1954 (27th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1954. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Oscar Dancigers-Henry Ehrlich; United Artists. (Mexico, USA)

Best Actor. Dan O’Herlihy.

The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. (Italy, USA)

Actor in a Supporting Role. Edmond O’Brien.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Beauty and the Bull, Warner Bros. [Technicolor Specials Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Cedric Francis, Producer.

Bread, Love and Dreams, Titanus Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corporation. (Italy)

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Ettore Margadonna.

Brigadoon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director.

Broken Lance, 20th Century-Fox.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Katy Jurado.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Philip Yordan.

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Best Motion Picture. Stanley Kramer, Producer.

Best Actor. Humphrey Bogart.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Tom Tully.

Film Editing. William A. Lyon and Henry Batista.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Stanley Roberts.

Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Best Actress. Dorothy Dandridge.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Herschel Burke Gilbert.

The Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

Best Motion Picture. William Perlberg, Producer.

Best Actor. Bing Crosby.

Best Actress. Grace Kelly.

Directing. George Seaton.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Grace Gregory.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). John F. Warren.

Writing (Screenplay). George Seaton.

Crazy Mixed Up Pup, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walter Lantz, Producer.

Desiree, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox.

Costume Design (Color). Charles LeMaire and Rene Hubert.

The Earrings of Madame de . . ., Franco-London Productions; Arlan Pictures. (France, Italy)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare.

The Egyptian, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Nina Foch.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Emile Kuri.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). George Folsey.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Helen Rose.

The First Piano Quartette, 20th Century-Fox. [Music Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Otto Lang, Producer.

Forbidden Games, Silver Films; Times Film Corporation. (France)

Writing (Motion Picture Story). François Boyer.

Gate of Hell, Daiei Production; Edward Harrison. (Japan)

Costume Design (Color). Sanzo Wada.

Honorary Award (Foreign Language Film).

Genevieve, J. Arthur Rank-Sirius Productions, Ltd.; Universal-International. (UK)

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Larry Adler.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). William Rose.

The Glenn Miller Story, Universal-International.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini.

Sound Recording. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney.

Hell and High Water, 20th Century-Fox.

Special Effects.

The High and the Mighty, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Jan Sterling.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Claire Trevor.

Directing. William Wellman.

Film Editing. Ralph Dawson.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Music (Song). “The High and the Mighty”. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Indiscretion of an American Wife, Vittorio DeSica Productions; Columbia. (Italy, USA)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Christian Dior.

It Should Happen to You, Columbia.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Jean Louis.

Jet Carrier, 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Short Subject). Otto Lang, Producer.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Otto Lang, Producer.

Knock on Wood, Dena Productions; Paramount.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.

Le Plaisir, Stera Film-CCFC Production; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc. (France)

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Max Ophuls.

Magnificent Obsession, Universal-International.

Best Actress. Jane Wyman.

Night People, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Jed Harris and Tom Reed.

On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.

Best Motion Picture. Sam Spiegel, Producer.

Best Actor. Marlon Brando.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Lee J. Cobb.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Karl Malden.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Rod Steiger.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Eva Marie Saint.

Directing. Elia Kazan.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Richard Day.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Boris Kaufman.

Film Editing. Gene Milford.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Leonard Bernstein.

Writing (Story and Screenplay). Budd Schulberg.

Pigs Is Pigs, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Special Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount.

Directing. Alfred Hitchcock.

Cinematography (Color). Robert Burks.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). John Michael Hayes.

Red Garters, Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait, Morrie Roizman Production; Distributors Corporation of America.

Documentary (Short Subject). Morrie Roizman, Producer.

Rogue Cop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). John Seitz.

Sabrina, Paramount.

Best Actress. Audrey Hepburn.

Directing. Billy Wilder.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Lang, Jr.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head.

Writing (Screenplay). Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman.

Sandy Claws, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Looney Tunes Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Edward Selzer, Producer.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture. Jack Cummings, Producer.

Cinematography (Color). George Folsey.

Film Editing. Ralph E. Winters.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin.

Writing (Screenplay). Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley.

Siam, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [People and Places Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Walt Disney, Producer.

The Silver Chalice, Victor Saville Production; Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Color). William V. Skall.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Franz Waxman.

A Star Is Born, Transcona Enterprises Production; Warner Bros.

Best Actor. James Mason.

Best Actress. Judy Garland.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen and Irene Sharaff; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

Costume Design (Color). Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf.

Music (Song). “The Man That Got Away”. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

The Stratford Adventure, National Film Board of Canada; Continental Distributing, Inc. (Canada)

Documentary (Feature). Guy Glover, Producer.

The Strauss Fantasy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Musical Gems Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Johnny Green, Producer.

Susan Slept Here, RKO Radio.

Music (Song). “Hold My Hand”. Music and lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director.

Them!, Warner Bros.

Special Effects.

There’s No Business Like Show Business, 20th Century-Fox.

Costume Design (Color). Charles LeMaire, Travilla and Miles White.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Lamar Trotti.

This Mechanical Age, Warner Bros. [Warner Variety Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Robert Youngson, Producer.

Three Coins in the Fountain, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture. Sol C. Siegel, Producer.

Cinematography (Color). Milton Krasner.

Music (Song). “Three Coins in the Fountain”. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Thursday’s Children, World Wide Pictures and Morse Films; British Information Services. (UK)

Documentary (Short Subject).

A Time out of War, Carnival Productions.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Denis Sanders and Terry Sanders, Producers.

Touche, Pussy Cat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Fred Quimby, Producer.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by John Meehan; set decoration by Emile Kuri.

Film Editing. Elmo Williams.

Special Effects.

The Vanishing Prairie, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series]

Documentary (Feature). Walt Disney, Producer.

When Magoo Flew, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Mister Magoo Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

White Christmas, Paramount.

Music (Song). “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep”. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.