Academy Award 1960 (april 4, 1960)

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 32 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie Ben-Hur

nominations for the movie :

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Henry Blake

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
Otto Preminger

The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
George Stevens

room at the top
Assigned to
John Woolf, James Woolf

Best International Feature Film

for the movie orfeu negro

nominations for the movie :

la grande guerra
Assigned to
Dino De laurentiis

dorp aan the river (village on the river)

paw

Stranded

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie Ben-Hur

nominations for the movie :

Some Like It Hot

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Fred Zinnemann

The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
George Stevens

room at the top
Assigned to
Jack Clayton

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie pillow talk
Assigned to
Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro, Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin

nominations for the movie :

Operation Petticoat
Assigned to
Stanley Shapiro, Paul King, Maurice Richlin, Joseph Stone

north by northwest
Assigned to
Ernest Lehman

The 400 Blows
Assigned to
Francois Truffaut, Marcel Moussy

smultronstället
Assigned to
Ingmar Bergman

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie room at the top
Assigned to
Neil Paterson

nominations for the movie :

Some Like It Hot

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Robert Anderson

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
Wendell Mayes

Ben-Hur

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie Ben-Hur

nominations for the movie :

Some Like It Hot
Assigned to
Jack Lemmon

the last angry man
Assigned to
Paul Muni

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
James Stewart

room at the top
Assigned to
Laurence Harvey

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie room at the top
Assigned to
Simone Signoret

nominations for the movie :

pillow talk
Assigned to
Doris Day

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Audrey Hepburn

Suddenly, Last Summer
Assigned to
Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie Ben-Hur

nominations for the movie :

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
George C. Scott, Arthur O'connell

The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
Ed Wynn

the young philadelphians
Assigned to
Robert Vaughn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
Shelley Winters

nominations for the movie :

imitation of life
Assigned to
Susan Kohner, Juanita Moore

pillow talk
Assigned to
Thelma Ritter

room at the top
Assigned to
Hermione Baddeley

Best Cinematography, Color

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Robert Surtees

nominations for the movie :

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Franz Planer

the five pennies
Assigned to
Daniel L.fapp

the big fisherman
Assigned to
Lee Garmes

porgy and bess
Assigned to
Leon Shamroy

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

for the movie The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
William C. Mellor

nominations for the movie :

Some Like It Hot
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
Sam Leavitt

the young philadelphians
Assigned to
Harry Stradling sr.

Career
Assigned to
Joseph Lashelle

Best Music, Original Comedy Score

for the movie porgy and bess
Assigned to
André Previn, Ken Darby

nominations for the movie :

sleeping beauty
Assigned to
George Bruns

the five pennies
Assigned to
Leith Stevens

say one for me
Assigned to
Lionel Newman

Li'l Abner
Assigned to
Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Miklos Rozsa

nominations for the movie :

on the beach
Assigned to
Ernest Gold

pillow talk
Assigned to
Frank De vol

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Franz Waxman

The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
Alfred Newman

Best Editing

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Ralph E. Winters, John D. dunning

nominations for the movie :

on the beach
Assigned to
Frederic Knudtson

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
Walter Thompson

north by northwest
Assigned to
George Tomasini

anatomy of a murder
Assigned to
Louis R.loeffler

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Hugh Hunt

nominations for the movie :

poster del film journey to the center of the earth

journey to the center of the earth
Assigned to
Herman A. Blumenthal, Joseph Kish, Walter M. Scott, Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin

pillow talk
Assigned to
Ruby R. Levitt, Russell A.gausman, Richard H. riedel

north by northwest
Assigned to
Henry Grace, William A. Horning, Frank R. Mckelvy, Merrill Pye, Robert Boyle (scenografo)

the big fisherman
Assigned to
John Decuir, Julia Heron

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

for the movie The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss, George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler

nominations for the movie :

Some Like It Hot
Assigned to
Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle

the last angry man
Assigned to
Carl Anderson, William R.kiernan

Suddenly, Last Summer
Assigned to
Scott Slimon, Oliver Messel, William Kellner

Career
Assigned to
Arthur Krams, Sam Comer

Best Costume Design, Color

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Elizabeth Haffenden

nominations for the movie :

the best of everything
Assigned to
Adele Palmer

the five pennies
Assigned to
Edith Head

the big fisherman
Assigned to
Renié

porgy and bess
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

for the movie Some Like It Hot
Assigned to
Orry-kelly

nominations for the movie :

the gazebo
Assigned to
Helen Rose

The Diary of Anne Frank
Assigned to
Charles Le maire, Mary Wills

the young philadelphians
Assigned to
Howard Shoup

Career
Assigned to
Edith Head

Best Sound

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
Franklin E.milton

nominations for the movie :

journey to the center of the earth
Assigned to
Carl W.faulkner

The Nun's Story
Assigned to
George Groves

porgy and bess
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer

libel
Assigned to
A.w.watkins

Best Special Effects

for the movie Ben-Hur
Assigned to
A. Arnold Gillespie, Milo Lory, Robert A. McDonald

nominations for the movie :

journey to the center of the earth
Assigned to
James B.gordon, L.b.abbott, Carl W.faulkner

Best Original Song

for the movie a hole in the head
Assigned to
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

nominations for the movie :

the best of everything
Assigned to
Alfred Newman, Sammy Cahn

The Hanging Tree
Assigned to
Mack David, Jerry Livingston

the five pennies
Assigned to
Sylvia Fine

the young land
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

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Academy Award 1960 (april 4, 1960)

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 32 of the event; awards assigned: