1960 (33rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1960. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 and winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. John Wayne, Producer.

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Billy Wilder, Producer.

Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists. Bernard Smith, Producer.

Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Jerry Wald, Producer.

The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK) Fred Zinnemann, Producer.

Best Actor

Trevor Howard in Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK)

Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists.

Jack Lemmon in The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists.

Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer, Woodfall Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK)

Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Best Actress

Greer Garson in Sunrise at Campobello, Schary Productions, Inc.; Warner Bros.

Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK)

Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists.

Melina Mercouri in Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece)

Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8, Afton-Linebrook Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Peter Falk in Murder, Inc., 20th Century-Fox.

Jack Kruschen in The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists.

Sal Mineo in Exodus, Carlyle-Alpina S.A. Production; United Artists.

Peter Ustinov in Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International.

Chill Wills in The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Glynis Johns in The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK)

Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists.

Shirley Knight in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Warner Bros.

Janet Leigh in Psycho, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.; Paramount.

Mary Ure in Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK)

Directing

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Billy Wilder.

Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece) Jules Dassin.

Psycho, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.; Paramount. Alfred Hitchcock.

Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Jack Cardiff.

The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK) Fred Zinnemann.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Art direction by Alexander Trauner; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle.

The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Art direction by Joseph McMillan Johnson and Kenneth A. Reid; set decoration by Ross Dowd.

Psycho, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.; Paramount. Art direction by Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy; set decoration by George Milo.

Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Art direction by Tom Morahan; set decoration by Lionel Couch.

Visit to a Small Planet, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.

(Color)

Cimarron, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by George W. Davis and Addison Hehr; set decoration by Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and Otto Siegel.

It Started in Naples, Paramount and Capri Production; Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arrigo Breschi.

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Art direction by Ted Haworth; set decoration by William Kiernan.

Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and Eric Orbom; set decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron.

Sunrise at Campobello, Schary Productions, Inc.; Warner Bros. Art direction by Edward Carrere; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Joseph LaShelle.

The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Charles B. Lang, Jr.

Inherit the Wind, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Ernest Laszlo.

Psycho, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc.; Paramount. John L. Russell.

Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Freddie Francis.

(Color)

The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. William H. Clothier.

Butterfield 8, Afton-Linebrook Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joseph Ruttenberg and Charles Harten.

Exodus, Carlyle-Alpina S.A. Production; United Artists. Sam Leavitt.

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Joe MacDonald.

Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Russell Metty.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Edith Head and Edward Stevenson.

Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece) Deni Vachlioti.

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, United States Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Howard Shoup.

Seven Thieves, 20th Century-Fox. Bill Thomas.

The Virgin Spring, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden) Marik Vos.

(Color)

Can-Can, Suffolk-Cummings Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Irene Sharaff.

Midnight Lace, Ross Hunter-Arwin Production; Universal-International. Irene.

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Edith Head.

Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Valles and Bill Thomas.

Sunrise at Campobello, Schary Productions, Inc.; Warner Bros. Marjorie Best.

Documentary

(Feature)

The Horse with the Flying Tail, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Larry Lansburgh, Producer.

Rebel in Paradise, Tiare Company. Robert D. Fraser, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Beyond Silence, United States Information Agency.

A City Called Copenhagen, Statens Filmcentral, The Danish Government Film Office. (Denmark)

George Grosz’ Interregnum, Educational Communications Corporation. Charles Carey and Altina Carey, Producers.

Giuseppina, James Hill Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK) James Hill, Producer.

Universe, National Film Board of Canada; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (Canada) Colin Low, Producer.

Film Editing

The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. Stuart Gilmore.

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Daniel Mandell.

Inherit the Wind, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Frederic Knudtson.

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Viola Lawrence and Al Clark.

Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Robert Lawrence.

