Oscars Best Picture 1939-1948 - Choreographers Guild
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Oscars Best Picture: Choreography in Film

1939-1948

Credit notation: Individuals listed below are credited as choreographers, unless noted otherwise in parentheses.

 

Percentage of Winners that Involve Choreography:
30%
Overall Percentage of Nominees that Involve Choreography:
17.5%

 

Year Film Nominee/Winner Choreographer(s)
1939 Alexander’s Ragtime Band Nominee Seymour Felix
1940 Gone with the Wind Winner Eddie Prinz (Dance Director)
Frank Floyd (Dance Director)
1940 The Wizard of Oz Nominee Busby Berkeley
Dona Massin (Assistant Choreographer)
1940 Wuthering Heights Nominee Jack Crosby
1942 Citizen Kane Nominee Arthur Appell (Dance Director)
1943 Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominee Johnny Boyle
LeRoy Prinz
Seymour Felix
1944 The Human Comedy Nominee Ernst Matray (Dance Director)
1945 Gaslight Nominee Charles Walters (Dance Director)
1945 Going My Way Winner Daniel Dare (Dance Director)
Josephine Earl (Dance Director)
Al Mann (Assistant Dance Director)
1945 Since You Went Away Nominee Charles Walters (Dance Director)
1946 Anchors Aweigh Nominee Gene Kelly
Jack Donohue (Dance Director)
Stanley Donen (Assistant Choreographer)
1946 The Lost Weekend Winner Al Mann (Dance Director)
Sam Ledner (Dance Supervisor)
1947 The Razor’s Edge Nominee Harry Pilcer
1948 Great Expectations Nominee Suria Magito

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