Here are the 21 prices and 23 nominations for Ben-Hur
1961 David di Donatello Awards (1961)
Winner of David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor for Charlton Heston
13th British Academy Film Awards (1960)
Winner of BAFTA Award for Best Film for William Wyler Nominated of BAFTA Award for Best Film for William Wyler
Writers Guild of America Awards 1959 (1960)
Nominated of Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama for Karl Tunberg
32nd Academy Awards (1959)
Winner of Academy Award for Best Actor for Charlton Heston Winner of Academy Award for Best Production Design for Hugh Hunt, William Allen Horning, Edward Carfagno Winner of Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Robert Surtees Winner of Academy Award for Best Director for William Wyler Winner of Academy Award for Best Picture for Sam Zimbalist Winner of Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Hugh Griffith Winner of Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Ralph E. Winters Winner of Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for Miklós Rózsa Winner of Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Franklin Eugene Milton Winner of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for A. Arnold Gillespie Nominated of Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay for Karl Tunberg
17th Golden Globe Awards (1959)
Nominated of Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama for Charlton Heston Winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture for William Wyler Winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for Sam Zimbalist Winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Stephen Boyd Winner of Golden Globe Special Achievement Award for Ramón Novarro, Andrew Marton, Francis X. Bushman
12th Directors Guild of America Awards (1959)
Winner of DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for William Wyler