Awards & Winners

1961 British Academy Film Awards

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1961 British Academy Film Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Film

Billy Wilder

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Wilder The Apartment
Guy Green The Angry Silence
Michelangelo Antonioni L'Avventura
Federico Fellini La Dolce Vita
Richard Brooks Elmer Gantry
Alain Resnais Hiroshima mon amour
Stanley Kramer Inherit the Wind
George Cukor Let's Make Love
Marcel Camus Black Orpheus
Jules Dassin Pote tin Kyriaki
François Truffaut The 400 Blows
Karel Reisz Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
John Cassavetes Shadows
Stanley Kubrick Spartacus
Jean Cocteau The Testament of Orpheus
Ken Hughes The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Ronald Neame Tunes of Glory
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

Peter Finch

Honored for : The Trials of Oscar Wilde

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Finch The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Richard Attenborough The Angry Silence
Laurence Olivier The Entertainer
Albert Finney Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
John Fraser The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Alec Guinness Tunes of Glory
John Mills Tunes of Glory
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

Jack Lemmon

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Lemmon The Apartment
George Hamilton Crime and Punishment U.S.A.
Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry
Fredric March Inherit the Wind
Spencer Tracy Inherit the Wind
Yves Montand Let's Make Love
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress

Shirley MacLaine

Honored for : The Apartment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Shirley MacLaine The Apartment
Pier Angeli The Angry Silence
Monica Vitti L'Avventura
Jean Simmons Elmer Gantry
Emmanuelle Riva Hiroshima mon amour
Melina Mercouri Pote tin Kyriaki
BAFTA Award for Best British Actress

Rachel Roberts

Honored for : Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rachel Roberts Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Hayley Mills Pollyanna
Wendy Hiller Sons and Lovers
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

Bryan Forbes

Honored for : The Angry Silence

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Osborne The Entertainer
Nigel Kneale The Entertainer
Val Guest Hell Is a City
Bryan Forbes The League of Gentlemen
Wolf Mankowitz The Millionairess
Alan Sillitoe Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Roger MacDougall A Touch of Larceny
Guy Hamilton A Touch of Larceny
Ivan Foxwell A Touch of Larceny
Ken Hughes The Trials of Oscar Wilde
James Kennaway Tunes of Glory
Bryan Forbes The Angry Silence
Howard Clewes The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

Peter Baylis

Honored for : High Journey

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Baylis High Journey
John Krish Return to Life
Hilary Harris Seawards the Great Ships
BAFTA Award for Best British Film

Karel Reisz

Honored for : Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Karel Reisz Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Guy Green The Angry Silence
Ken Hughes The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Ronald Neame Tunes of Glory
BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

Roman Kroitor, Colin Low

Honored for : Universe

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ernest Pintoff The Interview
Dušan Vukoti? Piccolo
Roman Kroitor Universe
Colin Low Universe
BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film

Fred Moore

Honored for : Dispute

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fred Moore Dispute
Bill Mason Heroic Days
Michael Ricketts Outline of Detergency
Mr. Marsh Comes to School
BAFTA United Nations Award

Alain Resnais

Honored for : Hiroshima mon amour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alain Resnais Hiroshima mon amour
Alain Resnais Night and Fog
John Krish Return to Life
John Cassavetes Shadows
Michael Clarke Unseen Enemies
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Albert Finney

Honored for : Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Albert Finney Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Joan Plowright The Entertainer
Billie Whitelaw Hell Is a City
George Peppard Home from the Hill
Jean-Pierre Léaud The 400 Blows
Lelia Goldoni Shadows
Anthony Ray Shadows