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Award categories
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg

Nominated

Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman
The Mark
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Fanny
Paul Newman
Paul Newman
The Hustler
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
George Chakiris
George Chakiris
West Side Story

Nominated

Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
The Hustler
George C. Scott
George C. Scott
The Hustler
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Pocketful of Miracles
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Two Women

Nominated

Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page
Summer and Smoke
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Splendor in the Grass
Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
The Hustler
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
West Side Story

Nominated

Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Judgment at Nuremberg
Una Merkel
Una Merkel
Summer and Smoke
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter
The Children's Hour
Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Winner
The Hustler
The Hustler
Harry Horner
Gene Callahan

Nominated

The Absent Minded Professor
The Absent Minded Professor
Carroll Clark
Emile Kuri
Hal Gausman
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour
Fernando Carrere
Edward G. Boyle
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Rudolph Sternad
George Milo
La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Boris Leven
Victor A. Gangelin

Nominated

Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer
El Cid
El Cid
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Alexander Golitzen
Joseph C. Wright
Howard Bristol
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner
The Hustler
The Hustler
Eugen Schüfftan

Nominated

The Absent Minded Professor
The Absent Minded Professor
Edward Colman
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour
Franz Planer
One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three
Daniel L. Fapp
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Laszlo
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Daniel L. Fapp

Nominated

Fanny
Fanny
Jack Cardiff
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Russell Metty
A Majority of One
A Majority of One
Harry Stradling Sr.
One-Eyed Jacks
One-Eyed Jacks
Charles Lang
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner
La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi

Nominated

The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour
Dorothy Jeakins
Claudelle Inglish
Claudelle Inglish
Howard Shoup
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
Yoshirô Muraki
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jean Louis
Best Costume Design, Color
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Irene Sharaff

Nominated

Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head
Walter Plunkett
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Irene Sharaff
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
Bill Thomas
Back Street
Back Street
Jean Louis
Best Director
Winner
Robert Wise
Robert Wise
West Side Story

Nominated

Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
La Dolce Vita
J. Lee Thompson
J. Lee Thompson
The Guns of Navarone
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen
Robert Rossen
The Hustler
Best Documentary, Features
Winner
The Sky Above, the Mud Below
The Sky Above, the Mud Below
Arthur Cohn
René Lafuite

Nominated

The Grand Olympics
The Grand Olympics
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner
Project Hope
Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas

Nominated

Cradle of Genius
Cradle of Genius
Tom Hayes
Kahl
Kahl
L'uomo in grigio
L'uomo in grigio
Benedetto Benedetti
Breaking the Language Barrier
Breaking the Language Barrier
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Bill Warrington
Chris Greenham

Nominated

The Absent Minded Professor
The Absent Minded Professor
Robert A. Mattey
Eustace Lycett
Best Film Editing
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Thomas Stanford

Nominated

Fanny
Fanny
William Reynolds
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Frederic Knudtson
The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap
Philip W. Anderson
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Through a Glass Darkly
Through a Glass Darkly

Nominated

Placido
Placido
Immortal Love
Immortal Love
Harry and the Butler
Harry and the Butler
The Important Man
The Important Man
Best Music, Original Song
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini
Johnny Mercer

Nominated

Bachelor in Paradise
Bachelor in Paradise
Henry Mancini
Mack David
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles
Jimmy Van Heusen
Sammy Cahn
Town Without Pity
Town Without Pity
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ned Washington
El Cid
El Cid
Miklós Rózsa
Paul Francis Webster
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini

Nominated

Fanny
Fanny
Morris Stoloff
Harry Sukman
El Cid
El Cid
Miklós Rózsa
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Dimitri Tiomkin
Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke
Elmer Bernstein
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Saul Chaplin
Johnny Green
Sid Ramin
Irwin Kostal

Nominated

Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
George Bruns
Paris Blues
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman
Ken Darby
Khovanschina
Khovanschina
Dmitri Shostakovich
Best Picture
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Robert Wise

Nominated

The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
The Hustler
The Hustler
Robert Rossen
Fanny
Fanny
Joshua Logan
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner
Surogat
Surogat

Nominated

Beep Prepared
Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones
Nelly's Folly
Nelly's Folly
Chuck Jones
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng
Aquamania
Aquamania
Walt Disney
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Winner
Seawards the Great Ships
Seawards the Great Ships

Nominated

Ballon vole
Ballon vole
The Face of Jesus
The Face of Jesus
Rooftops of New York
Rooftops of New York
Very Nice, Very Nice
Very Nice, Very Nice
Best Sound
Winner
West Side Story
West Side Story
Fred Hynes
Gordon Sawyer

Nominated

The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap
Robert O. Cook
Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song
Waldon O. Watson
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
John Cox
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour
Gordon Sawyer
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann

Nominated

The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman
The Hustler
The Hustler
Sidney Carroll
Robert Rossen
West Side Story
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
George Axelrod
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Winner
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass
William Inge

Nominated

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
Tullio Pinelli
Ennio Flaiano
Brunello Rondi
Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yezhov
Grigoriy Chukhray
General Della Rovere
General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei
Diego Fabbri
Indro Montanelli
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro
Paul Henning