34th Academy Awards (1962)
Highlights of 34th Academy Awards ceremony
The 34th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1961.
The award ceremony was held on 9th April 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.
West Side Story won the Best Picture award.
Maximilian Schell won the Best Actor award for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Sophia Loren won the Best Actess award for her role in La Ciociara.
Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise won the Best Director award for West Side Story.
- WINNER
Best Picture
West Side Story
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Hustler
The Guns of Navarone
Best Director
West Side Story
- Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Stanley Kramer
La dolce vita
- Federico Fellini
The Guns of Navarone
- J. Lee Thompson
The Hustler
- Robert Rossen
Best Original Screenplay
Splendor in the Grass
- William Inge
La dolce vita
- Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Ballada o soldate
- Valentin Ezhov, Grigori Chukhrai
Il generale della Rovere
- Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
Lover Come Back
- Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
Best Adapted Screenplay
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Abby Mann
West Side Story
- Ernest Lehman
Breakfast at Tiffany's
- George Axelrod
The Guns of Navarone
- Carl Foreman
The Hustler
- Robert Rossen, Sidney Carroll
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Maximilian Schell
The Hustler
- Paul Newman
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Spencer Tracy
Fanny
- Charles Boyer
The Mark
- Stuart Whitman
Best Actress in a Leading Role
La Ciociara
- Sophia Loren
The Hustler
- Piper Laurie
Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Audrey Hepburn
Splendor in the Grass
- Natalie Wood
Summer and Smoke
- Geraldine Page
Best Supporting Actor
West Side Story
- George Chakiris
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Montgomery Clift
The Hustler
- George C. Scott
The Hustler
- Jackie Gleason
Pocketful of Miracles
- Peter Falk
Best Supporting Actress
West Side Story
- Rita Moreno
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Judy Garland
Summer and Smoke
- Una Merkel
The Children's Hour
- Fay Bainter
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Lotte Lenya
Best Original Song
Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
for "Moon River"
Bachelor in Paradise
- Henry Mancini, Mack David
for "Bachelor in Paradise"
El Cid
- Miklos Rozsa, Paul Francis Webster
Pocketful of Miracles
- Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
for "Pocketful of Miracles"
Town Without Pity
- Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
for "Town Without Pity"
Best Sound Mixing
West Side Story
The Parent Trap
The Children's Hour
Flower Drum Song
The Guns of Navarone
Best Costume Design
West Side Story
Back Street
Babes in Toyland
Flower Drum Song
Pocketful of Miracles
Best Documentary Feature
Le ciel et la boue
Best Documentary Short Subject
Project Hope
Best Foreign Language Film
Sasom i en spegel
Eien no hito
Harry og kammertjeneren
Placido
Animas Trujano
Academy Honorary Award
Fred L. Meltzer
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"
William L. Hendricks
for "His outstanding patriotic service in the conception"
A Force in Readiness
Best Live Action Short Film
Seawards the Great Ships
Best Film Editing
West Side Story
The Parent Trap
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Guns of Navarone
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Seaton
Best Cinematography, Color
West Side Story
A Majority of One
Fanny
Flower Drum Song
One-Eyed Jacks
Best Cinematography, Black & White
The Hustler
- Eugen Schüfftan
Judgment at Nuremberg
- Ernest Laszlo
One, Two, Three
- Daniel L Fapp
The Absent Minded Professor
- Edward Colman
The Children's Hour
- Franz Planer
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
West Side Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Flower Drum Song
El Cid
Summer and Smoke
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black & White
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Absent Minded Professor
La dolce vita
The Children's Hour
Best Costume Design, Black & White
La dolce vita
Claudelle Inglish
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Children's Hour
Yojimbo
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Stanley Kramer
Best Short Subject - Cartoon
Surogat
Best Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Henry Mancini
El Cid
- Miklos Rozsa
Fanny
- Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
Summer and Smoke
- Elmer Bernstein
The Guns of Navarone
- Dimitri Tiomkin
Best Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
West Side Story
- Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Babes in Toyland
- George Bruns
Flower Drum Song
- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Khovanshchina
- Dmitri Shostakovich
Paris Blues
- Duke Ellington
Best Effects, Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone
The Absent Minded Professor