Academy Awards®
Awards for 1961


Picture
Joshua Logan - Producer, FANNY
Carl Foreman - Producer, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Robert Rossen - Producer, THE HUSTLER
Stanley Kramer - Producer, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
* Robert Wise - Producer, WEST SIDE STORY
Won 10 Awards.

Actor
Charles Boyer, FANNY
Paul Newman, THE HUSTLER
* Maximilian Schell, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Spencer Tracy, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Stuart Whitman, THE MARK

Actress
Audrey Hepburn, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Piper Laurie, THE HUSTLER
* Sophia Loren, TWO WOMEN
Geraldine Page, SUMMER AND SMOKE
Natalie Wood, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

Supporting Actor
* George Chakiris, WEST SIDE STORY
Montgomery Clift, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Peter Falk, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES
Jackie Gleason, THE HUSTLER
George C. Scott, THE HUSTLER

Supporting Actress
Fay Bainter, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Judy Garland, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Lotte Lenya, THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE
Una Merkel, SUMMER AND SMOKE
* Rita Moreno, WEST SIDE STORY


Director
Federico Fellini, LA DOLCE VITA
Stanley Kramer, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Robert Rossen, THE HUSTLER
J. Lee Thompson, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
* Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, WEST SIDE STORY

Writing - Story and Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai, BALLAD OF A SOLDIER
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli, GENERAL DELLA ROVERE
Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi, LA DOLCE VITA
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, LOVER COME BACK
* William Inge, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
George Axelrod, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Carl Foreman, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen, THE HUSTLER
* Abby Mann, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Ernest Lehman, WEST SIDE STORY

Foreign Film
HARRY AND THE BUTLER
(Denmark)
IMMORTAL LOVE
(Japan)
THE IMPORTANT MAN
(Mexico)
PLÁCIDO
(Spain)
* THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
(Sweden)

Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Roland Anderson - Art Direction, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Ray Moyer - Set Decoration, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Veniero Colasanti - Art Direction, John Moore - Set Decoration, EL CID
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, Joseph Wright - Art Direction, Howard Bristol - Set Decoration, FLOWER DRUM SONG
Hal Pereira - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Directin, Sam Comer - Set Decoration, Arthur Krams - Set Decoration, SUMMER AND SMOKE
* Boris Leven - Art Direction, Victor A. Gangelin - Set Decoration, WEST SIDE STORY

Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
Carroll Clark - Art Direction, Emile Kuri - Set Decoration, Hal Gausman - Set Decoration, THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR
Fernando Carrere - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
* Harry Horner - Art Direction, Gene Callahan - Set Decoration, THE HUSTLER
Rudolph Sternad - Art Direction, George Milo - Set Decoration, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Piero Gherardi - Art Direction, LA DOLCE VITA

Cinematography - Color
Jack Cardiff, FANNY
Russell Metty, FLOWER DRUM SONG
Harry Stradling, Sr., A MAJORITY OF ONE
Charles B. Lang, Jr., ONE-EYED JACKS
* Daniel L. Fapp, WEST SIDE STORY

Cinematography - Black & White
Edward Colman, THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR
Franz F. Planer, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
* Eugen Schüfftan, THE HUSTLER
Ernest Laszlo, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Daniel L. Fapp, ONE, TWO, THREE

Costume Design - Color
Bill Thomas, BABES IN TOYLAND
Jean Louis, BACK STREET
Irene Sharaff, FLOWER DRUM SONG
Edith Head, Walter Plunkett, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES
* Irene Sharaff, WEST SIDE STORY

Costume Design - Black & White
* Piero Gherardi, LA DOLCE VITA
Dorothy Jeakins, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Howard Shoup, CLAUDELLE INGLISH
Jean Louis, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Yoshiro Muraki, YOJIMBO

Documentary Feature
Cineriz (Italian), LA GRANDE OLIMPIADE
* Arthur Cohn - Producer, Rene Lafuite - Producer, THE SKY ABOVE, THE MUD BELOW

Documentary Short Subject
U.S. Air Force, BREAKING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER
Jim O'Connor - Producer, Tom Hayes - Producer, CRADLE OF GENIUS
AEG-Filmdienst (German), KAHL
Benedetto Benedetti - Producer, L'UOMO IN GRIGIO
* Frank P. Bibas - Producer, PROJECT HOPE

Film Editing
William H. Reynolds, FANNY
Alan Osbiston, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Frederic Knudtson, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Philip W. Anderson, THE PARENT TRAP
* Thomas Stanford, WEST SIDE STORY

Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
* Henry Mancini, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Miklos Rozsa, EL CID
Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman, FANNY
Dimitri Tiomkin, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Elmer Bernstein, SUMMER AND SMOKE

Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
George Bruns, BABES IN TOYLAND
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, FLOWER DRUM SONG
Dmitri Shostakovich, KHOVANSHCHINA
Duke Ellington, PARIS BLUES
* Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal, WEST SIDE STORY

Song
Henry Mancini - Music, Mack David - Lyrics, BACHELOR IN PARADISE
"Bachelor in Paradise"
Miklos Rozsa - Music, Paul Francis Webster - Lyrics, EL CID
"Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)"
* Henry Mancini - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
"Moon River"
James Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES
"Pocketful of Miracles"
Dimitri Tiomkin - Music, Ned Washington - Lyrics, TOWN WITHOUT PITY
"Town Without Pity"

Animated Short
Walt Disney - Producer, AQUAMANIA
Chuck Jones - Producer, BEEP PREPARED
* Zagreb Film, Herts-Lion International Corp.
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Chuck Jones - Producer, NELLY'S FOLLY
Friz Freleng - Producer, PIED PIPER OF GUADALUPE

Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
Ciné-Documents, Kingsley International, BALLON VOLE
Dr. John D. Jennings - Producer, THE FACE OF JESUS
Robert Gaffney - Producer, ROOFTOPS OF NEW YORK
* Templar Film Studios, Schoenfeld Film, SEAWARDS THE GREAT SHIPS
National Film Board of Canada, Kingsley International, VERY NICE, VERY NICE

Sound
Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Waldon O. Watson (Revue Studio Sound Department), FLOWER DRUM SONG
John Cox (Shepperton Studio Sound Department), THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney Studio Sound Department), THE PARENT TRAP
* Fred Hynes (Todd-AO Sound Department), Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), WEST SIDE STORY

Special Effects
Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett - Visual Effects, THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR
* Bill Warrington - Visual Effects, Vivian C. Greenham - Audible Effects, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1961.

Class II (Plaque)
* Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
For the development of a hand held high-power photographic lighting unit known as the Sun Gun Professional.
* James Dale, S. Wilson, H.E. Rice, John Rude, Laurie Atkin, Wadsworth E. Pohl, H. Peasgood, Technicolor Corporation, For a process of automatic selective printing.
* 20th Century-Fox Research Department, E.I. Sponable, Herbert E. Bragg, Deluxe Laboratories Inc.
F.D. Leslie, R.D. Whitmore, A.A. Alden, Endel Pool, James B. Gordon, For a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspect ratios.

Class III (Citation)
* Hurletron Inc.-Electrical Eye Equipment Division, For an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers.
* Wadsworth E. Pohl, Technicolor Corporation, For an integrated sound and picture transfer process.

Honorary and Other Awards
* William L. Hendricks, A FORCE IN READINESS
For his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps films, A FORCE IN READINESS, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Fred L. Metzler, For his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Jerome Robbins, For his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Stanley Kramer,
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* George Seaton,