1959 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Ben-Hur - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur
Best Actress: Simone Signoret - Room at the Top
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith - Ben-Hur
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters - The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Foreign Language Film: Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, Brazil / France / Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa - Career
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Suddenly, Last Summer
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture (tie): Some Like It Hot
Best Picture (tie): Porgy and Bess
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
Best Actress: Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
Other
Best Director: William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere), directed by Roberto Rosselini, Italy / France
La grande guerra (The Great War), directed by Mario Monicelli, Italy / France

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Les Cousins (The Cousins), directed by Claude Chabrol, France

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