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The movie was written by John Dighton and, fronting for Hollywood Blacklist author Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter . (Trumbo's name was finally restored to the film's credits when it was released on DVD in 2003.) It was directed by William Wyler.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading RoleThe Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen (Audrey Hepburn), Best Costume Design, Black-and-WhiteThis Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. 1940s 1948 Black-and-White Roger K. Furse Hamlet Irene Sharaff B. s Daughter 1948 Color Dorothy Jeakins, Barbara Karinska Joan ( Edith HeadEdith Head ( October 28, 1897 October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood. She was born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California, the daughter of Max Posener and Anna E. Whether her parents were married) and Best Writing, Motion Picture StoryThe Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940 there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940 it and the award in this article were sepa. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners a (Eddie Albert), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-WhiteThe Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for, Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteThe Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his or her work in one particular motion picture. 1920s 1928 Sunrise 1929 White Shadows in the South Seas 1930s 1930 With Byrd at the South Pole 1931 Tabu: A Story of, Best DirectorThe Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wi, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.
A now-legendary screen test resulted in Hepburn being cast as Ann. After performing a scene from the film, the director called "cut" but the cameraman actually left the camera rolling as the young actress chatted with the director. The candid footage of Hepburn that resulted won her the role.
In the 1970s, both Peck and Hepburn were approached with the idea of a sequel to Roman Holiday which would have seen Anya and Joe reunite; the idea never came to fruition. The original film was remade for television in the early 1980s.
In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
1953 films AFI 100 Passions US National Film Registry
Roman Holiday is also a 1931 novel by the author, Upton Sinclair.