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OSCARS

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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Charlton Heston
      Winner
      • Charlton Heston
      • Ben-Hur
    • Laurence Harvey
      • Laurence Harvey
      • Room at the Top
    • Jack Lemmon
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Some Like It Hot
    • Paul Muni
      • Paul Muni
      • The Last Angry Man
    • James Stewart
      • James Stewart
      • Anatomy of a Murder

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Hugh Griffith
      Winner
      • Hugh Griffith
      • Ben-Hur
      Hugh Griffith was not present at the awards ceremony. Director William Wyler accepted the award on his behalf.
    • Arthur O'Connell
      • Arthur O'Connell
      • Anatomy of a Murder
    • George C. Scott in The Hindenburg (1975)
      • George C. Scott
      • Anatomy of a Murder
    • Robert Vaughn in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
      • Robert Vaughn
      • The Young Philadelphians
    • Ed Wynn in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
      • Ed Wynn
      • The Diary of Anne Frank

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Simone Signoret in Casque d'Or (1952)
      Winner
      • Simone Signoret
      • Room at the Top
    • Doris Day "The Doris Day Show" 1968 CBS
      • Doris Day
      • Pillow Talk
    • Audrey Hepburn
      • Audrey Hepburn
      • The Nun's Story
    • Katharine Hepburn
      • Katharine Hepburn
      • Suddenly, Last Summer
    • Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)
      • Elizabeth Taylor
      • Suddenly, Last Summer

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Shelley Winters
      Winner
      • Shelley Winters
      • The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Hermione Baddeley in Wonder Woman (1975)
      • Hermione Baddeley
      • Room at the Top
    • Susan Kohner
      • Susan Kohner
      • Imitation of Life
    • Juanita Moore
      • Juanita Moore
      • Imitation of Life
    • Thelma Ritter
      • Thelma Ritter
      • Pillow Talk

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

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      Lyle R. Wheeler
      George W. Davis
      Walter M. Scott
      Stuart A. Reiss
    • [object Object]

      Career

      6.8 (745)
      Hal Pereira
      Walter H. Tyler
      Sam Comer
      Arthur Krams
    • [object Object]

      The Last Angry Man

      6.8 (1.1K)
      Carl Anderson
      William Kiernan
    • [object Object]

      Some Like It Hot

      8.2 (298K)
      Ted Haworth
      Edward G. Boyle
    • [object Object]

      Suddenly, Last Summer

      7.5 (18K)
      Oliver Messel
      William Kellner
      Scott Slimon

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      William A. Horning
      Edward C. Carfagno
      Hugh Hunt
      In case of Horning the Oscar win was posthumously.
    • [object Object]

      The Big Fisherman

      5.4 (482)
      John DeCuir
      Julia Heron
    • [object Object]

      Journey to the Center of the Earth

      7.0 (21K)
      Lyle R. Wheeler
      Franz Bachelin
      Herman A. Blumenthal
      Walter M. Scott
      Joseph Kish
    • [object Object]

      North by Northwest

      8.3 (363K)
      William A. Horning
      Robert F. Boyle
      Merrill Pye
      Henry Grace
      Frank R. McKelvy
    • [object Object]

      Pillow Talk

      7.4 (20K)
      Richard H. Riedel
      Russell A. Gausman
      Ruby R. Levitt

    Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      William C. Mellor
    • [object Object]

      Anatomy of a Murder

      8.0 (76K)
      Sam Leavitt
    • [object Object]

      Career

      6.8 (745)
      Joseph LaShelle
    • [object Object]

      Some Like It Hot

      8.2 (298K)
      Charles Lang
    • [object Object]

      The Young Philadelphians

      7.4 (4.5K)
      Harry Stradling Sr.

