1956 (29th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1956. 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.

Anastasia, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Actress. Ingrid Bergman.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Around the World in 80 Days, The Michael Todd Co., Inc.; United Artists.

Best Motion Picture. Michael Todd, Producer.

Directing. Michael Anderson.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by James W. Sullivan and Ken Adam; set decoration by Ross J. Dowd.

Cinematography (Color). Lionel Lindon.

Costume Design (Color). Miles White.

Film Editing. Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Victor Young.

Writing (Screenplay—Adapted). James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman.

Baby Doll, Newtown Production; Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Carroll Baker.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mildred Dunnock.

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

Writing (Screenplay—Adapted). Tennessee Williams.

The Bad Seed, Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Nancy Kelly.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Eileen Heckart.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Patty McCormack.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Hal Rosson.

The Bespoke Overcoat, Romulus Films; George K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc. (UK)

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Romulus Films.

The Best Things in Life Are Free, 20th Century-Fox.

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

Between Heaven and Hell, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Hugo Friedhofer.

The Bold and the Brave, Filmakers Releasing Organization; RKO Radio.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Mickey Rooney.

Writing (Screenplay—Original). Robert Lewin.

The Brave One, King Brothers; RKO Radio.

Film Editing. Merrill G. White.

Sound Recording. King Bros. Productions, Inc. Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Dalton Trumbo.

Bus Stop, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Don Murray.

The Captain of Kopenick, Real-Film G.m.b.H. (West Germany)

Foreign Language Film. Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel, Producers.

A City Decides, Charles Guggenheim & Associates, Inc.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Cow Dog, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Larry Lansburgh, Producer.

Crashing the Water Barrier, Warner Bros. [The Sports Parade Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Konstantin Kalser, Producer.

The Dark Wave, 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Short Subject). John Healy, Producer.

Short Subjects (Two-reel). John Healy, Producer.

The Eddy Duchin Story, Columbia.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Stradling.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Morris Stoloff and George Duning.

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

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Leo Katcher.

Forbidden Planet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Special Effects. A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving Ries and Wesley C. Miller.

Friendly Persuasion, Allied Artists.

Best Motion Picture. William Wyler, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Anthony Perkins.

Directing. William Wyler.

Music (Song). “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Sound Recording. Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay—Adapted). Michael Wilson.

Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Jolly Frolics Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Gervaise, Agnes Delahaie Productions Cinematographiques & Silver Film. (France)

Foreign Language Film. Annie Dorfmann, Producer.

Giant, Giant Production; Warner Bros.

Best Motion Picture. George Stevens and Henry Ginsberg, Producers.

Best Actor. James Dean.

Best Actor. Rock Hudson.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mercedes McCambridge.

Directing. George Stevens.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Ralph S. Hurst.

Costume Design (Color). Moss Mabry and Marjorie Best.

Film Editing. William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan.

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

Writing (Screenplay—Adapted). Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat.

The Harder They Fall, Columbia.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Burnett Guffey.

Harp of Burma, Nikkatsu Corporation. (Japan)

Foreign Language Film. Masayuki Takagi, Producer.

High Society, Sol C. Siegel Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin.

Music (Song). “True Love”. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

High Society, Allied Artists.

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman.

The House Without a Name, Universal-International.

Documentary (Short Subject). Valentine Davies, Producer.

I Never Forget a Face, Warner Bros. [Warner Specials Series]

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

The Jay Walker, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [UPA Special Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Julie, Arwin Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Julie”. Music by Leith Stevens; lyrics by Tom Adair.

Writing (Screenplay—Original). Andrew L. Stone.

The King and I, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture. Charles Brackett, Producer.

Best Actor. Yul Brynner.

Best Actress. Deborah Kerr.

Directing. Walter Lang.

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

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

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

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director.

La Strada, Ponti-De Laurentiis Production; Trans-Lux Distributing Corporation. (Italy)

Foreign Language Film. Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers.

Writing (Screenplay—Original). Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli.

The Ladykillers, Ealing Studios, Ltd.; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK)

Writing (Screenplay—Original). William Rose.

Lust for Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actor. Kirk Douglas.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Anthony Quinn.

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

Writing (Screenplay—Adapted). Norman Corwin.

The Magnificent Seven, Toho Production; Kingsley International Pictures. (USA, Philippines)

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Takashi Matsuyama.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Kohei Ezaki.

Man in Space, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Documentary (Short Subject). Ward Kimball, Producer.

The Man Who Knew Too Much, Filwite Productions, Inc.; Paramount.

Music (Song). “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)”. Music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.

Meet Me in Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). George Stoll and Johnny Green.

Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Mister Magoo Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

The Naked Eye, Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.; Film Representations, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

The Power and the Prize, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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

The Proud and the Beautiful, La Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinematographique; Kingsley International Pictures. (France, Mexico)

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Jean Paul Sartre.

The Proud and Profane, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and A. Earl Hedrick; set decoration by Samuel M. Comer and Frank R. McKelvy.

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

Qivitoq, A/S Nordisk Films Kampagni. (Denmark)

Foreign Language Film. O. Dalsgaard-Olsen, Producer.

The Rainmaker, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alex North.

The Red Balloon, Films Montsouris; Lopert Films. (France)

Writing (Screenplay—Original). Albert Lamorisse.

Richard III, London Films; Lopert Films. (UK)

Best Actor. Sir Laurence Olivier.

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

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

The Silent World, Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C. Production; Columbia. (France, Italy)

Documentary (Feature). Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.

The Solid Gold Cadillac, Columbia.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Ross Bellah; set decoration by William R. Kiernan and Louis Diage.

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

Somebody up There Likes Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Malcolm F. Brown; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph Ruttenberg.

Film Editing. Albert Akst.

Stagecoach to Fury, Regal Films, Inc. Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Walter Strenge.

Teenage Rebel, 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills.

The Ten Commandments, Motion Picture Associates, Inc.; Paramount.

Best Motion Picture. Cecil B. DeMille, Producer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler and Albert Nozaki; set decoration by Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer.

Cinematography (Color). Loyal Griggs.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg.

Film Editing. Anne Bauchens.

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

Special Effects. John Fulton.

Time Stood Still, Warner Bros. [Scope Gems Series]

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

The True Story of the Civil War, Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.

Documentary (Short Subject). Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

Umberto D., Rizzoli-De Sica-Amato Production; Harrison & Davidson. (Italy)

Writing (Motion Picture Story). Cesare Zavattini.

War and Peace, Ponti-De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. (USA, Italy)

Directing. King Vidor.

Cinematography (Color). Jack Cardiff.

Costume Design (Color). Marie De Matteis.

Where Mountains Float, Arno Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc. (Denmark)

Documentary (Feature). The Government Film Committee of Denmark.

Written on the Wind, Universal-International.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Robert Stack.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Dorothy Malone.

Music (Song). “Written on the Wind”. Music by Victor Young; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.