33rd Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1961 took place on 17 April 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica instead. It was the 33rd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1960.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Juvenile Award
- 3.3 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- 3.4 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.5 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Bob Hope led a moderator by the Oscar ceremony.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
The apartment ( The Apartment ) - Billy Wilder
Best Director
Billy Wilder - The Apartment (The Apartment)
Best Actor
Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
Best Actress
Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8 ( Butterfield 8)
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Ustinov - Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress
Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry
Best Adapted Screenplay
Elmer Gantry - Richard Brooks
Best Original Screenplay
The apartment ( The Apartment ) - Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond
Best Cinematography (black & white )
Sons and Lovers ( Sons and Lovers ) - Freddie Francis
Best Cinematography ( color film )
Spartacus - Russell Metty
Best Art Direction (black & white )
The apartment ( The Apartment ) - Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle
Best Art Direction (Color film )
Spartacus - Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
Best Costume Design (black & white )
So an affair ( The Facts of Life ) - Edith Head, Edward Stevenson
Best Costume Design (Color film )
Spartacus - Arlington Valles, Bill Thomas
Best Editing
The apartment ( The Apartment ) - Daniel Mandell
Best Sound
Alamo ( The Alamo ) - Gordon Sawyer ( Samuel Goldwyn SSD), Fred Hynes ( Todd - AO SSD)
Best Special Effects
The Time Machine ( The Time Machine ) - Gene Warren, Tim Baar
Best Music ( drama / comedy)
Exodus - Ernest Gold
Best Music ( Music Film )
Only few are chosen (Song Without End ) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
Best Song
"Ta Tou Paidia Piraia " from Sunday ... never! ( Pote tin Kyriaki ) - Manos Hadjidakis
Best Short Film
Day of the Painter - Ezra R. Baker
Best Cartoon
Munro - William L. Snyder
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Giuseppina - James Hill
Best Documentary
The Horse with the Flying Tail - Larry Lansburgh
Best Foreign Language Film
The Virgin Spring ( Jungfrukällan ) by Ingmar Bergman - Sweden