Winner 
14th Academy Awards
The 1941 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to How Green Was My Valley. The winning leader is How Green Was My Valley with 5 wins. The most nominated title is Sergeant York with 11 nominations. 35 winners named across 27 categories.
Most awarded titles
- How Green Was My Valley 5 wins10 nominations
- Sergeant York 2 wins11 nominations
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan 2 wins7 nominations
- Fantasia 2 wins2 nominations
- Citizen Kane 1 win9 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1941 ceremony centers on How Green Was My Valley. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 25 nominees in all.
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
23 categories190 records35 winners
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
How Green Was My Valley
Credit: John Ford
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner20 records
19 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner9 records
8 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Sergeant York
Credit: William Holmes
1 winner9 records
1 winner12 records
1 winner3 records
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
How Green Was My Valley
Credit: Arthur Miller
1 winner6 records
5 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner11 records
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
Dumbo
Credit: Frank ChurchillOliver Wallace
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
Lend a Paw
Credit: Walt Disney
1 winner7 records
6 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner11 records
10 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Credit: Harry Segall
Ceremony Highlights
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
How Green Was My Valley
John Ford
Joan Fontaine
Gary Cooper
Mary Astor
Donald Crisp
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
All That Money Can Buy
The Last Time I Saw Paris
William Holmes
Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Arthur Miller
Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
National Film Board of Canada
Walt Disney
Frank Churchill | Oliver Wallace
Rca Manufacturing Company
Western Electric Co. Inc.
Charles Lootens and Republic
Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loren Ryder and Paramount
Paramount Pictures and 20th CENTURY-FOX Film Corp.
Ray Wilkinson and Paramount
Wilbur Silvertooth and Paramount
Walt Disney, Producer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Leopold Stokowski
Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company
Rey Scott
The British Ministry of Information
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.