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1955
1957
Awards & Top Films
1956
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1956 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1956
1
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War and Peace
No award data
2
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Baby Doll
No award data
3
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The King and I
No award data
4
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Around the World in 80 Days
No award data
5
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Before Sundown
No award data
6
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Friendly Persuasion
No award data
7
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Giant
No award data
8
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Lust For Life
No award data
9
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The Rainmaker
No award data
10
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Richard III
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
The King and I
Producer:
Charles Brackett
Oscar
Globe
NBR
Around the World in 80 Days
Producer:
Mike Todd
Oscar
NBR
Guys and Dolls
Globe
BAFTA
Gervaise
BAFTA
Reach for the Sky
BAFTA
Picnic
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Bus Stop
Globe
NBR
Friendly Persuasion
Producer:
William Wyler
Oscar
NBR
The Man Who Never Was
NBR
BAFTA
A Town Like Alice
BAFTA
Amici per la pelle
BAFTA
Anastasia
NBR
Baby Doll
BAFTA
Giant
Producers:
George Stevens
and
Henry Ginsberg
Oscar
Lust For Life
NBR
Moby Dick
NBR
Poprygunya
BAFTA
Rebel Without a Cause
BAFTA
Shadow
BAFTA
Smiles of a Summer Night
BAFTA
Somebody Up There Likes Me
NBR
The Battle of the River Plate
BAFTA
The Catered Affair
NBR
The Killing
BAFTA
The Man with the Golden Arm
BAFTA
The Opposite Sex
Globe
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Globe
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Globe
The Ten Commandments
Producer:
Cecil B. deMille
Oscar
The Trouble with Harry
BAFTA
The Unfrocked One
BAFTA
War and Peace
BAFTA
Yield to the Night
BAFTA
International Feature
The Silent World
NBR
Animated Feature
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
BAFTA
Calling All Salesmen
BAFTA
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate
BAFTA
History of the Cinema
BAFTA
Love and the Zeppelin
BAFTA
Rythmetic
BAFTA
The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy
BAFTA
Documentary
Foothold in Antarctica
BAFTA
On the Bowery
BAFTA
Generator 4
BAFTA
The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence)
BAFTA
Under the Same Sky
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
George Stevens
Giant
Oscar
Globe
DGA
John Huston
Moby Dick
NBR
DGA
Elia Kazan
Baby Doll
Globe
Michael Anderson
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar
Globe
DGA
King Vidor
War and Peace
Oscar
Globe
DGA
William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion
Oscar
DGA
Joshua Logan
Bus Stop
DGA
Vincente Minnelli
Lust For Life
Globe
Robert Wise
Somebody Up There Likes Me
DGA
Daniel Mann
Teahouse of the August Moon
DGA
Walter Lang
The King and I
Oscar
Editing
Gene Ruggiero
and
Paul Weatherwax
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar
William Hornbeck
,
Philip W. Anderson
, and
Fred Bohanan
Giant
Oscar
Albert Akst
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Oscar
Merrill G. White
The Brave One
Oscar
Anne Bauchens
The Ten Commandments
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Yul Brynner
The King and I
Oscar
NBR
Anastasia
NBR
The Ten Commandments
NBR
Kirk Douglas
Lust For Life
Oscar
Globe
Karl Malden
Baby Doll
Globe
Gary Cooper
Friendly Persuasion
Globe
James Dean
Giant
Oscar
Laurence Olivier
Richard III
Oscar
Burt Lancaster
The Rainmaker
Globe
Charlton Heston
The Ten Commandments
Globe
Actress in a Leading Role
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
Oscar
Dorothy McGuire
Friendly Persuasion
NBR
Carroll Baker
Baby Doll
Oscar
Nancy Kelly
The Bad Seed
Oscar
Deborah Kerr
