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The 34th Academy Awards
| 1962
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Monday, April 9, 1962
Honoring movies released in 1961
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Highlights
Best Directing
West Side Story
Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
Thalberg Award
Stanley Kramer
Supporting Actress
West Side Story
Rita Moreno
Memorable Moments
West Side Story Fans
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Bystanders rally outside the Academy Awards ceremony
Maximilian Schell
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Best Actor winner for Judgment at Nuremberg, presenter Joan Crawford
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
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Original Song winners for "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominees
Charles Boyer
Fanny
Nominees
Paul Newman
The Hustler
Nominees
Spencer Tracy
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominees
Stuart Whitman
The Mark
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
George Chakiris
West Side Story
Nominees
Montgomery Clift
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominees
Peter Falk
Pocketful of Miracles
Nominees
Jackie Gleason
The Hustler
Nominees
George C. Scott
The Hustler
Actress
Winner
Sophia Loren
Two Women
Nominees
Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Nominees
Piper Laurie
The Hustler
Nominees
Geraldine Page
Summer and Smoke
Nominees
Natalie Wood
Splendor in the Grass
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Rita Moreno
West Side Story
Nominees
Fay Bainter
The Children's Hour
Nominees
Judy Garland
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominees
Lotte Lenya
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Nominees
Una Merkel
Summer and Smoke
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Hustler
Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Nominees
The Absent Minded Professor
Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
Nominees
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Nominees
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Nominees
El Cid
Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
Nominees
Flower Drum Song
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Nominees
Summer and Smoke
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Hustler
Eugen Shuftan
Nominees
The Absent Minded Professor
Edward Colman
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Franz F. Planer
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Laszlo
Nominees
One, Two, Three
Daniel L. Fapp
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Daniel L. Fapp
Nominees
Fanny
Jack Cardiff
Nominees
Flower Drum Song
Russell Metty
Nominees
A Majority of One
Harry Stradling, Sr.
Nominees
One-Eyed Jacks
Charles Lang, Jr.
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Dorothy Jeakins
Nominees
Claudelle Inglish
Howard Shoup
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jean Louis
Nominees
Yojimbo
Yoshiro Muraki
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
Babes in Toyland
Bill Thomas
Nominees
Back Street
Jean Louis
Nominees
Flower Drum Song
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head, Walter Plunkett
Directing
Winner
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson
Nominees
The Hustler
Robert Rossen
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
Nominees
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Nominees
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas, Producer
Nominees
Breaking the Language Barrier
United States Air Force
Nominees
Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
Nominees
Kahl
Dido-Film-GmbH
Nominees
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)
Benedetto Benedetti, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
West Side Story
Thomas Stanford
Nominees
Fanny
William H. Reynolds
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Frederic Knudtson
Nominees
The Parent Trap
Philip W. Anderson
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Through a Glass Darkly
Sweden
Nominees
Harry and the Butler
Denmark
Nominees
Immortal Love
Japan
Nominees
The Important Man
Mexico
Nominees
Placido
Spain
Honorary Award
Winner
A Force in Readiness
Special Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Stanley Kramer
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
George Seaton
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini
Nominees
El Cid
Miklos Rozsa
Nominees
Fanny
Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
Dimitri Tiomkin
Nominees
Summer and Smoke
Elmer Bernstein
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
West Side Story
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Nominees
Babes in Toyland
George Bruns
Nominees
Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Nominees
Khovanshchina
Dimitri Shostakovich
Nominees
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington
Music (Song)
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Moon River in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Nominees
Bachelor in Paradise
Bachelor In Paradise in "Bachelor in Paradise" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
Nominees
El Cid
Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove) in "El Cid" Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Nominees
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful Of Miracles in "Pocketful of Miracles" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Nominees
Town without Pity
Town Without Pity in "Town without Pity" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Best Motion Picture
Winner
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Producer
Nominees
Fanny
Joshua Logan, Producer
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman, Producer
Nominees
The Hustler
Robert Rossen, Producer
Nominees
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer, Producer
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Ersatz (The Substitute)
Zagreb Film
Nominees
Aquamania
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones, Producer
Nominees
Nelly's Folly
Chuck Jones, Producer
Nominees
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
Seawards the Great Ships
Templar Film Studios
Nominees
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Nominees
The Face of Jesus
Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Nominees
Rooftops of New York
Robert Gaffney, Producer
Nominees
Very Nice, Very Nice
National Film Board of Canada
Sound
Winner
West Side Story
Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
Flower Drum Song
Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
Nominees
The Parent Trap
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Special Effects
Winner
The Guns of Navarone
Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
Nominees
The Absent Minded Professor
Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann
Nominees
Breakfast at Tiffany's
George Axelrod
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman
Nominees
The Hustler
Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
Nominees
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Winner
Splendor in the Grass
William Inge
Nominees
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
Nominees
General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
Nominees
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Nominees
Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
A
The Absent Minded Professor
3 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Edward Colman
