Awards & Winners

1960 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1960 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 33rd Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

33rd Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Billy Wilder

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fred Zinnemann The Sundowners
Jerry Wald Sons and Lovers
Bernard Smith Elmer Gantry
John Wayne The Alamo
Billy Wilder The Apartment
Academy Award for Best Actor

Burt Lancaster

Honored for : Elmer Gantry
(Role: Elmer Gantry)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Lemmon The Apartment
Role: C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
Laurence Olivier The Entertainer
Role: Archie Rice
Spencer Tracy Inherit the Wind
Role: Henry Drummond
Trevor Howard Sons and Lovers
Role: Morel
Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry
Role: Elmer Gantry
Academy Award for Best Director

Billy Wilder

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jules Dassin Pote tin Kyriaki
Alfred Hitchcock Psycho
Billy Wilder The Apartment
Jack Cardiff Sons and Lovers
Fred Zinnemann The Sundowners
Academy Award for Best Actress

Elizabeth Taylor

Honored for : BUtterfield 8
(Role: Gloria Wandrous)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Greer Garson Sunrise at Campobello
Role: Eleanor Roosevelt
Shirley MacLaine The Apartment
Role: Fran Kubelik
Melina Mercouri Pote tin Kyriaki
Role: Ilya
Deborah Kerr The Sundowners
Role: Ida Carmody
Elizabeth Taylor BUtterfield 8
Role: Gloria Wandrous
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Peter Ustinov

Honored for : Spartacus
(Role: Batiatus)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chill Wills The Alamo
Sal Mineo Exodus
Peter Falk Murder, Inc.
Peter Ustinov Spartacus
Jack Kruschen The Apartment
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jules Dassin Pote tin Kyriaki
Marguerite Duras Hiroshima mon amour
Melvin Frank The Facts of Life
Norman Panama The Facts of Life
Michael Craig The Angry Silence
Richard Gregson The Angry Silence
Bryan Forbes The Angry Silence
Billy Wilder The Apartment
I. A. L. Diamond The Apartment
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Richard Brooks

Honored for : Elmer Gantry

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gavin Lambert Sons and Lovers
T. E. B. Clarke Sons and Lovers
Nedrick Young Inherit the Wind
Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).
Harold Jacob Smith Inherit the Wind
Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).
James Kennaway Tunes of Glory
Isobel Lennart The Sundowners
Richard Brooks Elmer Gantry
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Arlington Valles, Bill Thomas

Honored for : Spartacus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Midnight Lace
Irene Sharaff Can-Can
Edith Head Pepe
Bill Thomas Spartacus
Arlington Valles Spartacus
Marjorie Best Sunrise at Campobello
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Larry Lansburgh

Honored for : The Horse with the Flying Tail

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert D. Fraser Rebel in Paradise
Larry Lansburgh The Horse with the Flying Tail
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

James Hill

Honored for : Giuseppina

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Carey George Grosz' Interregnum
Altina Carey George Grosz' Interregnum
Statens Filmcentral A City Called Copenhagen
James Hill Giuseppina
Colin Low Universe
United States Information Agency Beyond Silence
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes

Honored for : The Alamo
(Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Todd-AO Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon E. Sawyer The Apartment
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Charles J. Rice Pepe
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer The Alamo
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department","Todd-AO Sound Department
Fred Hynes The Alamo
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department","Todd-AO Sound Department
Franklin Milton Cimarron
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
George Groves Sunrise at Campobello
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Ezra R. Baker

Honored for : Day of the Painter

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leslie Winik A Sport Is Born
Walt Disney Islands of the Sea
Ismail Merchant Creation Of Woman
Charles F. Schwep Creation Of Woman
Robert P. Davis Day of the Painter
Ezra R. Baker Day of the Painter
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Gene Warren, Tim Baar

Honored for : The Time Machine

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Baar The Time Machine
Gene Warren The Time Machine
Augie Lohman The Last Voyage
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Shirley Jones

Honored for : Elmer Gantry
(Role: Lulu Bains)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Shirley Jones Elmer Gantry
Role: Lulu Bains
Janet Leigh Psycho
Role: Marion Crane
Mary Ure Sons and Lovers
Role: Clara Dawes
Shirley Knight The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Role: Reenie
Glynis Johns The Sundowners
Role: Mrs. Firth
Academy Award for Best Production Design