The King and I
Oscar
Katharine Hepburn
The Rainmaker
Oscar
Actor in a Supporting Role
Anthony Quinn
Lust For Life
Oscar
Richard Basehart
Moby Dick
NBR
Don Murray
Bus Stop
Oscar
Anthony Perkins
Friendly Persuasion
Oscar
Mickey Rooney
The Bold and the Brave
Oscar
Robert Stack
Written on the Wind
Oscar
Actress in a Supporting Role
Debbie Reynolds
The Catered Affair
NBR
Dorothy Malone
Written on the Wind
Oscar
Mildred Dunnock
Baby Doll
Oscar
Mercedes McCambridge
Giant
Oscar
Eileen Heckart
The Bad Seed
Oscar
Patty McCormack
The Bad Seed
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
John Farrow
,
James Poe
, and
S.J. Perelman
Around the World in 80 Days
WGA
Michael Wilson
Friendly Persuasion
WGA
Ernest Lehman
The King and I
WGA
Albert Lamorisse
The Red Balloon
Oscar
Tennessee Williams
Baby Doll
WGA
George Axelrod
Bus Stop
WGA
Phoebe Ephron
and
Henry Ephron
Carousel
WGA
John Fante
Full of Life
WGA
Fred Guiol
and
Ivan Moffat
Giant
WGA
John Patrick
High Society
WGA
Andrew L. Stone
Julie
Oscar
Federico Fellini
and
Tullio Pinelli
La Strada
Oscar
Isobel Lennart
Meet Me in Las Vegas
WGA
Ernest Lehman
Somebody Up There Likes Me
WGA
Robert Lewin
The Bold and the Brave
Oscar
Samuel A. Taylor
The Eddy Duchin Story
WGA
William Rose
The Ladykillers
Oscar
N. Richard Nash
The Rainmaker
WGA
Abe Burrows
The Solid Gold Cadillac
WGA
John Patrick
The Teahouse of the August Moon
WGA
Screenplay (Adapted)
John Farrow
,
James Poe
, and
S.J. Perelman
Around the World in 80 Days
WGA
Michael Wilson
Friendly Persuasion
WGA
Ernest Lehman
The King and I
WGA
Tennessee Williams
Baby Doll
WGA
George Axelrod
Bus Stop
WGA
Phoebe Ephron
and
Henry Ephron
Carousel
WGA
John Fante
Full of Life
WGA
Fred Guiol
and
Ivan Moffat
Giant
WGA
John Patrick
High Society
WGA
Isobel Lennart
Meet Me in Las Vegas
WGA
Ernest Lehman
Somebody Up There Likes Me
WGA
Samuel A. Taylor
The Eddy Duchin Story
WGA
N. Richard Nash
The Rainmaker
WGA
Abe Burrows
The Solid Gold Cadillac
WGA
John Patrick
The Teahouse of the August Moon
WGA
Visual
Cinematography
Lionel Lindon
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar
Joseph Ruttenberg
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Oscar
Boris Kaufman
Baby Doll
Oscar
Walter Strenge
Stagecoach to Fury
Oscar
Harold Rosson
The Bad Seed
Oscar
Harry Stradling
The Eddy Duchin Story
Oscar
Burnett Guffey
The Harder They Fall
Oscar
Leon Shamroy
The King and I
Oscar
Loyal Griggs
The Ten Commandments
Oscar
Jack Cardiff
War and Peace
Oscar
Art Direction
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
,
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
,
Malcolm Brown
, and
F. Keogh Gleason
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Production design:
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
,
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
,
Malcolm Brown
, and
F. Keogh Gleason
Oscar
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
,
Paul S. Fox
,
John DeCuir
, and
Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
The King and I
Production design:
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
,
Paul S. Fox
,
John DeCuir
, and
Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
Oscar
Ken Adam
,
Art Direction: James W. Sullivan
, and
Set Decoration: Ross Dowd
Around the World in 80 Days
Production design:
Ken Adam
,
Art Direction: James W. Sullivan
, and
Set Decoration: Ross Dowd
Oscar
Art Direction: Boris Leven
and
Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
Giant
Production design:
Art Direction: Boris Leven
and
Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
Oscar
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
,
Hans Peters
,
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
,
E. Preston Ames
, and
F. Keogh Gleason
Lust For Life
Production design:
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
,
Hans Peters
,
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
,
E. Preston Ames
, and
F. Keogh Gleason
Oscar
Art Direction
and
Set Decoration: So Matsuyama
Seven Samurai
Production design:
