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Academy Awards

34th edition

  • April 9, 1962
  • United States

The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
West Side Story Robert Wise - as producer(s) Winner
Fanny Joshua Logan - as producer(s) —
The Guns of Navarone Carl Foreman - as producer(s) —
The Hustler Robert Rossen - as producer(s) —
Judgment at Nuremberg Stanley Kramer - as producer(s) —
Best Director
West Side Story Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins Winner
La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini —
The Guns of Navarone J. Lee Thompson —
The Hustler Robert Rossen —
Judgment at Nuremberg Stanley Kramer —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell Winner
Fanny Charles Boyer —
The Hustler Paul Newman —
Judgment at Nuremberg Spencer Tracy —
The Mark Stuart Whitman —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Two Women Sophia Loren Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's Audrey Hepburn —
The Hustler Piper Laurie —
Summer and Smoke Geraldine Page —
Splendor in the Grass Natalie Wood —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
West Side Story George Chakiris Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg Montgomery Clift —
Pocketful of Miracles Peter Falk —
The Hustler Jackie Gleason —
The Hustler George C. Scott —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
West Side Story Rita Moreno Winner
The Children's Hour Fay Bainter —
Judgment at Nuremberg Judy Garland —
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Lotte Lenya —
Summer and Smoke Una Merkel —
Best Original Screenplay
Splendor in the Grass William Inge Winner
Ballad of a Soldier Valentin Yezhov, Grigori Chukhrai —
La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi —
General Della Rovere Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli —
Lover Come Back Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning —
Best Adapted Screenplay
Judgment at Nuremberg Abby Mann Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's George Axelrod —
The Guns of Navarone Carl Foreman —
The Hustler Robert Rossen, Sidney Carroll —
West Side Story Ernest Lehman —
Best International Feature Film
Through a Glass Darkly — Winner
Harry and the Butler — —
Immortal Love — —
The Important Man — —
Placido — —
Best Documentary Feature Film
Sky Above and Mud Beneath — Winner
The Grand Olympics — —
Best Original Score
Breakfast at Tiffany's Henry Mancini Winner
El Cid Miklós Rózsa —
Fanny Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman —
The Guns of Navarone Dimitri Tiomkin —
Summer and Smoke Elmer Bernstein —
Best Cinematography (Black and White)
The Hustler Eugen Schüfftan Winner
The Absent-Minded Professor Edward Colman —
The Children's Hour Franz Planer —
Judgment at Nuremberg Ernest Laszlo —
One, Two, Three Daniel L. Fapp —
Best Cinematography (Color)
West Side Story Daniel L. Fapp Winner
Fanny Jack Cardiff —
Flower Drum Song Russell Metty —
A Majority of One Harry Stradling —
One-Eyed Jacks Charles Lang —
Scoring of a Musical Picture - Original or Adaptation
West Side Story Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal Winner
Babes in Toyland George Bruns —
Flower Drum Song Alfred Newman, Ken Darby —
Khovanshchina Dmitri Shostakovich —
Paris Blues Duke Ellington —
Best Film Editing
West Side Story Thomas Stanford Winner
Fanny William H. Reynolds —
The Guns of Navarone Alan Osbiston —
Judgment at Nuremberg Frederic Knudtson —
The Parent Trap Philip W. Anderson —
Best Sound
West Side Story Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes Winner
The Children's Hour Gordon E. Sawyer —
Flower Drum Song Waldon O. Watson —
The Guns of Navarone John Cox —
The Parent Trap Robert O. Cook —
Best Original Song
Breakfast at Tiffany's Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer - "Moon River" Winner
Bachelor in Paradise Henry Mancini, Mack David - "Bachelor in Paradise" —
El Cid Miklós Rózsa, Paul Francis Webster - "Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" —
Pocketful of Miracles Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn - "Pocketful of Miracles" —
Town Without Pity Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington - "Town Without Pity" —
Best Production Design (Black and White)
The Hustler Harry Horner, Gene Callahan Winner
The Absent-Minded Professor Carroll Clark, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman —
The Children's Hour Fernando Carrere, Edward G. Boyle —
La Dolce Vita Piero Gherardi —
Judgment at Nuremberg Rudolph Sternad, George Milo —
Best Production Design (Color)
West Side Story Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer —
El Cid Veniero Colasanti, John Moore —
Flower Drum Song Alexander Golitzen, Joseph C. Wright, Howard Bristol —
Summer and Smoke Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams —
Best Costume Design (Black and White)
La Dolce Vita Piero Gherardi Winner
The Children's Hour Dorothy Jeakins —
Claudelle Inglish Howard Shoup —
Judgment at Nuremberg Jean Louis —
Yojimbo Yoshirō Muraki —
Best Costume Design (Color)
West Side Story Irene Sharaff Winner
Babes in Toyland Bill Thomas —
Back Street Jean Louis —
Flower Drum Song Irene Sharaff —
Pocketful of Miracles Edith Head, Walter Plunkett —
Best Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone Bill Warrington, Vivian C. Greenham Winner
The Absent-Minded Professor Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Seawards the Great Ships — Winner
The Face of Jesus — —
Play Ball! — —
Rooftops of New York — —
Very Nice, Very Nice — —
Best Documentary Short Film
Project Hope — Winner
Breaking the Language Barrier — —
Cradle of Genius — —
Kahl — —
The Man in Gray — —
Best Animated Short Film
The Substitute — Winner
Aquamania — —
Beep Prepared — —
Nelly's Folly — —
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe — —
Honorary Award
— William L. Hendricks - for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry. Winner
— Fred L. Metzler - for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner
— Jerome Robbins - for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
— George Seaton Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
— Stanley Kramer Winner

West Side Story
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • West Side Story 10
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's 2
  • The Hustler 2
  • Judgment at Nuremberg 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Judgment at Nuremberg 11
  • West Side Story 11
  • The Hustler 9
  • The Guns of Navarone 7
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's 5
  • The Children's Hour 5
  • Fanny 5
  • Flower Drum Song 5
  • La Dolce Vita 4
  • Summer and Smoke 4
  • The Absent-Minded Professor 3
  • El Cid 3
  • Pocketful of Miracles 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Judgment at Nuremberg 2 / 11
  • The Hustler 2 / 9
  • The Guns of Navarone 1 / 7
  • The Children's Hour 0 / 5
  • Fanny 0 / 5
  • Flower Drum Song 0 / 5
  • Summer and Smoke 0 / 4
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's 2 / 5
  • La Dolce Vita 1 / 4
  • The Absent-Minded Professor 0 / 3
  • El Cid 0 / 3
  • Pocketful of Miracles 0 / 3

Only one nomination

38 movies:
  • Aquamania
  • Bachelor in Paradise
  • Back Street
  • Ballad of a Soldier
  • Beep Prepared
  • Breaking the Language Barrier
  • Claudelle Inglish
  • Cradle of Genius
  • The Face of Jesus
  • General Della Rovere
  • The Grand Olympics
  • Harry and the Butler
  • Immortal Love
  • The Important Man
  • Kahl
  • Khovanshchina
  • Lover Come Back
  • A Majority of One
  • The Man in Gray
  • The Mark
  • Nelly's Folly
  • One-Eyed Jacks
  • One, Two, Three
  • Paris Blues
  • The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
  • Placido
  • Play Ball!
  • Project Hope
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
  • Rooftops of New York
  • Seawards the Great Ships
  • Sky Above and Mud Beneath
  • The Substitute
  • Through a Glass Darkly
  • Town Without Pity
  • Two Women
  • Very Nice, Very Nice
  • Yojimbo

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