Academy Award 1961 (april 17, 1961)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 33 of the event; awards assigned:

Migliore film

for the movie The Apartment

nominations for the movie :

elmer gantry
Assigned to
Bernard Smith

The Alamo
Assigned to
John Wayne

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Jerry Wald

the sundowners
Assigned to
Fred Zinnemann

Best Foreign Language Film

for the movie jungfrukällan

nominations for the movie :

Kapò

macario

The Truth

the ninth circle

Best director

for the movie The Apartment

nominations for the movie :

psycho
Assigned to
Alfred Hitchcock

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Jack Cardiff

the sundowners
Assigned to
Fred Zinnemann

pote tin kyriaki
Assigned to
Jules Dassin

Best original screenplay

for the movie The Apartment
Assigned to
I. A. l. diamond

nominations for the movie :

Hiroshima, mon amour
Assigned to
Marguerite Duras

pote tin kyriaki
Assigned to
Jules Dassin

the facts of life
Assigned to
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

the angry silence
Assigned to
Richard Gregson, Bryan Forbes, Michael Craig

Best non-original screenplay

for the movie elmer gantry

nominations for the movie :

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Gavin Lambert, T. E. b. clarke

the sundowners
Assigned to
Isobel Lennart

Inherit the Wind
Assigned to
Nathan E.douglas, Harold Jacob Smith

tunes of glory
Assigned to
James Kennaway

best actor

for the movie elmer gantry
Assigned to
Burt Lancaster

nominations for the movie :

The Apartment
Assigned to
Jack Lemmon

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Trevor Howard

Inherit the Wind
Assigned to
Spencer Tracy

the entertainer
Assigned to
Laurence Olivier

best actress

for the movie butterfield eight
Assigned to
Elizabeth Taylor

nominations for the movie :

The Apartment
Assigned to
Shirley MacLaine

the sundowners
Assigned to
Deborah Kerr

pote tin kyriaki
Assigned to
Melina Merkouri

Sunrise at Campobello
Assigned to
Greer Garson

best supporting actor

for the movie Spartacus
Assigned to
Peter Ustinov

nominations for the movie :

The Apartment
Assigned to
Jack Kruschen

exodus
Assigned to
Sal Mineo

The Alamo
Assigned to
Chill Wills

murder inc.
Assigned to
Peter Falk

best supporting actress

for the movie elmer gantry
Assigned to
Shirley Jones

nominations for the movie :

psycho
Assigned to
Janet Leigh

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Mary Ure

the sundowners
Assigned to
Glynis Johns

the dark at the top of the stairs
Assigned to
Shirley Knight

best color photography

for the movie Spartacus
Assigned to
Russell Metty

nominations for the movie :

exodus
Assigned to
Sam Leavitt

The Alamo
Assigned to
William H.clothier

butterfield eight
Assigned to
Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten

Pepe
Assigned to
Joseph Mcdonald

best black and white photography

for the movie Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Freddie Francis

nominations for the movie :

psycho
Assigned to
John L.russell

The Apartment
Assigned to
Joseph Lashelle

Inherit the Wind
Assigned to
Ernest Laszlo

the facts of life
Assigned to
Charles B.lang

best score for comedy or musical film

for the movie song without end
Assigned to
Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

nominations for the movie :

let's make love
Assigned to
Lionel Newman, Earle Hagen

Pepe
Assigned to
Johnny Green

Can-Can
Assigned to
Nelson Riddle

bells are ringing
Assigned to
André Previn

best score for drama

for the movie exodus
Assigned to
Ernest Gold

nominations for the movie :

The Magnificent Seven
Assigned to
Elmer Bernstein

elmer gantry
Assigned to
André Previn

Spartacus
Assigned to
Alex North

The Alamo
Assigned to
Dimitri Tiomkin

best editing

for the movie The Apartment
Assigned to
Daniel Mandell

nominations for the movie :

Spartacus
Assigned to
Robert Lawrence

The Alamo
Assigned to
Stuart Gilmore

Inherit the Wind
Assigned to
Frederic Knudtson

Pepe
Assigned to
Al Clark, Viola Lawrence

best costumes for color films

for the movie Spartacus
Assigned to
Bill Thomas, Valles

nominations for the movie :

midnight lace
Assigned to
Irene

Sunrise at Campobello
Assigned to
Marjorie Best

Pepe
Assigned to
Edith Head

Can-Can
Assigned to
Irene Sharaff

best black and white movie costumes

for the movie the facts of life
Assigned to
Edith Head, Edward Stevenson

nominations for the movie :

Seven Thieves
Assigned to
Bill Thomas

jungfrukällan
Assigned to
Marik Vos

pote tin kyriaki
Assigned to
Deni Vachlioti

the rise and fall of legs diamond
Assigned to
Howard Shoup

Best production design for color movie

for the movie Spartacus
Assigned to
Russell A.gausman, Alexander Golitzen, Julia Heron, Eric Orbom

nominations for the movie :

cimarron
Assigned to
Henry Grace, Addison Hehr, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel, George W. Davis

It Started in Naples
Assigned to
Arrigo Breschi, Sam Comer, Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson

Sunrise at Campobello
Assigned to
Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins

Pepe
Assigned to
Ted Haworth, William R.kiernan

Best production design for black and white movie

for the movie The Apartment
Assigned to
Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle

nominations for the movie :

psycho
Assigned to
George Milo, Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Hurley

Sons and Lovers
Assigned to
Thomas N. Morahan, Lionel Couch

visit to a small planet
Assigned to
Walter H. tyler, Sam Comer, Hal Pereira, Arthur Krams

the facts of life
Assigned to
Joseph Mcmillan johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd

Best sound

for the movie The Alamo
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer

nominations for the movie :

The Apartment
Assigned to
Gordon E. Sawyer

cimarron
Assigned to
Franklin E.milton

Sunrise at Campobello
Assigned to
George Groves

Pepe
Assigned to
Charles Rice

best special effects

for the movie the time machine
Assigned to
Gene Sr.warren, Tim Baar

nominations for the movie :

the last voyage
Assigned to
August J. Lohman

best song

for the movie pote tin kyriaki
Assigned to
Manos Hadjidakis

nominations for the movie :

The Alamo
Assigned to
Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin

high time
Assigned to
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

the facts of life
Assigned to
Johnny Mercer

Pepe
Assigned to
André Previn, Dory Langdon

Special Award

for the movie Pollyanna
Assigned to
Hayley Mills

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Academy Award 1961 (april 17, 1961)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 33 of the event; awards assigned:

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