1946 ceremony · films of 1945
The 18th Oscars
156 nominations in 24 categories.
Nominations and wins
The night's big films
1 of 8
4 of 7
1 of 6
1 of 6- 0 of 6
- 2 of 5
Winners first
Every category
Best Picture
Announced as Best Motion Picture
- Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer- Warner Bros.
- Selznick International Pictures
- Rainbow Productions
Best Director
Best Actor
Announced as Actor
- Ray Milland · Don Birnam
- Cornel Wilde · Frederick Chopin
- Gene Kelly · Joseph Brady
- Bing Crosby · Father O'Malley
- Gregory Peck · Father Francis Chisholm
Best Actress
Announced as Actress
- Joan Crawford · Mildred Pierce
- Gene Tierney · Ellen Berent
- Jennifer Jones · Singleton
- Ingrid Bergman · Sister Benedict
- Greer Garson · Mary Rafferty
Best Supporting Actor
- James Dunn · Johnny Nolan
- J. Carrol Naish · Charlie Martini
- Michael Chekhov · Dr. Alex Brulov
- Robert Mitchum · Lieutenant Walker
- John Dall · Morgan Evans
Best Supporting Actress
- Anne Revere · Mrs. Brown
- Eve Arden · Ida
- Ann Blyth · Veda Pierce
- Joan Lorring · Bessie Watty
- Angela Lansbury · Sibyl Vane
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Announced as Writing (Screenplay)
Best Original Story
Announced as Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Best Documentary Feature
- The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
- United States Army Air Force
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Cinematography (Color)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design (Black-and-White)
- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: A. Roland Fields
- Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar
Best Production Design (Color)
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Mildred Griffiths
- Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
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)
- State Fair · It Might As Well Be SpringMusic by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
- Anchors Aweigh · I Fall In Love Too EasilyMusic by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Belle of the Yukon · Sleighride In JulyMusic by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
- Earl Carroll Vanities · EndlesslyMusic by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
- Here Come the Waves · Accentuate The PositiveMusic by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- San Antonio · Some Sunday MorningMusic by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
- Sing Your Way Home · I'll Buy That DreamMusic by Allie Wrubel; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
- Story of G.I. Joe · LindaMusic and Lyrics by Ann Ronell
- The Bells of St. Mary's · Aren't You Glad You're You?Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
- Tonight and Every Night · AnywhereMusic by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Why Girls Leave Home · The Cat And The CanaryMusic by Jay Livingston; Lyrics by Ray Evans
- Wonder Man · So In LoveMusic by David Rose; Lyrics by Leo Robin
Best Sound
- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
- Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- General Service, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
Best Visual Effects
Announced as Special Effects
- Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns
- Photographic Effects by Lawrence W. Butler; Sound Effects by Ray Bomba
- Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen, Sol Halprin; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, Harry Leonard
- Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove
- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Robert A. MacDonald; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
Best Documentary Short
- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- United States Marine Corps
Best Animated Short
Announced as Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Walt Disney, Producer
- Paul Terry, Producer
- George Pal, Producer
- Screen Gems
- Walter Lantz, Producer
Best Live Action Short (One-reel)
- Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
- Edmund Reek, Producer
- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Grantland Rice, Producer
- Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead, Producers
Best Live Action Short (Two-reel)
- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Jules White, Producer
- George Templeton, Producer
Not competitive
Honorary and special awards
Special Award
- Peggy Ann Garner
To Peggy Ann Garner, outstanding child actress of 1945.
- Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg
To Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design.
To The House I Live In, tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song \"The House I Live In,\" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio.
- Walter Wanger
To Walter Wanger for his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.