Academy Awards 1960 Nominations

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Best Picture	Best Director
Best Leading Actor	Best Leading Actress
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Best International Film	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Best Original Song	Best Sound Mixing
Best Production Design	Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design	Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects	Best Original Score, Musical or Comedy
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White	Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

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Best Picture

• Anatomy of a Murder
• Ben-Hur
• Room at the Top
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Nun's Story

Best Director

• Ben-Hur (William Wyler)
• Room at the Top (Jack Clayton)
• Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (George Stevens)
• The Nun's Story (Fred Zinnemann)

Best Leading Actor

• Anatomy of a Murder (James Stewart)
• Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston)
• Room at the Top (Laurence Harvey)
• Some Like It Hot (Jack Lemmon)
• The Last Angry Man (Paul Muni)

Best Leading Actress

• Pillow Talk (Doris Day)
• Room at the Top (Simone Signoret)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (Katharine Hepburn)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (Elizabeth Taylor)
• The Nun's Story (Audrey Hepburn)

Best Supporting Actor

• Anatomy of a Murder (George C. Scott)
• Anatomy of a Murder (Arthur O'Connell)
• Ben-Hur (Hugh Griffith)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (Ed Wynn)
• The Young Philadelphians (Robert Vaughn)

Best Supporting Actress

• Imitation of Life (Susan Kohner)
• Imitation of Life (Juanita Moore)
• Pillow Talk (Thelma Ritter)
• Room at the Top (Hermione Baddeley)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (Shelley Winters)

Best Original Screenplay

• North by Northwest
• Operation Petticoat
• Pillow Talk
• The 400 Blows
• Wild Strawberries

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Anatomy of a Murder
• Ben-Hur
• Room at the Top
• Some Like It Hot
• The Nun's Story

Best International Film

• Black Orpheus (France)
• Boy of Two Worlds (Denmark)
• The Bridge (Germany)
• The Great War (Italy)
• Village by the River (Netherlands)

Best Documentary Feature

• Serengeti
• The Race for Space

Best Documentary Short

• Donald in Mathmagic Land
• From Generation to Generation
• Glas

Best Live Action Short

• Between the Tides
• Mysteries of the Deep
• Skyscraper
• The Golden Fish
• The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

Best Animated Short Film

• Mexicali Shmoes
• Moonbird
• Noah's Ark
• The Violinist

Best Original Score

• Ben-Hur
• On the Beach
• Pillow Talk
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Nun's Story

Best Original Song

• A Hole in the Head ("High Hopes")
• The Best of Everything ("The Best of Everything")
• The Five Pennies ("The Five Pennies")
• The Hanging Tree ("The Hanging Tree")
• The Young Land ("Strange Are the Ways of Love")

Best Sound Mixing

• Ben-Hur
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Libel
• Porgy and Bess
• The Nun's Story

Best Production Design

• Ben-Hur
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• North by Northwest
• Pillow Talk
• The Big Fisherman

Best Cinematography

• Ben-Hur
• Porgy and Bess
• The Big Fisherman
• The Five Pennies
• The Nun's Story

Best Costume Design

• Ben-Hur
• Porgy and Bess
• The Best of Everything
• The Big Fisherman
• The Five Pennies

Best Film Editing

• Anatomy of a Murder
• Ben-Hur
• North by Northwest
• On the Beach
• The Nun's Story

Best Visual Effects

• Ben-Hur
• Journey to the Center of the Earth

Best Original Score, Musical or Comedy

• Li'l Abner
• Porgy and Bess
• Say One for Me
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Five Pennies

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

• Career
• Some Like It Hot
• Suddenly, Last Summer
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Last Angry Man

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

• Anatomy of a Murder
• Career
• Some Like It Hot
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Young Philadelphians

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

• Career
• Some Like It Hot
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Gazebo
• The Young Philadelphians