Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Ben-Hur
Sam Zimbalist, producer
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
Best Director
Winner
William Wyler
Ben-Hur
Jack Clayton— Room at the Top
George Stevens— The Diary of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder— Some Like It Hot
Fred Zinnemann— The Nun's Story
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur
Laurence Harvey— Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon— Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni— The Last Angry Man
James Stewart— Anatomy of a Murder
Best Actress
Winner
Simone Signoret
Room at the Top
Doris Day— Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn— The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn— Suddenly Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor— Suddenly Last Summer
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Hugh Griffith
Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell— Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott— Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Vaughn— The Young Philadelphians
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Shelley Winters
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley— Room at the Top
Susan Kohner— Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore— Imitation of Life
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Pillow Talk
Ingmar Bergman— Wild Strawberries
Ernest Lehman— North by Northwest
Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin— Operation Petticoat
François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy— The 400 Blows
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Neil Paterson
Room at the Top
Wendell Mayes— Anatomy of a Murder
Karl Tunberg— Ben-Hur
Robert Anderson— The Nun’s Story
Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond— Some Like It Hot
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Miklos Rozsa
Ben-Hur
Alfred Newman— The Diary of Anne Frank
Franz Waxman— The Nun’s Story
Ernest Gold— On the Beach
Frank DeVol— Pillow Talk
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Andre Previn, Ken Darby
Porgy and Bess
Leith Stevens— The Five Pennies
Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley— Li’l Abner
Lionel Newman— Say One for Me
George Bruns— Sleeping Beauty
Best Original Song
Winner
"High Hopes" — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
A Hole in the Head
“The Best of Everything”— The Best of Everything
“The Five Pennies”— The Five Pennies
“The Hanging Tree”— The Hanging Tree
“Strange Are the Ways of Love”— The Young Land
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
William C. Mellor
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sam Leavitt— Anatomy of a Murder
Joseph LaShelle— Career
Charles B. Lang Jr.— Some Like It Hot
Harry Stradling Sr.— The Young Philadelphians
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Robert L. Surtees
Ben-Hur
Lee Garmes— The Big Fisherman
Daniel L. Fapp— The Five Pennies
Franz F. Planer— The Nun’s Story
Leon Shamroy— Porgy and Bess
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Ben-Hur
Louis R. Loeffler— Anatomy of a Murder
George Tomasini— North by Northwest
Walter Thompson— The Nun’s Story
Frederic Knudtson— On the Beach
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams— Career
Carl Anderson, William Kiernan— The Last Angry Man
Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle— Some Like It Hot
Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scot Slimon— Suddenly, Last Summer
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno
Ben-Hur
John DeCuir, Julia Heron— The Big Fisherman
Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish— Journey to the Center of the Earth
William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank R. McKelvy— North by Northwest
Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt— Pillow Talk
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Orry-Kelly
Some Like It Hot
Edith Head— Career
Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills— The Diary of Anne Frank
Helen Rose— The Gazebo
Howard Shoup— The Young Philadelphians
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Elizabeth Haffenden
Ben-Hur
Adele Palmer— The Best of Everything
Renie— The Big Fisherman
Edith Head— The Five Pennies
Irene Sharaff— Porgy and Bess
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Franklin E. Milton (MGM Sound Dept.)
Ben-Hur
Carl W. Faulkner— Journey to the Center of the Earth
A.W. Watkins— Libel!
George R. Groves— The Nun’s Story
Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes— Porgy and Bess
Best Visual Effects
Winner
A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory
Ben-Hur
L.B. Abbott, James B. Gordon, Carl W. Faulkner— Journey to the Center of the Earth
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Moonbird
John Hubley — landmark independent animation
John W. Burton— Mexicali Shmoes
Walt Disney— Noah's Ark
Ernest Pintoff— The Violinist
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Serengeti Shall Not Die
German — Bernhard Grzimek
David L. Wolper— The Race for Space
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Black Orpheus
Brazil/France — Marcel Camus
The Bridge
The Great War
Paw
The Village on the River