Awards & Winners

1961 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1961 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 34th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

34th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Robert Wise

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stanley Kramer Judgment at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen The Hustler
Carl Foreman The Guns of Navarone
Joshua Logan Fanny
Robert Wise West Side Story
Academy Award for Best Actor

Maximilian Schell

Honored for : Judgment at Nuremberg
(Role: Hans Rolfe)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Boyer Fanny
Role: Cesar
Paul Newman The Hustler
Role: Eddie Felson
Spencer Tracy Judgment at Nuremberg
Role: Chief Judge Dan Haywood
Stuart Whitman The Mark
Role: Jim Fuller
Maximilian Schell Judgment at Nuremberg
Role: Hans Rolfe
Academy Award for Best Director

Robert Wise

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Rossen The Hustler
Stanley Kramer Judgment at Nuremberg
Federico Fellini La Dolce Vita
Jerome Robbins West Side Story
Robert Wise West Side Story
J. Lee Thompson The Guns of Navarone
Academy Award for Best Actress

Sophia Loren

Honored for : Two Women
(Role: Cesira)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's
Role: Holly Golightly
Piper Laurie The Hustler
Role: Sarah Packard
Geraldine Page Summer and Smoke
Role: Alma Winemiller
Natalie Wood Splendor in the Grass
Role: Wilma Dean Loomis
Sophia Loren Two Women
Role: Cesira
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

George Chakiris

Honored for : West Side Story
(Role: Bernardo)

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Nominee Nominated Work
George C. Scott The Hustler
Role: Bert Gordon
George Chakiris West Side Story
Role: Bernardo
Peter Falk Pocketful of Miracles
Role: Joy Boy
Montgomery Clift Judgment at Nuremberg
Role: Rudolph Petersen
Jackie Gleason The Hustler
Role: Minnesota Fats
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

William Inge

Honored for : Splendor in the Grass

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Henning Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro Lover Come Back
Indro Montanelli General della Rovere
Diego Fabbri General della Rovere
Sergio Amidei General della Rovere
Brunello Rondi La Dolce Vita
Tullio Pinelli La Dolce Vita
Ennio Flaiano La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini La Dolce Vita
Grigory Chukhray Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yezhov Ballad of a Soldier
William Inge Splendor in the Grass
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Abby Mann

Honored for : Judgment at Nuremberg

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carl Foreman The Guns of Navarone
Abby Mann Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Lehman West Side Story
Robert Rossen The Hustler
Sidney Carroll The Hustler
George Axelrod Breakfast at Tiffany's
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Irene Sharaff

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jean Louis Back Street
Walter Plunkett Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head Pocketful of Miracles
Irene Sharaff West Side Story
Bill Thomas Babes in Toyland
Irene Sharaff Flower Drum Song
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

René Lafuite, Arthur Cohn

Honored for : Sky Above and Mud Beneath

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Cohn Sky Above and Mud Beneath
René Lafuite Sky Above and Mud Beneath
Cineriz The Grand Olympics
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Frank P. Bibas

Honored for : Project Hope

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Nominee Nominated Work
United States Air Force Breaking the Language Barrier
Benedetto Benedetti The Man in Gray
Dido-Film-GmbH Kahl
Frank P. Bibas Project Hope
Tom Hayes Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor Cradle of Genius
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer

Honored for : West Side Story
(Todd-AO Sound Department, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Cox The Guns of Navarone
Shepperton Studio Sound Department
Robert O. Cook The Parent Trap
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer West Side Story
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department","Todd-AO Sound Department
Fred Hynes West Side Story
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department","Todd-AO Sound Department
Waldon O. Watson Flower Drum Song
Revue Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer The Children's Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Templar Film Studios

Honored for : Seawards the Great Ships

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Gaffney Rooftops of New York
Templar Film Studios Seawards the Great Ships
Cine Documents Ballon vole
National Film Board of Canada Very Nice, Very Nice
John D. Jennings The Face of Jesus
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Bill Warrington, Chris Greenham

Honored for : The Guns of Navarone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Greenham The Guns of Navarone
Bill Warrington The Guns of Navarone
Robert A. Mattey The Absent-Minded Professor
Eustace Lycett The Absent-Minded Professor
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Rita Moreno

