34th Academy Awards
Date	April 9, 1962
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Highlights
Best Picture	West Side Story
Most awards	West Side Story (10)
Most nominations	Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	2 hours, 10 minutes
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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. The film won 10 of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and both supporting acting Oscars, becoming the most successful musical in Oscars history.

Legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini received his first Best Director nomination for La Dolce Vita, while fellow Italian Sophia Loren became the second performer to win an Oscar for a non-English-language role, after Jane Wyman's American Sign Language performance in Johnny Belinda (1948).

The most memorable event of the night came when Stan Berman, a New York City cabdriver famous for crashing celebrity parties, evaded security and made his way onstage to award Hope a homemade Oscar.^[1]

Awards

Robert Wise, Best Picture winner and Best Director co-winner

Jerome Robbins, Best Director co-winner

Maximilian Schell, Best Actor winner

Sophia Loren, Best Actress winner

George Chakiris, Best Supporting Actor winner

Rita Moreno, Best Supporting Actress winner

William Inge, Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen winner

Henry Mancini, Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture winner and Best Song co-winner

Johnny Mercer, Best Song co-winner

Boris Leven, Best Art Direction, Color co-winner

Nominations are announced on February 26, 1962. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.^[2]

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
West Side Story – Robert Wise, producer Fanny – Joshua Logan, producer The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman, producer The Hustler – Robert Rossen, producer Judgment at Nuremberg – Stanley Kramer, producer	Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins – West Side Story Federico Fellini – La Dolce Vita J. Lee Thompson – The Guns of Navarone Robert Rossen – The Hustler Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg* as Hans Rolfe** Charles Boyer – Fanny as César Paul Newman – The Hustler as Eddie Felson Spencer Tracy – Judgment at Nuremberg as Dan Haywood Stuart Whitman – The Mark as Jim Fuller	*Sophia Loren – Two Women* as Cesira** Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly Piper Laurie – The Hustler as Sarah Packard Geraldine Page – Summer and Smoke as Alma Winemiller Natalie Wood – Splendor in the Grass as Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*George Chakiris – West Side Story* as Bernardo** Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg as Rudolph Peterson Peter Falk – Pocketful of Miracles as Joy Boy Jackie Gleason – The Hustler as Minnesota Fats George C. Scott – The Hustler as Bert Gordon	*Rita Moreno – West Side Story* as Anita** Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour as Mrs. Amelia Tilford Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg as Irene Hoffmann-Wallner Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Contessa Una Merkel – Summer and Smoke as Mrs. Winemiller
Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Splendor in the Grass – William Inge Ballad of a Soldier – Valentin Yezhov and Grigori Chukhrai La Dolce Vita – Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi General Della Rovere – Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli Lover Come Back – Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning	Judgment at Nuremberg – Abby Mann Breakfast at Tiffany's – George Axelrod The Guns of Navarone – Carl Foreman The Hustler – Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll West Side Story – Ernest Lehman
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Through a Glass Darkly (Sweden) Harry and the Butler (Denmark) Immortal Love (Japan) The Important Man (Mexico) Plácido (Spain)	Sky Above and Mud Beneath The Grand Olympics
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Subject
Project Hope Breaking the Language Barrier Cradle of Genius Kahl The Man in Gray	Seawards the Great Ships The Face of Jesus Play Ball! Rooftops of New York Very Nice, Very Nice
Best Short Subject - Cartoons	Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Surogat Aquamania Beep Prepared Nelly's Folly The Pied Piper of Guadalupe	Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini El Cid – Miklós Rózsa Fanny – Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin Summer and Smoke – Elmer Bernstein
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	Best Song
West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal Babes in Toyland – George Bruns Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman and Ken Darby Khovanshchina – Dmitri Shostakovich Paris Blues – Duke Ellington	*"Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's* – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Johnny Mercer** "Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Mack David "Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid – Music by Miklós Rózsa; Lyric by Paul Francis Webster "Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles – Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyric by Ned Washington
Best Sound	Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
West Side Story – Gordon E. Sawyer and Fred Hynes The Children's Hour – Gordon E. Sawyer Flower Drum Song – Waldon O. Watson The Guns of Navarone – John Cox The Parent Trap – Robert O. Cook	The Hustler – Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan The Absent-Minded Professor – Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman The Children's Hour – Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle La Dolce Vita – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Piero Gherardi Judgment at Nuremberg – Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
Best Art Direction, Color	Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
West Side Story – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin Breakfast at Tiffany's – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Ray Moyer El Cid – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Veniero Colasanti and John Moore Flower Drum Song – Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen and Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol Summer and Smoke – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Walter H. Tyler; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer and Arthur Krams	The Hustler – Eugen Schüfftan The Absent-Minded Professor – Edward Colman The Children's Hour – Franz Planer Judgment at Nuremberg – Ernest Laszlo One, Two, Three – Daniel L. Fapp
Best Cinematography, Color	Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
West Side Story – Daniel L. Fapp Fanny – Jack Cardiff Flower Drum Song – Russell Metty A Majority of One – Harry Stradling One-Eyed Jacks – Charles Lang	La Dolce Vita – Piero Gherardi The Children's Hour – Dorothy Jeakins Claudelle Inglish – Howard Shoup Judgment at Nuremberg – Jean Louis Yojimbo – Yoshirō Muraki
Best Costume Design, Color	Best Film Editing
West Side Story – Irene Sharaff Babes in Toyland – Bill Thomas Back Street – Jean Louis Flower Drum Song – Irene Sharaff Pocketful of Miracles – Edith Head and Walter Plunkett	West Side Story – Thomas Stanford Fanny – William H. Reynolds The Guns of Navarone – Alan Osbiston Judgment at Nuremberg – Frederic Knudtson The Parent Trap – Philip W. Anderson
Best Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone – Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham The Absent-Minded Professor – Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett

