1961 (34th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1961. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

The Absent-Minded Professor, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Carroll Clark; set decoration by Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Edward Colman.

Special Effects. Visual effects by Robert A. Mattey and Eustace Lycett.

Aquamania, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Babes in Toyland, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Costume Design (Color). Bill Thomas.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). George Bruns.

Bachelor in Paradise, Ted Richmond Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Song). “Bachelor in Paradise”. Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Mack David.

Back Street, Universal-International-Ross Hunter Productions, Inc.-Carrollton, Inc.; Universal-International.

Costume Design (Color). Jean Louis.

Ballad of a Soldier, Mosfilm Studios Production; Kingsley International-M.J.P. Enterprises, Inc. (Soviet Union)

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai.

Ballon Vole (Play Ball!), Ciné-Documents; Kingsley International Pictures. (France)

Short Subjects (Live Action).

Beep Prepared, Warner Bros. [Roadrunner & Coyote Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Chuck Jones, Producer.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Jurow-Shepherd Production; Paramount.

Best Actress. Audrey Hepburn.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Henry Mancini.

Music (Song). “Moon River”. Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). George Axelrod.

Breaking the Language Barrier, United States Air Force. [Travel Adventure Series]

Documentary (Short Subject).

The Children’s Hour, Mirisch-Worldwide Production; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Fay Bainter.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Fernando Carrere; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Franz F. Planer.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Dorothy Jeakins.

Sound. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director.

Claudelle Inglish, Warner Bros.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Howard Shoup.

Cradle of Genius, Plough Productions; Irving M. Lesser Film Presentation. (Ireland)

Documentary (Short Subject). Jim O’Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers.

El Cid, Samuel Bronston Production in association with Dear Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy, USA)

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Veniero Colasanti and John Moore.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Music (Song). “Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)”. Music by Miklos Rozsa; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Ersatz (The Substitute), Zagrib Film; Herts-Lion International Corporation. (Yugoslavia)

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

The Face of Jesus, Jenga Productions; Harry Stern, Inc.

Short Subjects (Live Action). Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer.

Fanny, Mansfield Production; Warner Bros.

Best Motion Picture. Joshua Logan, Producer.

Best Actor. Charles Boyer.

Cinematography (Color). Jack Cardiff.

Film Editing. William H. Reynolds.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman.

Flower Drum Song, Universal-International-Ross Hunter Production in association with Joseph Fields; Universal-International.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and Joseph Wright; set decoration by Howard Bristol.

Cinematography (Color). Russell Metty.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Alfred Newman and Ken Darby.

Sound. Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director.

General Della Rovere, Zebra & S.N.E. Gaumont Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (Italy, France)

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.

The Guns of Navarone, Carl Foreman Production; Columbia. (UK)

Best Motion Picture. Carl Foreman, Producer.

Directing. J. Lee Thompson.

Film Editing. Alan Osbiston.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Sound. Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Visual effects by Bill Warrington; audible effects by Vivian C. Greenham.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Carl Foreman.

Harry and the Butler, Bent Christensen Production. (Denmark)

Foreign Language Film.

The Hustler, Robert Rossen Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture. Robert Rossen, Producer.

Best Actor. Paul Newman.

Best Actress. Piper Laurie.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Jackie Gleason.

Actor in a Supporting Role. George C. Scott.

Directing. Robert Rossen.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Harry Horner; set decoration by Gene Callahan.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Eugen Shuftan.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen.

Immortal Love, Shochiku Company, Ltd. (Japan)

Foreign Language Film.

The Important Man, Peliculas Rodrigues, S.A. (Mexico)

Foreign Language Film.

Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Best Motion Picture. Stanley Kramer, Producer.

Best Actor. Maximilian Schell.

Best Actor. Spencer Tracy.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Montgomery Clift.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Judy Garland.

Directing. Stanley Kramer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Rudolph Sternad; set decoration by George Milo.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Ernest Laszlo.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Jean Louis.

