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1960
1962
Awards & Top Films
1961
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1961 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1961
1
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A Majority Of One
No award data
2
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Town Without Pity
No award data
3
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Judgment at Nuremberg
No award data
4
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Pocketful of Miracles
No award data
5
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The Guns Of Navarone
No award data
6
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Splendor in the Grass
No award data
7
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Summer and Smoke
No award data
8
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Come September
No award data
9
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Tall Story
No award data
10
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The Mark
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
West Side Story
Producer:
Robert Wise
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
A Taste of Honey
NBR
BAFTA
Ballad of a Soldier
BAFTA
Judgment at Nuremberg
Producer:
Stanley Kramer
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
The Sundowners
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Fanny
Producer:
Joshua Logan
Oscar
NBR
The Hustler
Producer:
Robert Rossen
Oscar
NBR
The Innocents
NBR
BAFTA
Whistle Down the Wind
NBR
BAFTA
Apur Sansar
BAFTA
Hoodlum Priest
NBR
One, Two, Three
NBR
Question 7
NBR
Rocco and His Brothers
BAFTA
Summer and Smoke
NBR
The Guns Of Navarone
Producer:
Carl Foreman
Oscar
The Hole
BAFTA
The Long and the Short and the Tall
BAFTA
The Young Doctors
NBR
International Feature
The Bridge
NBR
Animated Feature
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
BAFTA
For Better...For Worse
BAFTA
The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
Stanley Kramer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Jack Clayton
The Innocents
NBR
DGA
Robert Wise
and
Jerome Robbins
West Side Story
Oscar
Globe
Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann
Oscar
West Side Story
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Oscar
The Hustler
Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Oscar
Sky Above
and
Mud Beneath
Arthur Cohn and René Lafuite
Oscar
Two
,
One
, and
Three
Daniel L. Fapp
Oscar
The Hustler
Eugen Schüfftan
Oscar
Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas
Oscar
West Side Story
Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes
Oscar
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini
Oscar
The Guns of Navarone
John Cox
Oscar
Fanny
Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman
Oscar
"Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer
Oscar
La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Oscar
Flower Drum Song
Russell Metty
Oscar
West Side Story
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
Oscar
Seawards the Great Ships
Templar Film Studios
Oscar
West Side Story
Thomas Stanford
Oscar
Sophia Loren
Two Women
Oscar
Robert Wise
and
Jerome Robbins
West Side Story
DGA
Splendor in the Grass
William Inge
Oscar
Surogat
Zagreb Film
Oscar
William Wyler
and
Fay Bainter
The Children's Hour
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Anthony Mann
El Cid
Globe
DGA
Charles Boyer
and
Joshua Logan
Fanny
Oscar
DGA
Peter Falk
and
Frank Capra
Pocketful of Miracles
Oscar
DGA
Natalie Wood
and
Elia Kazan
Splendor in the Grass
Oscar
DGA
Geraldine Page
and
Peter Glenville
Summer and Smoke
Oscar
DGA
J. Lee Thompson
The Guns Of Navarone
Oscar
Globe
Mervyn LeRoy
A Majority Of One
DGA
Daniel Petrie
A Raisin in the Sun
DGA
The Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston
Oscar
Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman and Ken Darby
Oscar
La Dolce Vita
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Piero Gherardi
Oscar
El Cid
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Veniero Colasanti and John Moore
Oscar
Flower Drum Song
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Oscar
The Absent-Minded Professor
Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman
Oscar
The Children's Hour
Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Oscar
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer
Oscar
Summer
and
Smoke
Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams
Oscar
Judgment at Nuremberg
Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
Oscar
The Man in Gray
Benedetto Benedetti
Oscar
Babes in Toyland
Bill Thomas
Oscar
Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Oscar
The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman
Oscar
One-Eyed Jacks
Charles Lang
Oscar
Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones
Oscar
Play Ball!
