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Academy Awards, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
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1960 |
Won |
Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Charlton Heston
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Hugh Griffith
|
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
William A. Horning
Edward C. Carfagno
Hugh Hunt
In case of Horning the Oscar win was posthumously.
|
Best Cinematography, Color
Robert Surtees
|
Best Costume Design, Color
Elizabeth Haffenden
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Best Director
William Wyler
|
Best Effects, Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie (visual)
Robert MacDonald (visual)
Milo B. Lory (audible)
|
Best Film Editing
Ralph E. Winters
John D. Dunning
|
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Miklós Rózsa
|
Best Picture
Sam Zimbalist
Postumously. Sam Zimbalist died during filming. Mrs. Zimbalist accepted the award on his behalf.
|
Best Sound
Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD)
|
| Nominated |
Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Karl Tunberg
|
| |
|
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
2006 |
Nominated |
Saturn Award |
Best Classic Film DVD Release
|
| |
|
BAFTA Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source
William Wyler
USA.
|
| |
|
David di Donatello Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1961 |
Won |
David |
Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniero)
|
| |
|
Directors Guild of America, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
William Wyler
Gus Agosti (assistant director) (plaque)
Alberto Cardone (assistant director) (plaque)
|
| |
|
Fotogramas de Plata |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero)
Charlton Heston
Also for The Ten Commandments (1956).
|
| |
|
Golden Globes, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama
|
Best Motion Picture Director
William Wyler
|
Best Supporting Actor
Stephen Boyd
|
| Special Award |
Andrew Marton
For directing the chariot race in Ben-Hur.
|
| Nominated |
Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Charlton Heston
|
| |
|
Grammy Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1961 |
Nominated |
Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
Miklós Rózsa
|
| |
|
Laurel Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
Golden Laurel |
Special Award
|
| 2nd place |
Golden Laurel |
Top Male Dramatic Performance
Charlton Heston
|
| 3rd place |
Golden Laurel |
Top Male Dramatic Performance
Stephen Boyd
|
Top Male Supporting Performance
Hugh Griffith
|
| |
|
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Won |
Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Feature Film
unknown
|
| |
|
National Board of Review, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1959 |
Won |
NBR Award |
Best Supporting Actor
Hugh Griffith
|
| Special Citation |
Andrew Marton
Yakima Canutt
For directing the chariot race in the film.
|
| |
|
National Film Preservation Board, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
2004 |
|
National Film Registry | |
| |
|
New York Film Critics Circle Awards |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1959 |
Won |
NYFCC Award |
Best Film
|
| |
|
Writers Guild of America, USA |
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|
|
1960 |
Nominated |
WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama
Karl Tunberg
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