- Going My Way – Leo McCarey for Paramount
 - Double Indemnity – Joseph Sistrom for Paramount
- Gaslight – Arthur Hornblow Jr. for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Since You Went Away – David O. Selznick for United Artists
- Wilson – Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox
| - Leo McCarey – Going My Way
|
| | |
| | |
- Wilson – Lamar Trotti
- Hail the Conquering Hero – Preston Sturges
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek – Preston Sturges
- Two Girls and a Sailor – Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman
- Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X – Jerome Cady
| - Going My Way – Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by Leo McCarey
- Double Indemnity – Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, based on Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind by James M. Cain
- Gaslight – John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch, and John Van Druten, based on Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
- Laura – Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Elizabeth Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary
- Meet Me in St. Louis – Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the novel by Sally Benson
|
- Going My Way – Leo McCarey
- A Guy Named Joe – David Boehm and Chandler Sprague
- Lifeboat – John Steinbeck
- None Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than
- The Sullivans – Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer
| |
| Best Documentary Short Subject - With the Marines at Tarawa – United States Marine Corps
- Hymn of the Nations – United States Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- New Americans – RKO Radio
| - Who's Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks
- Blue Grass Gentlemen – Edmund Reek
- Jammin' the Blues – Gordon Hollingshead
- Movie Pests – Pete Smith
- Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub
|
- I Won't Play – Gordon Hollingshead
- Bombalera – Louis Harris
- Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler
| - Mouse Trouble – Fred Quimby
- And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street – George Pal
- Dog, Cat and Canary – Raymond Katz
- Fish Fry – Walter Lantz
- How to Play Football – Walt Disney
- My Boy, Johnny – Paul Terry
- Swooner Crooner – Edward Selzer
|
- Since You Went Away – Max Steiner
- Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin
- Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange
- Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter
- Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa
- The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf and Roy Webb
- The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul and Michel Michelet
- It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz
- Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich
- Kismet – Herbert Stothart
- None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff
- The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose
- Summer Storm – Karl Hajos
- Three Russian Girls – W. Franke Harling
- Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul
- Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet
- Wilson – Alfred Newman
- The Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa
| - Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon
- Brazil – Walter Scharf
- Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff
- Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf
- Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman
- Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill
- Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan
- Lady, Let's Dance – Edward Kay
- Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll
- The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter
- Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofé and Leo Erdody
- Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick
- Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn
- Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf and Louis Forbes
|
- "Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
- "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
- "I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- "I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- "Long Ago and Far Away" from Cover Girl – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- "Now I Know" from Up in Arms – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
- "Remember Me to Carolina" from Minstrel Man – Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
- "Rio de Janeiro" from Brazil – Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance – Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
- "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen – Music by Maurice K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
- "Too Much in Love" from Song of the Open Road – Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
- "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis – Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
| - Wilson – Edmund H. Hansen
- Brazil – Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Casanova Brown – Thomas T. Moulton
- Cover Girl – John P. Livadary
- Double Indemnity – Loren L. Ryder
- His Butler's Sister – Bernard B. Brown
- Hollywood Canteen – Nathan Levinson
- It Happened Tomorrow – Jack Whitney
- Kismet – Douglas Shearer
- Music in Manhattan – Stephen Dunn
- Voice in the Wind – W. M. Dalgleish
|
- Gaslight – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Paul Huldschinsky and Edwin B. Willis
- Address Unknown – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
- Casanova Brown – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
- Laura – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- No Time for Love – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
- Since You Went Away – Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- Step Lively – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter
- Song of the Open Road – N/A (nomination withdrawn)
| - Wilson – Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- The Climax – Art Direction: John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb
- Cover Girl – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
- The Desert Song – Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
- Kismet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle
- Lady in the Dark – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene Du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
- The Princess and the Pirate – Art Direction: Ernst Fegté; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
|
- Laura – Joseph LaShelle
- Double Indemnity – John F. Seitz
- Dragon Seed – Sidney Wagner
- Gaslight – Joseph Ruttenberg
- Going My Way – Lionel Lindon
- Lifeboat – Glen MacWilliams
- Since You Went Away – Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Robert L. Surtees and Harold Rosson
- The Uninvited – Charles Lang
- The White Cliffs of Dover – George J. Folsey
| - Wilson – Leon Shamroy
- Cover Girl – Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey
- Home in Indiana – Edward Cronjager
- Kismet – Charles Rosher
- Lady in the Dark – Ray Rennahan
- Meet Me in St. Louis – George J. Folsey
|
- Wilson – Barbara McLean
| - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Photographic Effects A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
- The Adventures of Mark Twain – Photographic Effects: Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson
- Days of Glory – Photographic Effects Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville
- Secret Command – Photographic Effects: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; Sound Effects: Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick
- Since You Went Away – Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove; Sound Effects: Arthur Johns
- The Story of Dr. Wassell – Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: George Dutton
- Wilson – Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Roger Heman Sr.
|
