Nominations 1959

Award ceremony for films of 1958

Actor in a Leading Role

Actor in a Supporting Role

Actress in a Leading Role

Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Picture

Gigi
Nominees
- Arthur Freed
Auntie Mame
Nominees
- Jack L. Warner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominees
- Lawrence Weingarten
The Defiant Ones
Nominees
- Stanley Kramer
Separate Tables
Nominees
- Harold Hecht

Cinematography

Gigi
Nominees
- Joseph Ruttenberg
Auntie Mame
Nominees
- Harry Stradling, Sr.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominees
- William Daniels
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Nominees
- James Wong Howe
South Pacific
Nominees
- Leon Shamroy

Cinematography (Black and White)

The Defiant Ones
Nominees
- Sam Leavitt
Desire Under the Elms
Nominees
- Daniel L. Fapp
I Want to Live!
Nominees
- Lionel Lindon
Separate Tables
Nominees
- Charles Lang
The Young Lions
Nominees
- Joseph MacDonald

Costume Design

Gigi
Nominees
- Cecil Beaton
Bell Book and Candle
Nominees
- Jean Louis
The Buccaneer (1958)
Nominees
A Certain Smile
Nominees
- Charles LeMaire
- Mary Wills
Some Came Running
Nominees
- Walter Plunkett

Directing

Documentary (Feature Film)

White Wilderness
Nominees
- Ben Sharpsteen
Antarctic Crossing
Nominees
The Hidden World
Nominees
Psychiatric Nursing
Nominees

Documentary (Short Film)

Film Editing

Gigi
Nominees
- Adrienne Fazan
Auntie Mame
Nominees
- William Ziegler
Cowboy
Nominees
- Al Clark
- William Lyon
The Defiant Ones
Nominees
- Frederic Knudtson
I Want to Live!
Nominees
- William Hornbeck

International Feature Film

Music (Comedy or Drama Score)

The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Nominees
- Dimitri Tiomkin
The Big Country
Nominees
- Jerome Moross
Separate Tables
Nominees
- David Raksin
White Wilderness
Nominees
- Oliver Wallace
The Young Lions
Nominees
- Hugo Friedhofer

Music (Musical Score)

Gigi
Nominees
- André Previn
The Bolshoi Ballet
Nominees
- G. Rozhdestvensky
- Yuri Faier
Damn Yankees!
Nominees
- Ray Heindorf
Mardi Gras (1958)
Nominees
- Lionel Newman
South Pacific
Nominees
- Alfred Newman
- Ken Darby

Music (Original Song)

A Certain Smile
A Certain Smile
- Paul Francis Webster
A Very Precious Love
Marjorie Morningstar
- Paul Francis Webster
Gigi
Gigi
- Alan Jay Lerner
Houseboat
Houseboat
- Jay Livingston
- Ray Evans
Some Came Running
Some Came Running
- Sammy Cahn

Production Design

Gigi
Nominees
Auntie Mame
Nominees
- Malcolm Bert: George James Hopkins
Bell Book and Candle
Nominees
- Cary Odell: Louis Diage
A Certain Smile
Nominees
Vertigo
Nominees

Short Film (Live Action)

Grand Canyon (1958)
Nominees
- Walt Disney
Journey into Spring
Nominees
- Ian Ferguson
The Kiss
Nominees
- John Hayes
Snows of Aorangi
Nominees
- New Zealand Screen Board
T Is for Tumbleweed
Nominees
- James A. Lebenthal

Short Subject - Cartoons

Knighty Knight Bugs
Nominees
- John W. Burton
Paul Bunyan
Nominees
- Walt Disney
Sidney's Family Tree
Nominees
- William M. Weiss

Sound

South Pacific
Nominees
- Fred Hynes
I Want to Live!
Nominees
- Gordon E. Sawyer
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Nominees
- Leslie I. Carey
Vertigo
Nominees
- George Dutton
The Young Lions
Nominees
- Carlton W. Faulkner

Visual Effects

Tom Thumb
Nominees
- Tom Howard
Torpedo Run
Nominees
- Visual Effects: A. Arnold GillespieAudible Effects: Harold Humbrock

Writing (Adapted)