Foreign Language Film

Kapo, Vides-Zebrafilm-Cineriz. (Italy, France, Yugoslavia)

La Verite, Han Productions. (France, Italy)

Macario, Clasa Films Mundiales, S.A. (Mexico)

The Ninth Circle, Jadran Film Production. (Yugoslavia, Croatia)

The Virgin Spring, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden)

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. Dimitri Tiomkin.

Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists. Andre Previn.

Exodus, Carlyle-Alpina S.A. Production; United Artists. Ernest Gold.

The Magnificent Seven, Mirisch-Alpha Production; United Artists. (USA, Philippines) Elmer Bernstein.

Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Alex North.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Bells Are Ringing, Arthur Freed Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Andre Previn.

Can-Can, Suffolk-Cummings Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Nelson Riddle.

Let’s Make Love, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen.

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Johnny Green.

Song Without End (The Story of Franz Liszt), Goetz-Vidor Pictures Production; Columbia. Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman.

(Song)

The Facts of Life from The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Faraway Part of Town from Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Music by Andre Previn; lyrics by Dory Langdon.

The Green Leaves of Summer from The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Never on Sunday from Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece) Music and lyrics by Manos Hadjidakis.

The Second Time Around from High Time, Bing Crosby Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Goliath II, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Walt Disney, Producer.

High Note, Warner Bros. [Looney Tune Series]

Mouse and Garden, Warner Bros. [Sylvester the Cat Series]

Munro, Rembrandt Films; Film Representations, Inc. (USA, Czechoslovakia) [Noveltoon Series] William L. Snyder, Producer.

A Place in the Sun, George K. Arthur-Go Pictures, Inc. (Czechoslovakia) Frantisek Vystrecil, Producer.

(Live Action)

The Creation of Woman, Trident Films, Inc.; Sterling World Distributors Corporation. (India, USA) Charles F. Schwep and Ismail Merchant, Producers.

Day of the Painter, Little Movies; Kingsley-Union Films. Ezra R. Baker, Producer.

Islands of the Sea, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventure Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

A Sport Is Born, Paramount. [Sports Illustrated Series] Leslie Winik, Producer.

Sound

The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director.

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

Pepe, G.S.-Posa Films International Production; Columbia. (Mexico, USA) Columbia Studio Sound Department, Charles Rice, Sound Director.

Sunrise at Campobello, Schary Productions, Inc.; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.

Special Effects

The Last Voyage, Andrew and Virgina Stone Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Visual effects by A. J. Lohman.

The Time Machine, Galaxy Films Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Visual effects by Gene Warren and Tim Baar.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists. Richard Brooks.

Inherit the Wind, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. [NOTE: Upon request from his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nomination presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young’s pseudonym during the blacklisting period).]

Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Gavin Lambert and T. E. B. Clarke.

The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK) Isobel Lennart.

Tunes of Glory, H.M. Films Limited Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (UK) James Kennaway.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

The Angry Silence, Beaver Films Limited Production; Joseph Harris-Sig Shore. (UK) Story by Richard Gregson and Michael Craig; screenplay by Bryan Forbes.

The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.

The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.

Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Argos Films-Como Films-Daiei Pictures, Ltd.-Pathe Overseas Production; Zenith International Film Corporation. (France, Japan) Marguerite Duras.

Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece) Jules Dassin.

Honorary Award

To Gary Cooper for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]

To Stan Laurel for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy. [ [Statuette]]

(Juvenile)

To Hayley Mills for “Pollyanna”, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960. [ [Miniature Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Sol Lesser

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Ampex Professional Products Co. for the production of a well-engineered multi-purpose sound system combining high standards of quality with convenience of control, dependable operation and simplified emergency provisions.

(Class III)

To Arthur Holcomb, Petro Vlahos and Columbia Studio Camera Department for a camera flicker indicating device.

To Anthony Paglia and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department for the design and construction of a miniature flak gun and ammunition.

To Carl Hauge, Robert Grubel and Edward Reichard of Consolidated Film Industries for the development of an automatic developer replenisher system.