34th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1962)
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- Date of Ceremony: Monday, April 9, 1962
- For films released in: 1961
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 34th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture
- Fanny
Joshua Logan [Producer] - The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman [Producer] - The Hustler
Robert Rossen [Producer] - Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer [Producer] - West Side Story
Robert Wise [Producer]
Best Directing
- The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson - The Hustler
Robert Rossen - Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer - La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini - West Side Story
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Best Actor
- Fanny
Charles Boyer - The Hustler
Paul Newman - Judgment at Nuremberg
Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy - The Mark
Stuart Whitman
Best Actress
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn - The Hustler
Piper Laurie - Splendor in the Grass
Natalie Wood - Summer and Smoke
Geraldine Page - Two Women
Sophia Loren
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Hustler
Jackie Gleason - The Hustler
George C. Scott - Judgment at Nuremberg
Montgomery Clift - Pocketful of Miracles
Peter Falk - West Side Story
George Chakiris
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Children's Hour
Fay Bainter - Judgment at Nuremberg
Judy Garland - The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Lotte Lenya - Summer and Smoke
Una Merkel - West Side Story
Rita Moreno
Best Foreign Language Film
- Harry and the Butler
- Immortal Love
- The Important Man
- Placido
- Through a Glass Darkly
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- The Absent Minded Professor
Carroll Clark [Art Direction], Emile Kuri [Set Decoration] and Hal Gausman [Set Decoration] - The Children's Hour
Fernando Carrere [Art Direction] and Edward G. Boyle [Set Decoration] - The Hustler
Harry Horner [Art Direction] and Gene Callahan [Set Decoration] - Judgment at Nuremberg
Rudolph Sternad [Art Direction] and George Milo [Set Decoration] - La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi
Best Art Direction (Color)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
Hal Pereira [Art Direction], Roland Anderson [Art Direction], Sam Comer [Set Decoration] and Ray Moyer [Set Decoration] - El Cid
Veniero Colasanti [Art Direction] and John Moore [Art Direction] - El Cid
Veniero Colasanti [Art Direction] and John Moore [Art Direction] - Flower Drum Song
Alexander Golitzen [Art Direction], Joseph Wright [Art Direction] and Howard Bristol [Set Decoration] - Summer and Smoke
Hal Pereira [Art Direction], Walter Tyler [Art Direction], Sam Comer [Set Decoration] and Arthur Krams [Set Decoration] - West Side Story
Boris Leven [Art Direction] and Victor A. Gangelin [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- The Absent Minded Professor
Edward Colman - The Children's Hour
Franz F. Planer - The Hustler
Eugen Shuftan - Judgment at Nuremberg
Ernest Laszlo - One, Two, Three
Daniel L. Fapp
Best Cinematography (Color)
- Fanny
Jack Cardiff - Flower Drum Song
Russell Metty - A Majority of One
Harry Stradling Sr. - One-Eyed Jacks
Charles B. Lang Jr. - West Side Story
Daniel L. Fapp
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- The Children's Hour
Dorothy Jeakins - Claudelle Inglish
Howard Shoup - Judgment at Nuremberg
Jean Louis - La Dolce Vita
Piero Gherardi - Yojimbo
Yoshiro Muraki
Best Costume Design (Color)
- Babes in Toyland
Bill Thomas - Back Street
Jean Louis - Flower Drum Song
Irene Sharaff - Pocketful of Miracles
Edith Head and Walter Plunkett - West Side Story
Irene Sharaff
Best Documentary (Feature)
- La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce and Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade - Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)
Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Breaking the Language Barrier
United States Air Force - Cradle of Genius
Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes - Kahl
Dido-Film-GmbH - L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)
Benedetto Benedetti - Project Hope
Frank P. Bibas
Best Film Editing
- Fanny
William H. Reynolds - The Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston - Judgment at Nuremberg
Frederic Knudtson - The Parent Trap
Philip W. Anderson - West Side Story
Thomas Stanford
Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini - El Cid
Miklos Rozsa - Fanny
Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman - The Guns of Navarone
Dimitri Tiomkin - Summer and Smoke
Elmer Bernstein
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Babes in Toyland
George Bruns - Flower Drum Song
Alfred Newman and Ken Darby - Khovanshchina
Dimitri Shostakovich - Paris Blues
Duke Ellington - West Side Story
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sam Ramin and Irwin Kostal
Best Music (Song)
- Bachelor in Paradise "Bachelor in Paradise"
Henry Mancini [Music by] and Mack David [Lyrics by] - Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River"
Henry Mancini [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by] - El Cid "Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon and The Dove)"
Miklos Rozsa [Music by] and Paul Francis Webster [Lyrics by] - Pocketful of Miracles "Pocketful of Miracles"
James Van Heusen [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by] - Town without Pity "Town without Pity"
Dimitri Tiomkin [Music by] and Ned Washington [Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Aquamania
Walt Disney - Beep Prepared
Chuck Jones - Ersatz (The Substitute)
Zagreb Film - Nelly's Folly
Chuck Jones - The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Friz Freleng
Best Short Subject (Live Action)
- Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)
Ciné-Documents - The Face of Jesus
Dr. John D. Jennings - Rooftops of New York
Robert Gaffney - Seawards the Great Ships
Templar Film Studios - Very Nice, Very Nice
National Film Board of Canada
Best Sound
- The Children's Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Gordon E. Sawyer [Sound Director] - Flower Drum Song
Revue Studio Sound Department and Waldon O. Watson [Sound Director] - The Guns of Navarone
Shepperton Studio Sound Department and John Cox [Sound Director] - The Parent Trap
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department and Robert O. Cook [Sound Director] - West Side Story
Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes [Sound Director], Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Gordon E. Sawyer [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- The Absent Minded Professor
Robert A. Mattey [Visual Effects by] and Eustace Lycett [Visual Effects by] - The Guns of Navarone
Bill Warrington [Visual Effects by] and Vivian C. Greenham [Audible Effects by]
Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
George Axelrod - The Guns of Navarone
Carl Foreman - The Hustler
Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen - Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann - West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay - written directly for the screen)
- Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai - General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli - La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi - Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning - Splendor in the Grass
William Inge