Gigi
Nominees
- Alan Jay Lerner From la By Colette
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nominees
- James Poe From By Tennessee Williams
- Richard Brooks
The Horse's Mouth
Nominees
- Alec Guinness From By Joyce Cary
I Want to Live!
Nominees
Separate Tables
Nominees
- John Gay
- Terence Rattigan From By Terence Rattigan

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

The Defiant Ones
Nominees
- Harold Jacob Smith
- Nedrick Young
The Goddess
Nominees
- Paddy Chayefsky
Houseboat
Nominees
- Jack Rose
- Melville Shavelson
The Sheepman
Nominees
- James Edward Grant
- William Bowers
Teacher's Pet
Nominees
- Fay Kanin
- Michael Kanin

Gigi
9 Wins / 9 Noms
Categories
The Defiant Ones
2 Wins / 9 Noms
Categories
Separate Tables
2 Wins / 7 Noms
Categories
I Want to Live!
1 Win / 6 Noms
Categories
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
1 Win / 3 Noms
Categories
South Pacific
1 Win / 3 Noms
Categories
The Big Country
1 Win / 2 Noms
Categories
- Actor in a Supporting Role
- Music (Comedy or Drama Score)
White Wilderness
1 Win / 2 Noms
Categories
- Documentary (Feature Film)
- Music (Comedy or Drama Score)
My Uncle
1 Win / 1 Nom
Categories
- International Feature Film
Ama Girls
1 Win / 1 Nom
Categories
- Documentary (Short Film)
Grand Canyon (1958)
1 Win / 1 Nom
Categories
- Short Film (Live Action)
Knighty Knight Bugs
1 Win / 1 Nom
Categories
- Short Subject - Cartoons
Tom Thumb
1 Win / 1 Nom
Categories
- Visual Effects
Auntie Mame
6 Nominations
Categories
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
6 Nominations
Categories
Some Came Running
5 Nominations
Categories
A Certain Smile
3 Nominations
Categories
The Young Lions
3 Nominations
Categories
Houseboat
2 Nominations
Categories
- Music (Original Song)
- Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Teacher's Pet
2 Nominations
Categories
- Actor in a Supporting Role
- Writing (Story and Screenplay)
Journey into Spring
2 Nominations
Categories
- Documentary (Short Film)
- Short Film (Live Action)
Vertigo
2 Nominations
Categories
- Sound
- Production Design
Bell Book and Candle
2 Nominations
Categories
- Production Design
- Costume Design
Marjorie Morningstar
1 Nomination
Categories
- Music (Original Song)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1 Nomination
Categories
- Directing
The Brothers Karamazov
1 Nomination
Categories
- Actor in a Supporting Role
Lonelyhearts
1 Nomination
Categories
- Actress in a Supporting Role
The Goddess
1 Nomination
Categories
- Writing (Story and Screenplay)
The Sheepman
1 Nomination
Categories
- Writing (Story and Screenplay)
The Horse's Mouth
1 Nomination
Categories
- Writing (Adapted)
Arms and the Man
1 Nomination
Categories
- International Feature Film
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1 Nomination
Categories
- International Feature Film
The Road a Year Long
1 Nomination
Categories
- International Feature Film
La venganza
1 Nomination
Categories
- International Feature Film
Antarctic Crossing
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Feature Film)
The Hidden World
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Feature Film)
Psychiatric Nursing
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Feature Film)
Employees Only
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Short Film)
The Living Stone
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Short Film)
Overture
1 Nomination
Categories
- Documentary (Short Film)
The Kiss
1 Nomination
Categories
- Short Film (Live Action)
Snows of Aorangi
1 Nomination
Categories
- Short Film (Live Action)
T Is for Tumbleweed
1 Nomination
Categories
- Short Film (Live Action)
Paul Bunyan
1 Nomination
Categories
- Short Subject - Cartoons
Sidney's Family Tree
1 Nomination
Categories
- Short Subject - Cartoons
The Bolshoi Ballet
1 Nomination
Categories
- Music (Musical Score)
Damn Yankees!
1 Nomination
Categories
- Music (Musical Score)
Mardi Gras (1958)
1 Nomination
Categories
- Music (Musical Score)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1 Nomination
Categories
- Sound
The Buccaneer (1958)
1 Nomination
Categories
- Costume Design
Desire Under the Elms
1 Nomination
Categories
- Cinematography (Black and White)
Cowboy
1 Nomination
Categories
- Film Editing
Torpedo Run
1 Nomination
Categories
- Visual Effects

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