    Best Cinematography, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Robert Surtees
    • [object Object]

      The Big Fisherman

      5.4 (482)
      Lee Garmes
    • [object Object]

      The Five Pennies

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Daniel L. Fapp
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Franz Planer
    • [object Object]

      Porgy and Bess

      6.9 (2K)
      Leon Shamroy

    Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Some Like It Hot

      8.2 (298K)
      Orry-Kelly
    • [object Object]

      Career

      6.8 (745)
      Edith Head
    • [object Object]

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      Charles Le Maire
      Mary Wills
    • [object Object]

      The Gazebo

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Helen Rose
    • [object Object]

      The Young Philadelphians

      7.4 (4.5K)
      Howard Shoup

    Best Costume Design, Color

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Elizabeth Haffenden
    • [object Object]

      The Best of Everything

      6.6 (2.5K)
      Adele Palmer
    • [object Object]

      The Big Fisherman

      5.4 (482)
      Renié
    • [object Object]

      The Five Pennies

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Edith Head
    • [object Object]

      Porgy and Bess

      6.9 (2K)
      Irene Sharaff

    Best Director

    • William Wyler
      Winner
      • William Wyler
      • Ben-Hur
    • Jack Clayton
      • Jack Clayton
      • Room at the Top
    • George Stevens
      • George Stevens
      • The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Billy Wilder in The Seven Year Itch (1955)
      • Billy Wilder
      • Some Like It Hot
    • Fred Zinnemann
      • Fred Zinnemann
      • The Nun's Story

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Serengeti

      7.8 (462)
      Bernhard Grzimek

    • The Race for Space

      6.5 (61)
      David L. Wolper

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Glass

      7.8 (1.2K)
      Bert Haanstra
    • [object Object]

      Donald in Mathmagic Land

      7.8 (2.6K)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      From Generation to Generation

      6.1 (28)
      Edward Cullen

    Best Effects, Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      A. Arnold Gillespie(visual)
      R.A. MacDonald(visual)
      Milo B. Lory(audible)
    • [object Object]

      Journey to the Center of the Earth

      7.0 (21K)
      L.B. Abbott(visual)
      James B. Gordon(visual)
      Carlton W. Faulkner(audible)

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Ralph E. Winters
      John D. Dunning
    • [object Object]

      Anatomy of a Murder

      8.0 (76K)
      Louis R. Loeffler
    • [object Object]

      North by Northwest

      8.3 (363K)
      George Tomasini
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Walter Thompson
    • [object Object]

      On the Beach

      7.1 (15K)
      Frederic Knudtson

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Orpheus

      7.4 (13K)
      France
    • [object Object]

      The Bridge

      7.9 (9.1K)
      Germany
    • [object Object]

      The Great War

      8.1 (4.9K)
      Italy
    • [object Object]

      Boy of Two Worlds

      6.3 (195)
      Denmark
    • [object Object]

      Village by the River

      6.7 (458)
      Netherlands

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Hole in the Head

      6.2 (3.1K)
      Jimmy Van Heusen(music)
      Sammy Cahn(lyrics)
      For the song "High Hopes"
    • [object Object]

      The Best of Everything

      6.6 (2.5K)
      Alfred Newman(music)
      Sammy Cahn(lyrics)
      For the song "The Best of Everything"
    • [object Object]

      The Five Pennies

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Sylvia Fine
      For the song "The Five Pennies"
    • [object Object]

      The Hanging Tree

      7.1 (5.2K)
      Jerry Livingston(music)
      Mack David(lyrics)
      For the song "The Hanging Tree"
    • [object Object]

      The Young Land

      5.5 (399)
      Dimitri Tiomkin(music)
      Ned Washington(lyrics)
      For the song "Strange Are the Ways of Love"

    Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Miklós Rózsa
    • [object Object]

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      Alfred Newman
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Franz Waxman
    • [object Object]

      On the Beach

      7.1 (15K)
      Ernest Gold
    • [object Object]

      Pillow Talk

      7.4 (20K)
      Frank De Vol

    Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Porgy and Bess

      6.9 (2K)
      André Previn
      Ken Darby
    • [object Object]

      The Five Pennies

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Leith Stevens
    • [object Object]

      Li'l Abner

      6.7 (1.6K)
      Nelson Riddle
      Joseph J. Lilley
    • [object Object]

