1960 Oscars 32nd Academy Awards |
1960 Oscars 32nd Academy Awards: An Unforgettable Night of CinemaWinners Announced: April 4, 1960 Highlights and Achievements:
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1960 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Motion Picture: Ben-Hur – Sam Zimbalist, producer (posthumous award) (WINNER) Anatomy of a Murder – Otto Preminger, producer The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens, producer The Nun’s Story – Henry Blanke, producer Room at the Top – John Woolf and James Woolf, producers |
Best Director: William Wyler – Ben-Hur (WINNER) George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Fred Zinnemann – The Nun’s Story Jack Clayton – Room at the Top Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot |
Best Actor: Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur (WINNER) Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top as Joe Lampton Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot as Jerry/”Daphne” Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man as Dr. Sam Abelman James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler |
Best Actress: Simone Signoret – Room at the Top as Alice Aisgill (WINNER) Doris Day – Pillow Talk as Jan Morrow Audrey Hepburn – The Nun’s Story as Sister Luke Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer as Violet Venable Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer as Catherine Holly |
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim (WINNER) Arthur O’Connell – Anatomy of a Murder as Parnell McCarthy George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder as Claude Dancer Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians as Chester A. “Chet” Gwynn Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank as Albert Dussell |
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella van Daan (WINNER) Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top as Elspeth Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life as Annie Johnson Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk as Alma |
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Pillow Talk – Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin (WINNER) The 400 Blows – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman Operation Petticoat – Story by Paul King, Joseph J. Stone; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman (Refused Nomination) |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Room at the Top – Neil Paterson based on the novel by John Braine (WINNER) Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes based on the novel by Robert Traver Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg based on the novel by Lew Wallace The Nun’s Story – Robert Anderson based on the novel by Kathryn Hulme Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond based on a story by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan |
Best Foreign Language Film: Black Orpheus (France) (WINNER) The Bridge (Germany) The Great War (Italy) Paw (Denmark) The Village on the River (Netherlands) |
Best Documentary Feature: Serengeti Shall Not Die (WINNER) The Race for Space |
Best Documentary Short Subject: Glass (WINNER) Donald in Mathmagic Land From Generation to Generation |
Best Live Action Short Subject: The Golden Fish – Jacques Cousteau (WINNER) Between the Tides – Ian Ferguson Mysteries of the Deep – Walt Disney The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film – Peter Sellers Skyscraper – Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke |
Best Short Subjects – Cartoons: Moonbird (WINNER) Mexicali Shmoes Noah’s Ark The Violinist |
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa (WINNER) The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman The Nun’s Story – Franz Waxman On the Beach – Ernest Gold Pillow Talk – Frank De Vol |
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: Porgy and Bess – André Previn and Ken Darby (WINNER) The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens Li’l Abner – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley Say One for Me – Lionel Newman Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns |
Best Song: “High Hopes” from A Hole in the Head – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn (WINNER) “The Best of Everything” from The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “The Five Pennies” from The Five Pennies – Music and Lyrics by Sylvia Fine “The Hanging Tree” from The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David “Strange Are The Ways of Love” from The Young Land – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington |
Best Sound: Ben-Hur – Franklin Milton (WINNER) Journey to the Center of the Earth – Carlton W. Faulkner Libel – A. W. Watkins The Nun’s Story – George Groves Porgy and Bess – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes |
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: The Diary of Anne Frank – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss (WINNER) Career – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams The Last Angry Man – Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan Some Like It Hot – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle Suddenly, Last Summer – Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scott Slimon |
Best Art Direction, Color: Ben-Hur – Art Direction: William A. Horning (posthumous award) and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt (WINNER) The Big Fisherman – Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron Journey to the Center of the Earth – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish North by Northwest – Art Direction: William A. Horning (posthumous nomination), Robert F. Boyle, and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy Pillow Talk – Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel (posthumous nomination); Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor (WINNER) Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt Career – Joseph LaShelle Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling, Sr. |
Best Cinematography, Color: Ben-Hur – Robert Surtees (WINNER) The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp The Nun’s Story – Franz Planer Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy |
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly (WINNER) Career – Edith Head The Diary of Anne Frank – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills The Gazebo – Helen Rose The Young Philadelphians – Howard Shoup |
Best Costume Design, Color: Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden (WINNER) The Best of Everything – Adele Palmer The Big Fisherman – Renié The Five Pennies – Edith Head Porgy and Bess – Irene Sharaff |
Best Film Editing: Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning (WINNER) Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler North by Northwest – George Tomasini The Nun’s Story – Walter Thompson On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson |
Best Special Effects: Ben-Hur – Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo B. Lory (WINNER) Journey to the Center of the Earth – Visual Effects by L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon; Audible Effects by Carl Faulkner |
Academy Honorary Awards: Buster Keaton “for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.” (Statuette) Lee De Forest “for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.” (Statuette) |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Bob Hope |
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