Academy Awards

annual awards for cinematic achievements

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1953 edition

Academy Award for Best Story

Frank Cavett

Fredric M. Frank

Theodore St. John

For the film: The Greatest Show on Earth

Also nominated: Edna Anhalt · Edward Anhalt · Guy Trosper · Jack Leonard · Leo McCarey · Martin Goldsmith · My Son John · The Narrow Margin · The Pride of St. Louis · The Sniper
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Elmo Williams

Harry W. Gerstad

For the film: High Noon

Also nominated: Come Back, Little Sheba · Anne Bauchens · Flat Top · Moulin Rouge · Ralph Kemplen · The Greatest Show on Earth · Warren Low · William Austin
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Fred Quimby

For the film: Johann Mouse

Also nominated: Little Johnny Jet · Madeline · Pink and Blue Blues · Steven Bosustow · The Romance of Transportation in Canada · Tom Daly
Academy Award for Best Director

John Ford

For the film: The Quiet Man

Also nominated: 5 Fingers · Cecil B. DeMille · Fred Zinnemann · High Noon · John Huston · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · The Greatest Show on Earth
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Norman McLaren

For the film: Neighbours

Also nominated: Alberto Ancilotto · Herbert Morgan · Man Alive! · Signal Corps · Steven Bosustow · The Garden Spider
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score

Alfred Newman

For the film: With a Song in My Heart

Also nominated: Gian Carlo Menotti · Hans Christian Andersen · Lennie Hayton · Max Steiner · Ray Heindorf · Singin' in the Rain · The Jazz Singer · The Medium · Walter Scharf
Academy Award for Best Picture

Cecil B. DeMille

For the film: The Greatest Show on Earth

Also nominated: High Noon · Ivanhoe · John Ford · John Huston · Merian C. Cooper · Moulin Rouge · Pandro S. Berman · Stanley Kramer · The Quiet Man
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Walt Disney

For the film: Water Birds

Also nominated: Bridge of Time · Devil Take Us · Gordon Hollingshead · Herbert Morgan · Thar She Blows!
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Anthony Quinn

For the film: Viva Zapata!

Also nominated: Arthur Hunnicutt · Jack Palance · My Cousin Rachel · The Big Sky · Richard Burton · Sudden Fear · The Quiet Man · Victor McLaglen
Academy Award for Best Sound

The Sound Barrier

Also nominated: Daniel J. Bloomberg · Gordon E. Sawyer · Hans Christian Andersen · The Card · The Quiet Man · Thomas T. Moulton · With a Song in My Heart