1st Academy Awards

Date: May 16, 1929

Host: Douglas Fairbanks

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Outstanding Picture

• Wings (1927)

The Racket (1928)

Seventh Heaven (1927)

Unique and Artistic Production

• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)

The Crowd (1928)

Best Director, Comedy Picture

• Lewis Milestone (Two Arabian Knights)

Ted Wilde (Speedy)

Best Director, Dramatic Picture

• Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven)

Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son

King Vidor – The Crowd

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")

Louise Dresser (A Ship Comes In)

Gloria Swanson (Sadie Thompson)

Best Writing, Original Story

• Ben Hecht (Underworld)

Lajos Bíró (The Last Command)

Best Writing, Adapted Story

• Benjamin Glazer (Seventh Heaven)

Anthony Coldeway (Glorious Betsy)

Alfred A. Cohn (The Jazz Singer)

Best Cinematography

• Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)

George Barnes (The Devil Dancer)

George Barnes (The Magic Flame)

George Barnes (Sadie Thompson)

Best Art Direction

• William Cameron Menzies (The Dove and Tempest)

Harry Oliver (Seventh Heaven)

Rochus Gliese (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)

Best Engineering Effects

• Roy Pomeroy (Wings)

Ralph Hammeras (No specific film)

Nugent Slaughter (No specific film)

Best Writing, Title Writing

• Joseph Farnham (The Red Mill)

George Marion, Jr. (The Magic Flame)

Gerald Duffy (The Private Life of Helen of Troy)

Films with multiple nominations

• Seventh Heaven (5)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (4)
The Crowd (2)
Sadie Thompson (2)
Wings (2)
The Last Command (2)

Films with multiple awards

• Seventh Heaven (3)
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (3)

Wings (2)

Honorary Awards

• Charlie Chaplin
• Warner Brothers Production