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Nominee Nominated Work
Samuel M. Comer It Started in Naples
Roland Anderson It Started in Naples
Arrigo Breschi It Started in Naples
Hal Pereira It Started in Naples
Edward Carrere Sunrise at Campobello
George James Hopkins Sunrise at Campobello
Addison Hehr Cimarron
Otto Siegel Cimarron
George Davis Cimarron
Hugh Hunt Cimarron
Henry Grace Cimarron
Eric Orbom Spartacus
Russell A. Gausman Spartacus
Alexander Golitzen Spartacus
Julia Heron Spartacus
William Kiernan Pepe
Ted Haworth Pepe
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Russell Metty

Honored for : Spartacus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Russell Metty Spartacus
William H. Clothier The Alamo
Joseph Ruttenberg BUtterfield 8
Charles Harten BUtterfield 8
Sam Leavitt Exodus
Joseph MacDonald Pepe
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Daniel Mandell

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Viola Lawrence Pepe
Al Clark Pepe
Daniel Mandell The Apartment
Frederic Knudtson Inherit the Wind
Robert Lawrence Spartacus
Stuart Gilmore The Alamo
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

William L. Snyder

Honored for : Munro

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Goliath II
Warner Bros. Entertainment Mouse and Garden
William L. Snyder Munro
Frantisek Vystrcil A Place in the Sun
Warner Bros. Entertainment High Note
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : The Virgin Spring
(Country: Sweden, in Swedish and German)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Roberto Gavaldón Macario
Country: Mexico, in Spanish
Gillo Pontecorvo Kapò
Country: Italy, in Italian, German, Russian and Polish
France Štiglic The Ninth Circle
Country: Yugoslavia, in Serbian
Henri-Georges Clouzot The Truth
Country: France, in French
Ingmar Bergman The Virgin Spring
Country: Sweden, in Swedish and German
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Ernest Gold

Honored for : Exodus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dimitri Tiomkin The Alamo
Ernest Gold Exodus
André Previn Elmer Gantry
Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven
Alex North Spartacus
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alexandre Trauner The Apartment
Edward G. Boyle The Apartment
Joseph McMillan Johnson The Facts of Life
Kenneth A. Reid The Facts of Life
Ross Dowd The Facts of Life
Joseph Hurley Psycho
Robert Clatworthy Psycho
George Milo Psycho
Thomas N. Morahan Sons and Lovers
Lionel Couch Sons and Lovers
Hal Pereira Visit to a Small Planet
Walter H. Tyler Visit to a Small Planet
Samuel M. Comer Visit to a Small Planet
Arthur Krams Visit to a Small Planet
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Freddie Francis

Honored for : Sons and Lovers

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Nominee Nominated Work
Freddie Francis Sons and Lovers
Joseph LaShelle The Apartment
Charles Lang The Facts of Life
Ernest Laszlo Inherit the Wind
John L. Russell Psycho
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Edith Head, Edward Stevenson

Honored for : The Facts of Life

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edith Head The Facts of Life
Edward Stevenson The Facts of Life
Theoni V. Aldredge Pote tin Kyriaki
Howard Shoup The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Bill Thomas Seven Thieves
Marik Vos-Lundh The Virgin Spring
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

Honored for : Song Without End

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Nominee Nominated Work
Morris Stoloff Song Without End
Harry Sukman Song Without End
André Previn Bells Are Ringing
Nelson Riddle Can-Can
Lionel Newman Let's Make Love
Earle Hagen Let's Make Love
Johnny Green Pepe
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Manos Hadjidakis

Honored for : Never on Sunday
(Never On Sunday)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Manos Hadjidakis Never on Sunday
Never On Sunday
Johnny Mercer The Facts Of Life
The Facts Of Life
André Previn Faraway Part Of Town
Pepe
Dory Previn Faraway Part Of Town
Pepe
Dimitri Tiomkin The Green Leaves Of Summer
The Alamo
Paul Francis Webster The Green Leaves Of Summer
The Alamo
Jimmy Van Heusen The Second Time Around
High Time
Sammy Cahn The Second Time Around
High Time
Academy Honorary Award

Gary Cooper

(for his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry)
Academy Honorary Award

Stan Laurel

(for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Arthur Holcomb, Petro Vlahos, Columbia Studio Camera Department

(for a camera flicker indicating device)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Anthony Paglia, 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department

(for the design and construction of a miniature flak gun and ammunition)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Carl Hauge, Robert Grubel, Edward Reichard

(for the development of an automatic developer replenisher system)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Ampex

(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.)
Academy Juvenile Award

Hayley Mills

Honored for : Pollyanna
(For Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960.)