32nd Academy Awards - Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Motion Picture Best Director
  • Ben-Hur
    • Anatomy of a Murder
    • Room at the Top
    • The Diary of Anne Frank
    • The Nun's Story
  • William Wyler – Ben-Hur
    • Jack Clayton – Room at the Top
    • Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot
    • George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
Best Actor Best Actress
  • Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
    • James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
    • Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top
    • Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot
    • Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man
  • Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
    • Doris Day – Pillow Talk
    • Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer
    • Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer
    • Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur
    • Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder
    • George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder
    • Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians
  • Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top
    • Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life
    • Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life
    • Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Pillow Talk – Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
    • North by Northwest – Ernest Lehman
    • The 400 Blows – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy
    • Operation Petticoat – Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
    • Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman
  • Room at the Top – Neil Paterson
    • Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes
    • Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg
    • Some Like It Hot – Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
    • The Nun's Story – Robert Anderson
Best Foreign Language Film
  • Black Orpheus (France)
    • The Bridge (Germany)
    • The Village on the River (Netherlands)
    • The Great War (Italy)
    • Paw (Denmark)
Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short
  • Serengeti Shall Not Die
    • The Race for Space
  • Glas
    • Donald in Mathmagic Land
    • From Generation to Generation
Best Live Action Short Best Animated Short
  • The Golden Fish - Jacques Cousteau
    • Between the Tides - Ian Ferguson
    • Mysteries of the Deep - Walt Disney
    • The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film - Peter Sellers
    • Skyscraper - Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke
  • Moonbird
    • Mexicali Shmoes
    • Noah's Ark
    • The Violinist
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score Best Musical Score
  • Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
    • On the Beach – Ernest Gold
    • Pillow Talk – Frank DeVol
    • The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman
    • The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman
  • Porgy and Bess – André Previn and Ken Darby
    • L'il Abner – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley
    • Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
    • Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns
    • The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
Best Original Song Best Sound Recording
  • "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
    • "The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
    • "The Five Pennies" from The Five Pennies – Music and Lyric by Sylvia Fine
    • "The Hanging Tree" from The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyric by Mack David
    • "Strange Are The Ways of Love" from The Young Land – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
  • Ben-Hur – Franklin Milton, MGM Studio Sound Department
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth – Carlton W. Faulkner, Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
    • Libel – A. W. Watkins, MGM London Studio Sound Department
    • Porgy and Bess – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Todd-AO Sound Department
    • The Nun's Story – George Groves, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White Best Art Direction, Color
  • The Diary of Anne Frank – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
    • Career – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer and Arthur Krams
    • Some Like It Hot – Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
    • Suddenly, Last Summer – Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scot Slimon
    • The Last Angry Man – Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
  • Ben-Hur – Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler; Set Decoration: Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal
    • North by Northwest – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy
    • Pillow Talk – Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt
    • The Big Fisherman – Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
Best Cinematography, Black and White Best Cinematography, Color
  • The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor
    • Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt
    • Career – Joseph LaShelle
    • Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang, Jr.
    • The Young Philadelphians – Harry Stradling, Sr.
  • Ben-Hur – Robert L. Surtees
    • Porgy and Bess – Leon Shamroy
    • The Big Fisherman – Lee Garmes
    • The Five Pennies – Daniel L. Fapp
    • The Nun's Story – Franz Planer
Best Costume Design, Black and White Best Costume Design, Color
  • Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly
    • Career – Edith Head
    • The Diary of Anne Frank – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
    • The Gazebo – Helen Rose
    • The Young Philadelphians – Howard Shoup
  • Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden
    • Porgy and Bess – Irene Sharaff
    • The Best of Everything – Adele Palmer
    • The Big Fisherman – Renie
    • The Five Pennies – Edith Head
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
  • Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
    • Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler
    • North by Northwest – George Tomasini
    • On the Beach – Frederic Knudtson
    • The Nun's Story – Walter Thompson
  • Ben-Hur – A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald and Milo Lory
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth – L. B. Abbott, James B. Gordon and Carl Faulkner

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