Academy Awards, USA
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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field

Nominated

Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Hud
Albert Finney
Albert Finney
Tom Jones
Richard Harris
Richard Harris
This Sporting Life
Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison
Cleopatra
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Hud

Nominated

John Huston
John Huston
The Cardinal
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Captain Newman, M.D.
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
Tom Jones
Nick Adams
Nick Adams
Twilight of Honor
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal
Hud

Nominated

Rachel Roberts
Rachel Roberts
This Sporting Life
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Love with the Proper Stranger
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Irma la Douce
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron
The L-Shaped Room
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford
The V.I.P.s

Nominated

Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento
Tom Jones
Edith Evans
Edith Evans
Tom Jones
Joyce Redman
Joyce Redman
Tom Jones
Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala
Lilies of the Field
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Winner
America America
America America
Gene Callahan

Nominated

Twilight of Honor
Twilight of Honor
George W. Davis
Paul Groesse
Henry Grace
Hugh Hunt
8½
Piero Gherardi
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Grace Gregory
Hud
Hud
Hal Pereira
Tambi Larsen
Sam Comer
Robert R. Benton
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
John DeCuir
Jack Martin Smith
Hilyard M. Brown
Herman A. Blumenthal
Elven Webb
Maurice Pelling
Boris Juraga
Walter M. Scott
Paul S. Fox
Ray Moyer

Nominated

Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
James W. Payne
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Ralph W. Brinton
Edward Marshall
Jocelyn Herbert
Josie MacAvin
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
George W. Davis
William Ferrari
Addison Hehr
Henry Grace
Don Greenwood Jr.
Jack Mills
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
Lyle R. Wheeler
Gene Callahan
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner
Hud
Hud
James Wong Howe

Nominated

The Caretakers
The Caretakers
Lucien Ballard
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field
Ernest Haller
The Balcony
The Balcony
George J. Folsey
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger
Milton R. Krasner
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Leon Shamroy

Nominated

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
William H. Daniels
Milton R. Krasner
Charles Lang
Joseph LaShelle
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
Leon Shamroy
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Ernest Laszlo
Irma la Douce
Irma la Douce
Joseph LaShelle
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner
8½
Piero Gherardi

Nominated

The Stripper
The Stripper
Travilla
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic
Bill Thomas
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger
Edith Head
Wives and Lovers
Wives and Lovers
Edith Head
Best Costume Design, Color
Winner
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Irene Sharaff
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Renié

Nominated

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Walter Plunkett
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
Donald Brooks
The Leopard
The Leopard
Piero Tosi
A New Kind of Love
A New Kind of Love
Edith Head
Best Director
Winner
Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
Tom Jones

Nominated

Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
America America
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
The Cardinal
Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt
Hud
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

Nominated

The Yanks Are Coming
The Yanks Are Coming
Marshall Flaum
Le maillon et la chaîne
Le maillon et la chaîne
Paul de Roubaix
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner
Chagall
Chagall
Simon Schiffrin

Nominated

The Five Cities of June
The Five Cities of June
George Stevens Jr.
To Live Again
To Live Again
Mel London
Thirty Million Letters
Thirty Million Letters
Edgar Anstey
The Spirit of America
The Spirit of America
Best Effects, Sound Effects
Winner
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Walter Elliott

Nominated

A Gathering of Eagles
A Gathering of Eagles
Robert L. Bratton
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
Winner
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Emil Kosa Jr.

Nominated

The Birds
The Birds
Ub Iwerks
Best Film Editing
Winner
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Harold F. Kress

Nominated

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Dorothy Spencer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Frederic Knudtson
Robert C. Jones
Gene Fowler Jr.
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
Louis R. Loeffler
The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Ferris Webster
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
8½

Nominated

Knife in the Water
Knife in the Water
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Los Tarantos
Los Tarantos
The Red Lanterns
The Red Lanterns
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
Papa's Delicate Condition
Papa's Delicate Condition
Jimmy Van Heusen
Sammy Cahn

Nominated

55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
Dimitri Tiomkin
Paul Francis Webster
Charade
Charade
Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Ernest Gold
Mack David
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life
Riz Ortolani
Nino Oliviero
Norman Newell
Best Music, Score - Substantially Original
Winner
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
John Addison

Nominated

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Alex North
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Ernest Gold
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Alfred Newman
Ken Darby
55 Days at Peking
55 Days at Peking
Dimitri Tiomkin
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
Winner
Irma la Douce
Irma la Douce
André Previn

Nominated

Sundays and Cybèle
Sundays and Cybèle
Maurice Jarre
The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone
George Bruns
Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
Johnny Green
A New Kind of Love
A New Kind of Love
Leith Stevens
Best Picture
Winner
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Tony Richardson

Nominated

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Bernard Smith
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Walter Wanger
America America
America America
Elia Kazan
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field
Ralph Nelson
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
The Critic
The Critic
Ernest Pintoff

Nominated

Igra
Igra
Dusan Vukotic
Automania 2000
Automania 2000
John Halas
My Financial Career
My Financial Career
Colin Low
Tom Daly
Pianissimo
Pianissimo
Carmen D'Avino
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Winner
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Paul de Roubaix
Marcel Ichac

Nominated

The Six-Sided Triangle
The Six-Sided Triangle
Christopher Miles
Koncert
Koncert
Ezra R. Baker
The Home-Made Car
The Home-Made Car
James Hill
That's Me
That's Me
Walker Stuart
Best Sound
Winner
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Franklin Milton

Nominated

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Gordon Sawyer
Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
Charles J. Rice
Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D.
Waldon O. Watson
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
James Corcoran
Fred Hynes
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
John Osborne

Nominated

Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field
James Poe
Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D.
Richard L. Breen
Phoebe Ephron
Henry Ephron
Sundays and Cybèle
Sundays and Cybèle
Serge Bourguignon
Antoine Tudal
Hud
Hud
Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Winner
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
James R. Webb

Nominated

8½
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano
Tullio Pinelli
Brunello Rondi
America America
America America
Elia Kazan
The Four Days of Naples
The Four Days of Naples
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Massimo Franciosa
Nanni Loy
Vasco Pratolini
Carlo Bernari
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger
Arnold Schulman