Best Motion Picture
Auntie Mame												Cat on a Hot Tin Roof												Gigi												Separate Tables												The Defiant Ones
Actor
David Niven (Separate Tables)												Paul Newman (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)												Sidney Poitier (The Defiant Ones)												Spencer Tracy (The Old Man and the Sea)												Tony Curtis (The Defiant Ones)
Actress
Deborah Kerr (Separate Tables)												Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)												Rosalind Russell (Auntie Mame)												Shirley MacLaine (Some Came Running)												Susan Hayward (I Want to Live!)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Arthur Kennedy (Some Came Running)												Burl Ives (The Big Country)												Gig Young (Teacher's Pet)												Lee J. Cobb (The Brothers Karamazov)												Theodore Bikel (The Defiant Ones)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Cara Williams (The Defiant Ones)												Martha Hyer (Some Came Running)												Maureen Stapleton (Lonelyhearts)												Peggy Cass (Auntie Mame)												Wendy Hiller (Separate Tables)
Directing
Mark Robson (The Inn of the Sixth Happiness)												Richard Brooks (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)												Robert Wise (I Want to Live!)												Stanley Kramer (The Defiant Ones)												Vincente Minnelli (Gigi)
Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Houseboat												Teacher's Pet												The Defiant Ones												The Goddess												The Sheepman
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof												Gigi												I Want to Live!												Separate Tables												The Horse's Mouth
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Desire under the Elms												I Want to Live!												Separate Tables												The Defiant Ones												The Young Lions
Cinematography (Color)
Auntie Mame												Cat on a Hot Tin Roof												Gigi												South Pacific												The Old Man and the Sea
Film Editing
Auntie Mame												Cowboy												Gigi												I Want to Live!												The Defiant Ones
Art Direction
A Certain Smile												Auntie Mame												Bell, Book and Candle												Gigi												Vertigo
Costume Design
A Certain Smile												Bell, Book and Candle												Gigi												Some Came Running												The Buccaneer
Special Effects
tom thumb																														Torpedo Run
Sound
A Time to Love and a Time to Die												I Want to Live!												South Pacific												The Young Lions												Vertigo
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Separate Tables												The Big Country												The Old Man and the Sea												The Young Lions												White Wilderness
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Damn Yankees												Gigi												Mardi Gras												South Pacific												The Bolshoi Ballet
Music (Song)
A Certain Smile (A Certain Smile)												Almost In Your Arms (Love Song From 'Houseboat') (Houseboat)												A Very Precious Love (Marjorie Morningstar)												Gigi (Gigi)												To Love And Be Loved (Some Came Running)
Foreign Language Film
Arms and the Man												La Venganza												My Uncle												The Road a Year Long												The Usual Unidentified Thieves
Documentary (Feature)
Antarctic Crossing															Psychiatric Nursing															The Hidden World															White Wilderness
Short Subject (Live Action)
Grand Canyon												Journey into Spring												Snows of Aorangi												The Kiss												T Is for Tumbleweed
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Knighty Knight Bugs																				Paul Bunyan																				Sidney's Family Tree
Documentary (Short Subject)
Ama Girls												Employees Only												Journey into Spring												Overture												The Living Stone