1962 (35th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1962. 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.

Alvorada (Brazil’s Changing Face), MW Filmproduktion. (West Germany)

Documentary (Feature). Hugo Niebeling, Producer.

Big City Blues, Mayfair Pictures Company. (USA, Netherlands)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Martina Huguenot van der Linden and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Producers.

Billy Budd, Harvest Productions; Allied Artists. (UK)

Actor in a Supporting Role. Terence Stamp.

Billy Rose’s Jumbo, Euterpe-Arwin Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). George Stoll.

Birdman of Alcatraz, Harold Hecht Productions; United Artists.

Best Actor. Burt Lancaster.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Telly Savalas.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Thelma Ritter.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Burnett Guffey.

Black Fox, Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc.

Documentary (Feature). Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

Bon Voyage!, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Costume Design (Color). Bill Thomas.

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

The Cadillac, Robert Clouse Production; United Producers Releasing Organization.

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

The Cliff Dwellers, Group II Film Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films.

Short Subjects (Live Action). Hayward Anderson, Producer.

David and Lisa, Heller-Perry Productions; Continental Distributing, Inc.

Directing. Frank Perry.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Eleanor Perry.

Days of Wine and Roses, Martin Manulis-Jalem Production; Warner Bros.

Best Actor. Jack Lemmon.

Best Actress. Lee Remick.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Joseph Wright; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Don Feld.

Music (Song). “Days of Wine and Roses”. Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Divorce—Italian Style, Lux-Vides-Galatea Film Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy)

Best Actor. Marcello Mastroianni.

Directing. Pietro Germi.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi.

Dylan Thomas, TWW Ltd.; Janus Films. (UK)

Documentary (Short Subject). Jack Howells, Producer.

Electra, Michael Cacoyannis Production. (Greece)

Foreign Language Film.

The Four Days of Naples, Titanus-Metro; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Italy)

Foreign Language Film.

Freud, Universal-International-John Huston Production; Universal-International.

Music (Music Score—substantially original). Jerry Goldsmith.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Story by Charles Kaufman; screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt.

Gigot, Seven Arts Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). Michel Magne.

Gypsy, Warner Bros.

Cinematography (Color). Harry Stradling, Sr.

Costume Design (Color). Orry-Kelly.

Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). Frank Perkins.

Hatari!, Malabar Productions; Paramount.

Cinematography (Color). Russell Harlan.

Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary), C.A.P.A.C. Productions (Paris); Atlantic Pictures Corporation. (France)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Pierre Etaix and J. C. Carrière, Producers.

The Hole, Storyboard, Inc.; Brandon Films, Inc.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers.

Icarus Montgolfier Wright, Format Films; United Artists.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Jules Engel, Producer.

The John Glenn Story, United States Navy; Warner Bros.

Documentary (Short Subject). William L. Hendricks, Producer.

Keeper of Promises (The Given Word), Cinedistri. (Brazil)

Foreign Language Film.

Last Year at Marienbad, Preceitel-Terra Film Production; Astor Pictures, Inc. (France, Italy)

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Alain Robbe-Grillet.

Lawrence of Arabia, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.-Sam Spiegel-David Lean Production; Columbia. (UK)

Best Picture. Sam Spiegel, Producer.

Best Actor. Peter O’Toole.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Omar Sharif.

Directing. David Lean.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by John Box and John Stoll; set decoration by Dario Simoni.

Cinematography (Color). Fred A. Young.

Film Editing. Anne Coates.

Music (Music Score—substantially original). Maurice Jarre.

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

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson.

Lolita, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA)

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Vladimir Nabokov.

Long Day’s Journey into Night, Ely Landau Productions; Embassy Pictures Corporation.

Best Actress. Katharine Hepburn.

The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

Best Picture. Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq and Vincent Korda; set decoration by Gabriel Bechir.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz.

Film Editing. Samuel E. Beetley.

