Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Ben-Hur
Sam Zimbalist, producer
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
Best Director
Winner
William Wyler
Ben-Hur
Jack Clayton— Room at the Top
George Stevens— The Diary of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder— Some Like It Hot
Fred Zinnemann— The Nun's Story
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur
Laurence Harvey— Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon— Some Like It Hot
Paul Muni— The Last Angry Man
James Stewart— Anatomy of a Murder
Best Actress
Winner
Simone Signoret
Room at the Top
Doris Day— Pillow Talk
Audrey Hepburn— The Nun's Story
Katharine Hepburn— Suddenly Last Summer
Elizabeth Taylor— Suddenly Last Summer
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Hugh Griffith
Ben-Hur
Arthur O'Connell— Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott— Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Vaughn— The Young Philadelphians
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Shelley Winters
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley— Room at the Top
Susan Kohner— Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore— Imitation of Life
Writing
Best Story and Screenplay
Winner
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Pillow Talk
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Neil Paterson
Room at the Top
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Miklos Rozsa
Ben-Hur
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Andre Previn, Ken Darby
Porgy and Bess
Best Original Song
Winner
"High Hopes" — James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
A Hole in the Head
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
William C. Mellor
The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Robert L. Surtees
Ben-Hur
Best Film Editing
Winner
Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Ben-Hur
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis
The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno
Ben-Hur
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Orry-Kelly
Some Like It Hot
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Elizabeth Haffenden
Ben-Hur
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Franklin E. Milton (MGM Sound Dept.)
Ben-Hur
Best Visual Effects
Winner
A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald, Milo Lory
Ben-Hur
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Moonbird
John Hubley — landmark independent animation
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Serengeti Shall Not Die
German — Bernhard Grzimek
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Black Orpheus
Brazil/France — Marcel Camus