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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 :

Spencer TracyJudgment at Nuremberg
Paul NewmanThe Hustler


Performance by an actress in a leading role

Sophia LorenLa ciociara 

Nomination :

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


Best Supporting Actor

George ChakirisWest Side Story

Nomination :

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


Best Supporting Actress

Rita MorenoWest Side Story

Nomination :

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


Achievement in cinematic direction

Jerome RobbinsWest Side Story

Robert WiseWest Side Story

Nomination :

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


Writing Original Screenplay

William IngeSplendor in the Grass

Nomination :

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


Best Cinematography

Daniel L. FappWest Side Story

Eugen Schüfftan/Eugen Schufftan/Eugene SchuftanThe Hustler

Nomination :

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


Best Original Song

Johnny MercerBreakfast at Tiffany's

Henry ManciniBreakfast at Tiffany's

Nomination :

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


Original Dramatic Score

Henry ManciniBreakfast at Tiffany's

Nomination :

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


Original Musical Or Comedy Score

Saul ChaplinWest Side Story

Irwin KostalWest Side Story

Johnny GreenWest 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 :

John CoxThe Guns of Navarone
Gordon SawyerThe Children's Hour


Best Production Design

Victor A. GangelinWest Side Story

Boris LevenWest Side Story

Nomination :

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


Costume Design

Irene SharaffWest Side Story

Nomination :

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


Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Harry HornerThe Hustler

Gene CallahanThe Hustler

Nomination :

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


Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Piero GherardiThe Sweet Life

Nomination :

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


Writing Adapted Screenplay

Abby MannJudgment at Nuremberg

Nomination :

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


Film Editing

Thomas StanfordWest Side Story

Nomination :

The Guns of Navarone
Frederic KnudtsonJudgment at Nuremberg


Best Foreign Language Film

Through a Glass Darkly[米]

Nomination :

The Important Man
Eien no hito
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