1962 Oscars 34th Academy Awards |
Winners Announced: April 9, 1962 Cinematic Highlights and AchievementsTable of Contents
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1962 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Motion Picture: West Side Story – Robert Wise, producer (WINNER) Fanny – Joshua Logan, producer The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman, producer The Hustler – Robert Rossen, producer Judgment at Nuremberg – Stanley Kramer, producer |
Best Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins – West Side Story (WINNER) Federico Fellini – La Dolce Vita J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone Robert Rossen – The Hustler Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg |
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg (WINNER) Charles Boyer – Fanny Paul Newman – The Hustler Spencer Tracy – Judgment at Nuremberg Stuart Whitman – The Mark |
Best Actress: Sophia Loren – Two Women (WINNER) Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s Piper Laurie – The Hustler Geraldine Page – Summer and Smoke Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass |
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris – West Side Story (WINNER) Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg Peter Falk – Pocketful of Miracles Jackie Gleason – The Hustler George C. Scott – The Hustler |
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno – West Side Story (WINNER) Fay Bainter – The Children’s Hour Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Una Merkel – Summer and Smoke |
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Splendor in the Grass – William Inge (WINNER) Ballad of a Soldier – Valentin Ezhov and Grigori Chukhrai La Dolce Vita – Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi General Della Rovere – Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli Lover Come Back – Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning |
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Judgment at Nuremberg – Abby Mann (WINNER) Breakfast at Tiffany’s – George Axelrod The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman The Hustler – Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll West Side Story – Ernest Lehman |
Best Foreign Language Film: Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden) (WINNER) Harry and the Butler (Denmark) Immortal Love (Japan) The Important Man (Mexico) Plácido (Spain) |
Best Documentary Feature: Sky Above and Mud Beneath (WINNER) The Grand Olympics |
Best Documentary Short Subject: Project Hope (WINNER) Breaking the Language Barrier Cradle of Genius Kahl The Man in Gray |
Best Live Action Short Subject: Seawards the Great Ships (WINNER) The Face of Jesus Play Ball! Rooftops of New York Very Nice, Very Nice |
Best Short Subject – Cartoons: Surogat (WINNER) Aquamania Beep Prepared Nelly’s Folly The Pied Piper of Guadalupe |
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini (WINNER) El Cid – Miklós Rózsa Fanny – Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin Summer and Smoke – Elmer Bernstein |
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (WINNER) Babes in Toyland – George Bruns Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Khovanshchina – Dmitri Shostakovich Paris Blues – Duke Ellington |
Best Song: “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer (WINNER) “Bachelor in Paradise” from Bachelor in Paradise – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Mack David “Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)” from El Cid – Music by Miklós Rózsa; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster “Pocketful of Miracles” from Pocketful of Miracles – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn “Town Without Pity” from Town Without Pity – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington |
Best Sound: West Side Story – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes (WINNERS) The Children’s Hour – Gordon E. Sawyer Flower Drum Song – Waldon O. Watson The Guns of Navarone – John Cox The Parent Trap – Robert O. Cook |
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: The Hustler – Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan (WINNERS) The Absent-Minded Professor – Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman The Children’s Hour – Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle La Dolce Vita – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Piero Gherardi Judgment at Nuremberg – Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo |
Best Art Direction, Color: West Side Story – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin (WINNER) Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer El Cid – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Veniero Colasanti and John Moore Flower Drum Song – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol Summer and Smoke – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: The Hustler – Eugen Schüfftan (WINNER) The Absent-Minded Professor – Edward Colman The Children’s Hour – Franz Planer Judgment at Nuremberg – Ernest Laszlo One, Two, Three – Daniel L. Fapp |
Best Cinematography, Color: West Side Story – Daniel L. Fapp (WINNER) Fanny – Jack Cardiff Flower Drum Song – Russell Metty A Majority of One – Harry Stradling One-Eyed Jacks – Charles Lang |
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: La Dolce Vita – Piero Gherardi (WINNER) The Children’s Hour – Dorothy Jeakins Claudelle Inglish – Howard Shoup Judgment at Nuremberg – Jean Louis Yojimbo – Yoshiro Muraki |
Best Costume Design, Color: West Side Story – Irene Sharaff (WINNER) Babes in Toyland – Bill Thomas Back Street – Jean Louis Flower Drum Song – Irene Sharaff Pocketful of Miracles – Edith Head and Walter Plunkett |
Best Film Editing: West Side Story – Thomas Stanford (WINNER) Fanny – William H. Reynolds The Guns of Navarone – Alan Osbiston Judgment at Nuremberg – Frederic Knudtson The Parent Trap – Philip W. Anderson |
Best Special Effects: The Guns of Navarone – Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham (WINNER) The Absent-Minded Professor – Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett |
Academy Honorary Awards: William L. Hendricks “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. Fred L. Metzler “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.” |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Stanley Kramer |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: George Seaton |
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