Film Editing. Frederic Knudtson.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Abby Mann.

Kahl, Dido Film GmbH; AEG-Filmdienst. (West Germany)

Documentary (Short Subject).

Khovanshchina, Mosfilm Studios Production; Artkino Pictures. (Soviet Union)

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Dimitri Shostakovich.

L’Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray), Benedetto Benedetti Production. (Italy)

Documentary (Short Subject). Benedetto Benedetti, Producer.

La Dolce Vita, Riama Film Production; Astor Pictures, Inc. (Italy, France)

Directing. Federico Fellini.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Piero Gherardi.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Piero Gherardi.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi.

La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960), dell Instituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade; Cineriz. (Italy)

Documentary (Feature).

Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath), Ardennes Films and Michael Arthur Film Productions; Rank Film Distributors of America, Inc. (France, Liechtenstein)

Documentary (Feature). Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers.

Lover Come Back, Universal-International-The 7 Pictures Corporation, Nob Hill Productions, Inc., Arwin Productions, Inc.; Universal-International.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning.

A Majority of One, Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Stradling, Sr.

The Mark, Raymond Stross-Sidney Buchman Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK)

Best Actor. Stuart Whitman.

Nelly’s Folly, Warner Bros. [Nelly the Giraffe Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Chuck Jones, Producer.

One-Eyed Jacks, Pennebaker Production; Paramount.

Cinematography (Color). Charles Lang, Jr.

One, Two, Three, Mirisch Company, Inc. in association with Pyramid Productions, A.G.; United Artists.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Daniel L. Fapp.

The Parent Trap, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Film Editing. Philip W. Anderson.

Sound. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director.

Paris Blues, Pennebaker Production; United Artists.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Duke Ellington.

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, Warner Bros. [Speedy Gonzalez & Sylvester Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Friz Freleng, Producer.

Placido, Jet Films. (Spain)

Foreign Language Film.

Pocketful of Miracles, Franton Production; United Artists.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Peter Falk.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head and Walter Plunkett.

Music (Song). “Pocketful of Miracles”. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Project Hope, MacManus, John & Adams, Inc./Klaeger Film Production; Ex-Cell-O Corporation.

Documentary (Short Subject). Frank P. Bibas, Producer.

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Seven Arts Productions; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Lotte Lenya.

Rooftops of New York, McCarty-Rush Production in association with Robert Gaffney; Columbia. [Musical Travelbook Series]

Short Subjects (Live Action). Robert Gaffney, Producer.

Seawards the Great Ships, Templar Film Studios; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK)

Short Subjects (Live Action).

Splendor in the Grass, NBI Production; Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Natalie Wood.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). William Inge.

Summer and Smoke, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Best Actress. Geraldine Page.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Una Merkel.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Walter Tyler; set decoration by Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Elmer Bernstein.

Through a Glass Darkly, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden)

Foreign Language Film.

Town Without Pity, Mirisch Company, Inc. in association with Gloria Films; United Artists. (USA, West Germany, Switzerland)

Music (Song). “Town Without Pity”. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Two Women, Champion-Les Films Marceau-Cocinor and Societe Generale De Cinematographie Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France)

Best Actress. Sophia Loren.

Very Nice, Very Nice, National Film Board of Canada; Kingsley International Pictures. (Canada)

Short Subjects (Live Action).

West Side Story, Mirisch Pictures, Inc. and B and P Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists.

Best Motion Picture. Robert Wise, Producer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. George Chakiris.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Rita Moreno.

Directing. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Victor A. Gangelin.

Cinematography (Color). Daniel L. Fapp.

Costume Design (Color). Irene Sharaff.

Film Editing. Thomas Stanford.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal.

Sound. Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Ernest Lehman.

Yojimbo, Toho Company, Ltd. & Kurosawa Production; Toho Company Ltd. (Japan)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Yoshiro Muraki.