Academy Awards, USA 1959
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Won Oscar |
Best Picture Arthur Freed |
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Best Director Vincente Minnelli |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Alan Jay Lerner |
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Best Cinematography, Color Joseph Ruttenberg |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color William A. Horning E. Preston Ames Henry Grace F. Keogh Gleason William A. Horning's nomination and win was posthumously, as he died after completing his work on ... More William A. Horning's nomination and win was posthumously, as he died after completing his work on Gigi (1958) and in the midst of the production on Ben-Hur (1959) and North by Northwest (1959); the last two films would earn him Oscar nominations and a win (for Ben-Hur alone) the next year. |
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Best Costume Design, Black-and-White or Color Cecil Beaton |
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Best Film Editing Adrienne Fazan |
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Best Music, Original Song Frederick Loewe (music) Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
For the song "Gigi"
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Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture André Previn |
Golden Globes, USA 1959
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Won Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Musical |
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Best Supporting Actress Hermione Gingold |
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Best Director Vincente Minnelli |
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Nominated Golden Globe |
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Leslie Caron |
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Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Maurice Chevalier |
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Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Louis Jourdan |
BAFTA Awards 1960
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Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source Vincente Minnelli
USA.
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David di Donatello Awards 1959
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Won David |
Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniera) |
Directors Guild of America, USA 1959
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Won DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Vincente Minnelli George Vieira (assistant director) (plaque) |
Grammy Awards 1959
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Won Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album, Dramatic Picture Score or Original Cast André Previn |
Laurel Awards 1959
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Won Golden Laurel |
Top Musical |
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Top Female Musical Performance Leslie Caron |
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2nd place Golden Laurel |
Top Male Musical Performance Louis Jourdan |
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Top Song Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe
For the song "Gigi"
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Top Cinematography - Color Joseph Ruttenberg |
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3rd place Golden Laurel |
Top Male Musical Performance Maurice Chevalier |
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Nominated Golden Laurel |
Top Female Musical Performance Hermione Gingold
4th place.
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National Board of Review, USA 1958
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Won NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
National Film Preservation Board, USA 1991
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Won National Film Registry |
Photoplay Awards 1959
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Won Gold Medal |
Writers Guild of America, USA 1959
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Won WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Musical Alan Jay Lerner |