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Best Picture Win: West Side Story Runner-Up: Fanny Runner-Up: Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: The Guns of Navarone Runner-Up: The Hustler Best Director Win: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins , West Side Story Runner-Up: Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita Runner-Up: J. Lee Thompson, The Guns of Navarone Runner-Up: Robert Rossen, The Hustler Best Actor Win: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: Charles Boyer, Fanny Runner-Up: Spencer Tracy, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: Paul Newman, The Hustler Runner-Up: Stuart Whitman, The Mark Best Actress Win: Sophia Loren, La Ciociara Runner-Up: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's Runner-Up: Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass Runner-Up: Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke Runner-Up: Piper Laurie, The Hustler Best Supporting Actor Win: George Chakiris, West Side Story Runner-Up: Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: Peter Falk, Pocketful of Miracles Runner-Up: George C. Scott, The Hustler Runner-Up: Jackie Gleason, The Hustler Best Supporting Actress Win: Rita Moreno, West Side Story Runner-Up: Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: Una Merkel, Summer and Smoke Runner-Up: Fay Bainter, The Children's Hour Runner-Up: Lotte Lenya, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Best Adapted Screenplay Win: Abby Mann, Judgment at Nuremberg Runner-Up: George Axelrod, Breakfast at Tiffany's Runner-Up: Carl Foreman, The Guns of Navarone Runner-Up: Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen , The Hustler Runner-Up: Ernest Lehman, West Side Story Best Original Screenplay Win: William Inge, Splendor in the Grass Runner-Up: Valentin Yezhov, Grigori Chukhraj , Ballada o Soldate Runner-Up: Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli , Il Generale della Rovere Runner-Up: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi , La Dolce Vita Runner-Up: Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning , Lover Come Back

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