Question: did north by northwest win any academy awards

Answer: No, North by Northwest was nominated for three Academy Awards--for Best Film Editing (George Tomasini), Best Art Direction -- Set Decoration, Color (William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy), and Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman)--at the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony. Two of the three awards went instead to Ben-Hur, and the other went to Pillow Talk. The film also won a 1960 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, for Lehman.