The Complete Oscar Quest: 34th Academy Awards (1961)
1961
Best Picture
- Fanny
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- West Side Story
Best Director
- Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita
- Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nurembeg
- Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise, West Side Story
- Robert Rossen, The Hustler
- J. Lee Thompson, The Guns of Navarone
Best Actor
- Charles Boyer, Fanny
- Paul Newman, The Hustler
- Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
- Spencer Tracy, Judgment at Nuremberg
- Stuart Whitman, The Mark
Best Actress
- Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Piper Laurie, The Hustler
- Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
- Sophia Loren, Two Women
- Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass
Best 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
Best Supporting Actress
- Fay Bainter, The Children’s Hour
- Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg
- Lotte Lenya, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Rita Moreno, West Side Story
- Una Merkel, Summer and Smoke
Best Original Screenplay
- Ballad of a Soldier
- La Dolce Vita
- Il General della Rovere
- Lover Come Back
- Splendor in the Grass
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- West Side Story
Best Editing
- Fanny
- The Guns of Navarone
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- The Parent Trap
- West Side Story
Best Cinematography, Black and White
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- The Children’s Hour
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- One, Two, Three
Best Cinematography, Color
- Fanny
- Flower Drum Song
- A Majority of One
- One-Eyed Jacks
- West Side Story
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- El Cid
- Fanny
- The Guns of Navarone
- Summer and Smoke
Best Musical Score
- Babes in Toyland
- Flower Drum Song
- Khovanschina
- Paris Blues
- West Side Story
Best Original Song
- “Bachelor in Paradise,” from Bachelor in Paradise
- “Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove),” from El Cid
- “Moon River,” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- “Pocketful of Miracles,” from Pocketful of Miracles
- “Town Without Pity,” from Town Without Pity
Best Art Direction, Black and White
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- The Children’s Hour
- La Dolce Vita
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Art Direction, Color
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- El Cid
- Flower Drum Song
- Summer and Smoke
- West Side Story
Best Costume Design, Black and White
- The Children’s Hour
- Claudelle Inglish
- La Dolce Vita
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Yojimbo
Best Costume Design, Color
- Babes in Toyland
- Back Street
- Flower Drum Song
- Pocketful of Miracles
- West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- The Guns of Navarone
Best Sound Recording
- The Children’s Hour
- Flower Drum Song
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Parent Trap
- West Side Story
Best Foreign Language Film
- Harry and the Butler
- Immortal Love
- The Important Man
- Placido
- Through a Glass Darkly
Best Documentary
- The Grand Olympics
- Six Above and Mud Beneath
Best Documentary Short
- Breaking the Language Barrier
- Cradle of Genius
- Kahl
- The Man in Gray
- Project Hope
Best Live-Action Short
- The Face of Jesus
- Play Ball!
- Rooftops of New York
- Seawards the Great Ships
- Very Nice, Very Nice
Best Animated Short
- Aquamania
- Beep Prepared
- Ersatz (The Substitute)
- Nelly’s Folly
- Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Total List of Films Nominated:
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- Babes in Toyland
- Bachelor in Paradise
- Back Street
- Ballad of a Soldier
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- The Children’s Hour
- Claudelle Inglish
- El Cid
- Fanny
- Flower Dum Song
- Il General della Rovere
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Hustler
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Khovanshchina
- La Dolce Vita
- Lover Come Back
- A Majority of One
- The Mark
- One-Eyed Jacks
- One, Two, Three
- The Parent Trap
- Paris Blues
- Pocketful of Miracles
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Splendor in the Grass
- Summer and Smoke
- Town Without Pity
- Two Women
- West Side Story
- Yojimbo
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