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Academy Awards, USA: 1962

Oscar

Date:	9 April
Host:	Bob Hope (I)
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	An habitual gate-crasher managed to get past the 125 security guards and went on stage to present host Hope, Bob with a home-made Oscar. Maximilian Schell became the first performer to win an Oscar for a role he had originated on television.

Best Picture


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Robert Wise (I)
Other Nominees:
	Fanny (1961) - Joshua Logan Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Stanley Kramer The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Carl Foreman (I) The Hustler (1961) - Robert Rossen

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Maximilian Schell
Other Nominees:
	Fanny (1961) - Charles Boyer (I) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Spencer Tracy The Hustler (1961) - Paul Newman (I) The Mark (1961) - Stuart Whitman

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	La ciociara (1960) - Sophia Loren - Sophia Loren was not present at the awards ceremony. Greer Garson accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Audrey Hepburn Splendor in the Grass (1961) - Natalie Wood (I) Summer and Smoke (1961) - Geraldine Page The Hustler (1961) - Piper Laurie

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - George Chakiris
Other Nominees:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Montgomery Clift Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Peter Falk (I) The Hustler (1961) - Jackie Gleason (I) The Hustler (1961) - George C. Scott - Refused even to be nominated.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Rita Moreno (I)
Other Nominees:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Judy Garland (I) Summer and Smoke (1961) - Una Merkel The Children's Hour (1961) - Fay Bainter The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) - Lotte Lenya

Best Director


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Robert Wise (I); Jerome Robbins - For the first time a directing award is being shared.
Other Nominees:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Stanley Kramer La dolce vita (1960) - Federico Fellini The Guns of Navarone (1961) - J. Lee Thompson The Hustler (1961) - Robert Rossen

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Splendor in the Grass (1961) - William Inge
Other Nominees:
	Ballada o soldate (1959) - Valentin Ezhov; Grigori Chukhrai Il generale della Rovere (1959) - Sergio Amidei; Diego Fabbri; Indro Montanelli La dolce vita (1960) - Federico Fellini; Tullio Pinelli; Ennio Flaiano; Brunello Rondi Lover Come Back (1961) - Stanley Shapiro; Paul Henning (I)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Abby Mann
Other Nominees:
	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - George Axelrod The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Carl Foreman (I) The Hustler (1961) - Sidney Carroll; Robert Rossen West Side Story (1961) - Ernest Lehman

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Daniel L. Fapp
Other Nominees:
	A Majority of One (1961) - Harry Stradling Sr. Fanny (1961) - Jack Cardiff Flower Drum Song (1961) - Russell Metty One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - Charles Lang (I)

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Hustler (1961) - Eugen Sch�fftan
Other Nominees:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Ernest Laszlo One, Two, Three (1961) - Daniel L. Fapp The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) - Edward Colman The Children's Hour (1961) - Franz Planer

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Hustler (1961) - Harry Horner; Gene Callahan (I)
Other Nominees:
	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Rudolph Sternad; George Milo (I) La dolce vita (1960) - Piero Gherardi The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) - Carroll Clark; Emile Kuri; Hal Gausman The Children's Hour (1961) - Fernando Carrere; Edward G. Boyle

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Boris Leven; Victor A. Gangelin
Other Nominees:
	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Ray Moyer (I) El Cid (1961) - Veniero Colasanti; John Moore (I) Flower Drum Song (1961) - Alexander Golitzen; Joseph C. Wright; Howard Bristol Summer and Smoke (1961) - Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler; Sam Comer; Arthur Krams

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	La dolce vita (1960) - Piero Gherardi
Other Nominees:
	Claudelle Inglish (1961) - Howard Shoup (I) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Jean Louis (I) The Children's Hour (1961) - Dorothy Jeakins Yojimbo (1961) - Yoshir� Muraki

