16th Academy Awards
Held in 1944 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Casablanca
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait
- Nominee In Which We Serve
- Nominee Madame Curie
- Nominee The Human Comedy
- Nominee The More the Merrier
- Nominee The Ox-Bow Incident
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette
- Nominee Watch on the Rhine
Best Actor
- Winner Watch on the Rhine · Paul Lukas
- Nominee Casablanca · Humphrey Bogart
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Gary Cooper
- Nominee Madame Curie · Walter Pidgeon
- Nominee The Human Comedy · Mickey Rooney
Best Actress
- Winner The Song of Bernadette · Jennifer Jones
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Madame Curie · Greer Garson
- Nominee The Constant Nymph · Joan Fontaine
- Nominee The More the Merrier · Jean Arthur
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The More the Merrier · Charles Coburn
- Nominee Casablanca · Claude Rains
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Akim Tamiroff
- Nominee Sahara · J. Carrol Naish
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Charles Bickford
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner For Whom the Bell Tolls · Katina Paxinou
- Nominee So Proudly We Hail! · Paulette Goddard
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Gladys Cooper
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Anne Revere
- Nominee Watch on the Rhine · Lucile Watson
Best Director
- Winner Casablanca · Michael Curtiz
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · Ernst Lubitsch
- Nominee The Human Comedy · Clarence Brown
- Nominee The More the Merrier · George Stevens
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Henry King
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Princess O'Rourke · Norman Krasna
- Nominee Air Force · Dudley Nichols
- Nominee In Which We Serve · Noël Coward
- Nominee So Proudly We Hail! · Allan Scott
- Nominee The North Star · Lillian Hellman
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Casablanca · Howard Koch, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
- Nominee Holy Matrimony · Nunnally Johnson
- Nominee The More the Merrier · Frank Ross, Lewis R. Foster, Richard Flournoy, Robert W. Russell
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · George Seaton
- Nominee Watch on the Rhine · Dashiell Hammett
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Desert Victory
- Nominee Report from the Aleutians · United States Army
- Nominee The Battle of Russia
- Nominee War Department Report
Best Original Score
- Winner This Is the Army · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Casablanca · Max Steiner
- Nominee Commandos Strike at Dawn · Louis Gruenberg, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Coney Island · Alfred Newman
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Victor Young
- Nominee Hangmen Also Die! · Hanns Eisler
- Nominee Hi Diddle Diddle · Phil Boutelje
- Nominee Hit Parade of 1943 · Walter Scharf
- Nominee Lady of Burlesque · Arthur Lange
- Nominee Phantom of the Opera · Edward Ward
- Nominee Saludos Amigos · Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith
- Nominee Something to Shout About · Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Stage Door Canteen · Frederic E. Rich
- Nominee Star Spangled Rhythm · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
- Nominee The Fallen Sparrow · C. Bakaleinikoff, Roy Webb
- Nominee The Kansan · Gerard Carbonara
- Nominee The Moon and Sixpence · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The North Star · Aaron Copland
- Nominee The Sky's the Limit · Leigh Harline
- Nominee Thousands Cheer · Herbert Stothart
Best Original Song
- Winner You'll Never Know from Hello, Frisco, Hello · Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
- Nominee A Change of Heart from Hit Parade of 1943 · Harold Adamson, Jule Styne
- Nominee Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe from Cabin in the Sky · Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
- Nominee My Shining Hour from The Sky's the Limit · Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee Saludos Amigos · Charles Wolcott, Ned Washington
- Nominee Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There from Hers to Hold · Herb Magidson, Jimmy McHugh
- Nominee Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There · Herb Magidson, Jimmy McHugh
- Nominee That Old Black Magic from Star Spangled Rhythm · Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee They're Either Too Young or Too Old from Thank Your Lucky Stars · Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser
- Nominee They’re Either Too Young or Too Old · Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser
- Nominee We Mustn't Say Goodbye from Stage Door Canteen · Al Dubin, James V. Monaco
- Nominee We Mustn’t Say Goodbye · Al Dubin, James V. Monaco
- Nominee You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To from Something to Shout About · Cole Porter
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Winner The Song of Bernadette · Arthur Charles Miller
- Nominee Air Force · Charles A. Marshall, Elmer Dyer, James Wong Howe
- Nominee Casablanca · Arthur Edeson
- Nominee Corvette K-225 · Tony Gaudio
- Nominee Five Graves to Cairo · John F. Seitz
- Nominee Madame Curie · Joseph Ruttenberg
- Nominee Sahara · Rudolph Maté
- Nominee So Proudly We Hail! · Charles Lang
- Nominee The Human Comedy · Harry Stradling
- Nominee The North Star · James Wong Howe
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Winner Phantom of the Opera · Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Ray Rennahan
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · Edward Cronjager
- Nominee Hello, Frisco, Hello · Allen M. Davey, Charles G. Clarke
- Nominee Lassie Come Home · Leonard Smith
- Nominee Thousands Cheer · George J. Folsey
Best Film Editing
- Winner Air Force · George Amy
- Nominee Casablanca · Owen Marks
- Nominee Five Graves to Cairo · Doane Harrison
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · John F. Link Sr., Sherman Todd
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Barbara McLean
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Winner The Song of Bernadette · James Basevi, Thomas Little, William S. Darling
- Nominee Five Graves to Cairo · Bertram C. Granger, Ernst Fegté, Hans Dreier
- Nominee Flight for Freedom · Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
- Nominee Madame Curie · Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, Paul Groesse
- Nominee Mission to Moscow · Carl Jules Weyl, George Hopkins
- Nominee The North Star · Howard Bristol, Perry Ferguson
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Winner Phantom of the Opera · Alexander Golitzen, Ira S. Webb, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Bertram C. Granger, Haldane Douglas, Hans Dreier
- Nominee The Gang's All Here · James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
- Nominee This Is the Army · George Hopkins, John Hughes, John Koenig
- Nominee Thousands Cheer · Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau
Best Sound
- Winner This Land Is Mine · Stephen Dunn
- Nominee Hangmen Also Die! · Jack Whitney
- Nominee In Old Oklahoma · Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Nominee Madame Curie · Douglas Shearer
- Nominee Phantom of the Opera · Bernard B. Brown
- Nominee Riding High · Loren L. Ryder
- Nominee Sahara · John P. Livadary
- Nominee Saludos Amigos · Sam Slyfield
- Nominee So This Is Washington · James L. Fields
- Nominee The North Star · Thomas T. Moulton
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · Edmund H. Hansen
- Nominee This Is the Army · Nathan Levinson
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Crash Dive · Fred Sersen, Roger Heman, Sr.
- Nominee Air Force · Hans F. Koenekamp, Nathan Levinson, Rex Wimpy
- Nominee Bombardier · James G. Stewart, Roy Granville, Vernon L. Walker
- Nominee So Proudly We Hail! · Farciot Edouart, George Dutton, Gordon Jennings
- Nominee Stand By for Action · A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Michael Steinore
- Nominee The North Star · Clarence Slifer, Ray Binger, Thomas T. Moulton