29th Academy Awards
Held in 1957 · 21 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion
- Nominee Giant
- Nominee The King and I
- Nominee The Ten Commandments
Best Actor
- Winner The King and I · Yul Brynner
- Nominee Giant · Rock Hudson
- Nominee Giant · James Dean
- Nominee Lust for Life · Kirk Douglas
- Nominee Richard III · Laurence Olivier
Best Actress
- Winner Anastasia · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Baby Doll · Carroll Baker
- Nominee The Bad Seed · Nancy Kelly
- Nominee The King and I · Deborah Kerr
- Nominee The Rainmaker · Katharine Hepburn
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Lust for Life · Anthony Quinn
- Nominee Bus Stop · Don Murray
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion · Anthony Perkins
- Nominee The Bold and the Brave · Mickey Rooney
- Nominee Written on the Wind · Robert Stack
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Written on the Wind · Dorothy Malone
- Nominee Baby Doll · Mildred Dunnock
- Nominee Giant · Mercedes McCambridge
- Nominee The Bad Seed · Eileen Heckart
- Nominee The Bad Seed · Patty McCormack
Best Director
- Winner Giant · George Stevens
- Nominee Around the World in 80 Days · Michael Anderson
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion · William Wyler
- Nominee The King and I · Walter Lang
- Nominee War and Peace · King Vidor
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner The Red Balloon · Albert Lamorisse
- Nominee Julie · Andrew L. Stone
- Nominee La Strada · Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
- Nominee The Bold and the Brave · Robert Lewin
- Nominee The Ladykillers · William Rose
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · James Poe, John Farrow, S. J. Perelman
- Nominee Baby Doll · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion · Michael Wilson
- Nominee Giant · Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
- Nominee Lust for Life · Norman Corwin
Best International Feature Film
- Winner La Strada
- Nominee Gervaise
- Nominee Qivitoq
- Nominee The Burmese Harp
- Nominee The Captain from Köpenick
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Silent World · Jacques Cousteau
- Nominee The Naked Eye · Louis Clyde Stoumen
- Nominee Where Mountains Float
Best Original Score
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · Victor Young, posthumous award
- Winner The King and I · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Nominee Between Heaven and Hell · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Giant · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee High Society · Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Nominee Meet Me in Las Vegas · Georgie Stoll, Johnny Green
- Nominee The Best Things in Life Are Free · Lionel Newman
- Nominee The Eddy Duchin Story · George Duning, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Rainmaker · Alex North
Best Original Song
- Winner Qué Será, Será from The Man Who Knew Too Much · Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion from Friendly Persuasion · Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster
- Nominee Julie · Leith Stevens, Tom Adair
- Nominee True Love from High Society · Cole Porter
- Nominee Written on the Wind · Sammy Cahn, Victor Young
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Winner Somebody Up There Likes Me · Joseph Ruttenberg
- Nominee Baby Doll · Boris Kaufman
- Nominee Stagecoach to Fury · Walter Strenge
- Nominee The Bad Seed · Harold Rosson
- Nominee The Harder They Fall · Burnett Guffey
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · Lionel Lindon
- Nominee The Eddy Duchin Story · Harry Stradling
- Nominee The King and I · Leon Shamroy
- Nominee The Ten Commandments · Loyal Griggs
- Nominee War and Peace · Jack Cardiff
Best Film Editing
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax
- Nominee Giant · Fred Bohanan, Philip W. Anderson, William Hornbeck
- Nominee Somebody Up There Likes Me · Albert Akst
- Nominee The Brave One · Merrill G. White
- Nominee The Ten Commandments · Anne Bauchens
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Winner Somebody Up There Likes Me · Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Malcolm Brown
- Nominee Seven Samurai · Takashi Matsuyama
- Nominee Teenage Rebel · Jack Martin Smith, Lyle R. Wheeler, Stuart A. Reiss, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee The Proud and Profane · A. Earl Hedrick, Frank R. McKelvy, Hal Pereira, Samuel M. Comer
- Nominee The Solid Gold Cadillac · Louis Diage, Ross Bellah, William Kiernan
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Winner The King and I · John DeCuir, Sr., Lyle R. Wheeler, Paul S. Fox, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee Around the World in 80 Days · James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross Dowd
- Nominee Giant · Boris Leven, Ralph S. Hurst
- Nominee Lust for Life · Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason, Hans O. Peters
- Nominee The Ten Commandments · Albert Nozaki, Hal Pereira, Ray Moyer, Samuel M. Comer, Walter H. Tyler
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- Winner The Solid Gold Cadillac · Jean Louis
- Nominee Seven Samurai · Kohei Ezaki
- Nominee Teenage Rebel · Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
- Nominee The Power and the Prize · Helen Rose
- Nominee The Proud and Profane · Edith Head
Best Costume Design (Color)
- Winner The King and I · Irene Sharaff
- Nominee Around the World in 80 Days · Miles White
- Nominee Giant · Marjorie Best, Moss Mabry
- Nominee The Ten Commandments · Arnold Friberg, Dorothy Jeakins, Edith Head, John Jensen, Ralph Jester
- Nominee War and Peace · Maria De Matteis
Best Sound
- Winner The King and I · Carlton W. Faulkner
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion · Gordon E. Sawyer, Gordon R. Glennan
- Nominee The Brave One · Buddy Myers
- Nominee The Eddy Duchin Story · John P. Livadary
- Nominee The Ten Commandments · Loren L. Ryder
Best Visual Effects
- Winner The Ten Commandments · John P. Fulton
- Nominee Forbidden Planet · A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving G. Ries, Wesley C. Miller