Best Motion Picture

• The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer, producer
• The Country Girl, William Perlberg, producer
• On the Waterfront, Sam Spiegel, producer
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jack Cummings, producer
• Three Coins in the Fountain, Sol C. Siegel, producer

Best Actor

• Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny
• Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
• Bing Crosby, The Country Girl
• James Mason, A Star Is Born
• Dan O'Herlihy, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Best Actress

• Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones
• Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
• Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina
• Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
• Jane Wyman, Magnificent Obsession

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront
• Karl Malden, On the Waterfront
• Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa
• Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront
• Tom Tully, The Caine Mutiny

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Nina Foch, Executive Suite
• Katy Jurado, Broken Lance
• Eva Maria Saint, On the Waterfront
• Jan Sterling, The High and the Mighty
• Claire Trevor, The High and the Mighty

Directing

• Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window
• Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
• George Seaton, The Country Girl
• William Wellman, The High and the Mighty
• Billy Wilder, Sabrina

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • François Boyer, Forbidden Games
  • Jed Harris and Tom Reed, Night People
  • Ettore Margadonna, Bread, Love and Dreams
  • Lamar Trotti, There's No Business Like Show Business
  • Philip Yordan, Broken Lance
• Screenplay
  • Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • John Michael Hayes, Rear Window
  • Stanley Roberts, The Caine Mutiny
  • George Seaton, The Country Girl
  • Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman, Sabrina
• Story and Screenplay
  • Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney, The Glenn Miller Story
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz, The Barefoot Contessa
  • Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, Knock on Wood
  • William Rose, Genevieve
  • Budd Schulberg, On the Waterfront

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • George Folsey, Executive Suite
  • Boris Kaufman, On the Waterfront
  • Charles Lang, Jr., Sabrina
  • John Seitz, Rogue Cop
  • John F. Warren, The Country Girl
• Color
  • Robert Burks, Rear Window
  • George Folsey, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Milton Krasner, Three Coins in the Fountain
  • Leon Shamroy, The Egyptian
  • William V. Skall, The Silver Chalice

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Richard Day, art direction and set decoration, On the Waterfront
  • Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri, set decoration, Executive Suite
  • Max Ophuls, art direction and set decoration, Le Plaisir
  • Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Grace Gregory, set decoration, The Country Girl
  • Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, Sabrina
• Color
  • Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen and Irene Sharaff, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, A Star Is Born
  • Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Brigadoon
  • John Meehan, art direction; Emile Kuri, set decoration, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, Red Garters
  • Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, Desirée

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Caine Mutiny
• MGM Studio Sound Dept., Brigadoon
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Rear Window
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Susan Slept Here
• Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., The Glenn Miller Story

Music

• Song
  • "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep", White Christmas, Irving Berlin, music and lyrics
  • "The High and the Mighty", The High and the Mighty, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • "Hold My Hand", Susan Slept Here, Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers, music and lyrics
  • "The Man That Got Away", A Star Is Born, Harold Arlen, music; Ira Gershwin, lyrics
  • "Three Coins in the Fountain", Three Coins in the Fountain, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Larry Adler, Genevieve
  • Leonard Bernstein, On the Waterfront
  • Max Steiner, The Caine Mutiny
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, The High and the Mighty
  • Franz Waxman, The Silver Chalice
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini, The Glenn Miller Story
  • Herschel Burke Gilbert, Carmen Jones
  • Ray Heindorf, A Star Is Born
  • Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman, There's No Business Like Show Business

Film Editing

• Ralph Dawson, The High and the Mighty
• William A. Lyon and Henry Batista, The Caine Mutiny
• Gene Milford, On the Waterfront
• Elmo Williams, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• Ralph E. Winters, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare, The Earrings of Madame De...
  • Christian Dior, Indiscretion of an American Wife
  • Edith Head, Sabrina
  • Jean Louis, It Should Happen to You
  • Helen Rose, Executive Suite
• Color
  • Charles LeMaire and Rene Hubert, Desirée
  • Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White, There's No Business Like Show Business
  • Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff, A Star Is Born
  • Irene Sharaff, Brigadoon
  • Sanzo Wada, Gate of Hell

Special Effects

• Hell and High Water (Twentieth Century-Fox)
• Them! (Warner Bros.)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Crazy Mixed Up Pup (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
  • Pigs Is Pigs (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Sandy Claws (Looney Tunes Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
  • Touché, Pussy Cat (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
  • When Magoo Flew (Mr. Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
• One-Reel
  • The First Piano Quartette (Music Series) (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • The Strauss Fantasy (Musical Gems Series) (Johnny Green, producer; MGM)
  • This Mechanical Age (Warner Variety Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Two-Reel
  • Beauty and the Bull (Technicolor Specials Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Jet Carrier (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Siam (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • A Time Out of War (Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders, producers; Carnival Productions)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Jet Carrier (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait (Morrie Roizman Production; Distributors Corporation of America)
  • Thursday's Children (World Wide Pictures and Morse Films; British Information Services)
• Feature
  • The Stratford Adventure (National Film Board of Canada; Continental Distributing, Inc.)
  • The Vanishing Prairie (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

Honorary Awards

• To Bausch and Lomb Optical Company for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry
• To Kemp R. Niver for the development of the Renovare Process, which has made possible the restoration of the Library of Congress Paper Film Collection
• To Greta Garbo for her unforgettable screen performances
• To Danny Kaye for his unique talents and his service to the Academy, the motion picture industry and the American people
• To Jon Whiteley for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers
• To Vincent Winter for his outstanding performance in The Little Kidnappers
• To Gate of Hell (Japan) best foreign language film first released in the United States during 1954

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 30, 1955
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California and NBC Century Theatre, New York City, New York
• Hosts: Bob Hope (Hollywood) and Thelma Ritter (New York City)
• Eligibility Year: 1954