1958 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 109 Academy Award records for the 1958 film year, covering 53 films and including 23 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ GigiArthur Freed, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Gigi
9 wins from 9 award records
- The Defiant Ones
2 wins from 9 award records
- Separate Tables
2 wins from 7 award records
- I Want to Live!
1 win from 6 award records
- South Pacific
1 win from 3 award records
- The Old Man and the Sea
1 win from 3 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Separate Tables — Major Pollock
- ★ The Big Country — Rufus Hannassey
- ★ I Want to Live! — Barbara Graham
- ★ Separate Tables — Pat Cooper
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Gigi
- ★ My Uncle
- ★ Gigi — Gigi
- ★ Gigi
- ★ Gigi
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 109 of 109 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Arthur Freed, Producer
- Auntie Mame IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof IMDB — Lawrence Weingarten, Producer
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Stanley Kramer, Producer
- Separate Tables IMDB — Harold Hecht, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Separate Tables IMDB — David NivenMajor Pollock
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Tony CurtisJohn 'Joker' Jackson
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof IMDB — Paul NewmanBrick Pollitt
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Sidney PoitierNoah Cullen
- The Old Man and the Sea IMDB — Spencer TracyThe Old Man
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ The Big Country IMDB — Burl IvesRufus Hannassey
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Theodore BikelSheriff Max Muller
- The Brothers Karamazov IMDB — Lee J. CobbFyodor Karamazov
- Some Came Running IMDB — Arthur KennedyFrank Hirsh
- Teacher's Pet IMDB — Gig YoungDr. Hugo Pine
Best Actress
- ★ I Want to Live! IMDB — Susan HaywardBarbara Graham
- Separate Tables IMDB — Deborah KerrSibyl Railton-Bell
- Some Came Running IMDB — Shirley MacLaineGinny Moorhead
- Auntie Mame IMDB — Rosalind RussellAuntie Mame Dennis
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof IMDB — Elizabeth TaylorMaggie Pollitt
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Separate Tables IMDB — Wendy HillerPat Cooper
- Auntie Mame IMDB — Peggy CassAgnes Gooch
- Some Came Running IMDB — Martha HyerGwen French
- Lonelyhearts IMDB — Maureen StapletonFay Doyle
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Cara WilliamsThe Woman
Art Direction
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Art Direction: William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
- Auntie Mame IMDB — Art Direction: Malcolm Bert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- Bell, Book and Candle IMDB — Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Louis Diage
- A Certain Smile IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
- Vertigo IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank McKelvy
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
Costume Design
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Cecil Beaton
- Bell, Book and Candle IMDB — Jean Louis
- The Buccaneer IMDB — Ralph Jester, Edith Head, John Jensen
- A Certain Smile IMDB — Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
- Some Came Running IMDB — Walter Plunkett
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ White Wilderness IMDB — Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
- Antarctic Crossing IMDB — James Carr, Producer
- The Hidden World IMDB — Robert Snyder, Producer
- Psychiatric Nursing IMDB — Nathan Zucker, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Ama Girls IMDB — Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
- Employees Only IMDB — Kenneth G. Brown, Producer
- Journey into Spring IMDB — Ian Ferguson, Producer
- The Living Stone IMDB — Tom Daly, Producer
- Overture IMDB — Thorold Dickinson, Producer
Film Editing
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Adrienne Fazan
- Auntie Mame IMDB — William Ziegler
- Cowboy IMDB — William A. Lyon, Al Clark
- The Defiant Ones IMDB — Frederic Knudtson
- I Want to Live! IMDB — William Hornbeck
International Feature Film
- ★ My Uncle IMDB — France
- Arms and the Man IMDB — West Germany
- La Venganza IMDB — Spain
- The Road a Year Long IMDB — Yugoslavia
- The Usual Unidentified Thieves IMDB — Italy
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay LernerGigi
- Houseboat IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray EvansAlmost In Your Arms (Love Song From 'Houseboat')
- A Certain Smile IMDB — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterA Certain Smile
- Some Came Running IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy CahnTo Love And Be Loved
- Marjorie Morningstar IMDB — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterA Very Precious Love
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Andre Previn
- The Bolshoi Ballet IMDB — Yuri Faier, G. Rozhdestvensky
- Damn Yankees IMDB — Ray Heindorf
- Mardi Gras IMDB — Lionel Newman
- South Pacific IMDB — Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Animated Short Film
- ★ Knighty Knight Bugs IMDB — John W. Burton, Producer
- Paul Bunyan IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Sidney's Family Tree IMDB — William M. Weiss, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Grand Canyon IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Journey into Spring IMDB — Ian Ferguson, Producer
- The Kiss IMDB — John Patrick Hayes, Producer
- Snows of Aorangi IMDB — New Zealand Screen Board
- T Is for Tumbleweed IMDB — James A. Lebenthal, Producer
Sound Mixing
- ★ South Pacific IMDB — Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
- I Want to Live! IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die IMDB — Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
- Vertigo IMDB — Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
- The Young Lions IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director
Visual Effects
- ★ tom thumb IMDB — Visual Effects by Tom Howard
- Torpedo Run IMDB — Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Harold Humbrock
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Gigi IMDB — Alan Jay Lerner
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof IMDB — Richard Brooks, James Poe
- The Horse's Mouth IMDB — Alec Guinness
- I Want to Live! IMDB — Nelson Gidding, Don Mankiewicz
- Separate Tables IMDB — Terence Rattigan, John Gay
Original Screenplay
- ★ The Defiant Ones IMDB — Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
Source context
NOTE: Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).
- The Goddess IMDB — Paddy Chayefsky
- Houseboat IMDB — Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
- The Sheepman IMDB — Story by James Edward Grant; Screenplay by William Bowers, James Edward Grant
- Teacher's Pet IMDB — Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
Nominated films and other recorded entries
53 films represented in the 1958 archive selection.
- A Certain Smile
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die
- Ama Girls
- Antarctic Crossing
- Arms and the Man
- Auntie Mame
- Bell, Book and Candle
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Cowboy
- Damn Yankees
- Desire under the Elms
- Employees Only
- Gigi
- Grand Canyon
- Houseboat
- I Want to Live!
- Journey into Spring
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- La Venganza
- Lonelyhearts
- Mardi Gras
- Marjorie Morningstar
- My Uncle
- Overture
- Paul Bunyan
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Separate Tables
- Sidney's Family Tree
- Snows of Aorangi
- Some Came Running
- South Pacific
- T Is for Tumbleweed
- Teacher's Pet
- The Big Country
- The Bolshoi Ballet
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Buccaneer
- The Defiant Ones
- The Goddess
- The Hidden World
- The Horse's Mouth
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- The Kiss
- The Living Stone
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Road a Year Long
- The Sheepman
- The Usual Unidentified Thieves
- The Young Lions
- tom thumb
- Torpedo Run
- Vertigo
- White Wilderness
About these award records
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