24th Academy Awards
Held in 1952 · 16 categories
Best Picture
- Winner An American in Paris
- Nominee A Place in the Sun · George Stevens
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Decision Before Dawn
- Nominee Quo Vadis
Best Actor
- Winner The African Queen · Humphrey Bogart
- Nominee A Place in the Sun · Montgomery Clift
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Marlon Brando
- Nominee Bright Victory · Arthur Kennedy
- Nominee Death of a Salesman · Fredric March
Best Actress
- Winner A Streetcar Named Desire · Vivien Leigh
- Nominee A Place in the Sun · Shelley Winters
- Nominee Detective Story · Eleanor Parker
- Nominee The African Queen · Katharine Hepburn
- Nominee The Blue Veil · Jane Wyman
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner A Streetcar Named Desire · Karl Malden
- Nominee Come Fill the Cup · Gig Young
- Nominee Death of a Salesman · Kevin McCarthy
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Peter Ustinov
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Leo Genn
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner A Streetcar Named Desire · Kim Hunter
- Nominee Death of a Salesman · Mildred Dunnock
- Nominee Detective Story · Lee Grant
- Nominee The Blue Veil · Joan Blondell
- Nominee The Mating Season · Thelma Ritter
Best Director
- Winner A Place in the Sun · George Stevens
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Elia Kazan
- Nominee An American in Paris · Vincente Minnelli
- Nominee Detective Story · William Wyler
- Nominee The African Queen · John Huston
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner An American in Paris · Alan Jay Lerner
- Nominee Ace in the Hole · Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
- Nominee David and Bathsheba · Philip Dunne
- Nominee Go for Broke! · Robert Pirosh
- Nominee The Well · Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner A Place in the Sun · Harry Brown, Michael Wilson
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee Detective Story · Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler
- Nominee La Ronde · Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls
- Nominee The African Queen · James Agee, John Huston
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Kon-Tiki · Olle Nordemar
- Nominee I Was a Communist for the FBI · Bryan Foy
Best Original Score
- Winner A Place in the Sun · Franz Waxman
- Winner An American in Paris · Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Alex North
- Nominee Alice in Wonderland · Oliver Wallace
- Nominee On the Riviera · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Show Boat · Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
- Nominee The Great Caruso · Johnny Green, Peter Herman Adler
Best Original Song
- Winner In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening from Here Comes the Groom · Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee A Kiss to Build a Dream On from The Strip · Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Oscar Hammerstein II
- Nominee Never from Golden Girl · Eliot Daniel, Lionel Newman
- Nominee Too Late Now from Royal Wedding · Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
- Nominee Wonder Why from Rich, Young and Pretty · Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn
Best Cinematography
- Winner A Place in the Sun · William C. Mellor
- Winner An American in Paris · Alfred Gilks, John Alton
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Harry Stradling
- Nominee David and Bathsheba · Leon Shamroy
- Nominee Death of a Salesman · Franz Planer
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Robert L. Surtees, William V. Skall
- Nominee Show Boat · Charles Rosher
- Nominee Strangers on a Train · Robert Burks
- Nominee The Frogmen · Norbert Brodine
- Nominee When Worlds Collide · John F. Seitz, W. Howard Greene
Best Film Editing
- Winner A Place in the Sun · William Hornbeck
- Nominee An American in Paris · Adrienne Fazan
- Nominee Decision Before Dawn · Dorothy Spencer
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Ralph E. Winters
- Nominee The Well · Chester Schaeffer
Best Production Design
- Winner A Streetcar Named Desire · George Hopkins, Richard Day
- Winner An American in Paris · Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Jack Dehm Moore, Paul Groesse
- Nominee La Ronde · D'Eaubonne
- Nominee On the Riviera · Fred J. Rode, George Davis, John DeCuir, Sr., Joseph C. Wright, Leland Fuller, Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt, William A. Horning
- Nominee Tales of Hoffmann · Hein Heckroth
Best Costume Design
- Winner A Place in the Sun · Edith Head
- Winner An American in Paris · Walter Plunkett
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Lucinda Ballard
- Nominee David and Bathsheba · Charles LeMaire, Edward Stevenson, Renié
- Nominee Kind Lady · Gile Steele, Walter Plunkett
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Herschel McCoy
- Nominee Tales of Hoffmann · Hein Heckroth
- Nominee The Great Caruso · Gile Steele, Helen Rose
- Nominee The Mudlark · Edward Stevenson, Margaret Furse
Best Sound
- Winner The Great Caruso · Douglas Shearer
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Nathan Levinson
- Nominee Bright Victory · Leslie I. Carey
- Nominee I Want You · Gordon E. Sawyer
- Nominee Two Tickets to Broadway · John O. Aalberg