Academy Award 1962 (april 9, 1962)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 34 of the event; awards assigned:

Migliore film

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Robert Wise

nominations for the movie :

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
Carl Foreman

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Stanley Kramer

the hustler
Assigned to
Robert Rossen

Fanny
Assigned to
Joshua Logan

Best Foreign Language Film

for the movie såsom i en spegel

nominations for the movie :

the important man

eien no hito (immortal love)

harry and the butler

plácido

Best director

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

nominations for the movie :

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
J. Lee Thompson

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Stanley Kramer

La dolce vita
Assigned to
Federico Fellini

the hustler
Assigned to
Robert Rossen

Best original screenplay

for the movie splendor in the grass
Assigned to
William Inge

nominations for the movie :

il generale della rovere
Assigned to
Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli, Sergio Amidei

La dolce vita
Assigned to
Ennio Flajano, Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini, Brunello Rondi

ballad of a soldier
Assigned to
Grigoriy Chukhray, Valentin Yoshov

lover come back
Assigned to
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning

Best non-original screenplay

for the movie judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Abby Mann

nominations for the movie :

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Assigned to
George Axelrod

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
Carl Foreman

West Side Story
Assigned to
Ernest Lehman

the hustler
Assigned to
Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen

best actor

for the movie judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Spencer Tracy, Maximilian Schell

nominations for the movie :

the hustler
Assigned to
Paul Newman

Fanny
Assigned to
Charles Boyer

the mark
Assigned to
Stuart Whitman

best actress

for the movie two women
Assigned to
Sophia Loren

nominations for the movie :

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Assigned to
Audrey Hepburn

splendor in the grass
Assigned to
Natalie Wood

the hustler
Assigned to
Piper Laurie

summer and smoke
Assigned to
Geraldine Page

best supporting actor

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
George Chakiris

nominations for the movie :

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Montgomery Clift

the hustler
Assigned to
Jackie Gleason, George C.scott

pocketful of miracles
Assigned to
Peter Falk

best supporting actress

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Rita Moreno

nominations for the movie :

poster del film the roman spring of mistress stone

the roman spring of mistress stone
Assigned to
Lotte Lenya

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Judy Garland

The Children's Hour
Assigned to
Fay Bainter

summer and smoke
Assigned to
Una Merkel

best color photography

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Daniel L.fapp

nominations for the movie :

A Majority of One
Assigned to
Harry Stradling sr.

Fanny
Assigned to
Jack Cardiff

flower drum song
Assigned to
Russell Metty

one eyed jack
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

best black and white photography

for the movie the hustler
Assigned to
Eugen Schüfftan

nominations for the movie :

the absent minded professor
Assigned to
Edward Colman

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Ernest Laszlo

The Children's Hour
Assigned to
Franz Planer

one, two, three
Assigned to
Daniel L.fapp

best score for comedy or musical film

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, Sid Ramin, Saul Chaplin

nominations for the movie :

paris blues
Assigned to
Duke Ellington

flower drum song
Assigned to
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

babes in toyland
Assigned to
George Bruns

Khovanschina
Assigned to
Dimitri Shostakovic

best score for drama

for the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's
Assigned to
Henry Mancini

nominations for the movie :

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

el cid
Assigned to
Miklos Rozsa

Fanny

summer and smoke
Assigned to
Elmer Bernstein

best editing

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Thomas Stanford

nominations for the movie :

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
Alan Osbiston

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Frederic Knudtson

the parent trap
Assigned to
Philip W.anderson

Fanny
Assigned to
William H.reynolds

best costumes for color films

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

nominations for the movie :

pocketful of miracles
Assigned to
Edith Head, Walter Plunkett

flower drum song
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

babes in toyland
Assigned to
Bill Thomas

back street
Assigned to
Jean-Louis

best black and white movie costumes

for the movie La dolce vita
Assigned to
Piero Gherardi

nominations for the movie :

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
Jean-Louis

The Children's Hour
Assigned to
Dorothy Jeakins

claudelle inglish
Assigned to
Howard Shoup

Yôjinbô
Assigned to
Yoshiro Muraki

Best production design for color movie

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Victor A.gangelin, Boris Leven

nominations for the movie :

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Assigned to
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer

el cid
Assigned to
Veniero Colasanti, John Moore

summer and smoke
Assigned to
Sam Comer, Hal Pereira, Arthur Krams, Walter H. tyler

flower drum song
Assigned to
Howard Bristol, Alexander Golitzen, Joseph C. Wright

Best production design for black and white movie

for the movie the hustler
Assigned to
Gene Callahan, Harry Horner

nominations for the movie :

the absent minded professor
Assigned to
Hal Gausman, Emile Kuri, Carroll Clark

judgement at neuremberg
Assigned to
George Milo, Rudolph Sternad

La dolce vita
Assigned to
Piero Gherardi

The Children's Hour
Assigned to
Fernando Carrere, Edward G. Boyle

Best sound

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer, Fred Hynes

nominations for the movie :

The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
John Cox

The Children's Hour
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer

the parent trap
Assigned to
Robert O.cooke

flower drum song
Assigned to
Waldon O.watson

best special effects

for the movie The Guns of Navarone
Assigned to
Bill Warrington, Vivian C.greenham

nominations for the movie :

the absent minded professor
Assigned to
Robert A.mattey, Eustace Lycett

best song

for the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's
Assigned to
Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

nominations for the movie :

town without pity
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington

pocketful of miracles
Assigned to
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

el cid
Assigned to
Paul Francis Webster, Miklos Rozsa

bachelor in paradise
Assigned to
Henry Mancini, Mack David

Special Award

for the movie West Side Story
Assigned to
Jerome Robbins

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Academy Award 1962 (april 9, 1962)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 34 of the event; awards assigned: