Winner 
33rd Academy Awards
The 1960 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to The Apartment. The winning leader is The Apartment with 5 wins. The most nominated title is The Apartment with 10 nominations. 33 winners named across 29 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Apartment 5 wins10 nominations
- Spartacus 4 wins6 nominations
- Elmer Gantry 3 wins5 nominations
- Sons and Lovers 1 win7 nominations
- The Alamo 1 win7 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1960 ceremony centers on The Apartment. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
- Elmer Gantry Bernard Smith
- Sons and Lovers Jerry Wald
- The Alamo John Wayne
- The Sundowners Fred Zinnemann
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
25 categories126 records33 winners
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Apartment
Credit: Billy Wilder
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Apartment
Credit: Billy Wilder
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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1 winner5 records
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Elmer Gantry
Credit: Richard Brooks
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Virgin Spring
Credit: Sweden
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Exodus
Credit: Ernest Gold
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
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The Apartment
Credit: Daniel Mandell
1 winner2 records
1 more nominee in the full ballot
The Time Machine
Credit: Gene WarrenTim Baar
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
1 winner5 records
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Sons and Lovers
Credit: Freddie Francis
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Spartacus
Credit: Russell Metty
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Spartacus
Credit: VallesBill Thomas
1 winner2 records
1 more nominee in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Giuseppina
Credit: James Hill
1 winner5 records
1 winner5 records
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Munro
Credit: William L. Snyder
1 winner4 records
3 more nominees in the full ballot
Day of the Painter
Credit: Ezra R. Baker
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Ceremony Highlights
Winner Spartacus
Winner Butterfield 8
Winner The Facts of Life
Winner The Horse with the Flying Tail
Winner Giuseppina
Winner Pollyanna
Winner The Virgin Spring
Winner Exodus
Winner Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt)
Winner Never on Sunday
Winner Munro
Winner Day of the Painter
Winner The Time Machine
Inherit the Wind
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
Elizabeth Taylor
Burt Lancaster
Shirley Jones
Peter Ustinov
The Apartment
Elmer Gantry
The Virgin Spring
Exodus
Never On Sunday
Daniel Mandell
Visual Effects by Gene Warren, Tim Baar
Art Direction: Alexander Trauner; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
Freddie Francis
Russell Metty
Edith Head, Edward Stevenson
Valles, Bill Thomas
Larry Lansburgh, Producer
James Hill, Producer
Gary Cooper
Stan Laurel
Hayley Mills
Sol Lesser
Morris Stoloff | Harry Sukman
Ampex Professional Products Co.
Anthony Paglia and 20Th Century-Fox Studio
Arthur Holcomb, Petro Vlahos and Columbia
Carl Hauge, ROBERT GRUBEL and EDWARD REICHARD
William L. Snyder, Producer
Ezra R. Baker, Producer
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.