1959 (32nd Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1959. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger Productions; Columbia.

Best Motion Picture. Otto Preminger, Producer.

Best Actor. James Stewart.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Arthur O’Connell.

Actor in a Supporting Role. George C. Scott.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Sam Leavitt.

Film Editing. Louis R. Loeffler.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Wendell Mayes.

Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture. Sam Zimbalist, Producer.

Best Actor. Charlton Heston.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Hugh Griffith.

Directing. William Wyler.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Hugh Hunt.

Cinematography (Color). Robert L. Surtees.

Costume Design (Color). Elizabeth Haffenden.

Film Editing. Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Sound. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Visual effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald; audible effects by Milo Lory.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Karl Tunberg.

The Best of Everything, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Costume Design (Color). Adele Palmer.

Music (Song). “The Best of Everything”. Music by Alfred Newman; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Between the Tides, British Transport Films; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Ian Ferguson, Producer.

The Big Fisherman, Rowland V. Lee Productions; Buena Vista.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by John DeCuir; set decoration by Julia Heron.

Cinematography (Color). Lee Garmes.

Costume Design (Color). Renie.

Black Orpheus, Dispatfilm & Gemma Cinematografica. (Brazil, France, Italy)

Foreign Language Film.

The Bridge, Fono Film. (West Germany)

Foreign Language Film.

Career, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph LaShelle.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head.

The Diary of Anne Frank, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture. George Stevens, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Ed Wynn.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Shelley Winters.

Directing. George Stevens.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lyle R. Wheeler and George W. Davis; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). William C. Mellor.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Donald in Mathmagic Land, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Documentary (Short Subject). Walt Disney, Producer.

The Five Pennies, Dena Productions; Paramount.

Cinematography (Color). Daniel L. Fapp.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Leith Stevens.

Music (Song). “The Five Pennies”. Music and lyrics by Sylvia Fine.

The 400 Blows, Les Films du Carrosse & SEDIF; Zenith International Film Corporation. (France)

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy.

From Generation to Generation, Cullen Associates; Maternity Center Association.

Documentary (Short Subject). Edward F. Cullen, Producer.

The Gazebo, Avon Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Helen Rose.

Glass, The Netherlands Government; George K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc. (Netherlands)

Documentary (Short Subject). Bert Haanstra, Producer.

The Golden Fish, Les Requins Associes; Columbia. (France)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.

The Great War, Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica. (Italy, France)

Foreign Language Film.

The Hanging Tree, Baroda Productions, Inc.; Warner Bros.

Music (Song). “The Hanging Tree”. Music by Jerry Livingston; lyrics by Mack David.

A Hole in the Head, Sincap Productions; United Artists.

Music (Song). “High Hopes”. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Imitation of Life, Universal-International.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Susan Kohner.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Juanita Moore.

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises & Cooga Mooga Film Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Lyle R. Wheeler, Franz Bachelin and Herman A. Blumenthal; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Joseph Kish.

Sound. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Visual effects by L. B. Abbott and James B. Gordon; audible effects by Carl Faulkner.

The Last Angry Man, Fred Kohlmar Productions; Columbia.

Best Actor. Paul Muni.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Carl Anderson; set decoration by William Kiernan.

Li’l Abner, Panama and Frank Production; Paramount.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley.

Libel!, Anatole De Grunwald; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA)

Sound. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director.

Mexicali Shmoes, Warner Bros. [Speedy Gonzales Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). John W. Burton, Producer.

Moonbird, Storyboard, Inc.; Edward Harrison.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). John Hubley, Producer.

Mysteries of the Deep, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Subjects (Live Action). Walt Disney, Producer.

Noah’s Ark, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

North by Northwest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by William A. Horning, Robert Boyle and Merrill Pye; set decoration by Henry Grace and Frank McKelvy.

Film Editing. George Tomasini.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Ernest Lehman.

The Nun’s Story, Warner Bros.

Best Motion Picture. Henry Blanke, Producer.

Best Actress. Audrey Hepburn.

Directing. Fred Zinnemann.

Cinematography (Color). Franz Planer.

Film Editing. Walter Thompson.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Franz Waxman.

Sound. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Robert Anderson.

On the Beach, Lomitas Productions, Inc.; United Artists.

Film Editing. Frederic Knudtson.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Ernest Gold.

Operation Petticoat, Granart Company; Universal-International.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Story by Paul King and Joseph Stone; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.

Paw, Laterna Film. (Denmark)

Foreign Language Film.

Pillow Talk, Arwin Productions; Universal-International.

Best Actress. Doris Day.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Thelma Ritter.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Richard H. Riedel; set decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Ruby R. Levitt.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Frank DeVol.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.

Porgy and Bess, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; Columbia.

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Andre Previn and Ken Darby.

Sound. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.

The Race for Space, Wolper, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). David L. Wolper, Producer.

Room at the Top, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK)

Best Motion Picture. John Woolf and James Woolf, Producers.

Best Actor. Laurence Harvey.

Best Actress. Simone Signoret.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Hermione Baddeley.

Directing. Jack Clayton.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Neil Paterson.

The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film, Lion International Films, Ltd.; Kingsley-Union Films. (UK)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Peter Sellers, Producer.

Say One for Me, Bing Crosby Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Lionel Newman.

Serengeti Shall Not Die, Okapia-Film GmbH Production; Transocean-Film. (West Germany)

Documentary (Feature). Bernhard Grzimek, Producer.

Skyscraper, Tishman Realty and Construction Company; Joseph Burstyn Film Enterprises, Inc.

Short Subjects (Live Action). Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby, Producers.

Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). George Bruns.

Some Like It Hot, Ashton Productions & The Mirisch Company; United Artists.

Best Actor. Jack Lemmon.

Directing. Billy Wilder.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Ted Haworth; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Lang, Jr.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Orry-Kelly.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.

Suddenly, Last Summer, Horizon Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

Best Actress. Elizabeth Taylor.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Oliver Messel and William Kellner; set decoration by Scot Slimon.

The Village on the River, N.V. Nationale Film Productie Maatschappij. (Netherlands)

Foreign Language Film.

The Violinist, Pintoff Productions, Inc.; Kingsley International Pictures.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Ernest Pintoff, Producer.

Wild Stawberries, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden)

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Ingmar Bergman.

The Young Land, C. V. Whitney Pictures, Inc.; Columbia.

Music (Song). “Strange Are the Ways of Love”. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

The Young Philadelphians, Warner Bros.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Robert Vaughn.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Harry Stradling, Sr.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Howard Shoup.