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The 31st Academy Awards | 1959. RKO Pantages Theatre. Monday, April 6, 1959. Honoring movies released in 1958.
- Best Motion Picture
- Directing
- Actor
- Actress
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
Anatomy of a Murder – Otto Preminger Ben-Hur – Sam Zimbalist The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens The Nun’s Story – Henry Blanke Room at the Top– John Woolf, James Woolf
Ben-Hur – William Wyler The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens The Nun’s Story – Fred Zinnemann Room at the Top – Jack Clayton Some Like It Hot– Billy Wilder
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
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
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
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
Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg The Nun’s Story – Robert Anderson Room at the Top – Neil Paterson Some Like It Hot– Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
“The Best Of Everything” – The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “The Five Pennies” – The Five Pennies – Music, Lyrics by Sylvia Fine “The Hanging Tree” – The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David “High Hopes” – A Hole in the Head – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “Strange Are...
Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning North by Northwest – George Tomasini The Nun’s Story – Walter Thompson On the Beach– Frederic Knudtson
Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt Career – Joseph LaShelle The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang, Jr. The Young Philadelphians– Harry Stradling, Sr.
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians.
Feb 24, 2015 · Check winners and nominations of 1959 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 32nd Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)
The awards for the Best Picture film covered the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actor (Charlton Heston), Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Musical Score, Best Film Editing, Best Special Effects, and Best Costume Design.
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler 's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi .
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The 31st Academy Awards took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre on Monday, April 6, 1959 and were hosted by Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven and Laurence Olivier. Best Picture Gigi broke the previous record of most wins taking home nine Oscars out of nine nominations.
