32nd Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1960 took place on 4 April 1960 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. It was the 32nd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1959.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 3.3 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.4 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
Ben Hur - Sam Zimbalist
Best Director
Ben Hur - William Wyler
Best Actor
Ben Hur - Charlton Heston
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Hur - Hugh Griffith
Best Supporting Actress
The Diary of Anne Frank ( The Diary of Anne Frank) - Shelley Winters
Best Original Screenplay
Pillow Talk ( Pillow Talk ) - Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography ( Black and White )
The Diary of Anne Frank ( The Diary of Anne Frank) - William C. Mellor
Best Cinematography (Color)
Ben Hur - Robert Surtees
Best Art Direction (Color)
Ben Hur - William A. Horning, Edward C. Carfagno, Hugh Hunt
Best Art Direction ( Black - White )
Best Costume Design (Color)
Ben Hur - Elizabeth Haffenden
Best Costume Design ( Black - White )
Some Like It Hot ( Some Like It Hot ) - Orry- Kelly
Best Sound
Ben Hur - Franklin Milton
Best Editing
Ben Hur - Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Best Special Effects
Ben Hur - A. Arnold Gillespie (visual), Robert MacDonald (visual), Milo B. Lory (real)
Best Song
A number too high (A Hole in the Head ) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn ( lyrics ) for " High Hopes "
Best Music ( drama / comedy)
Ben Hur - Miklós Rózsa
Best Music ( Music Film )
Porgy and Bess ( Porgy and Bess ) - André Previn, Ken Darby
Best Cartoon
Moon Bird - John Hubley
Best Short Film
Histoire d'un poisson rouge - Jacques -Yves Cousteau
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Glass - Bert Haanstra
Best Documentary
Serengeti shall not die - Bernhard Grzimek
Best Foreign Language Film
Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus - France