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 Biró
• Underworld
  Ben Hecht

Best Writing (Title Writing)

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