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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1960 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Charlton Heston |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Hugh Griffith Hugh Griffith was not present at the awards ceremony. Director William Wyler accepted the award on his behalf. |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color William A. Horning Edward C. Carfagno Hugh Hunt In case of Horning the Oscar win was posthumously. |
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Best Cinematography, Color Robert Surtees |
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Best Costume Design, Color Elizabeth Haffenden |
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Best Director William Wyler |
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Best Effects, Special Effects A. Arnold Gillespie (visual) Robert MacDonald (visual) Milo B. Lory (audible) |
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Best Film Editing Ralph E. Winters John D. Dunning |
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Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Miklós Rózsa |
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Best Picture Sam Zimbalist Postumously. Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mrs. Zimbalist accepted the award on his behalf. |
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Best Sound Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD) |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Karl Tunberg |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Classic Film DVD Release |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source William Wyler USA. |
| Bambi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | 3rd place | Bambi |
Best Actor - International Charlton Heston |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) Charlton Heston |
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Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniera) (Metro Goldwyn Mayer). |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures William Wyler Gus Agosti (assistant director) (plaque) Alberto Cardone (assistant director) (plaque) |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) Charlton Heston Also for The Ten Commandments (1956). |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Motion Picture Director William Wyler |
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Best Supporting Actor Stephen Boyd |
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| Special Award |
Andrew Marton
For directing the chariot race in Ben-Hur. |
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| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Charlton Heston |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Nominated | Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television Miklós Rózsa |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Special Award |
| 2nd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Male Dramatic Performance Charlton Heston |
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| 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Male Dramatic Performance Stephen Boyd |
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Top Male Supporting Performance Hugh Griffith |
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| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Feature Film unknown |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1959 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Supporting Actor Hugh Griffith |
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Top Ten Films |
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| Special Citation |
Andrew Marton
Yakima Canutt For directing the chariot race in the film. |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1959 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Film |
| 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Screenplay Karl Tunberg |
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| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama Karl Tunberg |
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