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Oscars 1947 winners and nominees

The 1947 Academy Awards, by category: the winner first, then the nominees.

Reported results from TVDB and Wikidata. Coverage is incomplete.

Best Picture

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
Henry V
Henry V (1944)
GoodWatch score 85
The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1946)
GoodWatch score 63

Directing

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1945)
GoodWatch score 87
The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
The Killers
The Killers (1946)
GoodWatch score 88

Best Art Direction, Black and White

Anna and the King of Siam
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
GoodWatch score 77
Won
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1946)
GoodWatch score 63
Kitty
Kitty (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

Best Art Direction, Color

The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83
Won
Henry V
Henry V (1944)
GoodWatch score 85
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
GoodWatch score 69

Actress in a Leading Role

To Each His Own
To Each His Own (1946)
GoodWatch score 65
Won
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun (1946)
GoodWatch score 71
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1945)
GoodWatch score 87
Sister Kenny
Sister Kenny (1946)
GoodWatch score 70
The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83

Actor in a Supporting Role

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
Notorious
Notorious (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1946)
GoodWatch score 63
The Green Years
The Green Years (1946)
GoodWatch score 64

Actor in a Leading Role

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
Henry V
Henry V (1944)
GoodWatch score 85
The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83

Actress in a Supporting Role

The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge (1946)
GoodWatch score 63
Won
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
GoodWatch score 79
Anna and the King of Siam
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
GoodWatch score 77
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun (1946)
GoodWatch score 71
Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
GoodWatch score 59
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
GoodWatch score 75

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Seventh Veil
The Seventh Veil (1945)
GoodWatch score 62
Won
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
GoodWatch score 84
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia (1946)
GoodWatch score 80
Notorious
Notorious (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise (1945)
GoodWatch score 90

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
Rome, Open City
Rome, Open City (1945)
GoodWatch score 91
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1945)
GoodWatch score 87
The Killers
The Killers (1946)
GoodWatch score 88
Anna and the King of Siam
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
GoodWatch score 77

Best Original Musical Score

The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
Won
Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer (1946)
GoodWatch score 59
Night and Day
Night and Day (1946)
GoodWatch score 51
The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls (1946)
GoodWatch score 68
Blue Skies
Blue Skies (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
The Killers
The Killers (1946)
GoodWatch score 88
Humoresque
Humoresque (1947)
GoodWatch score 64
Henry V
Henry V (1944)
GoodWatch score 85
Anna and the King of Siam
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
GoodWatch score 77

Sound Recording

The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
Won
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

Best Story

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (1945)
GoodWatch score 66
Won
The Dark Mirror
The Dark Mirror (1946)
GoodWatch score 72
To Each His Own
To Each His Own (1946)
GoodWatch score 65
The Stranger
The Stranger (1946)
GoodWatch score 80
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
GoodWatch score 86

Documentary Short Film

Seeds of Destiny
Seeds of Destiny (1946)
GoodWatch score 64
Won
Traffic with the Devil
Traffic with the Devil (1946)
GoodWatch score 64
Life at the Zoo
Life at the Zoo (1946)
GoodWatch score 100
Paramount News Issue #37
Paramount News Issue #37 (1946)
GoodWatch score 63
Atomic Power!
Atomic Power! (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel

Facing Your Danger
Facing Your Danger (1946)
GoodWatch score 64
Won
Golden Horses
Golden Horses (1946)
GoodWatch score 70
Sure Cures
Sure Cures (1946)
GoodWatch score 56
Dive-Hi Champs
Dive-Hi Champs (1946)
GoodWatch score 52
Smart as a Fox
Smart as a Fox (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

Sound

The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
Won
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

Short Film (Animated)

The Cat Concerto
The Cat Concerto (1947)
GoodWatch score 79
Won
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946)
GoodWatch score 62
Squatter's Rights
Squatter's Rights (1946)
GoodWatch score 68
Musical Moments from Chopin
Musical Moments from Chopin (1946)
GoodWatch score 65
Walky Talky Hawky
Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
GoodWatch score 73

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog (1946)
GoodWatch score 60
Won
College Queen
College Queen (1946)
GoodWatch score 73
Hiss and Yell
Hiss and Yell (1946)
GoodWatch score 53
The Luckiest Guy in the World
The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947)
GoodWatch score 67

Film Editing

The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89
The Jolson Story
The Jolson Story (1946)
GoodWatch score 86
The Killers
The Killers (1946)
GoodWatch score 88
The Yearling
The Yearling (1946)
GoodWatch score 83