Miglior Film  
         
            
             
           BEN-HUR (Mgm) Won 11 Awards.  
            Sam Zimbalist – Producer  
          Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Columbia) - Otto Preminger – Producer  
            Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (20th Century Fox) - George Stevens – Producer  
            Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY (Warner Bros) - Henry Blanke – Producer  
            La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP (Romulus British Film) - James Woolf – Producer, John Woolf – Producer  
            
          Miglior regia  
           
           
  William Wyler  
            BEN-HUR 
          Jack Clayton - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP 
            George Stevens - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
            Billy Wilder - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
            Fred Zinnemann - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
           
           
          Miglior attore 
           
            
             Charlton Heston  
            BEN-HUR 
            
            Laurence Harvey - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP 
              Jack Lemmon - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
              Paul Muni - Addio dottor Abelman!-THE LAST ANGRY MAN 
              James Stewart - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
             
           
          Miglior attrice 
           
            
             Simone Signoret  
            La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP 
          Doris Day - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK 
            Audrey Hepburn - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
            Katharine Hepburn - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER 
            Elizabeth Taylor - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER  
           
           
          Miglior attore non protagonista  
            
            
             Hugh Griffith  
            BEN-HUR
          
 Arthur O'Connell - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
            George C. Scott - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
            Robert Vaughn - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS 
            Ed Wynn - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
           
           
          Miglior attrice non protagonista  
            
            
  Shelley Winters 
            Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
           
 Hermione Baddeley - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP 
             Susan Kohner - Lo specchio della vita-IMITATION OF LIFE 
             Juanita Moore - Lo speccio della vita-IMITATION OF LIFE 
             Thelma Ritter - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK 
           
           
          Miglior soggetto e sceneggiatura originale  
           
           Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin  
            Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK 
          François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy - I quattrocento colpi-THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS 
            Ernest Lehman - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST 
            Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin - Operazione sottoveste-OPERATION PETTICOAT 
            Ingmar Bergman - Il posto delle fragole-WILD STRAWBERRIES 
           
           
           Miglior sceneggiatura non originale 
            
           Neil Paterson  
            La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP 
          Wendell Mayes - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
            Karl Tunberg - BEN-HUR 
            Robert Anderson - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
            Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
           
           
          Miglior film straniero 
             
           Orfeo negro-BLACK ORPHEUS (France) 
          Il ponte-THE BRIDGE (Federal Republic of Germany) 
            La grande guerra (Italy) 
            PAW (Denmark) 
            Dorp aan the river-THE VILLAGE ON THE RIVER (The Netherlands) 
           
           
          Miglior scenografia e arredamento a colori  (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 - Il grande pescatore-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 - Viaggio al centro della terra-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 - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST 
            Richard H. Riedel - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Set Decoration, Ruby R. Levitt - Set Decoration - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK 
           
           
           Miglior scenografia e arredamento in bianco e nero  (Rules changed in 1959: Art Direction/Set Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.) 
            Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Stuart A. Reiss – Set Decoration  
            Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
          Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration - Il prezzo del successo-CAREER 
            Carl Anderson - Art Direction, William Kiernan - Set Decoration - Addio dottor Abelman!-THE LAST ANGRY MAN 
            Ted Haworth - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
            Oliver Messel - Art Direction, William Kellner - Art Direction, Scott Slimon - Set Decoration - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER  
           
           
          Miglior fotografia a colori  
          
            Robert L. Surtees  
            BEN-HUR 
          Lee Garmes - Il grande pescatore-THE BIG FISHERMAN 
            Daniel L. Fapp - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES 
            Franz Planer - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
            Leon Shamroy - PORGY AND BESS  
           
           
          Miglior fotografia in bianco e nero 
            William C. Mellor 
            Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
          Sam Leavitt - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
            Joseph LaShelle - Il prezzo del successo-CAREER 
            Charles B. Lang, Jr. - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
            Harry Stradling, Sr. - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS  
           
           
          Miglior costumi a colori  (Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.) 
          