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Irene Sharaff
Other Nominees:
	Babes in Toyland (1961) - Bill Thomas (I) Back Street (1961) - Jean Louis (I) Flower Drum Song (1961) - Irene Sharaff Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Edith Head; Walter Plunkett

Best Sound


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD); Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Flower Drum Song (1961) - Waldon O. Watson (Revue SSD) The Children's Hour (1961) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) The Guns of Navarone (1961) - John Cox (I) (Shepperton SSD) The Parent Trap (1961) - Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Thomas Stanford
Other Nominees:
	Fanny (1961) - William Reynolds (II) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Frederic Knudtson (I) The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Alan Osbiston The Parent Trap (1961) - Philip W. Anderson

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Bill Warrington (visual); Chris Greenham (audible)
Other Nominees:
	The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) - Robert A. Mattey; Eustace Lycett

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "Moon River"
Other Nominees:
	Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - Henry Mancini (music); Mack David (lyrics) - For the song "Bachelor in Paradise" El Cid (1961) - Mikl�s R�zsa (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "Pocketful of Miracles" Town Without Pity (1961) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics) - For the song "Town Without Pity"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	West Side Story (1961) - Saul Chaplin; Johnny Green (I); Sid Ramin; Irwin Kostal
Other Nominees:
	Babes in Toyland (1961) - George Bruns Flower Drum Song (1961) - Alfred Newman; Ken Darby Khovanshchina (1960) - Dmitri Shostakovich Paris Blues (1961) - Duke Ellington

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Henry Mancini
Other Nominees:
	El Cid (1961) - Mikl�s R�zsa Fanny (1961) - Morris Stoloff; Harry Sukman Summer and Smoke (1961) - Elmer Bernstein The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Dimitri Tiomkin

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Seawards the Great Ships (1961) - Templar Film Studios
Other Nominees:
	Ballon vole (1960) - Cine Documents Rooftops of New York (1961) - McCarty-Rush-Gaffney The Face of Jesus (1961) - John D. Jennings Very Nice, Very Nice (1961) - National Film Board of Canada

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Surogat (1961) - Zagreb Film
Other Nominees:
	Aquamania (1961) - Walt Disney Beep Prepared (1961) - Chuck Jones (I) Nelly's Folly (1961) - Chuck Jones (I) The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961) - Friz Freleng

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Project Hope (1961) - Frank P. Bibas
Other Nominees:
	Breaking the Language Barrier (1961) - U.S. Army Air Force Cradle of Genius (1961) - Jim O'Connor (I); Tom Hayes (II) Kahl (1961) - Dido-Film-GmbH L'uomo in grigio (1961) - Benedetto Benedetti

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Le ciel et la boue (1961) - Arthur Cohn; Ren� Lafuite
Other Nominees:
	La grande olimpiade (1961) - Cineriz

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Såsom i en spegel (1961) - Sweden.
Other Nominees:
	Eien no hito (1961) - Japan. Harry og kammertjeneren (1961) - Denmark. Plácido (1961) - Spain. Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1962) - Mexico.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Fred L. Metzler - For his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Jerome Robbins - For his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. A Force in Readiness (1961) - 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.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Stanley Kramer

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	George Seaton (I)

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	E.I. Sponable (20th Century-Fox Research Dept.); Herbert E. Bragg (20th Century-Fox Research Dept.); F.D. Leslie; R.D. Whitmore; A.A. Alden; Endel Pool; James B. Gordon (II); 20th Century-Fox Research Dept.; Deluxe Laboratories, Inc. - For a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspect ratios. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. - For the development of a hand held high-power photographic lighting unit known as the Sun Gun Professional. James Dale (VI); S. Wilson; H.E. Rice; John Rude; Laurie Atkin; Wadsworth E. Pohl; H. Peasgood; Technicolor Corp. - For a process of automatic selective printing.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Hurletron, Inc., Electric Eye Equipment Division - For an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers. Wadsworth E. Pohl; Technicolor Corp. - For an integrated sound and picture transfer process.