| Miglior Film 
  
  BEN-HUR (Mgm) Won 11 Awards. Sam Zimbalist – Producer
 Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Columbia) - Otto Preminger – Producer Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (20th Century Fox) - George Stevens – Producer
 Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY (Warner Bros) - Henry Blanke – Producer
 La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP (Romulus British Film) - James Woolf – Producer, John Woolf – Producer
 
 
 Miglior regia 
  
  William Wyler BEN-HUR
 Jack Clayton - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOPGeorge Stevens - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 Billy Wilder - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 Fred Zinnemann - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 
 
 Miglior attore
  
  Charlton Heston BEN-HUR
 Laurence Harvey - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOPJack Lemmon - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 Paul Muni - Addio dottor Abelman!-THE LAST ANGRY MAN
 James Stewart - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER
 
 
 Miglior attrice
  
  Simone Signoret La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP
 Doris Day - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALKAudrey Hepburn - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Katharine Hepburn - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
 Elizabeth Taylor - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
 
 
 Miglior attore non protagonista 
  
  Hugh Griffith BEN-HUR
 Arthur O'Connell - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDERGeorge C. Scott - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDER
 Robert Vaughn - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
 Ed Wynn - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 
 
 Miglior attrice non protagonista 
  
  Shelley Winters Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 Hermione Baddeley - La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOPSusan Kohner - Lo specchio della vita-IMITATION OF LIFE
 Juanita Moore - Lo speccio della vita-IMITATION OF LIFE
 Thelma Ritter - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK
 
 
 Miglior soggetto e sceneggiatura originale 
  Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK
 François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy - I quattrocento colpi-THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWSErnest Lehman - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST
 Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin - Operazione sottoveste-OPERATION PETTICOAT
 Ingmar Bergman - Il posto delle fragole-WILD STRAWBERRIES
 
 
 Miglior sceneggiatura non originale
  Neil Paterson La strada dei quartieri alti-ROOM AT THE TOP
 Wendell Mayes - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDERKarl Tunberg - BEN-HUR
 Robert Anderson - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 
 
 Miglior film straniero
  Orfeo negro-BLACK ORPHEUS (France)
 Il ponte-THE BRIDGE (Federal Republic of Germany)La grande guerra (Italy)
 PAW (Denmark)
 Dorp aan the river-THE VILLAGE ON THE RIVER (The Netherlands)
 
 
 Miglior scenografia e arredamento a colori (Rules changed in 1959: Art Direction/Set Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)
 
  William A. Horning - Art Direction, Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration BEN-HUR
 John DeCuir - Art Direction, Julia Heron - Set Decoration - Il grande pescatore-THE BIG FISHERMANLyle Wheeler - Art Direction, Franz Bachelin - Art Direction, Herman A. Blumenthal - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Joseph Kish - Set Decoration - Viaggio al centro della terra-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
 William A. Horning - Art Direction, Robert Boyle - Art Direction, Merrill Pye - Art Direction, Henry Grace - Set Decoration, Frank McKelvy - Set Decoration - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST
 Richard H. Riedel - Art Direction, Russell A. Gausman - Set Decoration, Ruby R. Levitt - Set Decoration - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK
 
 
 Miglior scenografia e arredamento in bianco e nero (Rules changed in 1959: Art Direction/Set Decoration divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)
 
  Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction, George W. Davis - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Stuart A. Reiss – Set Decoration Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration - Il prezzo del successo-CAREERCarl Anderson - Art Direction, William Kiernan - Set Decoration - Addio dottor Abelman!-THE LAST ANGRY MAN
 Ted Haworth - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 Oliver Messel - Art Direction, William Kellner - Art Direction, Scott Slimon - Set Decoration - Improvvisamente l’estate scorsa-SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
 
 
 Miglior fotografia a colori 
  Robert L. Surtees BEN-HUR
 Lee Garmes - Il grande pescatore-THE BIG FISHERMANDaniel L. Fapp - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES
 Franz Planer - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Leon Shamroy - PORGY AND BESS
 
 
 Miglior fotografia in bianco e nero
  William C. Mellor Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 Sam Leavitt - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDERJoseph LaShelle - Il prezzo del successo-CAREER
 Charles B. Lang, Jr. - A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 Harry Stradling, Sr. - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
 
 
 Miglior costumi a colori (Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)
 
  Elizabeth Haffenden BEN-HUR
 Adele Palmer - Donne in cerca d’amore-THE BEST OF EVERYTHINGRenie - Il grande pescatore-THE BIG FISHERMAN
 Edith Head - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES
 Irene Sharaff - PORGY AND BESS
 
 
 Miglior costumi in bianco e nero (Rules changed in 1959: Costume Design divided into separate awards for Color and Black & White.)
 