            Elizabeth Haffenden  
            BEN-HUR 
          Adele Palmer - Donne in cerca d’amore-THE BEST OF EVERYTHING 
            Renie - Il grande pescatore-THE BIG FISHERMAN 
            Edith Head - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES 
            Irene Sharaff - PORGY AND BESS 
           
           
          Miglior costumi in bianco e nero  (Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.) 
          
            Orry-Kelly  
            A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT 
          Edith Head - Il prezzo del successo-CAREER 
            Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
            Helen Rose - Gazebo-THE GAZEBO 
            Howard Shoup - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS 
           
           
          Miglior Documentary Feature 
            Bernhard Grzimek – Producer Seregenti non morirà-SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE 
          David L. Wolper – Producer THE RACE FOR SPACE 
           
           
          Miglior Documentary Short Subject 
           Bert Haanstra – Producer GLASS 
          Walt Disney – Producer - DONALD IN MATHMAGIC LAND 
            Edward F. Cullen – Producer - FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION 
           
           
          Miglior montaggio  
            Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning  
            BEN-HUR 
          Louis R. Loeffler - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER 
            George Tomasini - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST 
            Walter Thompson - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
            Frederic Knudtson - L’ultima spiaggia-ON THE BEACH 
           
           
          Miglior colonna sonora per film drammatico o brillante  
          
            Miklòs Ròzsa  
            BEN-HUR 
          Alfred Newman - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 
            Franz Waxman - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
            Ernest Gold - L’ultima spiaggia-ON THE BEACH 
            Frank De Vol - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK 
           
   
                    Miglior colonna sonora per film musicale  
            
  Andre Previn, Ken Darby  
                    PORGY AND BESS 
          Leith Stevens - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES 
            Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley - Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo-LI'L ABNER 
            Lionel Newman - Dinne una per me-SAY ONE FOR ME 
            George Bruns - La bella addormentata nel bosco-SLEEPING BEAUTY 
           
           
          Miglior canzone  
            James Van Heusen – Music, Sammy Cahn – Lyrics  
            Un uomo da vendere-A HOLE IN THE HEAD "High Hopes" 
          Alfred Newman – Music, Sammy Cahn – Lyrics - Donne in cerca d’amore-THE BEST OF EVERYTHING "The Best of Everything" 
            Sylvia Fine - Music & Lyrics - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES "The Five Pennies" 
            Jerry Livingston – Music, Mack David – Lyrics - L’albero degli impiccati-THE HANGING TREE "The Hanging Tree" 
            Dimitri Tiomkin – Music, Ned Washington – Lyrics - Là dove il sole bacia-THE YOUNG LAND "Strange Are the Ways of Love" 
           
           
          Miglior Animated Short  
          
            MOONBIRD  
            John Hubley – Producer  
             
          MEXICALI SHMOES - John W. Burton – Producer  
            NOAH'S ARK - Walt Disney – Producer  
            THE VIOLINIST - Ernest Pintoff – Producer  
           
           
           Miglior Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects 
           
             THE GOLDEN FISH  
             Jacques-Yves Cousteau – Producer 
             
          BETWEEN THE TIDES - Ian Ferguson – Producer 
            MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP - Walt Disney – Producer  
            THE RUNNING, JUMPING AND STANDING-STILL FILM - Peter Sellers – Producer 
            SKYSCRAPER - Shirley Clarke – Producer, Willard Van Dyke – Producer, Irving Jacoby – Producer  
           
           
           Miglior suono 
           
             Franklin E. Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department)  
            BEN-HUR 
           Carl Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department) - Una giornata al centro della terra-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 
             A.W. Watkins (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) - Il diavolo nello specchio-LIBEL 
             George R. Groves (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY 
             Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department) - PORGY AND BESS  
               
 
Miglior effetti speciali  
  A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects (Visual), Robert MacDonald - Special Effects (Visual), Milo Lory - Special Effects (Audible)  
  BEN-HUR 
            
           L.B. Abbott - Special Effects (Visual), James B. Gordon - Special Effects (Visual), Carl Faulkner - Special Effects (Aduble) - Viaggio al centro della terra-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 
            
            
           
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