Awards and Nominations
Gigi won a record-breaking 9 Academy Awards (at the 1959 Awards ceremony); however, this record only lasted for one year, as Ben-Hur broke this record the following year with 11 Oscars. In tribute to Gigi's domination of the Oscars, the MGM switchboard answered calls the following day with "M-Gigi-M".
- Academy Awards
- Best Picture (winner)
- Best Director (Vincente Minnelli, winner)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner, winner)
- Best Art Direction (E. Preston Ames, F. Keogh Gleason, Henry Grace, and William A. Horning, winners)
- Best Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg, winner)
- Best Costume Design (Cecil Beaton, winner)
- Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan, winner)
- Best Original Score (André Previn, winner)
- Best Original Song ("Gigi" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, winners)
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (winner)
- Best Director – Motion Picture (Vincente Minnelli, winner)
- Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Hermione Gingold, winner)
- Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Leslie Caron, nominee)
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Maurice Chevalier, nominee)
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Louis Jourdan, nominee)
- Other awards
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical (Alan Jay Lerner, winner)
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film (Vincente Minnelli and assistant director George Vieira, winners)
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (André Previn, winner)
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