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Best Motion Picture - Henry Blanke, Producer Sound - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Robert Anderson
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler 's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi .
The Best Picture Award winner was director/producer/writer Billy Wilder's cynical and risque black and white comedy/tragi-drama The Apartment (with a total of ten nominations and five wins - Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing: Story and Screenplay, Best B/W Art Direction, and Best Film Editing).
The winners are listed first, in CAPITAL letters, in each category. Click on individual year for details. See all Movie Title Screens for 1960-1969.
To Lee De Forest for his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture. Honorary Award. To Buster Keaton for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
1960's Academy Award Nominees & Winners. Categories included are best picture, best animated feature film, best actor/actress, best supporting actor/actress and best director that were either nominated or winners. 1. The Alamo (1960) Passed | 162 min | Adventure, Drama, History.
