34th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1962 took place on 9 April 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica instead. It was the 34th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1961.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial 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
West Side Story - Robert Wise
Best Director
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins - West Side Story
Best Actor
Maximilian Schell - Judgment at Nuremberg ( Judgement at Nuremberg )
Best Actress
Sophia Loren - And yet they live (La Ciociaria )
Best Supporting Actor
George Chakiris - West Side Story
Best Supporting Actress
Rita Moreno - West Side Story
Best Adapted Screenplay
Judgment at Nuremberg ( Judgement at Nuremberg ) - Abby Mann
Best Original Screenplay
Splendor in the Grass ( Splendor in the Grass) - William Inge
Best Cinematography (black & white )
The Hustler ( The Hustler ) - Eugen Schüfftan
Best Cinematography ( color film )
West Side Story - Daniel L. Fapp
Best Art Direction (black & white )
The Hustler ( The Hustler ) - Harry Horner, Gene Callahan
Best Art Direction (Color film )
West Side Story - Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin
Best Costume Design (black & white )
The Sweet Life ( La Dolce Vita ) - Piero Gherardi
Best Costume Design (Color film )
West Side Story - Irene Sharaff
Best Editing
West Side Story - Thomas Stanford
Best Sound
West Side Story - Fred Hynes ( Todd - AO SSD), Gordon Sawyer ( Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Best Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone ( The Guns of Navarone ) - Bill Warrington, Chris Greenham
Best Music ( drama / comedy)
Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Breakfast at Tiffany's ) - Henry Mancini
Best Music ( Music Film )
West Side Story - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Best Song
" Moon River " from Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Breakfast at Tiffany's ) - Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Best Short Film
Seawards the Great Ships - Templar Film Studios
Best Cartoon
The replacement ( surogat ) - Zagreb Film
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Project Hope - Frank P. Bibas
Best Documentary
Only sky and dirt (Le ciel et la boue ) - Arthur Cohn, René Lafuite
Best Foreign Language Film
Through a Glass Darkly ( Sasom i en spegel ) by Ingmar Bergman - Sweden