1962
The 34th Academy Awards | 1962
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Monday, April 9, 1962
Honoring movies released in 1961
Highlights
- Best Directing
West Side StoryJerome Robbins and Robert Wise - Thalberg Award
Stanley Kramer - Supporting Actress
West Side StoryRita Moreno
Memorable Moments
West Side Story FansBystanders rally outside the Academy Awards ceremony
Maximilian SchellBest Actor winner for Judgment at Nuremberg, presenter Joan Crawford
Henry Mancini and Johnny MercerOriginal Song winners for "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
George Chakiris
West Side Story
Nominees
Montgomery Clift
Judgment at Nuremberg
Peter Falk
Pocketful of Miracles
Jackie Gleason
The Hustler
George C. Scott
The Hustler
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Rita Moreno
West Side Story
Nominees
Una Merkel
Summer and Smoke
Fay Bainter
The Children's Hour
Judy Garland
Judgment at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Directing
Winner
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Nominees
The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson
The Hustler
Robert Rossen
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
Film Editing
Winner
West Side Story
Thomas Stanford
Nominees
Fanny
William H. Reynolds
The Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston
Judgment at Nuremberg
Frederic Knudtson
The Parent Trap
Philip W. Anderson
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Through a Glass Darkly
Sweden
Nominees
Harry and the Butler
Denmark
Immortal Love
Japan
The Important Man
Mexico
Placido
Spain
Actor
Winner
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nominees
Spencer Tracy
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman
The Mark
Charles Boyer
Fanny
Paul Newman
The Hustler
Actress
Winner
Sophia Loren
Two Women
Nominees
Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper Laurie
The Hustler
Geraldine Page
Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood
Splendor in the Grass
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Ersatz (The Substitute)
Zagreb Film
Nominees
Aquamania
Walt Disney, Producer
Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones, Producer
Nelly's Folly
Chuck Jones, Producer
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Moon River in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Nominees
Bachelor in Paradise
Bachelor In Paradise in "Bachelor in Paradise" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
El Cid
Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove) in "El Cid" Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful Of Miracles in "Pocketful of Miracles" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Town without Pity
Town Without Pity in "Town without Pity" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Stanley Kramer
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Hustler
Eugen Shuftan
Nominees
One, Two, Three
Daniel L. Fapp
The Absent Minded Professor
Edward Colman
The Children's Hour
Franz F. Planer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Laszlo
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Daniel L. Fapp
Nominees
Fanny
Jack Cardiff
Flower Drum Song
Russell Metty
A Majority of One
Harry Stradling, Sr.
One-Eyed Jacks
Charles Lang, Jr.
Special Effects
Winner
The Guns of Navarone
Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
Nominees
The Absent Minded Professor
Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Hustler
Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Nominees
The Absent Minded Professor
Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
The Children's Hour
Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Judgment at Nuremberg
Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Nominees
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
El Cid
Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
Flower Drum Song
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Summer and Smoke
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas, Producer
Nominees
Breaking the Language Barrier
United States Air Force
Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
Kahl
Dido-Film-GmbH
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)
Benedetto Benedetti, Producer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
West Side Story
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Nominees
Babes in Toyland
George Bruns
Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Khovanshchina
Dimitri Shostakovich
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini
Nominees
El Cid
Miklos Rozsa
Fanny
Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
The Guns of Navarone
Dimitri Tiomkin
Summer and Smoke
Elmer Bernstein
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Nominees
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Best Motion Picture
Winner
West Side Story
Robert Wise, Producer
Nominees
Fanny
Joshua Logan, Producer
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman, Producer
The Hustler
Robert Rossen, Producer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer, Producer
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Dorothy Jeakins
Claudelle Inglish
Howard Shoup
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jean Louis
Yojimbo
Yoshiro Muraki
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
West Side Story
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
Babes in Toyland
Bill Thomas
Back Street
Jean Louis
Flower Drum Song
Irene Sharaff
Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head, Walter Plunkett
Honorary Award
Winner
A Force in Readiness
Special Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
George Seaton
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
Seawards the Great Ships
Templar Film Studios
Nominees
The Face of Jesus
Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Rooftops of New York
Robert Gaffney, Producer
Very Nice, Very Nice
National Film Board of Canada
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann
Nominees
Breakfast at Tiffany's
George Axelrod
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman
The Hustler
Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Winner
Splendor in the Grass
William Inge
Nominees
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
Sound
Winner
West Side Story
Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
The Children's Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Flower Drum Song
Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
The Guns of Navarone
Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
The Parent Trap
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
A
The Absent Minded Professor
3 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Edward Colman
Special Effects - Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Aquamania
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Walt Disney, Producer
B
Babes in Toyland
2 NominationsCostume Design (Color) - Bill Thomas
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - George Bruns
Bachelor in Paradise
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Bachelor In Paradise in "Bachelor in Paradise" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
Back Street
1 NominationCostume Design (Color) - Jean Louis
Ballad of a Soldier
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Beep Prepared
