Oscars 1960 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
North by Northwest
Some Like It Hot

Best Director!

Winner: William Wyler, Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank
Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story
Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot

Best Actor!

Winner: Jack Lemmon, Some Like It Hot!

Nominees:
Cary Grant - North by Northwest
Laurence Harvey - Room at the Top
Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder

Best Actress!

Winner: Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot!

Nominees:
Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn - Suddenly, Last Summer
Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Stephen Boyd, Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell - Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott - Anatomy of a Murder
Ed Wynn - The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank!

Nominees:
Hermione Baddeley - Room at the Top
Susan Kohner - Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore - Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter - Pillow Talks

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Ernest Lehman, North by Northwest!

Nominees:
Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy - The 400 Blows
Paul King, Joseph J. Stone, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin - Operation Petticoat
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin - Pillow Talk
Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, Some Like It Hot!

Nominees:
Wendell Mayes - Anatomy of a Murder
Karl Tunberg - Ben-Hur
Robert Anderson - The Nun's Story
Neil Paterson - Room at the Top

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Black Orpheus!

Nominees:
The Bridge
The Great War
Paw
The Village on the River

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Serengeti Shall Not Die!

Nominees:
The Race for Space

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: Glas!

Nominees:
Donald in Mathmagic Land
From Generation to Generation

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: The Golden Fish!

Nominees:
Between the Tides
Mysteries of the Deep
The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film
Skyscraper

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Moonbird!

Nominees:
Mexicali Shmoes
Noah's Ark
The Violinist

Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
On the Beach
Pillow Talk

Best Musical Score!

Winner: Sleeping Beauty!

Nominees:
The Five Pennies
L'il Abner
Porgy and Bess
Say One for Me

Best Original Song!

Winner: Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn - High Hopes, A Hole in the Head!

Nominees:
Alfred Newman and Sammy Cahn - The Best of Everything, The Best of Everything!
Sylvia Fine - The Five Pennies, The Five Pennies
Jerry Livingston and Mack David - The Hanging Tree, The Hanging Tree
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington - Strange Are The Ways of Love, The Young Land

Best Sound Recording!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Libel
The Nun's Story
Porgy and Bess

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Some Like It Hot!

Nominees:
Career
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Last Angry Man
Suddenly, Last Summer

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
The Big Fisherman
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: The Diary of Anne Frank!

Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
Career
Some Like It Hot
The Young Philadelphians

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
North by Northwest
The Nun's Story

Best Costume Design - Black and White!

Winner: Some Like It Hot!

Nominees:
Career
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Gazebo
The Young Philadelphians

Best Costume Design - Color!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
The Best of Everything
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
Porgy and Bess

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest
The Nun's Story
On the Beach

Best Special Effects!

Winner: Ben-Hur!

Nominees:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth