21st Academy Awards
Held in 1949 · 19 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Hamlet
- Nominee Johnny Belinda
- Nominee The Red Shoes
- Nominee The Snake Pit
- Nominee The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Best Actor
- Winner Hamlet · Laurence Olivier
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Lew Ayres
- Nominee Sitting Pretty · Clifton Webb
- Nominee The Search · Montgomery Clift
- Nominee When My Baby Smiles at Me · Dan Dailey
Best Actress
- Winner Johnny Belinda · Jane Wyman
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Irene Dunne
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Sorry, Wrong Number · Barbara Stanwyck
- Nominee The Snake Pit · Olivia de Havilland
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · Walter Huston
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Oskar Homolka
- Nominee Joan of Arc · José Ferrer
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Charles Bickford
- Nominee The Luck of the Irish · Cecil Kellaway
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Key Largo · Claire Trevor
- Nominee Hamlet · Jean Simmons
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Barbara Bel Geddes
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Ellen Corby
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Agnes Moorehead
Best Director
- Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · John Huston
- Nominee Hamlet · Laurence Olivier
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Jean Negulesco
- Nominee The Search · Fred Zinnemann
- Nominee The Snake Pit · Anatole Litvak
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · John Huston
- Nominee A Foreign Affair · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Allen Vincent, Irma von Cube
- Nominee The Search · David Wechsler, Richard Schweizer
- Nominee The Snake Pit · Frank Partos, Millen Brand
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Secret Land · Orville O. Dull
- Nominee The Quiet One · Janice Loeb
Best Original Score
- Winner Easter Parade · Johnny Green, Roger Edens
- Winner The Red Shoes · Brian Easdale
- Nominee Hamlet · William Walton
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Max Steiner
- Nominee Romance on the High Seas · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee The Emperor Waltz · Victor Young
- Nominee The Pirate · Lennie Hayton
- Nominee When My Baby Smiles at Me · Alfred Newman
Best Original Song
- Winner Buttons and Bows from The Paleface · Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
- Nominee For Every Man There's a Woman from Casbah · Harold Arlen, Leo Robin
- Nominee For Every Man There’s a Woman · Harold Arlen, Leo Robin
- Nominee It's Magic from Romance on the High Seas · Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
- Nominee The Woody Woodpecker Song from Wet Blanket Policy · George Tibbles, Ramey Idriss
- Nominee This Is the Moment from That Lady in Ermine · Friedrich Hollaender, Leo Robin
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Winner The Naked City · William H. Daniels
- Nominee A Foreign Affair · Charles Lang
- Nominee I Remember Mama · Nicholas Musuraca
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Ted McCord
- Nominee Portrait of Jennie · Joseph H. August
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Winner Joan of Arc · Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch
- Nominee Green Grass of Wyoming · Charles G. Clarke
- Nominee The Loves of Carmen · William E. Snyder
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · Robert H. Planck
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Naked City · Paul Weatherwax
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Frank Sullivan
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · David Weisbart
- Nominee Red River · Christian Nyby
- Nominee The Red Shoes · Reginald Mills
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Winner Hamlet · Carmen Dillon, Roger Furse
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Robert M. Haas, William Wallace
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Winner The Red Shoes · Arthur Lawson, Hein Heckroth
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish, Richard Day
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- Winner Hamlet · Roger Furse
- Nominee B.F.'s Daughter · Irene Lentz
Best Costume Design (Color)
- Winner Joan of Arc · Barbara Karinska, Dorothy Jeakins
- Nominee The Emperor Waltz · Edith Head, Gile Steele
Best Sound
- Winner The Snake Pit · Thomas T. Moulton
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Nathan Levinson
- Nominee Moonrise · Daniel J. Bloomberg