Academy Honorary Awards

William L. Hendricks "for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry."
Fred L. Metzler "for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."
Jerome Robbins "for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film."

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Stanley Kramer

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

George Seaton

Presenters and performers

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Presenters

Eddie Albert and Dina Merrill (Presenters: Costume Design Awards)
Fred Astaire (Presenter: Best Picture)
Carroll Baker and Richard Chamberlain (Presenters: Art Direction Awards)
Charles Brackett (Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to George Seaton)
Macdonald Carey and Shirley Knight (Presenters: Best Special Effects)
George Chakiris and Carolyn Jones (Presenters: Documentary Awards)
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin (Presenters: Music Awards)
Wendell Corey (Presenter: Honorary Award to Fred L. Metzler)
Joan Crawford (Presenter: Best Actor)
Vince Edwards and Shelley Winters (Presenters: Cinematography Awards)
Anthony Franciosa and Joanne Woodward (Presenters: Best Sound Recording)
Arthur Freed (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Stanley Kramer)
George Hamilton and Glynis Johns (Presenters: Short Subjects Awards)
Rock Hudson (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
Eric Johnston (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
Shirley Jones (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
Gene Kelly (Presenter: Honorary Award to Jerome Robbins)
Burt Lancaster (Presenter: Best Actress)
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick (Presenters: Writing Awards)
Debbie Reynolds (Presenter: Best Original Song)
Rosalind Russell (Presenter: Best Director)

Performers

Ann-Margret ("Bachelor in Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise)
Gogi Grant ("Pocketful of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles)
Johnny Mathis ("Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)" from El Cid)
Gene Pitney ("Town Without Pity" from Town Without Pity)
Andy Williams ("Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

12 nominations: Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story
9 nominations: The Hustler
7 nominations: The Guns of Navarone
5 nominations: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Children's Hour, Fanny and Flower Drum Song
4 nominations: La Dolce Vita and Summer and Smoke
3 nominations: The Absent-Minded Professor, El Cid and Pocketful of Miracles
2 nominations: Babes in Toyland, The Parent Trap and Splendor in the Grass

The following films received multiple awards.

10 wins: West Side Story
3 wins: Judgment at Nuremberg
2 wins: Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Hustler

References

External links

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Awards of Merit

Proposed awards	Popular Film

Special awards

Governors Awards	Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Special Achievement Academy Award
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards	Academy Award of Merit (non-competitive) Scientific and Engineering Award Technical Achievement Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Student Awards	Student Academy Award

Former awards

Merit Awards	Assistant Director Dance Direction Sound Editing Story
Special Awards	Academy Juvenile Award

Ceremonies^‡

‡ Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of film release in Los Angeles County. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was done on a seasonal basis, from August to July. For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. From the 7th ceremony, held in 1935, through the 92nd ceremony, held in 2020, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. For the 93rd ceremony, held in 2021, the eligibility period was from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021. For the 94th ceremony, held in 2022, the eligibility period was from March 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.

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