Best Motion Picture

  • Fanny, Joshua Logan, producer
  • The Guns of Navarone, Carl Foreman, producer
  • The Hustler, Robert Rossen, producer
  • Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer, producer
  • West Side Story, Robert Wise, producer

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
  • Sophia Loren, Two Women
  • Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke
  • Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • George Chakiris, West Side Story
  • Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Peter Falk, Pocketful of Miracles
  • Jackie Gleason, The Hustler
  • George C. Scott, The Hustler

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • 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

Directing

  • Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita
  • Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Robert Rossen, The Hustler
  • J. Lee Thompson, The Guns of Navarone
  • Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story

Writing

  • Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium
    • George Axelrod, Breakfast at Tiffany's
    • Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen, The Hustler
    • Carl Foreman, The Guns of Navarone
    • Ernest Lehman, West Side Story
    • Abby Mann, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli, General Della Rovere
    • Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi, La Dolce Vita
    • William Inge, Splendor in the Grass
    • Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, Lover Come Back
    • Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai, Ballad of a Soldier

Cinematography

  • Black-and-White
    • Edward Colman, The Absent-Minded Professor
    • Daniel L. Fapp, One, Two, Three
    • Ernest Laszlo, Judgment at Nuremberg
    • Franz F. Planer, The Children's Hour
    • Eugen Shuftan, The Hustler
  • Color
    • Jack Cardiff, Fanny
    • Daniel L. Fapp, West Side Story
    • Charles Lang, Jr., One-Eyed Jacks
    • Russell Metty, Flower Drum Song
    • Harry Stradling, Sr., A Majority of One

Art Direction

  • Black-and-White
    • Fernando Carrere, art direction; Edward G. Boyle, set decoration, The Children's Hour
    • Carroll Clark, art direction; Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman, set decoration, The Absent-Minded Professor
    • Piero Gherardi, art direction and set decoration, La Dolce Vita
    • Harry Horner, art direction; Gene Callahan, set decoration, The Hustler
    • Rudolph Sternad, art direction; George Milo, set decoration, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Color
    • Veniero Colasanti and John Moore, art direction and set decoration, El Cid
    • Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright, art direction; Howard Bristol, set decoration, Flower Drum Song
    • Boris Leven, art direction; Victor Gangelin, set decoration, West Side Story
    • Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer, set decoration, Breakfast at Tiffany's
    • Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler, art direction; Sam Comer and Arthur Krams, set decoration, Summer and Smoke

Sound

    • Revue Studio Sound Dept., Waldon O. Watson, sound director, Flower Drum Song
    • Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director, The Children's Hour
    • Shepperton Studio Sound Dept., John Cox, sound director, The Guns of Navarone
    • Todd-AO Sound Dept., Fred Hynes, sound director and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Gordon E. Sawyer, sound director, West Side Story
    • Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Robert O. Cook, sound director, The Parent Trap

Music

  • Song
    • "Bachelor in Paradise", Bachelor in Paradise, Henry Mancini, music; Mack David, lyrics
    • "Love Theme From El Cid" (The Falcon and the Dove), El Cid, Miklos Rozsa, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
    • "Moon River", Breakfast at Tiffany's, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
    • "Pocketful of Miracles", Pocketful of Miracles, James Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
    • "Town Without Pity", Town Without Pity, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
  • Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
    • Elmer Bernstein, Summer and Smoke
    • Henry Mancini, Breakfast at Tiffany's
    • Miklos Rozsa, El Cid
    • Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman, Fanny
    • Dimitri Tiomkin, The Guns of Navarone
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture
    • George Bruns, Babes in Toyland
    • Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal, West Side Story
    • Duke Ellington, Paris Blues
    • Alfred Newman and Ken Darby, Flower Drum Song
    • Dimitri Shostakovich, Khovanshchina

Film Editing

  • Philip W. Anderson, The Parent Trap
  • Frederic Knudtson, Judgment at Nuremberg
  • Alan Osbiston, The Guns of Navarone
  • William H. Reynolds, Fanny
  • Thomas Stanford, West Side Story

Costume Design

  • Black-and-White
    • Piero Gherardi, La Dolce Vita
    • Dorothy Jeakins, The Children's Hour
    • Jean Louis, Judgment at Nuremberg
    • Yoshiro Muraki, Yojimbo
    • Howard Shoup, Claudelle Inglish
  • Color
    • Edith Head and Walter Plunkett, Pocketful of Miracles
    • Jean Louis, Back Street
    • Irene Sharaff, Flower Drum Song
    • Irene Sharaff, West Side Story
    • Bill Thomas, Babes in Toyland

Special Effects

    • Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett, visual, The Absent-Minded Professor
    • Bill Warrington, visual; Vivian C. Greenham, audible, The Guns of Navarone

Short Subjects

  • Cartoon
    • Aquamania (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
    • Beep Prepared (Roadrunner and Coyote Series) (Chuck Jones, producer; Warner Bros.)
    • Ersatz (The Substitute) (Zagreb Film; Herts-Lion International Corp.)
    • Nelly's Folly (Nelly the Giraffe Series) (Chuck Jones, producer; Warner Bros.)
    • Pied Piper of Guadalupe (Speedy Gonzalez and Sylvester Series) (Friz Freleng, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Live Action
    • Ballon Vole (Play Ball!) (Cin-Documents; Kingsley International)
    • The Face of Jesus (Jenga Productions; Harry Stern, Inc.)
    • Rooftops of New York (Musical Travelbook Series) (McCarty-Rush Production in association with Robert Gaffney; Columbia)
    • Seawards the Great Ships (Templar Film Studios; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films)
    • Very Nice, Very Nice (National Film Board of Canada; Kingsley International)

Documentary

  • Short Subject
    • Breaking the Language Barrier (Travel Adventure Series) (U.S. Air Force)
    • Cradle of Genius (Plough Productions; Irving M. Lesser Film Presentation)
    • Kahl (Dido Film GmbH; AEG-Filmdienst)
    • L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray) (Benedetto Benedetti, producer; Benedetto Benedetti Production)
    • Project Hope (MacManus, John and Adams, Inc./Klaeger Film Production; Ex-Cell-O Corp.)
  • Feature
    • La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960) (Dell Istituto Nationale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade; Cineriz)
    • Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath) (Ardennes Films and Michael Arthur Film Productions; Rank Films)

Foreign Language Film

  • Harry and the Butler, Denmark
  • Immortal Love, Japan
  • The Important Man, Mexico
  • Placido, Spain
  • Through a Glass Darkly, Sweden

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

  • Stanley Kramer

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • George Seaton

Honorary Awards

  • To William L. Hendricks for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry
  • To Fred L. Metzler for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • To Jerome Robbins for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film

Facts:

  • Winners Announced: April 9, 1962
  • Held at: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
  • Host: Bob Hope
  • Eligibility Year: 1961
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