Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur

Nominated

Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
Some Like It Hot
James Stewart
James Stewart
Anatomy of a Murder
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey
Room at the Top
Paul Muni
Paul Muni
The Last Angry Man
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
Ben-Hur

Nominated

Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
The Young Philadelphians
Arthur O'Connell
Arthur O'Connell
Anatomy of a Murder
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn
The Diary of Anne Frank
George C. Scott
George C. Scott
Anatomy of a Murder
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret
Room at the Top

Nominated

Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
The Nun's Story
Doris Day
Doris Day
Pillow Talk
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Suddenly, Last Summer
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Suddenly, Last Summer
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
The Diary of Anne Frank

Nominated

Juanita Moore
Juanita Moore
Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
Pillow Talk
Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley
Room at the Top
Susan Kohner
Susan Kohner
Imitation of Life
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Winner
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Lyle R. Wheeler
George W. Davis
Walter M. Scott
Stuart A. Reiss

Nominated

Career
Career
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams
Suddenly, Last Summer
Suddenly, Last Summer
Oliver Messel
William Kellner
Scott Slimon
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Ted Haworth
Edward G. Boyle
The Last Angry Man
The Last Angry Man
Carl Anderson
William Kiernan
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
William A. Horning
Edward C. Carfagno
Hugh Hunt

Nominated

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Lyle R. Wheeler
Franz Bachelin
Herman A. Blumenthal
Walter M. Scott
Joseph Kish
North by Northwest
North by Northwest
William A. Horning
Robert F. Boyle
Merrill Pye
Henry Grace
Frank R. McKelvy
The Big Fisherman
The Big Fisherman
John DeCuir
Julia Heron
Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk
Richard H. Riedel
Russell A. Gausman
Ruby R. Levitt
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
William C. Mellor

Nominated

The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians
Harry Stradling Sr.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
Sam Leavitt
Career
Career
Joseph LaShelle
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Charles Lang
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Robert Surtees

Nominated

The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
Daniel L. Fapp
The Big Fisherman
The Big Fisherman
Lee Garmes
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
Leon Shamroy
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
Franz Planer
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Orry-Kelly

Nominated

The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians
Howard Shoup
Career
Career
Edith Head
The Gazebo
The Gazebo
Helen Rose
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Charles Le Maire
Mary Wills
Best Costume Design, Color
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Elizabeth Haffenden

Nominated

The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything
Adele Palmer
The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
Edith Head
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
Irene Sharaff
The Big Fisherman
The Big Fisherman
Renié
Best Director
Winner
William Wyler
William Wyler
Ben-Hur

Nominated

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Some Like It Hot
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
The Nun's Story
George Stevens
George Stevens
The Diary of Anne Frank
Jack Clayton
Jack Clayton
Room at the Top
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
Serengeti
Serengeti
Bernhard Grzimek

Nominated

The Race for Space
The Race for Space
David L. Wolper
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner
Glas
Glas
Bert Haanstra

Nominated

Donald in Mathmagic Land
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Walt Disney
From Generation to Generation
From Generation to Generation
Edward Cullen
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
A. Arnold Gillespie
R.A. MacDonald
Milo B. Lory

Nominated

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth
L.B. Abbott
James B. Gordon
Carlton W. Faulkner
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Ralph E. Winters
John D. Dunning

Nominated

Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
Louis R. Loeffler
North by Northwest
North by Northwest
George Tomasini
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
Walter Thompson
On the Beach
On the Beach
Frederic Knudtson
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus

Nominated

Village by the River
Village by the River
Boy of Two Worlds
Boy of Two Worlds
The Bridge
The Bridge
The Great War
The Great War
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
A Hole in the Head
A Hole in the Head
Jimmy Van Heusen
Sammy Cahn

Nominated

The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
Sylvia Fine
The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything
Alfred Newman
Sammy Cahn
The Young Land
The Young Land
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ned Washington
The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree
Jerry Livingston
Mack David
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Miklós Rózsa

Nominated

On the Beach
On the Beach
Ernest Gold
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
Franz Waxman
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Alfred Newman
Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk
Frank De Vol
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Winner
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
André Previn
Ken Darby

Nominated

The Five Pennies
The Five Pennies
Leith Stevens
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
Nelson Riddle
Joseph J. Lilley
Say One for Me
Say One for Me
Lionel Newman
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
George Bruns
Best Picture
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Sam Zimbalist

Nominated

Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
Henry Blanke
Room at the Top
Room at the Top
John Woolf
James Woolf
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
George Stevens
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
Moonbird
Moonbird
John Hubley

Nominated

Mexicali Shmoes
Mexicali Shmoes
John Burton
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark
Walt Disney
The Violinist
The Violinist
Ernest Pintoff
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Winner
The Golden Fish
The Golden Fish
Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Nominated

Mysteries of the Deep
Mysteries of the Deep
Walt Disney
Between the Tides
Between the Tides
Ian Ferguson
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Peter Sellers
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
Shirley Clarke
Willard Van Dyke
Irving Jacoby
Best Sound
Winner
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Franklin Milton

Nominated

Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
Gordon Sawyer
Fred Hynes
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Carlton W. Faulkner
Libel
Libel
A.W. Watkins
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
George Groves
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner
Room at the Top
Room at the Top
Neil Paterson

Nominated

Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Karl Tunberg
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
Robert Anderson
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
Wendell Mayes
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder
I.A.L. Diamond
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Winner
Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk
Russell Rouse
Clarence Greene
Stanley Shapiro
Maurice Richlin

Nominated

North by Northwest
North by Northwest
Ernest Lehman
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
Ingmar Bergman
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
Marcel Moussy
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
Paul King
Joseph Stone
Stanley Shapiro
Maurice Richlin