Academy Awards archive

Citizen Kane Oscar Nominations & Wins

Citizen Kane has 9 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 9 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Citizen Kane: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1941Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientOrson Welles

Charles Foster Kane

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySergeant YorkAlvin C. York
Gary Cooper
Film year1941Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
Nomination recorded
Film year1941Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientGregg Toland
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHow Green Was My Valley
Arthur Miller
Film year1941Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientOrson Welles
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHow Green Was My Valley
John Ford
Film year1941Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Wise
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySergeant York
William Holmes
Film year1941Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientBernard Herrmann
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAll That Money Can Buy
Bernard Herrmann
Film year1941Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientMercury
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHow Green Was My Valley
20th Century-Fox
Film year1941Sound Recording
Credited nominee / recipientRKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThat Hamilton Woman
General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Film year1941Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientHerman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Citizen Kane with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Best Actor winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Cinematography (Black-and-White) winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Best Director 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Best Director winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Film Editing 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Film Editing winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Original Score 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Original Score winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Best Picture 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Best Picture winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Sound Recording 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
  • Appointment for Love
    Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Ball of Fire
    Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Chocolate Soldier
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Citizen Kane This film
    RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Devil Pays Off
    Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • How Green Was My Valley
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Men in Her Life
    Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Sergeant York
    Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Skylark
    Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • That Hamilton Woman
    General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
    ★ Winner
  • Topper Returns
    Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
    Nominee
Sound Recording winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1941 film year · Ceremony 14
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1941 film-year results
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