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* Writing (Motion Picture Story) - Valentine Davies * Writing (Screenplay) - George Seaton Best Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox
To MARTY MARTIN, JACK LANNON, RUSSELL SHEARMAN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for the development of a new method of simulating falling snow on motion picture sets. [Stage Operations]
Great Expectations. David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame. Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1956. This award can be a source of confusion for modern audiences, given its co-existence with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Another contender for awards this year was the Swiss-made film by director Fred Zinnemann, The Search (with four nominations and one win - Best Motion Picture Story, and a Special Award for Ivan Jandl - "outstanding juvenile performance of 1948"), the first film to be made in Europe after WWII with an American director and cast.
The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947. It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards.
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1948. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song.
