32nd Academy Awards
Award ceremony
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959.
William Wyler's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. Wikipedia
Winners
Simone Signoret
Best Actress ˇ Room at the Top
Charlton Heston
Best Actor ˇ Ben-Hur
William C. Mellor
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank
Hugh Griffith
Best Supporting Actor ˇ Ben-Hur
Shelley Winters
Best Supporting Actress ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank
Ben-Hur
Best Picture ˇ Sam Zimbalist
Ben-Hur
Best Sound Mixing ˇ Franklin Milton
Ben-Hur
Best Production Design ˇ Edward Carfagno, William A. Horning, Hugh Hunt
Ben-Hur
Best Film Editing ˇ Ralph E. Winters, John Dunning
Room at the Top
Best Adapted Screenplay ˇ N. Paterson
Ben-Hur
Best Cinematography ˇ Robert Surtees
Ben-Hur
Best Original Score ˇ Miklós Rózsa
Buster Keaton
Academy Honorary Award
Lee de Forest
Academy Honorary Award
Pillow Talk
Best Original Screenplay ˇ Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro, Clarence Greene, ...
High Hopes
Best Original Song ˇ Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
William Wyler
Best Director ˇ Ben-Hur
The Golden Fish
Best Live Action Short Film ˇ Jacques Cousteau
Black Orpheus
Best International Feature Film ˇ Marcel Camus
Glass
Best Documentary (Short Subject) ˇ Bert Haanstra
Ben-Hur
Best Costume Design ˇ Elizabeth Haffenden
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Best Documentary Feature ˇ Bernhard Grzimek
E.L. Stones
Technical Achievement Award
Glen Robinson
Technical Achievement Award
Ub Iwerks
Technical Achievement Award
Luther Newman
Technical Achievement Award
Winfield Hubbard
Technical Achievement Award
Moonbird
Best Animated Short Film ˇ John Hubley
Ben-Hur
Best Visual Effects ˇ A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo B. Lory
Porgy and Bess
Best Original Musical ˇ André Previn, Ken Darby
Wadsworth E. Pohl
Scientific and Engineering Award
Harold E. Rosenberger
Scientific and Engineering Award
Al Lofquist
Scientific and Engineering Award
Douglas Shearer
Scientific and Engineering Award
Richard Moore
Scientific and Engineering Award
Werner Hopf
Scientific and Engineering Award
SRI International
Scientific and Engineering Award
Lipsner-Smith Corporation
Scientific and Engineering Award
Robert P. Gutterman
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
Scientific and Engineering Award
James R. Benford
Scientific and Engineering Award
S.E. Howse
Scientific and Engineering Award
Joseph Schmit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Paul Faßnacht
Scientific and Engineering Award
William Evans
Scientific and Engineering Award
Harold H. Schroeder
Scientific and Engineering Award
Robert Gottschalk
Scientific and Engineering Award
Jack Alford
Scientific and Engineering Award
Thomas P. Dixon
Scientific and Engineering Award
Henry Imus
Scientific and Engineering Award
Howard S. Coleman
Scientific and Engineering Award
A. Francis Turner
Scientific and Engineering Award
Orry-Kelly
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White ˇ Some Like It Hot
Lyle R. Wheeler
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank
Stuart A. Reiss
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank
George Davis
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank
Walter M. Scott
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ˇ The Diary of Anne Frank