1st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1929)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Thursday, May 16, 1929
  • For films released in: 1927-1928
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 1st Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Picture

  • 7th Heaven
    William Fox [Producer]
  • The Racket
    Howard Hughes [Producer]
  • Wings
    Lucien Hubbard [Producer]

Unique and Artistic Production

  • Chang
  • The Crowd
  • Sunrise

Best Directing (Dramatic Picture)

  • 7th Heaven
    Frank Borzage
  • The Crowd
    King Vidor
  • Sorrell and Son
    Herbert Brenon

Best Directing (Comedy Picture)

  • Speedy
    Ted Wilde
  • Two Arabian Knights
    Lewis Milestone

Best Actor

  • The Last Command
    Emil Jannings
  • The Noose
    Richard Barthelmess
  • The Patent Leather Kid
    Richard Barthelmess
  • The Way of All Flesh
    Emil Jannings

Best Actress

  • 7th Heaven
    Janet Gaynor
  • Sadie Thompson
    Gloria Swanson
  • A Ship Comes In
    Louise Dresser
  • Street Angel
    Janet Gaynor
  • Sunrise
    Janet Gaynor

Best Art Direction

  • 7th Heaven
    Harry Oliver
  • The Dove
    William Cameron Menzies
  • Sunrise
    Rochus Gliese
  • Tempest
    William Cameron Menzies

Best Cinematography

  • The Devil Dancer
    George Barnes
  • The Magic Flame
    George Barnes
  • Sadie Thompson
    George Barnes
  • Sunrise
    Charles Rosher and Karl Struss

Best Engineering Effects

  • Ralph Hammeras
  • Nugent Slaughter
  • Wings
    Roy Pomeroy

Best Writing (Adaptation)

  • 7th Heaven
    Benjamin Glazer
  • Glorious Betsy
    Anthony Coldeway
  • The Jazz Singer
    Alfred Cohn

Best Writing (Original Story)

  • The Last Command
    Lajos BirĂ³
  • Underworld
    Ben Hecht

Best Writing (Title Writing)

  • Joseph Farnham
  • George Marion Jr.
  • The Private Life of Helen of Troy
    Gerald Duffy
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