Academy Awards®
Awards for 1959
Picture
Otto Preminger - Producer, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
* Sam Zimbalist - Producer, BEN-HUR
Won 11 Awards.
George Stevens - Producer, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Henry Blanke - Producer, THE NUN'S STORY
James Woolf - Producer, John Woolf - Producer, ROOM AT THE TOP
Actor
Laurence Harvey, ROOM AT THE TOP
* Charlton Heston, BEN-HUR
Jack Lemmon, SOME LIKE IT HOT
Paul Muni, THE LAST ANGRY MAN
James Stewart, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Actress
Doris Day, PILLOW TALK
Audrey Hepburn, THE NUN'S STORY
Katharine Hepburn, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
* Simone Signoret, ROOM AT THE TOP
Elizabeth Taylor, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
Supporting Actor
* Hugh Griffith, BEN-HUR
Arthur O'Connell, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
George C. Scott, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Robert Vaughn, THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
Ed Wynn, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Supporting Actress
Hermione Baddeley, ROOM AT THE TOP
Susan Kohner, IMITATION OF LIFE
Juanita Moore, IMITATION OF LIFE
Thelma Ritter, PILLOW TALK
* Shelley Winters, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Director
Jack Clayton, ROOM AT THE TOP
George Stevens, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Billy Wilder, SOME LIKE IT HOT
* William Wyler, BEN-HUR
Fred Zinnemann, THE NUN'S STORY
Writing - Story and Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy, THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS
Ernest Lehman, NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, OPERATION PETTICOAT
* Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, PILLOW TALK
Ingmar Bergman, WILD STRAWBERRIES
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
Wendell Mayes, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Karl Tunberg, BEN-HUR
Robert Anderson, THE NUN'S STORY
* Neil Paterson, ROOM AT THE TOP
Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, SOME LIKE IT HOT
Foreign Film
* BLACK ORPHEUS
(France)
THE BRIDGE
(Federal Republic of Germany)
THE GREAT WAR
(Italy)
PAW
(Denmark)
THE VILLAGE ON THE RIVER
(The Netherlands)
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Rules changed in 1959: Art Direction/Set Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
* William A. Horning - Art Direction, Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration, BEN-HUR
John DeCuir - Art Direction, Julia Heron - Set Decoration, THE BIG FISHERMAN
Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, Franz Bachelin - Art Direction, Herman A. Blumenthal - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Joseph Kish - Set Decoration, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
William A. Horning - Art Direction, Robert Boyle - Art Direction, Merrill Pye - Art Direction, Henry Grace - Set Decoration, Frank McKelvy - Set Decoration, NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Richard H. Riedel - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Set Decoration, Ruby R. Levitt - Set Decoration, PILLOW TALK
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
Rules changed in 1959: Art Direction/Set Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, CAREER
* Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Stuart A. Reiss - Set Decoration, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Carl Anderson - Art Direction, William Kiernan - Set Decoration, THE LAST ANGRY MAN
Ted Haworth - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration, SOME LIKE IT HOT
Oliver Messel - Art Direction, William Kellner - Art Direction, Scott Slimon - Set Decoration, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
Cinematography - Color
* Robert L. Surtees, BEN-HUR
Lee Garmes, THE BIG FISHERMAN
Daniel L. Fapp, THE FIVE PENNIES
Franz Planer, THE NUN'S STORY
Leon Shamroy, PORGY AND BESS
Cinematography - Black & White
Sam Leavitt, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Joseph LaShelle, CAREER
* William C. Mellor, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Charles B. Lang, Jr., SOME LIKE IT HOT
Harry Stradling, Sr., THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
Costume Design - Color
Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
* Elizabeth Haffenden, BEN-HUR
Adele Palmer, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Renie, THE BIG FISHERMAN
Edith Head, THE FIVE PENNIES
Irene Sharaff, PORGY AND BESS
Costume Design - Black & White
Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.
