Ben-Hur (1959 film)

Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler and is, today, the best-known version of the film based on the 1880 book by Lew Wallace, '.

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Picture - Sam Zimbalist, producer
• Academy Award for Best Actor - Charlton Heston
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Hugh Griffith
• Academy Award for Directing - William Wyler
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color - Edward C. Carfagno, William A. Horning, and Hugh Hunt
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color - Robert Surtees
• Academy Award for Costume Design, Color - Elizabeth Haffenden
• Best Effects, Special Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie (visual), Milo B. Lory (audible), and Robert MacDonald (visual)
• Best Film Editing - John D. Dunning, and Ralph E. Winters
• Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Miklós Rózsa
• Best Sound - Franklin Milton

The film was also nominated for one further award

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• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Karl Tunberg