There were two Oscar ceremonies held at Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel in 1930. This one,
held on Nov. 3 honored films released in 1930. The other, held on April 3, honored films released in 1928-1928.
| Outstanding Production | All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal) |
| The Big House (Cosmopolitan; MGM) |
| Disraeli (Warner Bros.) |
| The Divorcée (MGM) |
| The Love Parade (Paramount Famous Lasky) |
| Best Actor | George Arliss, Disraeli |
| George Arliss, The Green Goddess |
| Wallace Beery, The Big House |
| Maurice Chevalier, The Big Pond and The Love Parade |
| Ronald Colman, Bulldog Drummond and Condemned |
| Lawrence Tibbett, The Rogue Song |
| Best Actress | Nancy Carroll, The Devil's Holiday |
| Ruth Chatterton, Sarah and Son |
| Greta Garbo, Anna Christie and Romance |
| Norma Shearer, The Divorcée |
| Norma Shearer, Their Own Desire |
| Gloria Swanson, The Trespasser |
| Directing | Clarence Brown, Anna Christie and Romance |
| Robert Z. Leonard, The Divorcée |
| Ernst Lubitsch, The Love Parade |
| Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front |
| King Vidor, Hallelujah |
| Writing | George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson and Del Andrews, All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Howard Estabrook, Street of Chance |
| Julian Josephson, Disraeli |
| Frances Marion, The Big House |
| John Meehan, The Divorcée |
| Cinematography | William Daniels, Anna Christie |
| Arthur Edeson, All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Gaetano Gaudio and Harry Perry, Hell's Angels |
| Victor Milner, The Love Parade |
| Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van Der Veer, With Byrd at the South Pole |
| Art Direction | Hans Dreier, The Love Parade |
| Hans Dreier, The Vagabond King |
| William Cameron Menzies, Bulldog Drummond |
| Jack Okey, Sally |
| Herman Rosse, King of Jazz |
| Sound Recording | First National Studio Sound Dept, Song of the Flame |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Big House |
| Paramount Famous Lasky Studio Sound Dept., The Love Parade |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., The Case of Sergeant Grischa |
| United Artists Studio Sound Dept., Raffles |
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