Honored for : West Side Story
(Role: Anita)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Una Merkel Summer and Smoke
Role: Mrs. Winemiller
Lotte Lenya The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Role: Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales
Judy Garland Judgment at Nuremberg
Role: Irene Hoffman
Fay Bainter The Children's Hour
Role: Mrs. Amelia Tilford
Rita Moreno West Side Story
Role: Anita
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph C. Wright Flower Drum Song
Howard Bristol Flower Drum Song
Alexander Golitzen Flower Drum Song
Boris Leven West Side Story
Victor A. Gangelin West Side Story
John Moore El Cid
Veniero Colasanti El Cid
Samuel M. Comer Breakfast at Tiffany's
Roland Anderson Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hal Pereira Breakfast at Tiffany's
Ray Moyer Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hal Pereira Summer and Smoke
Walter H. Tyler Summer and Smoke
Samuel M. Comer Summer and Smoke
Arthur Krams Summer and Smoke
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Daniel L. Fapp

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel L. Fapp West Side Story
Jack Cardiff Fanny
Russell Metty Flower Drum Song
Harry Stradling A Majority of One
Charles Lang One-Eyed Jacks
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Thomas Stanford

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Stanford West Side Story
William H. Reynolds Fanny
Philip W. Anderson The Parent Trap
Frederic Knudtson Judgment at Nuremberg
Alan Osbiston The Guns of Navarone
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Zagreb Film

Honored for : The Substitute

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Aquamania
Chuck Jones Nelly's Folly
Zagreb Film The Substitute
Chuck Jones Beep Prepared
Friz Freleng The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : Through a Glass Darkly
(Country: Sweden, in Swedish)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ismael Rodríguez The Important Man
Country: Mexico, in Spanish
Bent Christensen Harry and the Butler
Country: Denmark, in Danish
Keisuke Kinoshita Immortal Love
Country: Japan, in Japanese
Ingmar Bergman Through a Glass Darkly
Country: Sweden, in Swedish
Luis García Berlanga Plácido
Country: Spain, in Spanish
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Henry Mancini

Honored for : Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Nominee Nominated Work
Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's
Miklós Rózsa El Cid
Morris Stoloff Fanny
Harry Sukman Fanny
Dimitri Tiomkin The Guns of Navarone
Elmer Bernstein Summer and Smoke
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Harry Horner, Gene Callahan

Honored for : The Hustler

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harry Horner The Hustler
Gene Callahan The Hustler
Carroll Clark The Absent-Minded Professor
Emile Kuri The Absent-Minded Professor
Hal Gausman The Absent-Minded Professor
Fernando Carrere The Children's Hour
Edward G. Boyle The Children's Hour
Rudolph Sternad Judgment at Nuremberg
George Milo Judgment at Nuremberg
Piero Gherardi La Dolce Vita
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Eugen Schüfftan

Honored for : The Hustler

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eugen Schüfftan The Hustler
Edward Colman The Absent-Minded Professor
Franz Planer The Children's Hour
Ernest Laszlo Judgment at Nuremberg
Daniel L. Fapp One, Two, Three
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Piero Gherardi

Honored for : La Dolce Vita

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Nominee Nominated Work
Piero Gherardi La Dolce Vita
Dorothy Jeakins The Children's Hour
Howard Shoup Claudelle Inglish
Jean Louis Judgment at Nuremberg
Yoshir? Muraki Yojimbo
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal

Honored for : West Side Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Saul Chaplin West Side Story
Johnny Green West Side Story
Sid Ramin West Side Story
Irwin Kostal West Side Story
George Bruns Babes in Toyland
Alfred Newman Flower Drum Song
Ken Darby Flower Drum Song
Dmitri Shostakovich Khovanshchina
Duke Ellington Paris Blues
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Honored for : Moon River
(Breakfast at Tiffany's)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Henry Mancini Moon River
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Johnny Mercer Moon River
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini Bachelor In Paradise
Bachelor In Paradise
Mack David Bachelor In Paradise
Bachelor In Paradise
Miklós Rózsa Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove)
El Cid
Paul Francis Webster Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove)
El Cid
Jimmy Van Heusen Pocketful Of Miracles
Pocketful Of Miracles
Sammy Cahn Pocketful Of Miracles
Pocketful Of Miracles
Dimitri Tiomkin Town Without Pity
Town Without Pity
Ned Washington Town Without Pity
Town Without Pity
Academy Honorary Award

William L. Hendricks

Honored for : A Force in Readiness
(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)
Academy Honorary Award

Fred L. Metzler

(for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Academy Honorary Award

Jerome Robbins

(for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Hurletron, Inc., Electric Eye Equipment Division

(for an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Wadsworth E. Pohl, Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation

(for an integrated sound and picture transfer process)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Sylvania Electric Products

(For the development of a hand held high-power photographic lighting unit known as the Sun Gun Professional.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

20th Century Fox Research Department, Earl I. Sponable, Herbert Bragg, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, F.D. Leslie, R.D. Whitmore, A.A. Alden, Endel Pool, James B. Gordon

(For a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspect ratios.)