Best Picture

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Sam Zimbalist
Postumously. Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mrs. Zimbalist accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Anatomy of a Murder: Otto Preminger

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The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens

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The Nun's Story: Henry Blanke

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Room at the Top: John Woolf, James Woolf

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Charlton Heston

NOMINEES

Room at the Top: Laurence Harvey

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Some Like It Hot: Jack Lemmon

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The Last Angry Man: Paul Muni

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Anatomy of a Murder: James Stewart

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Room at the Top: Simone Signoret

NOMINEES

Pillow Talk: Doris Day

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The Nun's Story: Audrey Hepburn

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Suddenly, Last Summer: Katharine Hepburn

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Suddenly, Last Summer: Elizabeth Taylor

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith was not present at the awards ceremony. Director William Wyler accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Anatomy of a Murder: Arthur O'Connell

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Anatomy of a Murder: George C. Scott

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The Young Philadelphians: Robert Vaughn

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The Diary of Anne Frank: Ed Wynn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Diary of Anne Frank: Shelley Winters

NOMINEES

Room at the Top: Hermione Baddeley

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Imitation of Life: Susan Kohner

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Imitation of Life: Juanita Moore

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Pillow Talk: Thelma Ritter

Best Director

WINNER

Ben-Hur: William Wyler

NOMINEES

Room at the Top: Jack Clayton

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The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens

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Some Like It Hot: Billy Wilder

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The Nun's Story: Fred Zinnemann

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER

Pillow Talk: Russell Rouse (story), Clarence Greene (story), Stanley Shapiro (screenplay), Maurice Richlin (screenplay)

NOMINEES

The 400 Blows: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy

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North by Northwest: Ernest Lehman

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Operation Petticoat: Paul King (story), Joseph Stone (story), Stanley Shapiro (screenplay), Maurice Richlin (screenplay)

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Wild Strawberries: Ingmar Bergman

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER

Room at the Top: Neil Paterson

NOMINEES

Anatomy of a Murder: Wendell Mayes

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Ben-Hur: Karl Tunberg

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The Nun's Story: Robert Anderson

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Some Like It Hot: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Robert Surtees

NOMINEES

The Big Fisherman: Lee Garmes

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The Five Pennies: Daniel L. Fapp

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The Nun's Story: Franz Planer

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Porgy and Bess: Leon Shamroy

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER

The Diary of Anne Frank: William C. Mellor

NOMINEES

Anatomy of a Murder: Sam Leavitt

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Career: Joseph LaShelle

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Some Like It Hot: Charles Lang

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The Young Philadelphians: Harry Stradling Sr.

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER

The Diary of Anne Frank: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

NOMINEES

Career: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

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The Last Angry Man: Carl Anderson, William Kiernan

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Some Like It Hot: Ted Haworth, Edward G. Boyle

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Suddenly, Last Summer: Oliver Messel, William Kellner, Scott Slimon

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

WINNER

Ben-Hur: William A. Horning, Edward C. Carfagno, Hugh Hunt
In case of Horning the Oscar win was posthumously.

NOMINEES

The Big Fisherman: John DeCuir, Julia Heron

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Journey to the Center of the Earth: Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, Joseph Kish

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North by Northwest: William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank R. McKelvy

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Pillow Talk: Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

WINNER

Some Like It Hot: Orry-Kelly

NOMINEES

Career: Edith Head

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The Diary of Anne Frank: Charles Le Maire, Mary Wills

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The Gazebo: Helen Rose

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The Young Philadelphians: Howard Shoup

Best Costume Design, Color

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Elizabeth Haffenden

NOMINEES

The Best of Everything: Adele Palmer

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The Big Fisherman: Renié

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The Five Pennies: Edith Head

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Porgy and Bess: Irene Sharaff

Best Sound

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD)

NOMINEES

Journey to the Center of the Earth: Carlton W. Faulkner (20th Century-Fox SSD)

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Libel: A.W. Watkins (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Sound Department)

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The Nun's Story: George Groves (Warner Bros. SSD)

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Porgy and Bess: Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD), Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning

NOMINEES

Anatomy of a Murder: Louis R. Loeffler

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North by Northwest: George Tomasini

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The Nun's Story: Walter Thompson

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On the Beach: Frederic Knudtson

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

Ben-Hur: A. Arnold Gillespie (visual), Robert MacDonald (visual), Milo B. Lory (audible)

NOMINEE

Journey to the Center of the Earth: L.B. Abbott (visual), James B. Gordon (visual), Carlton W. Faulkner (audible)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

A Hole in the Head: Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "High Hopes"

NOMINEES

The Best of Everything: Alfred Newman (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "The Best of Everything"

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The Five Pennies: Sylvia Fine
For the song "The Five Pennies"

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The Hanging Tree: Jerry Livingston (music), Mack David (lyrics)
For the song "The Hanging Tree"

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The Young Land: Dimitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "Strange Are the Ways of Love"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER

Porgy and Bess: André Previn, Ken Darby

NOMINEES

The Five Pennies: Leith Stevens

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Li'l Abner: Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley

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Say One for Me: Lionel Newman

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Sleeping Beauty: George Bruns

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER

Ben-Hur: Miklós Rózsa

NOMINEES

The Diary of Anne Frank: Alfred Newman

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The Nun's Story: Franz Waxman

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On the Beach: Ernest Gold

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Pillow Talk: Frank De Vol

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

WINNER

The Golden Fish: Jacques-Yves Cousteau

NOMINEES

Between the Tides: Ian Ferguson

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Mysteries of the Deep: Walt Disney

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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film: Peter Sellers

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Skyscraper: Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke, Irving Jacoby

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

Moonbird: John Hubley

NOMINEES

Mexicali Shmoes: John Burton

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Noah's Ark: Walt Disney

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The Violinist: Ernest Pintoff

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

Glas: Bert Haanstra

NOMINEES

Donald in Mathmagic Land: Walt Disney

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From Generation to Generation: Edward F. Cullen

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Serengeti: Bernhard Grzimek

NOMINEE

The Race for Space: David L. Wolper

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Black Orpheus
France

NOMINEES

The Bridge
Germany

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The Great War
Italy

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Boy from Two Worlds
Denmark

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Village by the River
Netherlands

WINNERS

Lee De Forest
For his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.

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Buster Keaton
For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.

WINNER

Bob Hope

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Douglas Shearer (M-G-M, Inc.), Robert E. Gottschalk (Panavision, Inc.), Richard Moore (Panavision, Inc.)
For the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide film motion pictures known as Camera 65.

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Wadsworth E. Pohl, William Evans, Werner Hopf, S.E. Howse, Thomas P. Dixon (Stanford Research Institute, Technicolor Corp.)
For the design and development of the Technicolor electronic printing timer.

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Wadsworth E. Pohl, Jack Alford, Henry Imus, Joseph Schmit, Paul Faßnacht, Al Lofquist (Technicolor Corp.)
For the development and practical application of equipment for wet printing.

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Howard S. Coleman (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.), A. Francis Turner (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.), Harold H. Schroeder (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.), James R. Benford (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.), Harold E. Rosenberger (Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.)
For the design and development of the Balcold projection mirror.

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Robert P. Gutterman (General Kinetics, Inc.) (Lipsner-Smith Corp.)
For the design and development of the CF-2 Ultra-sonic Film Cleaner.

WINNERS

Ub Iwerks (Walt Disney Productions)
For the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots.

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E.L. Stones (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.), Glen Robinson (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.), Winfield Hubbard (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.), Luther Newman (M-G-M Studio Construction Dept.)
For the design of a multiple-cable, remote-controlled winch.