Best Motion Picture

• From Here to Eternity, Buddy Adler, producer
• Julius Caesar, John Houseman, producer
• The Robe, Frank Ross, producer
• Roman Holiday, William Wyler, producer
• Shane, George Stevens, producer

Best Actor

• Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar
• Richard Burton, The Robe
• Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity
• William Holden, Stalag 17
• Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity

Best Actress

• Leslie Caron, Lili
• Ava Gardner, Mogambo
• Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
• Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity
• Maggie McNamara, The Moon Is Blue

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday
• Brandon de Wilde, Shane
• Jack Palance, Shane
• Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity
• Robert Strauss, Stalag 17

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Grace Kelly, Mogambo
• Geraldine Page, Hondo
• Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song
• Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity
• Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street

Directing

• George Stevens, Shane
• Charles Walters, Lili
• Billy Wilder, Stalag 17
• William Wyler, Roman Holiday
• Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, Little Fugitive
  • Alec Coppel, The Captain's Paradise
  • Beirne Lay, Jr., Above and Beyond
  • Dalton Trumbo, Roman Holiday
• Screenplay
  • Eric Ambler, The Cruel Sea
  • Helen Deutsch, Lili
  • A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Shane
  • Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton, Roman Holiday
  • Daniel Taradash, From Here to Eternity
• Story and Screenplay
  • Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen, Titanic
  • Betty Comden and Adolph Green, The Band Wagon
  • Millard Kaufman, Take the High Ground
  • Richard Murphy, The Desert Rats
  • Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, The Naked Spur

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Joseph C. Brun, Martin Luther
  • Burnett Guffey, From Here to Eternity
  • Hal Mohr, The Four Poster
  • Frank Planer and Henry Alekan, Roman Holiday
  • Joseph Ruttenberg, Julius Caesar
• Color
  • Edward Cronjager, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
  • George Folsey, All the Brothers Were Valiant
  • Loyal Griggs, Shane
  • Robert Planck, Lili
  • Leon Shamroy, The Robe

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Julius Caesar
  • Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz, art direction and set decoration, Martin Luther
  • Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction and set decoration, Roman Holiday
  • Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The President's Lady
  • Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford, art direction; Stuart Reiss, set decoration, Titanic
• Color
  • Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo, art direction; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, The Story of Three Loves
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Lili
  • Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, Young Bess
  • Alfred Junge and Hans Peters, art direction; John Jarvis, set decoration, Knights of the Round Table
  • Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The Robe

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., John P. Livadary, From Here to Eternity
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Knights of the Round Table
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The War of the Worlds
• Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., The Mississippi Gambler
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., William A. Mueller, Calamity Jane

Music

• Song
  • "The Moon Is Blue", The Moon Is Blue, Herschel Burke Gilbert, music; Sylvia Fine, lyrics
  • "My Flaming Heart", Small Town Girl, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
  • "Sadie Thompson's Song" (Blue Pacific Blues), Miss Sadie Thompson, Lester Lee, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • "Secret Love", Calamity Jane, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
  • "That's Amore", The Caddy, Harry Warren, music; Jack Brooks, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Louis Forbes, This Is Cinerama
  • Hugo Friedhofer, Above and Beyond
  • Bronislau Kaper, Lili
  • Miklos Rozsa, Julius Caesar
  • Morris Stoloff and George Duning, From Here to Eternity
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Adolph Deutsch, The Band Wagon
  • Ray Heindorf, Calamity Jane
  • Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
  • Alfred Newman, Call Me Madam
  • André Previn and Saul Chaplin, Kiss Me Kate

Film Editing

• Everett Douglas, The War of the Worlds
• Otto Ludwig, The Moon Is Blue
• William Lyon, From Here to Eternity
• Robert Swink, Roman Holiday
• Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, Crazylegs

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Edith Head, Roman Holiday
  • Charles LeMaire and Renie, The President's Lady
  • Jean Louis, From Here to Eternity
  • Walter Plunkett, The Actress
  • Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy, Dream Wife
• Color
  • Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago, The Robe
  • Charles LeMaire and Travilla, How to Marry a Millionaire
  • Mary Ann Nyberg, The Band Wagon
  • Walter Plunkett, Young Bess
  • Irene Sharaff, Call Me Madam

Special Effects

• The War of the Worlds (Paramount)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Christopher Crumpet (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (Loony Tunes Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
  • Rugged Bear (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • The Tell Tale Heart (UPA Cartoon Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Adventures in Music Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
• One-Reel
  • Christ Among the Primitives (Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corp.)
  • Herring Hunt (Canada Carries on Series) (National Film Board of Canada; RKO Pathé, Inc.)
  • Joy of Living (Art Film Series) (Art Film Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (Overture Series) (Johnny Green, producer; MGM)
  • Wee Water Wonders (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
• Two-Reel
  • Bear Country (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Ben and Me (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • Return to Glennascaul (Dublin Gate Theatre Production; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.)
  • Vesuvius Express (CinemaScope Shorts Series) (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Winter Paradise (Technicolor Special Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • The Alaskan Eskimo (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • The Living City (John Barnes, producer; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.)
  • Operation Blue Jay (U.S. Army Signal Corps.)
  • They Planted a Stone (World Wide Pictures; British Information Services)
  • The Word (John Healy and John Adams, producers; Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Feature
  • The Conquest of Everest (Countryman Films, Ltd. and Group 3 Ltd.; United Artists)
  • The Living Desert (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • A Queen Is Crowned (J. Arthur Rank Organization Ltd.; Universal-International)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• George Stevens

Honorary Awards

• To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialities
• To Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope
• To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code
• To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry

Facts:

• Winners Announced: Maerch 25, 1954
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California and NBC Century Theatre, New York City, New York
• Hosts: Donald O'Connor (Los Angeles) and Fredric March (New York City)
• Eligibility Year: 1953