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Academy Awards, USA 1961

Event held on 17 April 1961 in Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA

Oscar

Best Picture

Won
The Apartment (1960), Billy Wilder

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), John Wayne

Nominated
Elmer Gantry (1960), Bernard Smith

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Jerry Wald

Nominated
The Sundowners (1960), Fred Zinnemann

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Won
Elmer Gantry (1960), Burt Lancaster

Nominated
The Apartment (1960), Jack Lemmon

Nominated
The Entertainer (1960), Laurence Olivier

Nominated
Inherit the Wind (1960), Spencer Tracy

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Trevor Howard

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Won
BUtterfield 8 (1960), Elizabeth Taylor

Nominated
The Apartment (1960), Shirley MacLaine

Nominated
Never on Sunday (1960), Melina Mercouri

Nominated
The Sundowners (1960), Deborah Kerr

Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello (1960), Greer Garson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Won
Spartacus (1960), Peter Ustinov

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), Chill Wills

Nominated
The Apartment (1960), Jack Kruschen

Nominated
Exodus (1960), Sal Mineo

Nominated
Murder, Inc. (1960), Peter Falk

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Won
Elmer Gantry (1960), Shirley Jones

Nominated
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), Shirley Knight

Nominated
Psycho (1960), Janet Leigh

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Mary Ure

Nominated
The Sundowners (1960), Glynis Johns

Best Director

Won
The Apartment (1960), Billy Wilder

Nominated
Never on Sunday (1960), Jules Dassin

Nominated
Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Jack Cardiff

Nominated
The Sundowners (1960), Fred Zinnemann

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

Won
The Apartment (1960), Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

Nominated
The Angry Silence (1960), Richard Gregson, Michael Craig, Bryan Forbes

Nominated
The Facts of Life (1960), Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Nominated
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Marguerite Duras

Nominated
Never on Sunday (1960), Jules Dassin

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Won
Elmer Gantry (1960), Richard Brooks

Nominated
Inherit the Wind (1960), Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke

Nominated
The Sundowners (1960), Isobel Lennart

Nominated
Tunes of Glory (1960), James Kennaway

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Won
Sons and Lovers (1960), Freddie Francis

Nominated
The Apartment (1960), Joseph LaShelle

Nominated
The Facts of Life (1960), Charles Lang

Nominated
Inherit the Wind (1960), Ernest Laszlo

Nominated
Psycho (1960), John L. Russell

Best Cinematography, Color

Won
Spartacus (1960), Russell Metty

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), William H. Clothier

Nominated
BUtterfield 8 (1960), Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten

Nominated
Exodus (1960), Sam Leavitt

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Joseph MacDonald

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

Won
Spartacus (1960), Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron

Nominated
Cimarron (1960), George W. Davis, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel

Nominated
It Started in Naples (1960), Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Arrigo Breschi

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Ted Haworth, William Kiernan

Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello (1960), Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White

Won
The Apartment (1960), Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle

Nominated
The Facts of Life (1960), J. McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd

Nominated
Psycho (1960), Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo

Nominated
Sons and Lovers (1960), Thomas N. Morahan, Lionel Couch

Nominated
Visit to a Small Planet (1960), Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams

Best Costume Design, Color

Won
Spartacus (1960), Valles, Bill Thomas

Nominated
Can-Can (1960), Irene Sharaff

Nominated
Midnight Lace (1960), Irene

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Edith Head

Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello (1960), Marjorie Best

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Won
The Facts of Life (1960), Edith Head, Edward Stevenson

Nominated
The Virgin Spring (1960), Marik Vos-Lundh

Nominated
Never on Sunday (1960), Theoni V. Aldredge

Nominated
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960), Howard Shoup

Nominated
Seven Thieves (1960), Bill Thomas

Best Sound

Won
The Alamo (1960), Gordon Sawyer, Fred Hynes

Nominated
The Apartment (1960), Gordon Sawyer

Nominated
Cimarron (1960), Franklin Milton

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Charles Rice

Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello (1960), George Groves

Best Film Editing

Won
The Apartment (1960), Daniel Mandell

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), Stuart Gilmore

Nominated
Inherit the Wind (1960), Frederic Knudtson

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Viola Lawrence, Al Clark

Nominated
Spartacus (1960), Robert Lawrence

Best Effects, Special Effects

Won
The Time Machine (1960), Gene Warren, Tim Baar

Nominated
The Last Voyage (1960), Augie Lohman

Best Music, Original Song

Won
Never on Sunday (1960), Manos Hatzidakis

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster

Nominated
The Facts of Life (1960), Johnny Mercer

Nominated
High Time (1960), Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn

Nominated
Pepe (1960), André Previn, Dory Previn

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Won
Exodus (1960), Ernest Gold

Nominated
The Alamo (1960), Dimitri Tiomkin

Nominated
Elmer Gantry (1960), André Previn

Nominated
The Magnificent Seven (1960), Elmer Bernstein

Nominated
Spartacus (1960), Alex North

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Won
Song Without End (1960), Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

Nominated
Bells Are Ringing (1960), André Previn

Nominated
Can-Can (1960), Nelson Riddle

Nominated
Let's Make Love (1960), Lionel Newman, Earle Hagen

Nominated
Pepe (1960), Johnny Green

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

Won
Munro (1961), William L. Snyder

Nominated
Goliath II (1960), Walt Disney

Nominated
High Note (1960)

Nominated
Mouse and Garden (1960)

Nominated
O místo na slunci (1960), Frantisek Vystrcil

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

Won
Day of the Painter (1960), Richard Baker

Nominated
The Creation of Woman (1961), Charles F. Schwep, Ismail Merchant

Nominated
Islands of the Sea (1960), Walt Disney

Nominated
A Sport Is Born (1960), Leslie Winik

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Won
Giuseppina (1960), James Hill

Nominated
Beyond Silence (1960)

Nominated
En by ved navn København (1960)

Nominated
George Grosz' Interregnum (1960), Charles Carey, Altina Carey

Nominated
Universe (1960), Colin Low

Best Documentary, Features

Won
The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960), Larry Lansburgh

Nominated
Rebel in Paradise (1960), Robert D. Fraser

Best Foreign Language Film

Won
The Virgin Spring (1960)

Nominated
The Ninth Circle (1960)

Nominated
Kapò (1959)

Nominated
Macario (1960)

Nominated
The Truth (1960)

Juvenile Award

Won
Pollyanna (1960), Hayley Mills

Honorary Award

Won
Gary Cooper

Won
Stan Laurel

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Won
Sol Lesser

Academy Award of Merit

Won

Scientific and Engineering Award

Won

Technical Achievement Award

Won

Won
Petro Vlahos

Won

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