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Academy awards [1961 year (34 th)]


1961 year (34 th)


Best motion picture of the year

West Side Story

Nomination :

Judgment at Nuremberg
The Hustler
The Guns of Navarone


Performance by an actor in a leading role

Maximilian SchellJudgment at Nuremberg

Nomination :

Paul NewmanThe Hustler
Spencer TracyJudgment at Nuremberg


Performance by an actress in a leading role

Sophia LorenLa ciociara 

Nomination :

Audrey HepburnBreakfast at Tiffany's
Natalie WoodSplendor in the Grass
Geraldine PageSummer and Smoke
Piper LaurieThe Hustler


Best Supporting Actor

George ChakirisWest Side Story

Nomination :

Jackie GleasonThe Hustler
Montgomery CliftJudgment at Nuremberg
Peter FalkPocketful of Miracles
George C. ScottThe Hustler


Best Supporting Actress

Rita MorenoWest Side Story

Nomination :

Lotte Lenya/Lotte LenjaRoman Spring of Mrs Stone
Una MerkelSummer and Smoke
Fay BainterThe Children's Hour
Judy GarlandJudgment at Nuremberg


Achievement in cinematic direction

Robert WiseWest Side Story

Jerome RobbinsWest Side Story

Nomination :

Federico FelliniThe Sweet Life
Robert RossenThe Hustler
Stanley KramerJudgment at Nuremberg
J. Lee ThompsonThe Guns of Navarone


Writing Original Screenplay

William IngeSplendor in the Grass

Nomination :

Valentin Ezhov/Valentin YezhovBallad of a Soldier
Stanley ShapiroLover Come Back
Ennio FlaianoThe Sweet Life
Brunello RondiThe Sweet Life
Paul HenningLover Come Back
Tullio PinelliThe Sweet Life
Federico FelliniThe Sweet Life
Grigori ChukhraiBallad of a Soldier
Sergio AmideiIl Generale Della Rovere


Best Cinematography

Eugen Schüfftan/Eugen Schufftan/Eugene SchuftanThe Hustler

Daniel L. FappWest Side Story

Nomination :

Edward ColmanTHE ABSENT -MINDED PROFESSOR-
Daniel L. FappOne, Two, Three
Franz PlanerThe Children's Hour
Charles Lang/Charles Lang Jr./Charles B. Lang Jr./Charles B. LangOne-Eyed Jacks
Ernest LaszloJudgment at Nuremberg


Best Original Song

Johnny MercerBreakfast at Tiffany's

Henry ManciniBreakfast at Tiffany's

Nomination :

Sammy CahnPocketful of Miracles
Miklós Rózsa/Miklos RozsaEl Cid
Jimmy Van Heusen/James Van HeusenPocketful of Miracles


Original Dramatic Score

Henry ManciniBreakfast at Tiffany's

Nomination :

Elmer BernsteinSummer and Smoke
Dimitri TiomkinThe Guns of Navarone
Miklós Rózsa/Miklos RozsaEl Cid


Original Musical Or Comedy Score

Johnny GreenWest Side Story

Saul ChaplinWest Side Story

Irwin KostalWest Side Story

Nomination :

Babes in Toyland 


Visual Effects

Bill WarringtonThe Guns of Navarone

Nomination :

Robert A. MatteyTHE ABSENT -MINDED PROFESSOR-


Best Sound

Gordon SawyerWest Side Story

Fred HynesWest Side Story

Nomination :

Gordon SawyerThe Children's Hour
John CoxThe Guns of Navarone


Best Production Design

Boris LevenWest Side Story

Victor A. GangelinWest Side Story

Nomination :

Sam ComerBreakfast at Tiffany's
John MooreEl Cid
Hal PereiraBreakfast at Tiffany's
Ray MoyerBreakfast at Tiffany's
Roland AndersonBreakfast at Tiffany's
Sam ComerSummer and Smoke
Walter Tyler/Walter H. TylerSummer and Smoke
Hal PereiraSummer and Smoke


Costume Design

Irene SharaffWest Side Story

Nomination :

Edith HeadPocketful of Miracles
Walter PlunkettPocketful of Miracles
Bill Thomas/William ThomasBabes in Toyland 


Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Gene CallahanThe Hustler

Harry HornerThe Hustler

Nomination :

Rudolph SternadJudgment at Nuremberg
Fernando CarrereThe Children's Hour
Carroll ClarkTHE ABSENT -MINDED PROFESSOR-
Edward G. BoyleThe Children's Hour
Piero GherardiThe Sweet Life
Emile KuriTHE ABSENT -MINDED PROFESSOR-


Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Piero GherardiThe Sweet Life

Nomination :

Yoshiro MurakiYOJIMBO
Jean LouisJudgment at Nuremberg
Dorothy JeakinsThe Children's Hour


Writing Adapted Screenplay

Abby MannJudgment at Nuremberg

Nomination :

Carl ForemanThe Guns of Navarone
George AxelrodBreakfast at Tiffany's
Sidney CarrollThe Hustler
Ernest LehmanWest Side Story
Robert RossenThe Hustler


Film Editing

Thomas StanfordWest Side Story

Nomination :

Frederic KnudtsonJudgment at Nuremberg
The Guns of Navarone


Best Foreign Language Film

Through a Glass Darkly[米]

Nomination :

Eien no hito
The Important Man
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