Edith Head, CAREER
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Helen Rose, THE GAZEBO
* Orry-Kelly, SOME LIKE IT HOT
Howard Shoup, THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
Documentary Feature
David L. Wolper - Producer, THE RACE FOR SPACE
* Bernhard Grzimek - Producer, SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE
Documentary Short Subject
Walt Disney - Producer, DONALD IN MATHMAGIC LAND
Edward F. Cullen - Producer, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
* Bert Haanstra - Producer, GLASS
Film Editing
Louis R. Loeffler, ANATOMY OF A MURDER
* Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning, BEN-HUR
George Tomasini, NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Walter Thompson, THE NUN'S STORY
Frederic Knudtson, ON THE BEACH
Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
* Miklos Rozsa, BEN-HUR
Alfred Newman, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Franz Waxman, THE NUN'S STORY
Ernest Gold, ON THE BEACH
Frank De Vol, PILLOW TALK
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
Leith Stevens, THE FIVE PENNIES
Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley, LI'L ABNER
* Andre Previn, Ken Darby, PORGY AND BESS
Lionel Newman, SAY ONE FOR ME
George Bruns, SLEEPING BEAUTY
Song
Alfred Newman - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
"The Best of Everything"
Sylvia Fine - Music & Lyrics, THE FIVE PENNIES
"The Five Pennies"
Jerry Livingston - Music, Mack David - Lyrics, THE HANGING TREE
"The Hanging Tree"
* James Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, A HOLE IN THE HEAD
"High Hopes"
Dimitri Tiomkin - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, THE YOUNG LAND
"Strange Are the Ways of Love"
Animated Short
John W. Burton - Producer, MEXICALI SHMOES
* John Hubley - Producer, MOONBIRD
Walt Disney - Producer, NOAH'S ARK
Ernest Pintoff - Producer, THE VIOLINIST
Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
Ian Ferguson - Producer, BETWEEN THE TIDES
* Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Producer, THE GOLDEN FISH
Walt Disney - Producer, MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP
Peter Sellers - Producer, THE RUNNING, JUMPING AND STANDING-STILL FILM
Shirley Clarke - Producer, Willard Van Dyke - Producer, Irving Jacoby - Producer, SKYSCRAPER
Sound
* Franklin E. Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department),
BEN-HUR
Carl Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department),
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
A.W. Watkins (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer),
LIBEL
George R. Groves (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department),
THE NUN'S STORY
Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department),
Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department),
PORGY AND BESS
Special Effects
* A. Arnold Gillespie,
Robert MacDonald - Visual Effects,
Milo Lory - Audible Effects,
BEN-HUR
L.B. Abbott,
James B. Gordon - Visual Effects,
Carl Faulkner - Audible Effects,
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1959.
Class II (Plaque)
* Douglas Shearer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.)
Robert E. Gottschalk (Panavision Inc.)
John R. Moore (Panavision Inc.)
For the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as Camera 65.
* Wadsworth E. Pohl, William Evans, Werner Hopf, S.E. Howse, Thomas P. Dixon, Stanford Research Institute, Technicolor Corporation, For the design and development of the Technicolor electronic printing timer.
* Wadsworth E. Pohl, Jack Alford, Henry Imus, Joseph Schmit, Paul Fassnacht, Al Lofquist, Technicolor Corporation, For the development and practical application of equipment for wet printing.
* Dr. Howard S. Coleman (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
Dr. A. Francis Turner (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
Harold H. Schroeder (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
James R. Benford (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
Harold E. Rosenberger (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company)
For the design and development of the Balcold projection mirror.
* Robert P. Gutterman (General Kinetics Inc.)
Lipsner-Smith Corporation, For the design and development of the CF-2 Ultra-sonic Film Cleaner.
Class III (Citation)
* Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Productions, For the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots.
* E.L. Stones (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department)
Glen Robinson (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department)
Winfield Hubbard (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department)
Luther Newman (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department)
For the design of a multiple-cable remote-controlled winch.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Lee De Forest, For his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Buster Keaton, For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1959.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Bob Hope,