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Art Direction: William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason.
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1959, to honor the best films of 1958. The night was dominated by Gigi, which won nine Oscars, breaking the previous record of eight set by Gone with the Wind and tied by From Here to Eternity and On the Waterfront.
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorGigi – Arthur Freed, producer ‡ Auntie ...Vincente Minnelli – Gigi ‡ Richard Brooks ...David Niven – Separate Tables as Major ...Susan Hayward – I Want to Live! as ...Burl Ives – The Big Country as Rufus ...Wendy Hiller – Separate Tables as Pat ...The Defiant Ones – Nedrick Young and ...Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner from the novella ...- Best Motion Picture
- Directing
- Actor
- Actress
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
Anatomy of a Murder – Otto Preminger Ben-Hur – Sam Zimbalist The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens The Nun’s Story – Henry Blanke Room at the Top– John Woolf, James Woolf
Ben-Hur – William Wyler The Diary of Anne Frank – George Stevens The Nun’s Story – Fred Zinnemann Room at the Top – Jack Clayton Some Like It Hot– Billy Wilder
Laurence Harvey – Room at the Top Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur Jack Lemmon – Some Like It Hot Paul Muni – The Last Angry Man James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
Doris Day – Pillow Talk Audrey Hepburn – The Nun’s Story Katharine Hepburn – Suddenly, Last Summer Simone Signoret – Room at the Top Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly, Last Summer
Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hur Arthur O’Connell – Anatomy of a Murder George C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians Ed Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley – Room at the Top Susan Kohner – Imitation of Life Juanita Moore – Imitation of Life Thelma Ritter – Pillow Talk Shelley Winters – The Diary of Anne Frank
Anatomy of a Murder – Wendell Mayes Ben-Hur – Karl Tunberg The Nun’s Story – Robert Anderson Room at the Top – Neil Paterson Some Like It Hot– Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
“The Best Of Everything” – The Best of Everything – Music by Alfred Newman; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “The Five Pennies” – The Five Pennies – Music, Lyrics by Sylvia Fine “The Hanging Tree” – The Hanging Tree – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David “High Hopes” – A Hole in the Head – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn “Strange Are...
Anatomy of a Murder – Louis R. Loeffler Ben-Hur – Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning North by Northwest – George Tomasini The Nun’s Story – Walter Thompson On the Beach– Frederic Knudtson
Anatomy of a Murder – Sam Leavitt Career – Joseph LaShelle The Diary of Anne Frank – William C. Mellor Some Like It Hot – Charles Lang, Jr. The Young Philadelphians– Harry Stradling, Sr.
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
Best Picture: GigiGigi also won Academy Awards for Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and Keogh Gleason), Color Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg), Costume Design (Cecil Beaton), Directing (Vincente Minnelli), Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan), Music – Song (Gigi, Frederick Loewe, music, and Alan Jay ...
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but from 1939 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction...
