34th Academy Awards | |
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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 |
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]
Nominations are announced on February 26, 1962. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.[2]
These films had multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards.
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