33th Academy Awards (1961) - Movies from 1960

Best Picture Year 1961

8.5 (57,235)

6.7 (2,758)

7.6 (1,818)

7.0 (105)

6.8 (417)

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Best Picture

Winner

The Apartment

(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)

Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Nominees

The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones, Arthur Kennedy
(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
(5 Nominations )

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Best Director

Winner

Billy Wilder

The Apartment

(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)

Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Nominees

Jules Dassin
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas, Titos Vandis
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles
(4 Nominations )
Jack Cardiff
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Fred Zinnemann
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
(5 Nominations )

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Best Leading Actor

Winner

Burt Lancaster

Elmer Gantry

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Richard Brooks

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones

Nominees

Jack Lemmon
The Apartment
Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)
Laurence Olivier
The Entertainer
Tony Richardson

Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Joan Plowright, Roger Livesey
Spencer Tracy
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
(4 Nominations )
Trevor Howard
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Leading Actress

Winner

Elizabeth Taylor

Butterfield 8

(2 Nominations , 1 Award)

Daniel Mann

Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher

Nominees

Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment
Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)
Melina Mercouri
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas, Titos Vandis
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Deborah Kerr
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
(5 Nominations )
Greer Garson
Sunrise at Campobello
Vincent J. Donehue

Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen
(4 Nominations )

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Best Supporting Actor

Winner

Peter Ustinov

Spartacus

(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier

Nominees

Chill Wills
The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Jack Kruschen
The Apartment
Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)
Sal Mineo
Exodus
Otto Preminger

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
Peter Falk
Murder, Inc.
Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk

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Best Supporting Actress

Winner

Shirley Jones

Elmer Gantry

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Richard Brooks

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones

Nominees

Shirley Knight
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Delbert Mann

Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury
Janet Leigh
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles
(4 Nominations )
Mary Ure
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Glynis Johns
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
(5 Nominations )

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Best Foreign Language Film

Winner

The Virgin Spring

(2 Nominations , 1 Award)

Ingmar Bergman

Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

Nominees

The Ninth Circle
France Stiglic

Boris Dvornik, Dusica Zegarac, Beba Loncar, Dragan Milivojevic
Kapo
Gillo Pontecorvo

Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego
Macario
Roberto Gavaldón

Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez
The Truth
H.G. Clouzot (AKA Henri Georges Clouzot)

Brigitte Bardot, Charles Vanel, Marie-José Nat, Paul Meurisse

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Best Original Screenplay

Winner

Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

The Apartment

(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)

Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Nominees

Richard Gregson, Michael Craig, Bryan Forbes
The Angry Silence
Guy Green

Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank

Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Marguerite Duras
Hiroshima, mon amour
Alain Resnais

Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Stella Dassas
Jules Dassin
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas, Titos Vandis
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner

Richard Brooks

Elmer Gantry

(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)

Richard Brooks

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones

Nominees

Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
(4 Nominations )
Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Isobel Lennart
The Sundowners
Fred Zinnemann

Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
(5 Nominations )
James Kennaway
Tunes of Glory
Ronald Neame

Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh

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Best Film Editing

Winner

Daniel Mandell

The Apartment

(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)

Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Nominees

Stuart Gilmore
The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Frederic Knudtson
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
(4 Nominations )
Viola Lawrence, Al Clark
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )
Viola Lawrence, Al Clark
Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov
(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

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Best Cinematography, Color

Winner

Russell Metty

Spartacus

(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier

Nominees

William H. Clothier
The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten
Butterfield 8
Daniel Mann

Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Betty Field
(2 Nominations , 1 Award)
Sam Leavitt
Exodus
Otto Preminger

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
(3 Nominations , 1 Award)
Joseph MacDonald
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )

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Best Cinematography, Black & White

Winner

Freddie Francis

Sons and Lovers

(7 Nominations , 1 Award)

Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller

Nominees

Joseph LaShelle
The Apartment
Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)
Charles Lang
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank

Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Ernest Laszlo
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
(4 Nominations )
John L. Russell
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles
(4 Nominations )

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Best Score Drama or Comedy

Winner

Ernest Gold

Exodus

(3 Nominations , 1 Award)

Otto Preminger

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson

Nominees

Dimitri Tiomkin
The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
André Previn
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones, Arthur Kennedy
(5 Nominations , 3 Awards)
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
John Sturges

Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Alex North
Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov
(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

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Best Score Musical

Winner

Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

Song Without End

Charles Vidor, George Cukor

Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page

Nominees

André Previn
Bells Are Ringing
Vincente Minnelli

Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr.
Nelson Riddle
Can-Can
Walter Lang

Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
(2 Nominations )
Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen
Let's Make Love
George Cukor

Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Frankie Vaughan
Johnny Green
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )

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Best Song

Winner

Manos Hatzidakis (Never on Sunday)

Never on Sunday

(5 Nominations , 1 Award)

Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas

Nominees

Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster (The Green Leaves of Summer)
The Alamo
John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Ken Curtis
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Johnny Mercer (The Facts of Life)
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank

Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn (The Second Time Around)
High Time
Blake Edwards

Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Nicole Maurey
André Previn, Dory Previn (Faraway Part of Town)
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )

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Best Art Direction, Color

Winner

Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron

Spartacus

(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier

Nominees

George W. Davis, Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt, Otto Siegel
Cimarron
Anthony Mann

Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell
(2 Nominations )
Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer, Arrigo Breschi
It Started in Naples
Melville Shavelson

Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Paolo Carlini
Ted Haworth, William Kiernan
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )
Edward Carrere, George James Hopkins
Sunrise at Campobello
Vincent J. Donehue

Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen
(4 Nominations )

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Best Art Direction, Black & White

Winner

Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle

The Apartment

(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)

Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

Nominees

J. McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid, Ross Dowd
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank

Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles
(4 Nominations )
Thomas N. Morahan, Lionel Couch
Sons and Lovers
Jack Cardiff

Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure
(7 Nominations , 1 Award)
Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Visit to a Small Planet
Norman Taurog

Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark

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Best Costume Design, Color

Winner

Valles, Bill Thomas

Spartacus

(6 Nominations , 4 Awards)

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier

Nominees

Irene Sharaff
Can-Can
Walter Lang

Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
(2 Nominations )
Irene
Midnight Lace
David Miller

Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Edith Head
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )
Marjorie Best
Sunrise at Campobello
Vincent J. Donehue

Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen
(4 Nominations )

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Best Costume Design, Black & White

Winner

Edith Head, Edward Stevenson

The Facts of Life

(5 Nominations , 1 Award)

Melvin Frank

Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey

Nominees

Marik Vos-Lundh
The Virgin Spring
Ingmar Bergman

Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson
(2 Nominations , 1 Award)
Theoni V. Aldredge
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas, Titos Vandis
(5 Nominations , 1 Award)
Howard Shoup
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Budd Boetticher

Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White
Bill Thomas
Seven Thieves
Henry Hathaway

Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach

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Best Sound Mixing

Winner

Gordon Sawyer, Fred Hynes

The Alamo

(7 Nominations , 1 Award)

John Wayne

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey

Nominees

Gordon Sawyer
The Apartment
Billy Wilder

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
(10 Nominations , 5 Awards)
Franklin Milton
Cimarron
Anthony Mann

Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell
(2 Nominations )
Charles Rice
Pepe
George Sidney

Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
(7 Nominations )
George Groves
Sunrise at Campobello
Vincent J. Donehue

Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen
(4 Nominations )