Best Motion Picture

• Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger, producer
• Ben-Hur, Sam Zimbalist, producer
• The Diary of Anne Frank, George Stevens, producer
• The Nun's Story, Henry Blanke, producer
• Room at the Top, John and James Woolf, producers

Best 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

Best 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

Actor in a Supporting Role

• 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

Actress in a Supporting Role

• 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

Directing

• 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

Writing

• Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium
  • Robert Anderson, The Nun's Story
  • Wendell Mayes, Anatomy of a Murder
  • Neil Paterson, Room at the Top
  • Karl Tunberg, Ben-Hur
  • Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, Some Like It Hot
• Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  • Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries
  • Ernest Lehman, North by Northwest
  • Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, story; Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin, screenplay, Pillow Talk
  • François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, The 400 Blows

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Charles Lang, Jr., Some Like It Hot
  • Joseph LaShelle, Career
  • Sam Leavitt, Anatomy of a Murder
  • William C. Mellor, The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Harry Stradling, Sr., The Young Philadelphians
• Color
  • Daniel L. Fapp, The Five Pennies
  • Lee Garmes, The Big Fisherman
  • Franz Planer, The Nun's Story
  • Leon Shamroy, Porgy and Bess
  • Robert L. Surtees, Ben-Hur

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Carl Anderson, art direction; William Kiernan, set decoration, The Last Angry Man
  • Ted Haworth, art direction; Edward G. Boyle, set decoration, Some Like It Hot
  • Oliver Messel and William Kellner, art direction; Scot Slimon, set decoration, Suddenly, Last Summer
  • Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Career
  • Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss, set decoration, The Diary of Anne Frank
• Color
  • John DeCuir, art direction; Julia Heron, set decoration, The Big Fisherman
  • William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye, art direction; Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy, set decoration, North by Northwest
  • William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Ben-Hur
  • Richard H. Riedel, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt, set decoration, Pillow Talk
  • Lyle R. Wheeler, art direction, Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal, set decoration; Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish, Journey to the Center of the Earth

Sound

• MGM London Studio Sound Dept., Libel!
• MGM Studio Sound Dept. Ben-Hur
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept. and Todd-AO Sound Dept., Porgy and Bess
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Nun's Story

Music

• Song
  • "The Best of Everything", The Best of Everything, Alfred Newman, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "The Five Pennies", The Five Pennies, Sylvia Fine, music and lyrics
  • "The Hanging Tree", The Hanging Tree, Jerry Livingston, music; Mack David, lyrics
  • "High Hopes", A Hole in the Head, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
  • "Strange Are the Ways of Love", The Young Land, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Frank DeVol, Pillow Talk
  • Ernest Gold, On the Beach
  • Miklos Rozsa, Ben-Hur
  • Franz Waxman, The Nun's Story
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • George Bruns, Sleeping Beauty
  • Lionel Newman, Say One for Me
  • André Previn and Ken Darby, Porgy and Bess
  • Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley, Li'l Abner
  • Leith Stevens, The Five Pennies

Film Editing

• Frederic Knudtson, On the Beach
• Louis R. Loeffler, Anatomy of a Murder
• Walter Thompson, The Nun's Story
• George Tomasini, North by Northwest
• Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning, Ben-Hur

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Edith Head, Career
  • Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills, The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Orry-Kelly, Some Like It Hot
  • Helen Rose, The Gazebo
  • Howard Shoup, The Young Philadelphians
• Color
  • Elizabeth Haffenden, Ben-Hur
  • Edith Head, The Five Pennies
  • Adele Palmer, The Best of Everything
  • Renie, The Big Fisherman
  • Irene Sharaff, Porgy and Bess

Special Effects

• L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon, visual; Carl Faulkner, audible, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald, visual; Milo Lory, audible, Ben-Hur

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Mexicali Shmoes (Speedy Gonzales Series) (John W. Burton, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Moonbird (Storyboard, Inc.; Edward Harrison)
  • Noah's Ark (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • The Violinist (Pintoff Productions; Kingsley International)
• Live Action
  • Between the Tides (British Transport Films; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films)
  • The Golden Fish (Les Requins Associes; Columbia)
  • Mysteries of the Deep (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film (Lion International Films; Kingsley-Union Films)
  • Skyscraper (Tishman Realty and Construction Co.; Burstyn Film Enterprises)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Donald in Mathmagic Land (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • From Generation to Generation (Cullen Associates; Maternity Center Association)
  • Glass (Netherlands Government; George K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc.)
• Feature
  • The Race for Space (David L. Wolper, producer; Wolper, Inc.)
  • Serengeti Shall Not Die (Okapia-Film GmbH Production; Transocean-Film)

Foreign Language Film

• Black Orpheus, France
• The Bridge, Federal Republic of Germany,West
• The Great War, Italy
• Paw, Denmark
• The Village on the River, Netherlands

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Bob Hope

Honorary Awards

• To Lee De Forest for his pioneering inventions that brought sound to the motion picture
• To Buster Keaton for his unique talents that brought immortal comedies to the screen

Facts:

• Winners Announced: April 4, 1960
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Host: Bob Hope
• Eligibility Year: 1959