Ciné-Documents
Oscar
The Grand Olympics
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Oscar
Kahl
Dido-Film-GmbH
Oscar
The Guns of Navarone
Dimitri Tiomkin
Oscar
Khovanshchina
Dmitri Shostakovich
Oscar
The Children's Hour
Dorothy Jeakins
Oscar
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington
Oscar
Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head and Walter Plunkett
Oscar
The Absent-Minded Professor
Edward Colman
Oscar
Summer
and
Smoke
Elmer Bernstein
Oscar
Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Laszlo
Oscar
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Oscar
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi
Oscar
Henry Koster
Flower Drum Song
DGA
The Children's Hour
Franz Planer
Oscar
Judgment at Nuremberg
Frederic Knudtson
Oscar
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng
Oscar
Breakfast at Tiffany's
George Axelrod
Oscar
Babes in Toyland
George Bruns
Oscar
The Children's Hour
Gordon E. Sawyer
Oscar
Philip Leacock
Hand In Hand
DGA
A Majority of One
Harry Stradling
Oscar
Claudelle Inglish
Howard Shoup
Oscar
West Side Story
Irene Sharaff
Oscar
Fanny
Jack Cardiff
Oscar
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jean Louis
Oscar
Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes
Oscar
The Face of Jesus
John D. Jennings
Oscar
Federico Fellini
La Dolce Vita
Oscar
El Cid
Miklós Rózsa
Oscar
"Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
Oscar
"Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise
Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Mack David
Oscar
"Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn
Oscar
"Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon
and
the Dove)" from El Cid
Music by Miklós Rózsa; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster
Oscar
Very Nice
National Film Board of Canada
Oscar
Marlon Brando
One-Eyed Jacks
DGA
The Parent Trap
Philip W. Anderson
Oscar
Rooftops of New York
Robert Gaffney
Oscar
The Parent Trap
Robert O. Cook
Oscar
The Hustler
Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll
Oscar
Peter Ustinov
Romanoff and Juliet
DGA
General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli
Oscar
Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning
Oscar
Robert Stevenson
The Absent-Minded Professor
DGA
Robert Mulligan
The Great Impostor
DGA
Robert Rossen
The Hustler
Oscar
Stuart Whitman
The Mark
Oscar
John Huston
The Misfits
DGA
Lotte Lenya
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Oscar
Breaking the Language Barrier
United States Air Force
Oscar
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yezhov and Grigori Chukhrai
Oscar
Flower Drum Song
Waldon O. Watson
Oscar
Aquamania
Walt Disney
Oscar
Fanny
William H. Reynolds
Oscar
Yojimbo
Yoshirō Muraki
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg
Globe
Albert Finney
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
NBR
Sidney Poitier
A Raisin in the Sun
Globe
Maurice Chevalier
Fanny
Globe
Warren Beatty
Splendor in the Grass
Globe
Paul Newman
The Hustler
Globe
Actress in a Leading Role
Geraldine Page
Summer and Smoke
NBR
Actor in a Supporting Role
Jackie Gleason
The Hustler
NBR
Actress in a Supporting Role
Ruby Dee
A Raisin in the Sun
NBR
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
George Axelrod
Breakfast at Tiffany's
WGA
William Inge
Splendor in the Grass
Oscar
Robert Rossen
and
Sidney Carroll
The Hustler
WGA
Ernest Lehman
West Side Story
WGA
Leonard Spigelgass
A Majority Of One
WGA
Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun
WGA
Ward Kimball
and
Lowell S. Hawley
Babes in Toyland
WGA
Grigory Chukhray
and
Valentin Yezhov
Ballad Of A Soldier
Oscar
Hal Kanter
Blue Hawaii
WGA
Julius J. Epstein
Fanny
WGA
Joseph Fields
Flower Drum Song
WGA
Sergio Amidei
,
Diego Fabbi
, and
Indro Montanelli
General Della Rovere
Oscar
Abby Mann
Judgment at Nuremberg
WGA
Federico Fellini
,
Tullio Pinelli
,
Ennio Flaiano
, and
Brunello Rondi
La Dolce Vita
Oscar
Stanley Shapiro
and
Paul Henning
Lover Come Back
Oscar
Billy Wilder
and
I.A.L. Diamond
One, Two, Three
WGA
Noel Langley
and
Elwood Ullman
Snow White and the Three Stooges
WGA
Bill Walsh
The Absent Minded Professor
WGA
Truman Capote
and
William Archibald
The Innocents
WGA
David Swift
The Parent Trap
WGA
Screenplay (Adapted)
George Axelrod
Breakfast at Tiffany's
WGA
Robert Rossen
and
Sidney Carroll
The Hustler
WGA
Ernest Lehman
West Side Story
WGA
Leonard Spigelgass
A Majority Of One
WGA
Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun
WGA
Ward Kimball
and
Lowell S. Hawley
Babes in Toyland
WGA
Hal Kanter
Blue Hawaii
WGA
Julius J. Epstein
Fanny
WGA
Joseph Fields
Flower Drum Song
WGA
Abby Mann
Judgment at Nuremberg
WGA
Billy Wilder
and
I.A.L. Diamond
One, Two, Three
WGA
Noel Langley
and
Elwood Ullman
Snow White and the Three Stooges
WGA
Bill Walsh
The Absent Minded Professor
WGA
Truman Capote
and
William Archibald
The Innocents
WGA
David Swift
The Parent Trap
WGA
Visual
Effects
Visual Effects by Bill Warrington
and
Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
The Guns Of Navarone
Oscar
[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148869.html List of winners] at Infoplease
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Oscar
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348518/ The 34th Annual Academy Awards] at IMDb
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348518/ The 34th Annual Academy Awards] at IMDb
Oscar
13th Primetime Emmy Awards
13th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
14th Primetime Emmy Awards
14th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
15th British Academy Film Awards
15th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
16th Tony Awards
16th Tony Awards
Oscar
19th Golden Globe Awards
19th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
4th Grammy Awards
4th Grammy Awards
Oscar
Andy Williams
Andy Williams
Oscar
Angie Dickinson and Rod Taylor
Angie Dickinson and Rod Taylor
Oscar
Ann-Margret ("Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise)
Ann-Margret ("Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise)
Oscar
Anthony Franciosa and Joanne Woodward
Anthony Franciosa and Joanne Woodward
Oscar
Arthur Freed (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Stanley Kramer)
Arthur Freed (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Stanley Kramer)
Oscar
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Oscar
Carroll Baker and Richard Chamberlain
Carroll Baker and Richard Chamberlain
Oscar
Charles Brackett (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to George Seaton)
Charles Brackett (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to George Seaton)
Oscar
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Oscar
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
Oscar
Eddie Albert and Dina Merrill
Eddie Albert and Dina Merrill
Oscar
Eric Johnston
Eric Johnston
Oscar
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Oscar
Gene Kelly (Presenter: Honorary Award to Jerome Robbins)
Gene Kelly (Presenter: Honorary Award to Jerome Robbins)
Oscar
Gene Pitney ("Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity)
Gene Pitney ("Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity)
Oscar
George Chakiris and Carolyn Jones
George Chakiris and Carolyn Jones
Oscar
George Hamilton and Glynis Johns
George Hamilton and Glynis Johns
Oscar
George Seaton
George Seaton
Oscar
Gogi Grant ("Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles)
Gogi Grant ("Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles)
Oscar
Greer Garson (Presenter: Honorary Award to William L. Hendricks
Greer Garson (Presenter: Honorary Award to William L. Hendricks
Oscar
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick
Oscar
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Oscar
Johnny Mathis ("Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid)
Johnny Mathis ("Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid)
Oscar
Macdonald Carey and Shirley Knight
Macdonald Carey and Shirley Knight
Oscar
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
Oscar
Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell
Oscar
Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones
Oscar
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Oscar
Eustace Lycett
and
Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey
The Absent-Minded Professor
Oscar
Vince Edwards and Shelley Winters
Vince Edwards and Shelley Winters
Oscar
Wendell Corey (Presenter: Honorary Award to Fred L. Metzler)
Wendell Corey (Presenter: Honorary Award to Fred L. Metzler)
Oscar
Sound & Music
Original Score
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Guns Of Navarone
Globe
Miklos Rozsa
El Cid
Globe
Harold Rome
Fanny
Globe
Miklos Rozsa
King Of Kings
Globe
Elmer Bernstein
Summer and Smoke
Globe
Original Song
Unknown Song
Town Without Pity
Music & lyrics:
Ned Washington
and
Dimitri Tiomkin
Globe