1948

1948 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first in bold print)

Best Picture

Hamlet (1948)

Johnny Belinda (1948)

The Red Shoes (1948)

The Snake Pit (1948)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Laurence Oliver Hamlet (1948)

Lew Ayres Johnny Belinda (1948)

Montgomery Clift The Search (1948)

Clifton Webb Sitting Pretty (1948)

Dan Dailey When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda (1948)

Irene Dunne I Remember Mama (1948)

Ingrid Bergman Joan of Arc (1948)

Olivia de Havilland The Snake Pit (1948)

Barbara Stanwyck Sorry Wrong Number (1948)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Oskar Homolka I Remember Mama (1948)

José Ferrer Joan of Arc (1948)

Charles Bickford Johnny Belinda (1948)

Cecil Kellaway The Luck of the Irish (1948)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Claire Trevor Key Largo (1948)

Jean Simmons Hamlet (1948)

Barbara Bel Geddes I Remember Mama (1948)

Ellen Corby I Remember Mama (1948)

Agnes Moorehead Johnny Belinda (1948)

Best Director

John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Laurence Oliver Hamlet (1948)

Jean Negulesco Johnny Belinda (1948)

Fred Zinnemann The Search (1948)

Anatole Litvak The Snake Pit (1948)

Best Writing Motion Picture Story

Richard Schweizer & David Wechsler The Search (1948)

Frances Flaherty & Robert Flaherty Louisiana Story (1948)

Malvin Wald The Naked City (1948)

Borden Chase Red River (1948)

Emeric Pressburger The Red Shoes (1948)

Best Writing Screenplay

John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder & Richard Breen A Foreign Affair (1948)

Irma von Cube & Allen Vincent Johnny Belinda (1948)

Richard Schweizer & David Wechsler The Search (1948)

Frank Partos & Millen Brand The Snake Pit (1948)

Best B&W Cinematography

William Daniels The Naked City (1948)

Charles Lang A Foreign Affair (1948)

Nicholas Musuraca I Remember Mama (1948)

Ted McCord Johnny Belinda (1948)

Joseph August Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Best Color Cinematography

Joseph Valentine & William Skall & Winton Hoch Joan of Arc (1948)

Charles Clarke Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)

William Snyder The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Robert Planck The Three Musketeers (1948)

Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration

Hein Heckroth & Arthur Lawson The Red Shoes (1948)

Richard Day & Casey Roberts & Joseph Kish Joan of Arc (1948)

Best B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration

Roger Furse & Carmen Dillon Hamlet (1948)

Robert Haas & William Wallace Johnny Belinda (1948)

Best Color Costume Design

Dorothy Jeakins & Barbara Karinska Joan of Arc (1948)

Edith Head & Gile Steele The Emperor Waltz (1948)

Best B&W Costume Design

Roger Furse Hamlet (1948)

Irene B.F.’s Daughter (1948)

Best Sound Recording

The Snake Pit (1948)

Johnny Belinda (1948)

Moonrise (1948)

Best Film Editing

Paul Weatherwax The Naked City (1948)

Frank Sullivan Joan of Arc (1948)

David Weisbart Johnny Belinda (1948)

Christian Nyby Red River (1948)

Reginald Mills The Red Shoes (1948)

Best Effects Special Effects

Paul Eagler & J. McMillan Johnson & Russell Shearman & Clarence Slifer (visual); Charles Freeman & James G. Stewart (audible) Portrait of Jennie (1948)

Ralph Hammeras & Fred Sersen & Edward Snyder (visual); Roger Heman Sr. (audible) Deep Waters (1948)

Best Music Original Song

Jay Livingston & Ray Evans “Buttons and Bows” The Paleface (1948)

Harold Arlen (music); Leo Robin (lyrics) “For Every Man There’s a Woman” Casbah (1948)

Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) “It’s Magic” Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Frederick Hollander (music); Leo Robin (lyrics) “This Is the Moment” That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Ramey Idriss & George Tibbles “The Woody Woodpecker Song” Wet Blanket Policy (1948)

Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Brian Easdale The Red Shoes (1948)

William Walton Hamlet (1948)

Hugo Friedhofer Joan of Arc (1948)

Max Steiner Johnny Belinda (1948)

Alfred Newman The Snake Pit (1948)

Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green & Roger Edens Easter Parade (1948)

Victor Young The Emperor Waltz (1948)

Lennie Hayton The Pirate (1948)

Ray Heindorf Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Alfred Newman When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)