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30th Academy Awards

The 30th Academy Awards was the first time the entire ceremony was broadcast live.

The Oscar for Writing Based on Material From Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for The Bridge on the River Kwai, despite the fact that he did not know English. The actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and did not receive screen credit for their work. Foreman and Wilson have since been acknowledged by the Academy for their contributions.

During the ceremony, Jayne Mansfield experienced a wardrobe malfunction and popped out of her dress.

Major Winners

This is a breakdown of only major winners. For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 30th Academy Awards nominees and winners

Feature films

Category	Winner	Producers/Country
Best motion picture of the year	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Sam Spiegel
Best foreign language film	Nights of Cabiria
Best documentary feature	Albert Schweitzer	Jerome Hill
Best Short Subject: Cartoons	Birds Anonymous	Edward Selzer

Directing

Academy Award for Directing

David Lean

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Acting

Category	Winner	Movie
Best actor in a leading role	Alec Guinness	The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best actress in a leading role	Joanne Woodward	The Three Faces of Eve
Best actor in a supporting role	Red Buttons	Sayonara
Best actress in a supporting role	Miyoshi Umeki	Sayonara

Writing

Category	Winner	Movie
Original screenplay	George Wells	Designing Woman
Adapted screenplay	Novel by Pierre Boulle; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman	The Bridge over the River Kwai

Breakdown

(Awards won/nominations)

4/10	Sayonara
8/9	The Bridge over the River Kwai
0/9	Peyton Place
0/6	Witness for the Prosecution
1/3	Les Girls
1/1	Albert Schweitzer
1/1	Birds Anonymous
1/1	Designing Woman
1/1	The Enemy Below
1/1	The Three Faces of Eve
1/1	The Joker Is Wild
1/1	Nights of Cabiria
1/1	The Wetback Hound

Special Honors

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment.
Charles Brackett for outstanding service to the Academy.
B.B. Kahane for distinguished service to the motion picture industry.