Art Direction
and
Set Decoration: So Matsuyama
Oscar
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
,
Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
,
Jack Martin Smith
, and
Stuart A. Reiss
Teenage Rebel
Production design:
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
,
Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
,
Jack Martin Smith
, and
Stuart A. Reiss
Oscar
Art Direction: Hal Pereira
,
Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
,
A. Earl Hedrick
, and
Frank R. McKelvy
The Proud and Profane
Production design:
Art Direction: Hal Pereira
,
Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
,
A. Earl Hedrick
, and
Frank R. McKelvy
Oscar
Set Decoration: William Kiernan
,
Louis Diage
, and
Art Direction: Ross Bellah
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Production design:
Set Decoration: William Kiernan
,
Louis Diage
, and
Art Direction: Ross Bellah
Oscar
Ray Moyer
,
Art Direction: Hal Pereira
,
Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
,
Walter H. Tyler
, and
Albert Nozaki
The Ten Commandments
Production design:
Ray Moyer
,
Art Direction: Hal Pereira
,
Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
,
Walter H. Tyler
, and
Albert Nozaki
Oscar
Costuming
Irene Sharaff
The King and I
Oscar
Jean Louis
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Oscar
Miles White
Around the World in 80 Days
Oscar
Marjorie Best
and
Moss Mabry
Giant
Oscar
Kohei Ezaki
Seven Samurai
Oscar
Charles LeMaire
and
Mary Wills
Teenage Rebel
Oscar
Helen Rose
The Power and the Prize
Oscar
Edith Head
The Proud and Profane
Oscar
Dorothy Jeakins
,
Edith Head
,
Ralph Jester
,
John Jensen
, and
Arnold Friberg
The Ten Commandments
Oscar
Maria De Matteis
War and Peace
Oscar
Effects
John P. Fulton
The Ten Commandments
Oscar
10th British Academy Film Awards
10th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
11th Tony Awards
11th Tony Awards
Oscar
14th Golden Globe Awards
14th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
8th Primetime Emmy Awards
8th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
9th Primetime Emmy Awards
9th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Oscar
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Oscar
Buddy Adler
Buddy Adler
Oscar
Carroll Baker
Carroll Baker
Oscar
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
Oscar
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
Oscar
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Oscar
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone
Oscar
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Oscar
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Oscar
A. Arnold Gillespie
,
Irving G. Ries
, and
Wesley C. Miller
Forbidden Planet
Oscar
Gogi Grant ("Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Gogi Grant ("Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Knew Too Much)
Oscar
Gower Champion and Marge Champion
Gower Champion and Marge Champion
Oscar
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Oscar
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Oscar
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
Oscar
Conductor the Academy Awards orchestra
Johnny Green
Oscar
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Oscar
Mercedes McCambridge and Robert Stack
Mercedes McCambridge and Robert Stack
Oscar
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly
Oscar
Patty McCormack and Mickey Rooney
Patty McCormack and Mickey Rooney
Oscar
Rock Hudson and Eva Marie Saint (Presenters: Best Musical Score and Best Dramatic or Comedy Score)
Rock Hudson and Eva Marie Saint (Presenters: Best Musical Score and Best Dramatic or Comedy Score)
Oscar
The Four Aces ("Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind)
The Four Aces ("Written on the Wind" from Written on the Wind)
Oscar
Tommy Sands ("Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion)
Tommy Sands ("Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" from Friendly Persuasion)
Oscar
Y. Frank Freeman
Y. Frank Freeman
Oscar