Database of cinema, music, history and literature

Academy Award 1959 (april 6, 1959)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 31 of the event; awards assigned:


Migliore film

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Arthur Freed
nominations for the movie :


Best director

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Vincente Minnelli
nominations for the movie :


Best non-original screenplay

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Alan Jay Lerner
nominations for the movie :

best actor

poster del film separate tables
  for the movie separate tables
Assigned to
David Niven
nominations for the movie :

best actress

poster del film i want to live!
  for the movie i want to live!
Assigned to
Susan Hayward
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actor

poster del film the big country
  for the movie the big country
Assigned to
Burl Ives
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actress

poster del film separate tables
  for the movie separate tables
Assigned to
Wendy Hiller
nominations for the movie :

best color photography

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Joseph Ruttenberg
nominations for the movie :

best black and white photography

poster del film The Defiant Ones
  for the movie The Defiant Ones
Assigned to
Sam Leavitt
nominations for the movie :

best score for comedy or musical film

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
André Previn
nominations for the movie :

best score for drama

  for the movie the old man and the sea
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin
nominations for the movie :

best editing

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Adrienne Fazan
nominations for the movie :

best costumes

poster del film gigi
  for the movie gigi
Assigned to
Cecil Beaton
nominations for the movie :


Best sound

  for the movie south pacific
Assigned to
Fred Hynes
nominations for the movie :

best special effects

  for the movie tom thumb
Assigned to
Tom (tecnico) Howard
nominations for the movie :