The 1953 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1954 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.
| Best Motion Picture | From Here to Eternity, Buddy Adler, producer (Columbia) |
| Julius Caesar, John Houseman, producer (MGM) |
| The Robe, Frank Ross, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Roman Holiday, William Wyler, producer (Paramount) |
| Shane, George Stevens, producer (Paramount) |
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| Best Actor | Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar |
| Richard Burton, The Robe |
| Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity |
| William Holden, Stalag 17 |
| Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity |
| Best Actress | Leslie Caron, Lili |
| Ava Gardner, Mogambo |
| Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday |
| Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity |
| Maggie McNamara, The Moon Is Blue |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday |
| Brandon de Wilde, Shane |
| Jack Palance, Shane |
| Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity |
| Robert Strauss, Stalag 17 |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Grace Kelly, Mogambo |
| Geraldine Page, Hondo |
| Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song |
| Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity |
| Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street |
| Directing | George Stevens, Shane |
| Charles Walters, Lili |
| Billy Wilder, Stalag 17 |
| William Wyler, Roman Holiday |
| Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity |
| Writing | | Motion Picture Story | Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, Little Fugitive | | Alec Coppel, The Captain's Paradise | | Beirne Lay, Jr., Above and Beyond | | Dalton Trumbo, Roman Holiday | | Screenplay | Eric Ambler, The Cruel Sea | | Helen Deutsch, Lili | | A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Shane | | Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton, Roman Holiday | | Daniel Taradash, From Here to Eternity | | Story and Screenplay | Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen, Titanic | | Betty Comden and Adolph Green, The Band Wagon | | Millard Kaufman, Take the High Ground | | Richard Murphy, The Desert Rats | | Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom, The Naked Spur |
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| Cinematography | | Black-and-White | Joseph C. Brun, Martin Luther | | Burnett Guffey, From Here to Eternity | | Hal Mohr, The Four Poster | | Frank Planer and Henry Alekan, Roman Holiday | | Joseph Ruttenberg, Julius Caesar | | Color | Edward Cronjager, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | | George Folsey, All the Brothers Were Valiant | | Loyal Griggs, Shane | | Robert Planck, Lili | | Leon Shamroy, The Robe |
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| Art Direction | | Black-and-White | Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Julius Caesar | | Fritz Maurischat and Paul Markwitz, art direction and set decoration, Martin Luther | | Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction and set decoration, Roman Holiday | | Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The President's Lady | | Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford, art direction; Stuart Reiss, set decoration, Titanic | | Color | Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno and Gabriel Scognamillo, art direction; Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, The Story of Three Loves | | Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Lili | | Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, Young Bess | | Alfred Junge and Hans Peters, art direction; John Jarvis, set decoration, Knights of the Round Table | | Lyle Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The Robe |
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| Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., John P. Livadary, From Here to Eternity |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Knights of the Round Table |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., The War of the Worlds |
| Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., The Mississippi Gambler |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., William A. Mueller, Calamity Jane |
| Music | | Song | “The Moon Is Blue,” The Moon Is Blue, Herschel Burke Gilbert, music; Sylvia Fine, lyrics | | “My Flaming Heart,” Small Town Girl, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Leo Robin, lyrics | | “Sadie Thompson's Song” (Blue Pacific Blues), Miss Sadie Thompson, Lester Lee, music; Ned Washington, lyrics | | “Secret Love,” Calamity Jane, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics | | “That's Amore,” The Caddy, Harry Warren, music; Jack Brooks, lyrics | | Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Louis Forbes, This Is Cinerama | | Hugo Friedhofer, Above and Beyond | | Bronislau Kaper, Lili | | Miklos Rozsa, Julius Caesar | | Morris Stoloff and George Duning, From Here to Eternity | | Scoring of a Musical Picture | Adolph Deutsch, The Band Wagon | | Ray Heindorf, Calamity Jane | | Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | | Alfred Newman, Call Me Madam | | André Previn and Saul Chaplin, Kiss Me Kate |
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| Film Editing | Everett Douglas, The War of the Worlds |
| Otto Ludwig, The Moon Is Blue |
| William Lyon, From Here to Eternity |
| Robert Swink, Roman Holiday |
| Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, Crazylegs |
| Costume Design | | Black-and-White | Edith Head, Roman Holiday | | Charles LeMaire and Renie, The President's Lady | | Jean Louis, From Here to Eternity | | Walter Plunkett, The Actress | | Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy, Dream Wife | | Color | Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago, The Robe | | Charles LeMaire and Travilla, How to Marry a Millionaire | | Mary Ann Nyberg, The Band Wagon | | Walter Plunkett, Young Bess | | Irene Sharaff, Call Me Madam |
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| Special Effects | The War of the Worlds (Paramount) |
| Short Subjects | | Cartoon | Christopher Crumpet (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) | | From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (Loony Tunes Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) | | Rugged Bear (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | The Tell Tale Heart (UPA Cartoon Special Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia) | | Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Adventures in Music Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) | | One-Reel | Christ Among the Primitives (Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corp.) | | Herring Hunt (Canada Carries on Series) (National Film Board of Canada; RKO Pathé, Inc.) | | Joy of Living (Art Film Series) (Art Film Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (Overture Series) (Johnny Green, producer; MGM) | | Wee Water Wonders (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount) | | Two-Reel | Bear Country (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | Ben and Me (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) | | Return to Glennascaul (Dublin Gate Theatre Production; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.) | | Vesuvius Express (CinemaScope Shorts Series) (Otto Lang, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Winter Paradise (Technicolor Special Series) (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | The Alaskan Eskimo (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) | | The Living City (John Barnes, producer; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.) | | Operation Blue Jay (U.S. Army Signal Corps.) | | They Planted a Stone (World Wide Pictures; British Information Services) | | The Word (John Healy and John Adams, producers; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Feature | The Conquest of Everest (Countryman Films, Ltd. and Group 3 Ltd.; United Artists) | | The Living Desert (True Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) | | A Queen Is Crowned (J. Arthur Rank Organization Ltd.; Universal-International) |
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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | George Stevens |
| Honorary Awards | To Pete Smith for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of Pete Smith Specialities |
| To Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation in recognition of their imagination, showmanship and foresight in introducing the revolutionary process known as CinemaScope |
| To Joseph I. Breen for his conscientious, open-minded and dignified management of the Motion Picture Production Code |
| To Bell and Howell Company for their pioneering and basic achievements in the advancement of the motion picture industry |