Special Effects. Visual effects by Robert MacDonald; audible effects by Jacques Maumont.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Ford Production; Paramount.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Edith Head.

The Manchurian Candidate, M. C. Production; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Angela Lansbury.

Film Editing. Ferris Webster.

Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, Warner Bros.

Best Picture. Morton Da Costa, Producer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Paul Groesse; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

Costume Design (Color). Dorothy Jeakins.

Film Editing. William Ziegler.

Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). Ray Heindorf.

Sound. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.

The Miracle Worker, Playfilms Production; United Artists.

Best Actress. Anne Bancroft.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Patty Duke.

Directing. Arthur Penn.

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Ruth Morley.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). William Gibson.

Mutiny on the Bounty, Arcola Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Picture. Aaron Rosenberg, Producer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by George W. Davis and J. McMillan Johnson; set decoration by Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt.

Cinematography (Color). Robert L. Surtees.

Film Editing. John McSweeney, Jr.

Music (Music Score—substantially original). Bronislau Kaper.

Music (Song). “Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)”. Music by Bronislau Kaper; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Special Effects. Visual effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; audible effects by Milo Lory.

My Geisha, Sachiko Production; Paramount.

Costume Design (Color). Edith Head.

Now Hear This, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros. [Looney Tune Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Pan, Herman van der Horst Production; Mayfair Pictures Company. (Netherlands)

Short Subjects (Live Action). Herman van der Horst, Producer.

Period of Adjustment, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle.

Phaedra, Jules Dassin-Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece, France, USA)

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Denny Vachlioti.

The Pigeon That Took Rome, Llenroc Productions; Paramount.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; set decoration by Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy.

The Road to the Wall, CBS Films, Inc.; United States Department of Defense.

Documentary (Short Subject). Robert Saudek, Producer.

Self Defense—For Cowards, Rembrandt Films; Film Representations, Inc. (Czechoslovakia, USA) [Self-Help Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). William L. Snyder, Producer.

Sundays and Cybele, Terra Film-Fides-Orsay Films-Les Films du Trocadero; Columbia. (France, Austria)

Foreign Language Film.

Sweet Bird of Youth, Roxbury Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Geraldine Page.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Ed Begley.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Shirley Knight.

Symposium on Popular Songs, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

Taras Bulba, Harold Hecht Productions; United Artists. (Yugoslavia, USA)

Music (Music Score—substantially original). Franz Waxman.

Tender Is the Night, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “Tender Is the Night”. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

That Touch of Mink, Universal-International-Granley-Arwin-Nob Hill Production; Universal-International.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy; set decoration by George Milo.

Sound. Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director.

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster.

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

Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen). Ingmar Bergman.

Tlayucan, Producciones Matouk, S.A. (Mexico)

Foreign Language Film.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Universal-International-Pakula-Mulligan-Brentwood Production; Universal-International.

Best Picture. Alan J. Pakula, Producer.

Best Actor. Gregory Peck.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Mary Badham.

Directing. Robert Mulligan.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead; set decoration by Oliver Emert.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Russell Harlan.

Music (Music Score—substantially original). Elmer Bernstein.

Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Horton Foote.

Two for the Seesaw, Mirisch-Argyle-Talbot Production in association with Seven Arts Productions; United Artists.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Ted McCord.

Music (Song). “Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)”. Music by Andre Previn; lyrics by Dory Langdon.

Walk on the Wild Side, Famous Artists Productions; Columbia.

Music (Song). “Walk on the Wild Side”. Music by Elmer Bernstein; lyrics by Mack David.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Seven Arts-Associates & Aldrich Company Production; Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Victor Buono.

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

Costume Design (Black-and-White). Norma Koch.

Sound. Glen Glenn Sound Department, Joseph Kelly, Sound Director.

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Cinerama; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle.

Cinematography (Color). Paul C. Vogel.

Costume Design (Color). Mary Wills.

Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). Leigh Harline.