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Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Charles Lang, Jr. Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - David Raksin Best Motion Picture - Harold Hecht, Producer
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 .
From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. After Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the most recent black-and-white films to win since then are Schindler's List (1993), Roma (2018) and Mank (2020).
- Best Art Direction
- Honorary Award
- Scientific Or Technical Award
Gigi William A. Horning [Art Direction], Preston Ames [Art Direction], Henry Grace [Set Decoration] and Keogh Gleason [Set Decoration]
Maurice Chevalier Note: …for his contributions to the world of entertainment for more than half a century.
Don W. Prideaux, Leroy G. Leighton and Lamp Division of General Electric Co. Note: …for the development and production of an improved 10 kilowatt lamp for motion picture set lighting.Panavision Inc. Note: …for the design and development of the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens for 35mm CinemaScope photography.Feb 5, 2014 · 32nd Academy Awards (1959): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. 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. DIRECTING. Ben-Hur – William Wyler.
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 .
31st Academy Awards (1958): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Auntie Mame – Warner Bros. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lawrence Weingarten. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer. Gigi – Arthur Freed. Separate Tables – Harold Hecht. DIRECTING. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Richard Brooks. The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer.
