Best Picture Winner
Ben-Hur
Best Picture
Director: William Wyler
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A Jewish prince is betrayed by a Roman friend and sent into slavery, but he survives and seeks vengeance.
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All Categories (29)
Best Motion Picture
Ben-Hur— Sam Zimbalist, Producer
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder— Otto Preminger, Producer
Room at the Top— John Woolf and James Woolf, Producers
The Diary of Anne Frank— George Stevens, Producer
The Nun's Story— Henry Blanke, Producer
Actor
Jack Lemmon— Some Like It Hot {"Jerry/Daphne"}
James Stewart— Anatomy of a Murder {"Paul Biegler"}
Laurence Harvey— Room at the Top {"Joe Lampton"}
Paul Muni— The Last Angry Man {"Dr. Sam Abelman"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Arthur O'Connell— Anatomy of a Murder {"Parnell McCarthy"}
Ed Wynn— The Diary of Anne Frank {"Mr. Dussell"}
George C. Scott— Anatomy of a Murder {"Claude Dancer"}
Robert Vaughn— The Young Philadelphians {"Chester Gwynn"}
Actress
Audrey Hepburn— The Nun's Story {"Sister Luke"}
Doris Day— Pillow Talk {"Jan Morrow"}
Elizabeth Taylor— Suddenly, Last Summer {"Catherine Holly"}
Katharine Hepburn— Suddenly, Last Summer {"Mrs. Venable"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Hermione Baddeley— Room at the Top {"Elspeth"}
Juanita Moore— Imitation of Life {"Annie Johnson"}
Susan Kohner— Imitation of Life {"Sarah Jane (age 18)"}
Thelma Ritter— Pillow Talk {"Alma"}
Directing
Room at the Top— Jack Clayton
Some Like It Hot— Billy Wilder
The Diary of Anne Frank— George Stevens
The Nun's Story— Fred Zinnemann
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Room at the Top— Neil Paterson
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder— Wendell Mayes
Ben-Hur— Karl Tunberg
Some Like It Hot— Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
The Nun's Story— Robert Anderson
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Pillow Talk— Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Winner
North by Northwest— Ernest Lehman
Operation Petticoat— Story by Paul King, Joseph Stone; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
The 400 Blows— Francois Truffaut, Marcel Moussy
Wild Strawberries— Ingmar Bergman
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, Jr.
The Young Philadelphians— Harry Stradling, Sr.
Cinematography (Color)
Ben-Hur— Robert L. Surtees
Winner
Porgy and Bess— Leon Shamroy
The Big Fisherman— Lee Garmes
The Five Pennies— Daniel L. Fapp
The Nun's Story— Franz Planer
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
Ben-Hur— Miklos Rozsa
Winner
On the Beach— Ernest Gold
Pillow Talk— Frank DeVol
The Diary of Anne Frank— Alfred Newman
The Nun's Story— Franz Waxman
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
Porgy and Bess— Andre Previn, Ken Darby
Winner
Li'l Abner— Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley
Say One for Me— Lionel Newman
Sleeping Beauty— George Bruns
The Five Pennies— Leith Stevens
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
The Diary of Anne Frank— Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Winner
Career— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Some Like It Hot— Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Suddenly, Last Summer— Art Direction: Oliver Messel, William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon
The Last Angry Man— Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
Art Direction (Color)
Ben-Hur— Art Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
Winner
Journey to the Center of the Earth— Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish
North by Northwest— Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy
Pillow Talk— Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt
The Big Fisherman— Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
Special Effects
Ben-Hur— Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo Lory
Winner
Journey to the Center of the Earth— Visual Effects by L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon; Audible Effects by Carl Faulkner
Film Editing
Ben-Hur— Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder— Louis R. Loeffler
North by Northwest— George Tomasini
On the Beach— Frederic Knudtson
The Nun's Story— Walter Thompson
Sound
Ben-Hur— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Winner
Journey to the Center of the Earth— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
Libel!— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
Porgy and Bess— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
The Nun's Story— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
Some Like It Hot— Orry-Kelly
Winner
Career— Edith Head
The Diary of Anne Frank— Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
The Gazebo— Helen Rose
The Young Philadelphians— Howard Shoup
Costume Design (Color)
Ben-Hur— Elizabeth Haffenden
Winner
Porgy and Bess— Irene Sharaff
The Best of Everything— Adele Palmer
The Big Fisherman— Renie
The Five Pennies— Edith Head
Documentary (Feature)
Serengeti Shall Not Die— Bernhard Grzimek, Producer
Winner
The Race for Space— David L. Wolper, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Glass— Bert Haanstra, Producer
Winner
Donald in Mathmagic Land— Walt Disney, Producer
From Generation to Generation— Edward F. Cullen, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Black Orpheus— France
Winner
Paw— Denmark
The Bridge— West Germany
The Great War— Italy
The Village on the River— The Netherlands
Honorary Award
To Lee De Forest for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.
Winner
To Buster Keaton for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Bob Hope
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To DOUGLAS G. SHEARER of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., and ROBERT E. GOTTSCHALK and JOHN R. MOORE of Panavision, Inc., for the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as Camera 65. [Systems]
Winner
To DR. HOWARD S. COLEMAN, DR. A. FRANCIS TURNER, HAROLD H. SCHROEDER, JAMES R. BENFORD and HAROLD E. ROSENBERGER of the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. for the design and development of the Balcold Projection Mirror. [Projection]
To ROBERT P. GUTTERMAN of General Kinetics, Inc., and LIPSNER-SMITH CORP. for the design and development of the CF-2 Ultra-sonic Film Cleaner. [Laboratory]
To WADSWORTH E. POHL, JACK ALFORD, HENRY IMUS, JOSEPH SCHMIT, PAUL FASSNACHT, AL LOFQUIST and TECHNICOLOR CORP., for the development and practical application of equipment for wet printing. [Laboratory]
To WADSWORTH E. POHL, WILLIAM EVANS, WERNER HOPF, S.E. HOWSE, THOMAS P. DIXON, STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE and TECHNICOLOR CORP., for the design and development of the Technicolor Electronic Printing Timer. [Laboratory]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To UB IWERKS of Walt Disney Prods. for the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots. [Laboratory]
Winner
To E.L. STONES, GLEN ROBINSON, WINFIELD HUBBARD and LUTHER NEWMAN of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department for the design of a multiple cable remote controlled winch. [Stage Operations]
Music (Song)
"High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Winner
"Strange Are The Ways Of Love" from The Young Land— Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"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
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Moonbird— John Hubley, Producer
Winner
Mexicali Shmoes— John W. Burton, Producer
Noah's Ark— Walt Disney, Producer
The Violinist— Ernest Pintoff, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
The Golden Fish— Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Winner
Between the Tides— Ian Ferguson, Producer
Mysteries of the Deep— Walt Disney, Producer
Skyscraper— Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby, Producers
The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film— Peter Sellers, Producer