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1956 Academy Awards — 123 nominations across 27 categories.
Best Picture
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)
- ★ Somebody Up There Likes Me IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
- The Magnificent Seven IMDB — Takashi Matsuyama
- The Proud and Profane IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
- The Solid Gold Cadillac IMDB — Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
- Teenage Rebel IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
ART DIRECTION (Color)
- ★ The King and I IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
- Around the World in 80 Days IMDB — Art Direction: James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Ross J. Dowd
- Giant IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Ralph S. Hurst
- Lust for Life IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason
- The Ten Commandments IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)
COSTUME DESIGN (Color)
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
- ★ La Strada IMDB — Italy; Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers
- The Captain of Kopenick IMDB — Federal Republic of Germany - West; Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel, Producers
- Gervaise IMDB — France; Annie Dorfmann, Producer
- Harp of Burma IMDB — Japan; Masayuki Takagi, Producer
- Qivitoq IMDB — Denmark; O. Dalsgaard-Olsen, Producer
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ The Man Who Knew Too Much IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- Friendly Persuasion IMDB — Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
- Julie IMDB — Music by Leith Stevens; Lyrics by Tom Adair
- High Society IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
- Written on the Wind IMDB — Music by Victor Young; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)
SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)
SOUND RECORDING
- ★ The King and I IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
- The Brave One IMDB — King Bros. Productions, Inc., Sound Department, John Myers, Sound Director
- The Eddy Duchin Story IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- Friendly Persuasion IMDB — Westrex Sound Services, Inc., Gordon R. Glennan, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
- The Ten Commandments IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director