British Academy Awards: 1960

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Otto Preminger - USA. Ansiktet (1958) - Ingmar Bergman - Sweden. Big Country, The (1958) - William Wyler - USA. Compulsion (1959) - Richard Fleischer - USA. Gigi (1958) - Vincente Minnelli - USA. Look Back in Anger (1958) - Tony Richardson (I) Maigret tend un piège (1957) - Jean Delannoy - France. North West Frontier (1959) - J. Lee Thompson Nun's Story, The (1959) - Fred Zinnemann - USA. Popiól i diament (1958) - Andrzej Wajda - Poland. Sapphire (1959) - Basil Dearden Some Like It Hot (1959) - Billy Wilder - USA. Tiger Bay (1959) - J. Lee Thompson Yesterday's Enemy (1959) - Val Guest

Best Foreign Actor


Winner:
	Some Like It Hot (1959) - Jack Lemmon - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - James Stewart - USA. Ikiru (1952) - Takashi Shimura Maigret tend un piège (1957) - Jean Desailly - France. Maigret tend un piège (1957) - Jean Gabin - France. Popiól i diament (1958) - Zbigniew Cybulski - Poland.

Best British Actor


Winner:
	I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Peter Sellers
Other Nominees:
	Devil's Disciple, The (1959) - Laurence Olivier Expresso Bongo (1960) - Laurence Harvey Look Back in Anger (1958) - Richard Burton Nun's Story, The (1959) - Peter Finch - USA. Yesterday's Enemy (1959) - Stanley Baker Yesterday's Enemy (1959) - Gordon Jackson

Best British Actress


Winner:
	Nun's Story, The (1959) - Audrey Hepburn - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Horse's Mouth, The (1958) - Kay Walsh No Trees in the Street (1958) - Sylvia Syms Nun's Story, The (1959) - Peggy Ashcroft - USA. Sapphire (1959) - Yvonne Mitchell

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Ask Any Girl (1959) - Shirley MacLaine - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Auntie Mame (1958) - Rosalind Russell - USA. I Want to Live! (1958) - Susan Hayward - USA. On the Beach (1959) - Ava Gardner - USA. Telefteo psemma, To (1957) - Ellie Lambeti

Best British Screenplay


Winner:
	I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Frank Harvey (III); John Boulting; Alan Hackney
Other Nominees:
	Blind Date (1959) - Ben Barzman; Millard Lampell Expresso Bongo (1960) - Wolf Mankowitz Horse's Mouth, The (1958) - Alec Guinness Look Back in Anger (1958) - Nigel Kneale No Trees in the Street (1958) - Ted Willis North West Frontier (1959) - Robin Estridge Sapphire (1959) - Janet Green (I) Tiger Bay (1959) - John Hawkesworth; Shelley Smith (II)

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Seven Cities of Antarctica (1959) - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Rodin (1959) - France.

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Violinist, The (1959) - Ernest Pintoff - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Beep Peep (1959) Dom (1958) - Walerian Borowczyk; Jan Lenica - Poland. Short and Suite (1959) - Norman McLaren; Evelyn Lambart - Canada.

Best British Film


Winner:
	Sapphire (1959) - Basil Dearden
Other Nominees:
	Look Back in Anger (1958) - Tony Richardson (I) North West Frontier (1959) - J. Lee Thompson Tiger Bay (1959) - J. Lee Thompson Yesterday's Enemy (1959) - Val Guest

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Tiger Bay (1959) - Hayley Mills
Other Nominees:
	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Joseph N. Welch - USA. I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Liz Fraser Siege of Pinchgut, The (1959) - Gerry Duggan

Best Specialised Film


Winner:
	This Is the BBC (1959) - Richard Cawston
Other Nominees:
	Coupe de alpes (1959) - John Armstrong (III) Hazard (1959) - Thomas Stobart High Speed Flights: Part I (1959) - Peter De Normanville - Also for part II and III. Tribute to Fangio (1959) - Ronald H. Riley


Winner:
	Savage Eye, The (1960) - Joseph Strick; Sidney Meyers; Ben Maddow - USA.
Other Nominees:
	This Is the BBC (1959) - Richard Cawston We Are the Lambeth Boys (1958) - Karel Reisz White Wilderness (1958) - James Algar


Winner:
	On the Beach (1959) - Stanley Kramer - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Nun's Story, The (1959) - Fred Zinnemann - USA.