  Orry-Kelly A qualcuno piace caldo-SOME LIKE IT HOT
 Edith Head - Il prezzo del successo-CAREERCharles LeMaire, Mary Wills - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
 Helen Rose - Gazebo-THE GAZEBO
 Howard Shoup - I segreti di Filadelfia-THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS
 
 
 Miglior Documentary Feature
  Bernhard Grzimek – Producer Seregenti non morirà-SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE
 David L. Wolper – Producer THE RACE FOR SPACE
 
 Miglior Documentary Short Subject
 Bert Haanstra – Producer GLASS Walt Disney – Producer - DONALD IN MATHMAGIC LANDEdward F. Cullen – Producer - FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
 
 
 Miglior montaggio 
  Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning BEN-HUR
 Louis R. Loeffler - Anatomia di un omicidio-ANATOMY OF A MURDERGeorge Tomasini - Intrigo internazionale-NORTH BY NORTHWEST
 Walter Thompson - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Frederic Knudtson - L’ultima spiaggia-ON THE BEACH
 
 
 Miglior colonna sonora per film drammatico o brillante 
  Miklòs Ròzsa BEN-HUR
 Alfred Newman - Il diario di Anna Frank-THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANKFranz Waxman - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Ernest Gold - L’ultima spiaggia-ON THE BEACH
 Frank De Vol - Il letto racconta-PILLOW TALK
 
 
 Miglior colonna sonora per film musicale 
  Andre Previn, Ken Darby PORGY AND BESS
 Leith Stevens - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIESNelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley - Il villaggio più pazzo del mondo-LI'L ABNER
 Lionel Newman - Dinne una per me-SAY ONE FOR ME
 George Bruns - La bella addormentata nel bosco-SLEEPING BEAUTY
 
 
 Miglior canzone 
  James Van Heusen – Music, Sammy Cahn – Lyrics Un uomo da vendere-A HOLE IN THE HEAD "High Hopes"
 Alfred Newman – Music, Sammy Cahn – Lyrics - Donne in cerca d’amore-THE BEST OF EVERYTHING "The Best of Everything"Sylvia Fine - Music & Lyrics - I cinque penny-THE FIVE PENNIES "The Five Pennies"
 Jerry Livingston – Music, Mack David – Lyrics - L’albero degli impiccati-THE HANGING TREE "The Hanging Tree"
 Dimitri Tiomkin – Music, Ned Washington – Lyrics - Là dove il sole bacia-THE YOUNG LAND "Strange Are the Ways of Love"
 
 
 Miglior Animated Short 
  MOONBIRD John Hubley – Producer
 
 MEXICALI SHMOES - John W. Burton – Producer NOAH'S ARK - Walt Disney – Producer
 THE VIOLINIST - Ernest Pintoff – Producer
 
 
 Miglior Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
  THE GOLDEN FISH Jacques-Yves Cousteau – Producer
 
 BETWEEN THE TIDES - Ian Ferguson – ProducerMYSTERIES OF THE DEEP - Walt Disney – Producer
 THE RUNNING, JUMPING AND STANDING-STILL FILM - Peter Sellers – Producer
 SKYSCRAPER - Shirley Clarke – Producer, Willard Van Dyke – Producer, Irving Jacoby – Producer
 
 
 Miglior suono
  Franklin E. Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department) BEN-HUR
 Carl Faulkner (20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department) - Una giornata al centro della terra-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTHA.W. Watkins (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) - Il diavolo nello specchio-LIBEL
 George R. Groves (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) - Storia di una monaca-THE NUN'S STORY
 Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department) - PORGY AND BESS
 
 
 Miglior effetti speciali 
  A. Arnold Gillespie - Special Effects (Visual), Robert MacDonald - Special Effects (Visual), Milo Lory - Special Effects (Audible) BEN-HUR
 
 L.B. Abbott - Special Effects (Visual), James B. Gordon - Special Effects (Visual), Carl Faulkner - Special Effects (Aduble) - Viaggio al centro della terra-JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
 
 Class I (Statuette)
                    
             (No award given for 1959.)
 
 
 Class II (Plaque) 
  Douglas Shearer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.), Robert E. Gottschalk (Panavision Inc.), John R. Moore (Panavision Inc.) For the development of a system of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as Camera 65.
 
  Wadsworth E. Pohl, William Evans, Werner Hopf, S.E. Howse, Thomas P. Dixon, Stanford Research Institute Technicolor Corporation For the design and development of the Technicolor electronic printing timer.
 
  Wadsworth E. Pohl, Jack Alford, Henry Imus, Joseph Schmit, Paul Fassnacht, Al Lofquist, Technicolor Corporation For the development and practical application of equipment for wet printing.
 
  Dr. Howard S. Coleman (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company), Dr. A. Francis Turner (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company), Harold H. Schroeder (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company), James R. Benford (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company), Harold E. Rosenberger (Bausch & Lomb Optical Company) For the design and development of the Balcold projection mirror.
 
  Robert P. Gutterman (General Kinetics Inc.), Lipsner-Smith Corporation For the design and development of the CF-2 Ultra-sonic Film Cleaner.
 
 
 
 Class III (Citation) 
  Ub Iwerks - Walt Disney Productions For the design of an improved optical printer for special effects and matte shots.
 
  E.L. Stones (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department), Glen Robinson (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department), Winfield Hubbard (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department), Luther Newman (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department) For the design of a multiple-cable remote-controlled winch.
 
 
 Honorary and other awards  Lee De Forest For his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture. Winner presented a Statuette.
 
  Buster Keaton For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen. Winner presented a Statuette.
   The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 
 
             (No award given for 1959.)   The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award    Bob Hope 
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