      Say One for Me

      5.5 (381)
      Lionel Newman
    • [object Object]

      Sleeping Beauty

      7.2 (168K)
      George Bruns

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Sam Zimbalist
      Posthumously. Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mary Taylor accepted the award on his behalf.
    • [object Object]

      Anatomy of a Murder

      8.0 (76K)
      Otto Preminger
    • [object Object]

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      George Stevens
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Henry Blanke
    • [object Object]

      Room at the Top

      7.5 (7.9K)
      John Woolf
      James Woolf

    Best Short Subject, Cartoons

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moonbird

      5.3 (804)
      John Hubley
    • [object Object]

      Mexicali Shmoes

      6.6 (652)
      John W. Burton
    • [object Object]

      Noah's Ark

      6.2 (383)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      The Violinist

      5.8 (142)
      Ernest Pintoff

    Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Golden Fish

      6.7 (166)
      Jacques-Yves Cousteau
      Jo Morrow accepting the award.
    • [object Object]

      Between the Tides

      6.9 (62)
      Ian Ferguson
    • [object Object]

      Mysteries of the Deep

      7.9 (101)
      Walt Disney
    • [object Object]

      The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

      5.9 (880)
      Peter Sellers
    • [object Object]

      Skyscraper

      7.2 (283)
      Shirley Clarke
      Willard Van Dyke
      Irving Jacoby

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Franklin Milton(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Journey to the Center of the Earth

      7.0 (21K)
      Carlton W. Faulkner(20th Century-Fox SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Libel

      7.2 (1.7K)
      A.W. Watkins(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Sound Department)
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      George Groves(Warner Bros. SSD)
    • [object Object]

      Porgy and Bess

      6.9 (2K)
      Gordon Sawyer(Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
      Fred Hynes(Todd-AO SSD)

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Room at the Top

      7.5 (7.9K)
      Neil Paterson
    • [object Object]

      Anatomy of a Murder

      8.0 (76K)
      Wendell Mayes
    • [object Object]

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Karl Tunberg
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Robert Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Some Like It Hot

      8.2 (298K)
      Billy Wilder
      I.A.L. Diamond

    Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pillow Talk

      7.4 (20K)
      Russell Rouse(story)
      Clarence Greene(story)
      Stanley Shapiro(screenplay)
      Maurice Richlin(screenplay)
    • [object Object]

      The 400 Blows

      8.0 (132K)
      François Truffaut
      Marcel Moussy
    • [object Object]

      North by Northwest

      8.3 (363K)
      Ernest Lehman
    • [object Object]

      Operation Petticoat

      7.2 (17K)
      Paul King(story)
      Joseph Stone(story)
      Stanley Shapiro(screenplay)
      Maurice Richlin(screenplay)
    • [object Object]

      Wild Strawberries

      8.1 (122K)
      Ingmar Bergman

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Lee De Forest
      For his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.
    • Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923)
      Winner
      • Buster Keaton
      For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

    Edit
    • Bob Hope
      Winner
      • Bob Hope

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Douglas Shearer
        Richard Moore
        Winners
        • Douglas Shearer(M-G-M, Inc.)
        • Richard Moore(Panavision, Inc.)
        For the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide film motion pictures known as Camera 65.
      • Winner
          For the design and development of the Technicolor electronic printing timer.
        • Winner
          • Henry Imus
          For the development and practical application of equipment for wet printing.
        • Winner
            For the design and development of the Balcold projection mirror.
          • Winner
              For the design and development of the CF-2 Ultra-sonic Film Cleaner.

            Technical Achievement Award

            Edit
            • Ub Iwerks
              Winner
              • Ub Iwerks(Walt Disney Productions)
              For the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots.
            • Winners
              • Glen Robinson(M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
              • Winfield Hubbard(M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
              • Luther Newman(M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
              For the design of a multiple-cable, remote-controlled winch.

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            Event date

            April 4, 1960

            Event location

            Los Angeles, California, USA

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