Awards & Winners

1959 British Academy Film Awards

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1959 British Academy Film Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Film

Jack Clayton

Honored for : Room at the Top

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Clayton Room at the Top
Richard Brooks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Satyajit Ray Aparajito
Stanley Kramer The Defiant Ones
J. Lee Thompson Ice Cold in Alex
Stanley Donen Indiscreet
Mikhail Kalatozov The Cranes Are Flying
Martin Ritt No Down Payment
Federico Fellini Nights of Cabiria
Anthony Asquith Orders to Kill
Guy Green Sea of Sand
George Marshall The Sheepman
Ingmar Bergman Wild Strawberries
Edward Dmytryk The Young Lions
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

Trevor Howard

Honored for : The Key

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Nominee Nominated Work
Trevor Howard The Key
I. S. Johar Harry Black
Anthony Quayle Ice Cold in Alex
Laurence Harvey Room at the Top
Donald Wolfit Room at the Top
Michael Craig Sea of Sand
Terry-Thomas Tom Thumb
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

Sidney Poitier

Honored for : The Defiant Ones

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sidney Poitier The Defiant Ones
Paul Newman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tony Curtis The Defiant Ones
Curd Jürgens The Enemy Below","The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Spencer Tracy The Last Hurrah
Victor Sjöström Wild Strawberries
Glenn Ford The Sheepman
Charles Laughton Witness for the Prosecution
Marlon Brando The Young Lions
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret

Honored for : Room at the Top

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Nominee Nominated Work
Simone Signoret Room at the Top
Karuna Banerjee Aparajito
Ingrid Bergman The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Elizabeth Taylor Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tatiana Samoilova The Cranes Are Flying
Joanne Woodward No Down Payment
Giulietta Masina Nights of Cabiria
Anna Magnani Wild Is the Wind
BAFTA Award for Best British Actress

Irene Worth

Honored for : Orders to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Worth Orders to Kill
Virginia McKenna Carve Her Name with Pride
Hermione Baddeley Room at the Top
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

Paul Dehn

Honored for : Orders to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Dehn Orders to Kill
Arthur Laurents Bonjour Tristesse
Vernon Harris A Cry from the Streets
T.J. Morrison Ice Cold in Alex
Norman Krasna Indiscreet
Isobel Lennart The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Carl Foreman The Key
Alun Falcone The Man Upstairs
Eric Ambler A Night to Remember
James Kennaway Violent Playground
BAFTA Award for Best British Film

Jack Clayton

Honored for : Room at the Top

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Clayton Room at the Top
J. Lee Thompson Ice Cold in Alex
Stanley Donen Indiscreet
Anthony Asquith Orders to Kill
Guy Green Sea of Sand
BAFTA United Nations Award

The Defiant Ones

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Defiant Ones
People Like Maria
The Unknown Soldier
BAFTA Special Award (Film)
BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

The Little Island

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Little Island
The Juggler for Our Lady
Le Merle
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary

Glass

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Nominee Nominated Work
Secrets of the Reef
Wonders of Chicago
L. S. Lowry
Jabulani Afrika
The Forerunner
Glass
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Paul Massie

Honored for : Orders to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Teresa Izewska Kana?
Maggie Smith Nowhere to Go
Mary Peach Room at the Top
Red Buttons Sayonara
Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees
Ronald Radd The Camp on Blood Island
Paul Massie Orders to Kill