Academy Awards, USA (1961)

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Winner
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
The Entertainer
Nominated
Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard
Sons and Lovers
Nominated
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Inherit the Wind
Nominated
Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
The Apartment
Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Spartacus
Winner
Sal Mineo
Sal Mineo
Exodus
Nominated
Chill Wills
Chill Wills
The Alamo
Nominated
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Murder, Inc.
Nominated
Jack Kruschen
Jack Kruschen
The Apartment
Nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
BUtterfield 8
Winner
Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri
Never on Sunday
Nominated
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
The Sundowners
Nominated
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment
Nominated
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
Sunrise at Campobello
Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones
Elmer Gantry
Winner
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Nominated
Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns
The Sundowners
Nominated
Mary Ure
Mary Ure
Sons and Lovers
Nominated
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Psycho
Nominated
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
The Apartment
The Apartment
Alexandre Trauner
Edward G. Boyle
Winner
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
Thomas N. Morahan
Lionel Couch
Nominated
Psycho
Psycho
Joseph Hurley
Robert Clatworthy
George Milo
Nominated
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
J. McMillan Johnson
Kenneth A. Reid
Ross Dowd
Nominated
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams
Nominated
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Spartacus
Spartacus
Alexander Golitzen
Eric Orbom
Russell A. Gausman
Julia Heron
Winner
It Started in Naples
It Started in Naples
Hal Pereira
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Arrigo Breschi
Nominated
Cimarron
Cimarron
George W. Davis
Addison Hehr
Henry Grace
Hugh Hunt
Otto Siegel
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
Ted Haworth
William Kiernan
Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello
Edward Carrere
George James Hopkins
Nominated
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
Freddie Francis
Winner
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
Charles Lang
Nominated
Psycho
Psycho
John L. Russell
Nominated
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Ernest Laszlo
Nominated
The Apartment
The Apartment
Joseph LaShelle
Nominated
Best Cinematography, Color
Spartacus
Spartacus
Russell Metty
Winner
BUtterfield 8
BUtterfield 8
Joseph Ruttenberg
Charles Harten
Nominated
The Alamo
The Alamo
William H. Clothier
Nominated
Exodus
Exodus
Sam Leavitt
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
Joseph MacDonald
Nominated
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
Edith Head
Edward Stevenson
Winner
Seven Thieves
Seven Thieves
Bill Thomas
Nominated
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Howard Shoup
Nominated
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring
Marik Vos-Lundh
Nominated
Never on Sunday
Never on Sunday
Theoni V. Aldredge
Nominated
Best Costume Design, Color
Spartacus
Spartacus
Valles
Bill Thomas
Winner
Pepe
Pepe
Edith Head
Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello
Marjorie Best
Nominated
Can-Can
Can-Can
Irene Sharaff
Nominated
Midnight Lace
Midnight Lace
Irene
Nominated
Best Director
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
The Apartment
Winner
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
The Sundowners
Nominated
Jules Dassin
Jules Dassin
Never on Sunday
Nominated
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho
Nominated
Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff
Sons and Lovers
Nominated
Best Documentary, Features
The Horse with the Flying Tail
The Horse with the Flying Tail
Larry Lansburgh
Winner
Rebel in Paradise
Rebel in Paradise
Robert D. Fraser
Nominated
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Giuseppina
Giuseppina
James Hill
Winner
En by ved navn København
En by ved navn København
Nominated
George Grosz' Interregnum
George Grosz' Interregnum
Charles Carey
Altina Carey
Nominated
Universe
Universe
Colin Low
Nominated
Beyond Silence
Beyond Silence
Nominated
Best Effects, Special Effects
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
Gene Warren
Tim Baar
Winner
The Last Voyage
The Last Voyage
Augie Lohman
Nominated
Best Film Editing
The Apartment
The Apartment
Daniel Mandell
Winner
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Frederic Knudtson
Nominated
The Alamo
The Alamo
Stuart Gilmore
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
Viola Lawrence
Al Clark
Nominated
Spartacus
Spartacus
Robert Lawrence
Nominated
Best Foreign Language Film
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring
Winner
Kapo
Kapo
Nominated
The Ninth Circle
The Ninth Circle
Nominated
The Truth
The Truth
Nominated
Macario
Macario
Nominated
Best Music, Original Song
Never on Sunday
Never on Sunday
Manos Hatzidakis
Winner
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
Johnny Mercer
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
André Previn
Dory Previn
Nominated
The Alamo
The Alamo
Dimitri Tiomkin
Paul Francis Webster
Nominated
High Time
High Time
Jimmy Van Heusen
Sammy Cahn
Nominated
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Exodus
Exodus
Ernest Gold
Winner
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
André Previn
Nominated
The Alamo
The Alamo
Dimitri Tiomkin
Nominated
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
Elmer Bernstein
Nominated
Spartacus
Spartacus
Alex North
Nominated
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Song Without End
Song Without End
Morris Stoloff
Harry Sukman
Winner
Bells Are Ringing
Bells Are Ringing
André Previn
Nominated
Can-Can
Can-Can
Nelson Riddle
Nominated
Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love
Lionel Newman
Earle Hagen
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
Johnny Green
Nominated
Best Picture
The Apartment
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
Winner
The Alamo
The Alamo
John Wayne
Nominated
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann
Nominated
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
Bernard Smith
Nominated
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
Jerry Wald
Nominated
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Munro
Munro
William L. Snyder
Winner
Goliath II
Goliath II
Walt Disney
Nominated
Mouse and Garden
Mouse and Garden
Nominated
O místo na slunci
O místo na slunci
Frantisek Vystrcil
Nominated
High Note
High Note
Nominated
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Day of the Painter
Day of the Painter
Robert P. Davis
Winner
The Creation of Woman
The Creation of Woman
Charles F. Schwep
Ismail Merchant
Nominated
Islands of the Sea
Islands of the Sea
Walt Disney
Nominated
A Sport Is Born
A Sport Is Born
Leslie Winik
Nominated
Best Sound
The Alamo
The Alamo
Gordon Sawyer
Fred Hynes
Winner
Cimarron
Cimarron
Franklin Milton
Nominated
Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello
George Groves
Nominated
Pepe
Pepe
Charles J. Rice
Nominated
The Apartment
The Apartment
Gordon Sawyer
Nominated
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
Winner
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
James Kennaway
Nominated
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Nedrick Young
Harold Jacob Smith
Nominated
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers
Gavin Lambert
T.E.B. Clarke
Nominated
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
Isobel Lennart
Nominated
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
The Apartment
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
I.A.L. Diamond
Winner
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Marguerite Duras
Nominated
The Angry Silence
The Angry Silence
Richard Gregson
Michael Craig
Bryan Forbes
Nominated
Never on Sunday
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin
Nominated
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
Norman Panama
Melvin Frank
Nominated
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