Best Motion Picture

• Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Todd, producer
• Friendly Persuasion, William Wyler, producer
• Giant, George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, producers
• The King and I, Charles Brackett, producer
• The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille, producer

Best Actor

• Yul Brynner, The King and I
• James Dean, Giant
• Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
• Rock Hudson, Giant
• Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard III

Best Actress

• Carroll Baker, Baby Doll
• Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
• Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker
• Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
• Deborah Kerr, The King and I

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Don Murray, Bus Stop
• Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion
• Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
• Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave
• Robert Stack, Written on the Wind

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll
• Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
• Mercedes McCambridge, Giant
• Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed
• Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind

Directing

• Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days
• Walter Lang, The King and I
• George Stevens, Giant
• King Vidor, War and Peace
• William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story
  • Jean Paul Sartre, The Proud and the Beautiful
  • Dalton Trumbo, The Brave One
  • Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D.
• Screenplay, Adapted
  • Norman Corwin, Lust for Life
  • Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, Giant
  • James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman, Around the World in 80 Days
  • Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll
• Screenplay, Original
  • Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli, La Strada
  • Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon
  • Robert Lewin, The Bold and the Brave
  • William Rose, The Lady Killers
  • Andrew L. Stone, Julie

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Burnett Guffey, The Harder They Fall
  • Boris Kaufman, Baby Doll
  • Hal Rosson, The Bad Seed
  • Joseph Ruttenberg, Somebody Up There Likes Me
  • Walter Strenge, Stagecoach to Fury
• Color
  • Jack Cardiff, War and Peace
  • Loyal Griggs, The Ten Commandments
  • Lionel Lindon, Around the World in 80 Days
  • Leon Shamroy, The King and I
  • Harry Stradling, The Eddy Duchin Story

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Ross Bellah, art direction; William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage, set decoration, The Solid Gold Cadillac
  • Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Somebody Up There Likes Me
  • Takashi Matsuyama, art direction and set decoration, The Magnificent Seven
  • Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick, art direction; Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Proud and the Profane
  • Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss, set decoration, Teenage Rebel
• Color
  • edric Gibbons, Hans Peters and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, set decoration, Lust for Life
  • Boris Leven, art direction; Ralph S. Hurst, set decoration, Giant
  • Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki, art direction; Sam M. Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, The Ten Commandments
  • James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam, art direction; Ross J. Dowd, set decoration, Around the World in 80 Days
  • Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The King and I

Sound Recording

• Columbia Studio Sound Dept., The Eddy Duchin Story
• Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The Ten Commandments
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Brave One
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The King and I
• Westrex Sound Services, Inc. and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Friendly Persuasion

Music

• Song
  • "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)", Friendly Persuasion, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
  • "Julie", Julie, Leith Stevens, music; Tom Adair, lyrics
  • "True Love", High Society; Cole Porter, music and lyrics
  • "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", The Man Who Knew Too Much, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, music and lyrics
  • "Written on the Wind", Written on the Wind, Victor Young, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Hugo Friedhofer, Between Heaven and Hell
  • Alfred Newman, Anastasia
  • Alex North, The Rainmaker
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Giant
  • Victor Young, Around the World in 80 Days
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, High Society
  • Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, The King and I
  • Lionel Newman, The Best Things in Life Are Free
  • George Stoll and Johnny Green, Meet Me in Las Vegas
  • Morris Stoloff and George Duning, The Eddy Duchin Story

Film Editing

• Albert Akst, Somebody Up There Likes Me
• Anne Bauchens, The Ten Commandments
• William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan, Giant
• Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax, Around the World in 80 Days
• Merrill G. White, The Brave One

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Kohei Ezaki, The Magnificent Seven
  • Edith Head, The Proud and the Profane
  • Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, Teenage Rebel
  • Jean Louis, The Solid Gold Cadillac
  • Helen Rose, The Power and the Prize
• Color
  • Marie De Matteis, War and Peace
  • Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg, The Ten Commandments
  • Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best, Giant
  • Irene Sharaff, The King and I
  • Miles White, Around the World in 80 Days

Special Effects

• John Fulton, The Ten Commandments
• A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller, Forbidden Planet

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • The Jay Walker (UPA Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Mister Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Mr. Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
• One-Reel
  • Crashing the Water Barrier (The Sports Parade Series) (Konstantin Kalser, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • I Never Forget a Face (Warner Specials Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Time Stood Still (Scope Gems Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Two-Reel
  • The Bespoke Overcoat (Go Pictures, Inc.; Romulus Films)
  • Cow Dog (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • Samoa (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • A City Decides (Charles Guggenheim and Associates, Inc.)
  • The Dark Wave (John Healy, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • The House Without a Name (Valentine Davies, producer; Universal-International)
  • Man in Space (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • The True Story of the Civil War (Louis Clyde Stoumen, producer; Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.)
• Feature
  • The Naked Eye (Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.; Film Representatives, Inc.)
  • The Silent World (Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C. Production; Columbia)
  • Where Mountains Float (Arno/Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc.)

Foreign Language Film

• The Captain of Kopenick, Federal Republic of Germany, West
• Gervaise, France
• Harp of Burma, Japan
• Qivitoq, Denmark
• La Strada, Italy

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Buddy Adler

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Not necessarily given each year )

• Y. Frank Freeman

Honorary Award

• To Eddie Cantor for distinguished service to the film industry

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 27. 1957
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California & NBC Century Theatre, New York City, New York
• Hosts: Jerry Lewis and Celeste Holm
• Eligibility Year: 1956