Billy Wilder won the Best Director Oscar in 1960 for The Apartment, beating out Hitchcock who was nominated for Psycho.
Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director:1940 Rebecca (winner: John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath)1941 Suspicion (winner: John Ford, How Green Was My Valley)1944 Lifeboat (winner: Leo McCarey, Going My Way)1945 Rear Window (winner: Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend)1960 Psycho (winner: Billy Wilder, The Apartment)
Alfred Hitchcock .
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" debuted in 1960.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1960 went to "The Apartment," which was was co-written, produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
(1960) Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
No one. The only acting nomination for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller was a Best Supporting Actress nod for Janet Leigh.
The movie Psycho was released in the year 1960, it was produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch. The movie starred: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles.
Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1955 The Hero 5-29 was released on: USA: 1 May 1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1955 Hooked 5-38 was released on: USA: 25 September 1960
From 1922 to 1960 Hitchcock produced or co-produced 28 films and two TV series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955-1961, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1962. The films are his best known such as Psycho, Frenzy, The Birds and Rear Window.