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Feb 5, 2014 · 34th Academy Awards (1961): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Fanny – Joshua Logan. The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman. The Hustler – Robert Rossen. Judgment at Nuremberg – Stanley Kramer. West Side Story – Robert Wise. DIRECTING. The Guns of Navarone – J. Lee Thompson. The Hustler – Robert Rossen.
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Alexander Trauner; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle * Directing - Billy Wilder * Film Editing - Daniel Mandell
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story .
Best Motion PictureBest DirectorWest Side Story – Robert Wise, producer ...Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins – West ...Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg ...Sophia Loren – Two Women as Cesira Audrey ...George Chakiris – West Side Story as ...Rita Moreno – West Side Story as Anita ...Splendor in the Grass – William Inge ...Judgment at Nuremberg – Abby Mann ...The 33rd Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: The Apartment. The Apartment also won Academy Awards for Black-and-White Art Direction-Set Decoration (Alexander Trauner and Edward G. Boyle), Directing (Billy Wilder), Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), and Writing – Story and Screenplay written directly for the screen (Billy Wilder and I.A.L.
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. From 1940 through 1956 and again from 1959-1966, it was divided into two categories Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) and Best Art Direction (Color).
The 1961 Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1962 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Best Motion Picture. Fanny, Joshua Logan, producer (Warner Bros.)
Best Cinematography, Black & White: Freddie Francis; Best Score Drama or Comedy: Ernest Gold; Best Score Musical: Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman; Best Song: Manos Hatzidakis (Never on Sunday) Best Art Direction, Color: Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron; Best Art Direction, Black & White: Alexandre Trauner, Edward G ...