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Chuck Jones, Producer
Breakfast at Tiffany's
5 Nominations, 2 WinsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Actress - Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - George Axelrod
* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Henry Mancini
* Music (Song) - Moon River in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Breaking the Language Barrier
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - United States Air Force
C
The Children's Hour
5 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Dorothy Jeakins
Actress in a Supporting Role - Fay Bainter in "The Children's Hour"
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Franz F. Planer
Sound - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Claudelle Inglish
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Howard Shoup
Cradle of Genius
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
E
El Cid
3 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
Music (Song) - Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove) in "El Cid" Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Miklos Rozsa
Ersatz (The Substitute)
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - Zagreb Film
F
The Face of Jesus
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Fanny
5 NominationsActor - Charles Boyer in "Fanny"
Cinematography (Color) - Jack Cardiff
Best Motion Picture - Joshua Logan, Producer
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
Film Editing - William H. Reynolds
Flower Drum Song
5 NominationsMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
Sound - Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Cinematography (Color) - Russell Metty
A Force in Readiness
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Honorary Award - Special Award
G
General Della Rovere
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
The Guns of Navarone
7 Nominations, 1 WinFilm Editing - Alan Osbiston
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Carl Foreman
Best Motion Picture - Carl Foreman, Producer
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin
Directing - J. Lee Thompson
Sound - Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
* Special Effects - Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
H
Harry and the Butler
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Denmark
The Hustler
9 Nominations, 2 Wins* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
* Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Eugen Shuftan
Actor in a Supporting Role - George C. Scott in "The Hustler"
Actor in a Supporting Role - Jackie Gleason in "The Hustler"
Actor - Paul Newman in "The Hustler"
Actress - Piper Laurie in "The Hustler"
Directing - Robert Rossen
Best Motion Picture - Robert Rossen, Producer
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
I
Immortal Love
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Japan
The Important Man
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Mexico
J
Judgment at Nuremberg
11 Nominations, 2 Wins* Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Abby Mann
* Actor - Maximilian Schell in "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Ernest Laszlo
Film Editing - Frederic Knudtson
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis
Actress in a Supporting Role - Judy Garland in "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Actor in a Supporting Role - Montgomery Clift in "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Actor - Spencer Tracy in "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Directing - Stanley Kramer
Best Motion Picture - Stanley Kramer, Producer
K
Kahl
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Dido-Film-GmbH
Khovanshchina
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Dimitri Shostakovich
L
La Dolce Vita
4 Nominations, 1 WinDirecting - Federico Fellini
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Piero Gherardi
* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Piero Gherardi
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Feature) - Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Lover Come Back
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Benedetto Benedetti, Producer
M
A Majority of One
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling, Sr.
The Mark
1 NominationActor - Stuart Whitman in "The Mark"
N
Nelly's Folly
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Chuck Jones, Producer
O
One, Two, Three
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Daniel L. Fapp
One-Eyed Jacks
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - Charles Lang, Jr.
P
The Parent Trap
2 NominationsFilm Editing - Philip W. Anderson
Sound - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Paris Blues
1 NominationMusic (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Duke Ellington
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - Friz Freleng, Producer
Placido
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Spain
Pocketful of Miracles
3 NominationsCostume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Walter Plunkett
Actor in a Supporting Role - Peter Falk in "Pocketful of Miracles"
Music (Song) - Pocketful Of Miracles in "Pocketful of Miracles" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Project Hope
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Short Subject) - Frank P. Bibas, Producer
R
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1 NominationActress in a Supporting Role - Lotte Lenya in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"
Rooftops of New York
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Robert Gaffney, Producer
S
Seawards the Great Ships
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Live Action) - Templar Film Studios
Splendor in the Grass
2 Nominations, 1 WinActress - Natalie Wood in "Splendor in the Grass"
* Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - William Inge
Summer and Smoke
4 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Elmer Bernstein
Actress - Geraldine Page in "Summer and Smoke"
Actress in a Supporting Role - Una Merkel in "Summer and Smoke"
T
Through a Glass Darkly
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Foreign Language Film - Sweden
Town without Pity
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Town Without Pity in "Town without Pity" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Two Women
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Actress - Sophia Loren in "Two Women"
V
Very Nice, Very Nice
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - National Film Board of Canada
W
West Side Story
11 Nominations, 10 Wins* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
* Cinematography (Color) - Daniel L. Fapp
* Actor in a Supporting Role - George Chakiris in "West Side Story"
* Costume Design (Color) - Irene Sharaff
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Rita Moreno in "West Side Story"
* Directing - Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
* Best Motion Picture - Robert Wise, Producer
* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
* Film Editing - Thomas Stanford
* Sound - Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Ernest Lehman
Y
Yojimbo
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Yoshiro Muraki