decoration, The Red Shoes

Sound Recording

• Republic Studio Sound Dept., Moonrise
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Snake Pit
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Johnny Belinda

Music

• Song
  • "Buttons and Bows", The Paleface, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music and lyrics
  • "For Every Man There's a Woman", Casbah, Harold Arlen, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
  • "It's Magic", Romance on the High Seas, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "This Is the Moment", That Lady in Ermine, Frederick Hollander, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
  • "The Woody Woodpecker Song", Wet Blanket Policy, Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles, music and lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Brian Easdale, The Red Shoes
  • Hugo Friedhofer, Joan of Arc
  • Alfred Newman, The Snake Pit
  • Max Steiner, Johnny Belinda
  • William Walton, Hamlet

Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Johnny Green and Roger Edens, Easter Parade
• Lennie Hayton, The Pirate
• Ray Heindorf, Romance on the High Seas
• Alfred Newman, When My Baby Smiles at Me
• Victor Young, The Emperor Waltz

Film Editing

• Reginald Mills, The Red Shoes
• Christian Nyby, Red River
• Frank Sullivan, Joan of Arc
• Paul Weatherwax, The Naked City
• David Weisbart, Johnny Belinda

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Roger K. Furse, Hamlet
  • Irene, B.F.'s Daughter
• Color
  • Edith Head and Gile Steele, The Emperor Waltz
  • Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska, Joan of Arc

Special Effects

• Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer, visual; Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart, audible, Portrait of Jennie
• Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder, visual; Roger Heman, audible, Deep Waters

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • The Little Orphan (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • Mickey and the Seal (Mickey Mouse Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Mouse Wreckers (Merrie Melodies Series) (Edward Selzer, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Robin Hoodlum (Fox and Crow Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Tea for Two Hundred (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
• One-Reel
  • Annie Was a Wonder (John Nesbitt Passing Parade Series) (Herbert Moulton, producer; MGM)
  • Cinderella Horse (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • So You Want to Be on the Radio (Joe McDoakes Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Symphony of a City (Movietone Specialty Series) (Edmund H. Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • You Can't Win (Pete Smith Specialty Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM)
• Two-Reel
  • Calgary Stampede (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Going to Blazes (Herbert Morgan, producer; MGM)
  • Samba-Mania (Musical Parade Featurette Series) (Harry Grey, producer; Paramount)
  • Seal Island (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Snow Capers (Thomas Mead, producer; Universal-International)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Heart to Heart (Herbert Morgan, producer; Fact Film Organization)
  • Operation Vittles (U.S. Army Air Force)
  • Toward Independence (U.S. Army)
• Feature
  • The Quiet One (Film Documents; Mayer-Burstyn)
  • The Secret Land (U.S. Navy; MGM)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Jerry Wald

Special Awards

• To Monsieur Vincent (France), voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948
• To Ivan Jandl for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search
• To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures
• To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of 40 years
• To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 24, 1949
• Held at: The Academy Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
• Host: Robert Montgomery
• Eligibility Year: 1948