1945 ceremony · films of 1944
The 17th Oscars
166 nominations in 24 categories.
Nominations and wins
The night's big films
7 of 10- 5 of 10
- 1 of 9
2 of 7
0 of 7- 1 of 5
Winners first
Every category
Best Picture
Announced as Best Motion Picture
- Paramount
- Paramount
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Selznick International Pictures
- 20th Century-Fox
Best Director
Best Actor
Announced as Actor
- Bing Crosby · Father O'Malley
- Charles Boyer · Gregory Anton
- Barry Fitzgerald · Father Fitzgibbon
- Cary Grant · Ernie Mott
- Alexander Knox · Woodrow Wilson
Best Actress
Announced as Actress
- Ingrid Bergman · Paula Alquist
- Barbara Stanwyck · Phyllis Dietrichson
- Bette Davis · Fanny Trellis Skeffington
- Greer Garson · Susie Parkington
- Claudette Colbert · Anne Hilton
Best Supporting Actor
- Barry Fitzgerald · Father Fitzgibbon
- Clifton Webb · Waldo Lydecker
- Claude Rains · Job Skeffington
- Monty Woolley · Colonel Smollett
- Hume Cronyn · Paul Roeder
Best Supporting Actress
- Ethel Barrymore · Ma Mott
- Aline MacMahon · Ling's Wife
- Angela Lansbury · Nancy Oliver
- Agnes Moorehead · Aspacia Conti
- Jennifer Jones · Jane Hilton
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Announced as Writing (Screenplay)
Best Original Story
Announced as Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Best Documentary Feature
- United States Navy
- United States Army Air Force
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
- Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
- Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- Song of the Open Road
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Nomination withdrawn by production company.
- Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
- Art Direction: John J. Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
Best Production Design (Color)
- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
- Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
- Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
- Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Best Original Score
Announced as Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score
Announced as Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Best Original Song
Announced as Music (Song)
- Brazil · Rio De JaneiroMusic by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- Cover Girl · Long Ago And Far AwayMusic by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Follow the Boys · I'll Walk AloneMusic by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Higher and Higher · I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last NightMusic by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
- Lady, Let's Dance · Silver Shadows And Golden DreamsMusic by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
Meet Me in St. Louis · The Trolley SongMusic and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin- Minstrel Man · Remember Me To CarolinaMusic by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
- Song of the Open Road · Too Much In LoveMusic by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
- Sweet and Low-Down · I'm Making BelieveMusic by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- Up in Arms · Now I KnowMusic by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Best Sound
- Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Best Visual Effects
Announced as Special Effects
- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- Photographic Effects by David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright; Sound Effects by Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick
- Photographic Effects by John R. Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
Best Documentary Short
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- RKO Radio
Best Animated Short
Announced as Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Screen Gems
- Walter Lantz, Producer
- Walt Disney, Producer
- Paul Terry, Producer
- Warner Bros.
Best Live Action Short (One-reel)
- Edmund Reek, Producer
- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Pete Smith, Producer
Best Live Action Short (Two-reel)
- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Louis Harris, Producer
- Jerry Bresler, Producer; Herbert Moulton, Associate Producer
Not competitive
Honorary and special awards
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- Darryl F. Zanuck
Special Award
- Bob Hope
To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy.
- Margaret O'Brien
To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944.