1953 (26th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1953 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. Buddy Adler, Producer.

Best Actor

William Holden in Stalag 17, Paramount.

Best Actress

Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity, Columbia.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity, Columbia.

Directing

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. Fred Zinnemann.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

Julius Caesar, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.

(Color)

The Robe, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. Burnett Guffey.

(Color)

Shane, Paramount. Loyal Griggs.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

Roman Holiday, Paramount. Edith Head.

(Color)

The Robe, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago.

Documentary

(Feature)

The Living Desert, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(Short Subject)

The Alaskan Eskimo, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [People and Places Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Film Editing

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. William Lyon.

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Lili, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bronislau Kaper.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Call Me Madam, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

(Song)

Secret Love from Calamity Jane, Warner Bros. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Adventures in Music Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

(One-reel)

The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Overture Series] Johnny Green, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Bear Country, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [True Life Adventure Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Sound Recording

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director.

Special Effects

The War of the Worlds, Paramount.

Writing

(Motion Picture Story)

Roman Holiday, Paramount. Dalton Trumbo.

(Screenplay)

From Here to Eternity, Columbia. Daniel Taradash.

(Story and Screenplay)

Titanic, 20th Century-Fox. Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen.

Honorary Award

To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of “Pete Smith Specialties.” [ [Statuette]]

To 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope. [ [Statuette]]

To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code. [ [Statuette]]

To the Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

George Stevens

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

To Professor Henri Chretien and Earl Sponable, Sol Halprin, Lorin Grignon, Herbert Bragg and Carl Faulkner of 20th Century-Fox Studios for creating, developing and engineering the equipment, processes and techniques known as CinemaScope.

To Fred Waller for designing and developing the multiple photographic and projection systems that culminated in Cinerama.

(Class II)

To Reeves Soundcraft Corporation for their development of a process of applying stripes of magnetic oxide to motion picture film for sound recording and reproduction.

(Class III)

To Westrex Corporation for the design and construction of a new film editing machine.