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Academy Awards: Academy Awards 1956 (29th)
- Start date
- 27/03/1957
- End date
- Not available
- Organiser
- Not available
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Los Angeles
DescriptionBlack/White & Colour awards given for Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design. This was the first year that the Best Foreign Lang. Award was given (previously it was an honorary award)
List of participants
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- ADLER, Buddy
(Winner) - Academy Honorary Awards
- CANTOR, Eddie
(Winner) - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- FREEMAN, Frank
(Winner) - Best Actress
- BERGMAN, Ingrid
in
ANASTASIA
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Film
- AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Adapted Screenplay
- FARROW, John
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Cinematography
- LINDON, Lionel
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Adapted Screenplay
- PERELMAN, S.J.
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Adapted Screenplay
- POE, James
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Film Editing
- RUGGIERO, Gene
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Film Editing
- WEATHERWAX, Paul
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- YOUNG, Victor
in
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Original Screenplay
- LAMORISSE, Albert
in
Le BALLON ROUGE
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Short Subject (two reel)
- The BESPOKE OVERCOAT
(1955)
(Winner) - Best Original Story
- RICH, Robert
in
The BRAVE ONE
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Short Subject (one reel)
- CRASHING THE WATER BARRIER
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Director
- STEVENS, George
in
GIANT
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Actor
- BRYNNER, Yul
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
- DARBY, Ken
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- DeCUIR, John F.
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Sound
- FAULKNER, Carlton W.
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- FOX, Paul S.
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
- NEWMAN, Alfred
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- SCOTT, Walter M.
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Costume Design
- SHARAFF
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Costume Design
- SHARAFF, Irene
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- WHEELER, Lyle
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- WHEELER, Lyle R.
in
The KING AND I
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Supporting Actor
- QUINN, Anthony
in
LUST FOR LIFE
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Animated Short Film
- MAGOO'S PUDDLE JUMPER
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Original Song
- EVANS, Ray
in
The MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
(1955)
(Winner) - Best Original Song
- LIVINGSTON, Jay
in
The MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
(1955)
(Winner) - Best Documentary Feature
- Le MONDE DU SILENCE
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Costume Design
- LOUIS, Jean
in
The SOLID GOLD CADILLAC
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- BROWN, Malcolm
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- GIBBONS, Cedric
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- GLEASON, Keogh
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Cinematography
- RUTTENBERG, Joe
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Cinematography
- RUTTENBERG, Joseph
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
- WILLIS, Edwin B.
in
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Foreign Language Film
- La STRADA
(1954)
(Winner) - Best Special Effects
- The TEN COMMANDMENTS
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Documentary Short Subject
- The TRUE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Supporting Actress
- MALONE, Dorothy
in
WRITTEN ON THE WIND
(1956)
(Winner) - Best Supporting Actress
- MALONEY, Dorothy Eloise
in
WRITTEN ON THE WIND
(1956)
(Winner)