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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1962 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role George Chakiris |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Rita Moreno |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Boris Leven Victor A. Gangelin |
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Best Cinematography, Color Daniel L. Fapp |
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Best Costume Design, Color Irene Sharaff |
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Best Director Robert Wise Jerome Robbins For the first time a directing award is being shared. |
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Best Film Editing Thomas Stanford |
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Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal |
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Best Picture Robert Wise |
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Best Sound Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD) Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ernest Lehman |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source USA. |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | DVDX Award |
Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD) Michael Arick For West Side Memories (2003) (V). |
| Nominated | DVDX Award |
Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features) Michael Arrick |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1962 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Robert E. Relyea (assistant director) (plaque) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1962 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Musical |
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Best Supporting Actor George Chakiris |
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Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno |
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| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy Richard Beymer |
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Best Motion Picture Director Robert Wise Jerome Robbins |
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| Grammy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1962 | Won | Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from Motion Picture or Television Saul Chaplin (music director) Johnny Green (music director) Irwin Kostal (music director) Sid Ramin (music director) |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1962 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Top Cinematography, Color Daniel L. Fapp |
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Top Female Supporting Performance Rita Moreno |
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Top Musical |
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| 2nd place | Golden Laurel |
Top Male Supporting Performance George Chakiris |
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| Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Top Musical Score Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal 4th place. |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | National Film Registry | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Film |
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures |
Robert Wise |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1963 | Won | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Robert Wise Jerome Robbins |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1962 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Musical Ernest Lehman |
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