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	1959
	1961

Academy Awards, USA: 1961

Oscar

Date:	17 April
Host:	Bob Hope (I)
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	The awards show is held outside the Hollywood/downtown Los Angeles area for the first time due to the Pantages Theater's reconfiguration to accommodate a larger screen for Spartacus (1960). The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was the only available venue of sufficient size.

Best Picture


Winner:
	The Apartment (1960) - Billy Wilder
Other Nominees:
	Elmer Gantry (1960) - Bernard Smith (II) Sons and Lovers (1960) - Jerry Wald (I) The Alamo (1960) - John Wayne (I) The Sundowners (1960) - Fred Zinnemann

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Elmer Gantry (1960) - Burt Lancaster
Other Nominees:
	Inherit the Wind (1960) - Spencer Tracy Sons and Lovers (1960) - Trevor Howard (I) The Apartment (1960) - Jack Lemmon (I) The Entertainer (1960) - Laurence Olivier

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	BUtterfield 8 (1960) - Elizabeth Taylor (I)
Other Nominees:
	Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) - Melina Mercouri Sunrise at Campobello (1960) - Greer Garson The Apartment (1960) - Shirley MacLaine The Sundowners (1960) - Deborah Kerr

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Spartacus (1960) - Peter Ustinov
Other Nominees:
	Exodus (1960) - Sal Mineo Murder, Inc. (1960) - Peter Falk (I) The Alamo (1960) - Chill Wills The Apartment (1960) - Jack Kruschen

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Elmer Gantry (1960) - Shirley Jones (I)
Other Nominees:
	Psycho (1960) - Janet Leigh Sons and Lovers (1960) - Mary Ure The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) - Shirley Knight (I) The Sundowners (1960) - Glynis Johns

Best Director


Winner:
	The Apartment (1960) - Billy Wilder
Other Nominees:
	Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) - Jules Dassin Psycho (1960) - Alfred Hitchcock (I) Sons and Lovers (1960) - Jack Cardiff The Sundowners (1960) - Fred Zinnemann

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


Winner:
	The Apartment (1960) - Billy Wilder; I.A.L. Diamond
Other Nominees:
	Hiroshima mon amour (1959) - Marguerite Duras Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) - Jules Dassin The Angry Silence (1960) - Richard Gregson (I) (story); Michael Craig (I) (story); Bryan Forbes (screenplay) The Facts of Life (1960) - Norman Panama; Melvin Frank

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Elmer Gantry (1960) - Richard Brooks (I)
Other Nominees:
	Inherit the Wind (1960) - Nedrick Young; Harold Jacob Smith Sons and Lovers (1960) - Gavin Lambert; T.E.B. Clarke The Sundowners (1960) - Isobel Lennart Tunes of Glory (1960) - James Kennaway

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Spartacus (1960) - Russell Metty
Other Nominees:
	BUtterfield 8 (1960) - Joseph Ruttenberg; Charles Harten Exodus (1960) - Sam Leavitt Pepe (1960) - Joseph MacDonald (I) The Alamo (1960) - William H. Clothier

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Sons and Lovers (1960) - Freddie Francis
Other Nominees:
	Inherit the Wind (1960) - Ernest Laszlo Psycho (1960) - John L. Russell The Apartment (1960) - Joseph LaShelle The Facts of Life (1960) - Charles Lang (I)

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


Winner:
	The Apartment (1960) - Alexandre Trauner; Edward G. Boyle
Other Nominees:
	Psycho (1960) - Joseph Hurley (I); Robert Clatworthy; George Milo (I) Sons and Lovers (1960) - Thomas N. Morahan; Lionel Couch The Facts of Life (1960) - J. McMillan Johnson; Kenneth A. Reid; Ross Dowd Visit to a Small Planet (1960) - Hal Pereira; Walter H. Tyler; Sam Comer; Arthur Krams

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Spartacus (1960) - Alexander Golitzen; Eric Orbom (I); Russell A. Gausman; Julia Heron
Other Nominees:
	Cimarron (1960) - George W. Davis; Addison Hehr; Henry Grace; Hugh Hunt (I); Otto Siegel It Started in Naples (1960) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Arrigo Breschi Pepe (1960) - Ted Haworth (I); William Kiernan Sunrise at Campobello (1960) - Edward Carrere; George James Hopkins

