Editing 1959 in film (section)

== Awards ==
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! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[17th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />March 10, 1960 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[12th British Academy Film Awards|12th BAFTA Awards]]<br />March 26, 1960 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[32nd Academy Awards]]<br />April 4, 1960
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! width=200| Comedy or Musical !! style="width:200px;"| Drama
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| Best Film || '''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' (Comedy)<br> '''''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''''' (Musical) || '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''''' || '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''|| '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
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| Best Director || colspan=2| [[William Wyler]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''  || '''-''' || [[William Wyler]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
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| Best Actor || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br />'''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' || [[Anthony Franciosa]]<br />'''''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]''''' || [[Sidney Poitier]]<br />'''''[[The Defiant Ones (film)|The Defiant Ones]]''''' || [[Charlton Heston]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
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| Best Actress || [[Marilyn Monroe]]<br />'''''[[Some Like It Hot]]''''' || [[Elizabeth Taylor]]<br />'''''[[Suddenly, Last Summer (film)|Suddenly, Last Summer]]''''' || [[Simone Signoret]]<br />'''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''''' || [[Simone Signoret]]<br />'''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''
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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| [[Stephen Boyd]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''''' || '''-''' || [[Hugh Griffith]]<br />'''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| [[Susan Kohner]]<br />'''''[[Imitation of Life (1959 film)|Imitation of Life]]''''' || '''-''' || [[Shelley Winters]]<br />'''''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'''''
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan=2 colspan=2| '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''<br>[[Neil Paterson (writer)|Neil Paterson]] || rowspan=2| '''''[[Orders to Kill]]'''''<br />[[Paul Dehn]] || '''''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]'''''<br />[[Neil Paterson (writer)|Neil Paterson]]
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| Best Screenplay, Original || '''''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]'''''<br />[[Russell Rouse]], [[Clarence Greene]], [[Stanley Shapiro]], and [[Maurice Richlin]]
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'''[[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 Rossellini]], Italy / France
:'''''[[La grande guerra]]''''' (''The Great War''), directed by [[Mario Monicelli]], Italy / France

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Les Cousins (film)|Les Cousins]]''''' (''The Cousins''), directed by [[Claude Chabrol]], France