- Special Effects - Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Aquamania
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
B
Babes in Toyland
2 NOMINATIONS
- Costume Design (Color) - Bill Thomas
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - George Bruns
Bachelor in Paradise
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Bachelor In Paradise in "Bachelor in Paradise" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
Back Street
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design (Color) - Jean Louis
Ballad of a Soldier
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Beep Prepared
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Chuck Jones, Producer
Breakfast at Tiffany's
5 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Henry Mancini
- * Music (Song) - Moon River in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Actress - Audrey Hepburn
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - George Axelrod
Breaking the Language Barrier
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - United States Air Force
C
The Children's Hour
5 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Fay Bainter
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Franz F. Planer
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Dorothy Jeakins
- Sound - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Claudelle Inglish
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Howard Shoup
Cradle of Genius
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
E
El Cid
3 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
- Music (Song) - Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove) in "El Cid" Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Ersatz (The Substitute)
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Cartoon) - Zagreb Film
F
The Face of Jesus
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Fanny
5 NOMINATIONS
- Actor - Charles Boyer
- Cinematography (Color) - Jack Cardiff
- Film Editing - William H. Reynolds
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
- Best Motion Picture - Joshua Logan, Producer
Flower Drum Song
5 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Cinematography (Color) - Russell Metty
- Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Sound - Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
A Force in Readiness
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Honorary Award - Special Award
G
General Della Rovere
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
The Guns of Navarone
7 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Special Effects - Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
- Directing - J. Lee Thompson
- Film Editing - Alan Osbiston
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
- Best Motion Picture - Carl Foreman, Producer
- Sound - Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Carl Foreman
H
Harry and the Butler
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Denmark
The Hustler
8 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
- * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Eugen Shuftan
- Actor - Paul Newman
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott
- Actress - Piper Laurie
- Directing - Robert Rossen
- Best Motion Picture - Robert Rossen, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
I
Immortal Love
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Japan
The Important Man
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Mexico
J
Judgment at Nuremberg
11 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actor - Maximilian Schell
- * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Abby Mann
- Actor - Spencer Tracy
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Montgomery Clift
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Judy Garland
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Ernest Laszlo
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis
- Directing - Stanley Kramer
- Film Editing - Frederic Knudtson
- Best Motion Picture - Stanley Kramer, Producer
K
Kahl
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Dido-Film-GmbH
Khovanshchina
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Dimitri Shostakovich
L
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Benedetto Benedetti, Producer
La Dolce Vita
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Piero Gherardi
- Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Piero Gherardi
- Directing - Federico Fellini
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Lover Come Back
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
M
A Majority of One
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling, Sr.
The Mark
1 NOMINATION
- Actor - Stuart Whitman
N
Nelly's Folly
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Chuck Jones, Producer
O
One, Two, Three
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Daniel L. Fapp
One-Eyed Jacks
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography (Color) - Charles Lang, Jr.
P
The Parent Trap
2 NOMINATIONS
- Film Editing - Philip W. Anderson
- Sound - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Paris Blues
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Duke Ellington
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Cartoon) - Friz Freleng, Producer
Placido
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Spain
Pocketful of Miracles
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Peter Falk
- Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Walter Plunkett
- Music (Song) - Pocketful Of Miracles in "Pocketful of Miracles" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Project Hope
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Frank P. Bibas, Producer
R
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Lotte Lenya
Rooftops of New York
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - Robert Gaffney, Producer
S
Seawards the Great Ships
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Subject (Live Action) - Templar Film Studios
Splendor in the Grass
2 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - William Inge
- Actress - Natalie Wood
Summer and Smoke
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actress - Geraldine Page
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Una Merkel
- Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
- Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Elmer Bernstein
T
Through a Glass Darkly
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Sweden
Town without Pity
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Song) - Town Without Pity in "Town without Pity" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Two Women
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Actress - Sophia Loren
V
Very Nice, Very Nice
1 NOMINATION
- Short Subject (Live Action) - National Film Board of Canada
W
West Side Story
11 NOMINATIONS,
10 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - George Chakiris
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Rita Moreno
- * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- * Cinematography (Color) - Daniel L. Fapp
- * Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
- * Directing - Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
- * Film Editing - Thomas Stanford
- * Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
- * Best Motion Picture - Robert Wise, Producer
- * Sound - Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
- Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Ernest Lehman
Y
Yojimbo
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Yoshiro Muraki
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