Academy Awards archive

The Bridge on the River Kwai Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Bridge on the River Kwai has 8 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 7 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 8 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.

The Bridge on the River Kwai: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1957Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientAlec Guinness

Colonel Nicholson

Win recorded
Film year1957Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientSessue Hayakawa

Saito

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categorySayonaraJoe Kelly
Red Buttons
Film year1957Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientJack Hildyard
Win recorded
Film year1957Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientDavid Lean
Win recorded
Film year1957Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientPeter Taylor
Win recorded
Film year1957Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Credited nominee / recipientMalcolm Arnold
Win recorded
Film year1957Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientSam Spiegel, Producer
Win recorded
Film year1957Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientMichael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
Source context

NOTE: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle's novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.

Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Bridge on the River Kwai 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 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Best Actor winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Cinematography 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Cinematography winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Best Director 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Best Director winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Film Editing 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Film Editing winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
Best Picture 1957 film year · Ceremony 30
Best Picture winner historyAll 1957 film-year results
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