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Academy Award 1948 (march 20, 1948)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 20 of the event; awards assigned:


Migliore film

poster del film gentleman's agreement
  for the movie gentleman's agreement
Assigned to
Darryl F. Zanuck
nominations for the movie :


Best director

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  for the movie gentleman's agreement
Assigned to
Elia Kazan
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best actor

poster del film a double life
  for the movie a double life
Assigned to
Ronald Colman
nominations for the movie :


best supporting actor

poster del film miracle on 34th street
  for the movie miracle on 34th street
Assigned to
Edmund Gwenn
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actress

poster del film gentleman's agreement
  for the movie gentleman's agreement
Assigned to
Celeste Holm, Anne Revere
nominations for the movie :

best color photography

poster del film black narcissus
  for the movie black narcissus
Assigned to
Jack Cardiff
nominations for the movie :

best black and white photography

  for the movie great expectations
Assigned to
Guy Green
nominations for the movie :


best score for drama

poster del film a double life
  for the movie a double life
Assigned to
Miklos Rozsa
nominations for the movie :

best editing

  for the movie body and soul
Assigned to
Robert Parrish, Francis D. Lyon
nominations for the movie :

Best production design for color movie

poster del film black narcissus
  for the movie black narcissus
Assigned to
Alfred Junge
nominations for the movie :


Best sound

  for the movie the bishop's wife
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer
nominations for the movie :



Special Award

  for the movie song of the south
Assigned to
James Baskett