April 4, 1960 RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Hosted by Bob Hope
MOTION PICTURE
“Anatomy of a Murder”
“Ben-Hur”
“The Diary of Anne Frank”
“The Nun’s Story”
“Room at the Top”
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”
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”
ART DIRECTION (BLACK & WHITE)
“Career” Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams
“The Diary of Anne Frank” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
“The Last Angry Man” Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: William Kiernan
“Some Like It Hot” Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
“Suddenly, Last Summer” Art Direction: Oliver Messel and William Kellner; Set Decoration: Scott Slimon
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
“Ben-Hur” Art Direction: William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
“The Big Fisherman” Art Direction: John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Julia Heron
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish
“North by Northwest” Art Direction: William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, and Merrill Pye; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy
“Pillow Talk” Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt
CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK & WHITE)
“Anatomy of a Murder” – Sam Leavitt
“Career” – Joseph LaShelle
“The Diary of Anne Frank” – William C. Mellor
“Some Like It Hot” – Charles Lang
“The Young Philadelphians” – Harry Stradling, Sr.
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
“Ben-Hur” – Robert Surtees
“The Big Fisherman” – Lee Garmes
“The Five Pennies” – Daniel L. Fapp
“The Nun’s Story” – Franz Planer
“Porgy and Bess” – Leon Shamroy
COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK & WHITE)
“Career” – Edith Head
“The Diary of Anne Frank” – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills
“The Gazebo” – Helen Rose
“Some Like It Hot” – Orry-Kelly
“The Young Philadelphians” – Howard Shoup
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
“Ben-Hur” – Elizabeth Haffenden
“The Best of Everything” – Adele Palmer
“The Big Fisherman” – Renié
“The Five Pennies” – Edith Head
“Porgy and Bess” – Irene Sharaff
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“The Race for Space”
“Serengeti Shall Not Die”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Donald in Mathmagic Land”
“From Generation to Generation”
“Glass”
FILM EDITING
“Anatomy of a Murder” – Louis R. Loeffler
“Ben-Hur” – Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning
“North by Northwest” – George Tomasini
“The Nun’s Story” – Walter Thompson
“On the Beach” – Frederic Knudtson
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
“Black Orpheus” (France)
“The Bridge” (Germany)
“The Great War” (Italy)
“Paw” (Denmark)
“The Village on the River” (Netherlands)
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Mexicali Shmoes”
“Moonbird”
“Noah’s Ark”
“The Violinist”
SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION)
“Between the Tides” – Ian Ferguson
“The Golden Fish” – Jacques Cousteau
“Mysteries of the Deep” – Walt Disney
“The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film” – Peter Sellers
“Skyscraper” – Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
“Ben-Hur” – Miklós Rózsa
“The Diary of Anne Frank” – Alfred Newman
“The Nun’s Story” – Franz Waxman
“On the Beach” – Ernest Gold
“Pillow Talk” – Frank De Vol
Scoring of a Musical Picture
“The Five Pennies” – Leith Stevens
“Li’l Abner” – Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley
“Porgy and Bess” – André Previn and Ken Darby
“Say One for Me” – Lionel Newman
“Sleeping Beauty” – George Bruns
SONG
“The Best of Everything” from “The Best of Everything” Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“The Five Pennies” from “The Five Pennies” Music and Lyrics by Sylvia Fine
“The Hanging Tree” from “The Hanging Tree” Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
“High Hopes” from “A Hole in the Head” Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“Strange Are The Ways of Love” from “The Young Land” Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
SOUND
“Ben-Hur” – Franklin Milton
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” – Carlton W. Faulkner
“Libel” – A. W. Watkins
“The Nun’s Story” – George Groves
“Porgy and Bess” – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“Ben-Hur” Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo B. Lory
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” Visual Effects by L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon; Audible Effects by Carl Faulkner
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“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 and I. A. L. Diamond
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“The 400 Blows” – François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy
“North by Northwest” – Ernest Lehman
“Operation Petticoat” – Story by Paul King, Joseph J. Stone; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
“Pillow Talk” – Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
“Wild Strawberries” – Ingmar Bergman
Academy Honorary Award
Buster Keaton “for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen”
Academy Honorary Award
Lee De Forest “for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture”
