1962 ceremony · films of 1961

The 34th Oscars

119 nominations in 25 categories.

Nominations and wins

The night's big films

Winners first

Every category

Best Picture

Announced as Best Motion Picture

West Side Story
Robert Wise, Producer
Fanny
Joshua Logan, Producer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer, Producer
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman, Producer
The Hustler
Robert Rossen, Producer

Best Director

Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
West Side Story
Stanley Kramer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Federico Fellini
La Dolce Vita
J. Lee Thompson
The Guns of Navarone
Robert Rossen
The Hustler

Best Actor

Announced as Actor

Maximilian Schell · Hans Rolfe
Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles Boyer · César
Fanny
Spencer Tracy · Judge Dan Haywood
Judgment at Nuremberg
Paul Newman · Eddie Felson
The Hustler
Stuart Whitman · Jim Fuller
The Mark

Best Actress

Announced as Actress

Sophia Loren · Cesira
Two Women
Audrey Hepburn · Holly Golightly
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Natalie Wood · Wilma Dean Loomis
Splendor in the Grass
Geraldine Page · Alma Winemiller
Summer and Smoke
Piper Laurie · Sarah Packard
The Hustler

Best Supporting Actor

George Chakiris · Bernardo
West Side Story
Montgomery Clift · Rudolph Petersen
Judgment at Nuremberg
Peter Falk · Joy Boy
Pocketful of Miracles
Jackie Gleason · Minnesota Fats
The Hustler
George C. Scott · Bert Gordon
The Hustler

Best Supporting Actress

Rita Moreno · Anita
West Side Story
Judy Garland · Irene Hoffman
Judgment at Nuremberg
Una Merkel · Mrs. Winemiller
Summer and Smoke
Fay Bainter · Mrs. Amelia Tilford
The Children's Hour
Lotte Lenya · Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Best Original Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Story and Screenplay--Written Directly for the Screen)

Splendor in the Grass
William Inge
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
Valentin Yezhov Grigoriy Chukhray
General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning

Best Adapted Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Screenplay--Based On Material From Another Medium)

Best International Feature

Announced as Foreign Language Film

Best Documentary Feature

The Sky Above, the Mud Below
Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
René Lafuite
The Grand Olympics
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Best Costume Design (Color)

Best Original Score

Announced as Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Best Song Score or Adaptation Score

Announced as Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

West Side Story
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Babes in Toyland
George Bruns
Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Khovanschina
Dimitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington

Best Original Song

Announced as Music (Song)

Breakfast at Tiffany's · Moon River
Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Bachelor in Paradise · Bachelor In Paradise
Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
El Cid · Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove)
Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Miklós Rózsa
Pocketful of Miracles · Pocketful Of Miracles
Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Jimmy Van Heusen
Town Without Pity · Town Without Pity
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington

Best Sound

Announced as Sound

West Side Story
Todd- AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Gordon Sawyer
Flower Drum Song
Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
The Children's Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Gordon Sawyer
The Guns of Navarone
Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
The Parent Trap
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director

Best Visual Effects

Announced as Special Effects

The Guns of Navarone
Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
Chris Greenham
The Absent Minded Professor
Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett

Best Documentary Short

Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas, Producer
Breaking the Language Barrier
United States Air Force
Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
Kahl
Dido-Film-GmbH
L'uomo in grigio
Benedetto Benedetti, Producer

Best Animated Short

Announced as Short Subject (Cartoon)

The Substitute
Zagreb Film
Aquamania
Walt Disney, Producer
Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones, Producer
Nelly's Folly
Chuck Jones, Producer
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng, Producer

Best Live Action Short

Announced as Short Subject (Live Action)

Seawards the Great Ships
Templar Film Studios
Ballon vole
Ciné-Documents
Rooftops of New York
Robert Gaffney, Producer
The Face of Jesus
Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Very Nice, Very Nice
National Film Board of Canada

Not competitive

Honorary and special awards

Honorary Award

A Force in Readiness
William L. Hendricks
To 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.
Fred L. Metzler
To Fred L. Metzler for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Jerome Robbins
To Jerome Robbins for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Stanley Kramer

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

George Seaton