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Facts of Life (1960) - Edith Head; Edward Stevenson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Jungfrukällan (1960) - Marik Vos-Lundh Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) - Theoni V. Aldredge Seven Thieves (1960) - Bill Thomas (I) The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) - Howard Shoup (I)

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	Spartacus (1960) - Valles; Bill Thomas (I)
Other Nominees:
	Can-Can (1960) - Irene Sharaff Midnight Lace (1960) - Irene (I) Pepe (1960) - Edith Head Sunrise at Campobello (1960) - Marjorie Best

Best Sound


Winner:
	The Alamo (1960) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Cimarron (1960) - Franklin Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SSD) Pepe (1960) - Charles Rice (I) (Columbia SSD) Sunrise at Campobello (1960) - George Groves (I) (Warner Bros. SSD) The Apartment (1960) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	The Apartment (1960) - Daniel Mandell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Inherit the Wind (1960) - Frederic Knudtson (I) Pepe (1960) - Viola Lawrence; Al Clark (I) Spartacus (1960) - Robert Lawrence (I) The Alamo (1960) - Stuart Gilmore

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	The Time Machine (1960) - Gene Warren (I); Tim Baar
Other Nominees:
	The Last Voyage (1960) - Augie Lohman

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) - Manos Hatzidakis - For the song "Ta paidia tou Peiraia" ("Never on Sunday").
Other Nominees:
	High Time (1960) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "The Second Time Around" Pepe (1960) - André Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics) (as Dory Langdon) - For the song "Faraway Part of Town" The Alamo (1960) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "The Green Leaves of Summer" The Facts of Life (1960) - Johnny Mercer - For the song "The Facts of Life"

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Song Without End (1960) - Morris Stoloff; Harry Sukman
Other Nominees:
	Bells Are Ringing (1960) - André Previn Can-Can (1960) - Nelson Riddle Let's Make Love (1960) - Lionel Newman; Earle Hagen Pepe (1960) - Johnny Green (I)

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Exodus (1960) - Ernest Gold
Other Nominees:
	Elmer Gantry (1960) - André Previn Spartacus (1960) - Alex North The Alamo (1960) - Dimitri Tiomkin The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Day of the Painter (1960) - Richard Baker (III)
Other Nominees:
	A Sport Is Born (1960) - Leslie Winik Islands of the Sea (1960) - Walt Disney The Creation of Woman (1960) - Charles F. Schwep; Ismail Merchant

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Munro (1961) - William L. Snyder
Other Nominees:
	A Place in the Sun (1960) - Frantisek Vystrcil Goliath II (1960) - Walt Disney High Note (1960) - Warner Bros. Mouse and Garden (1960) - Warner Bros.

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Giuseppina (1960) - James Hill (I)
Other Nominees:
	Beyond Silence (1960) - U.S. Information Agency En by ved navn København (1960) - Statens Filmcentral George Grosz' Interregnum (1960) - Charles Carey (I); Altina Carey Universe (1960) - Colin Low

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) - Larry Lansburgh
Other Nominees:
	Rebel in Paradise (1960) - Robert D. Fraser

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Jungfrukällan (1960) - Sweden.
Other Nominees:
	Deveti krug (1960) - Yugoslavia. Kapò (1959) - Italy. La vérité (1960) - France. Macario (1960) - Mexico.

Juvenile Award


Awarded to:
	Pollyanna (1960) - Hayley Mills - For Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Gary Cooper (I) - For his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry. - Gary Cooper could not attend the awards ceremony. James Stewart (I) accepted the award on his behalf. Stan Laurel - For his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Sol Lesser

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	Ampex Professional Products Co. - For the production of a well-engineered multi-purpose sound system combining high standards of quality with convenience of control, dependable operation and simplified emergency provisions.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Carl Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries); Robert Grubel (Consolidated Film Industries); Edward Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries) - For the development of an automatic developer replenisher system. Arthur Holcomb; Petro Vlahos; Columbia Studio Camera Dept. - For a camera flicker indicating device. Anthony Paglia; 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept. - For the design and construction of a miniature flak gun and ammunition.