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Best Motion Picture - Harold Hecht, Producer Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Terence Rattigan, John Gay The Sheepman
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight set by Gone with the Wind and tied by From Here to Eternity and On the Waterfront .
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorGigi – Arthur Freed, producer ‡ Auntie ...Vincente Minnelli – Gigi ‡ Richard Brooks ...David Niven – Separate Tables as Major ...Susan Hayward – I Want to Live! as ...Burl Ives – The Big Country as Rufus ...Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables as Pat ...The Defiant Ones – Nedrick Young and ...Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner from the novella ...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.
31st Academy Awards Best Motion Picture 1959. 1. Gigi (1958) G | 115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance. Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
- Best Art Direction
- Honorary Award
- Scientific Or Technical Award
Gigi William A. Horning [Art Direction], Preston Ames [Art Direction], Henry Grace [Set Decoration] and Keogh Gleason [Set Decoration]
Maurice Chevalier Note: …for his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century.
Don W. Prideaux, Leroy G. Leighton and Lamp Division of General Electric Co. Note: …for the development and production of an improved 10 kilowatt lamp for motion picture set lighting.Panavision Inc. Note: …for the design and development of the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens for 35mm CinemaScope photography.By Year: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959. By Decade: 1927/8-39, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s. The winners are listed first, in CAPITAL letters, in each category. Click on individual year for details. See all Movie Title Screens for 1950-1959. 1950.
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. This total was later tied by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003.
