1st Academy Awards Ceremony
(1929)
15 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Thursday, May 16, 1929 at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California
Hosted by Douglas Fairbanks
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and was neither broadcast on radio or television.
OUTSTANDING PICTURE, PRODUCTION
Wings
The Racket
Seventh Heaven
UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
The Crowd
BEST DIRECTOR, COMEDY PICTURE
Two Arabian Knights – Lewis Milestone
Speedy – Ted Wilde
BEST PICTURE, DRAMATIC PICTURE
Seventh Heaven – Frank Borzage
The Crowd – King Vidor
Sorrell and Son – Herbert Brenon
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Emil Jannings – The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh
Richard Barthelmess – The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Janet Gaynor – Seventh Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans
Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson
Louise Dresser – A Ship Comes In
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL STORY
Underworld – Ben Hecht
The Last Command – Lajos Bíró
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED STORY
Seventh Heaven – Benjamin Glazer
Glorious Betsy – Anthony Coldeway
The Jazz Singer – Alfred A. Cohn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss
The Devil Dancer – George Barnes
The Magic Flame – George Barnes
Sadie Thompson – George Barnes
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Dove and Tempest – William Cameron Menzies
Seventh Heaven – Harry Oliver
Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans – Rochus Gliese
BEST ENGINEERING EFFECTS
Wings – Roy Pomeroy
(No specific film) – Ralph Hammeras
(No specific film) – Nugent Slaughter
BEST WRITING, TITLE WRITING
(No specific film) – Joseph Farnham
(No specific film) – George Marion, Jr.
The Private Life of Helen of Troy – Gerald Duffy
HONORARY AWARD
Charlie Chaplin
"For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus "
Warner Brothers Production
"For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry".
