Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 34th Academy Awards

April 9, 1962  •  Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica  •  Hosted by Bob Hope

10
West Side Story Wins
11
West Side Story Noms
West Side Story won 10 Oscars including all four acting awards in its nominations
Sophia Loren became the first actress to win Best Actress for a foreign-language performance
Jerome Robbins received an honorary Oscar in addition to co-winning Best Director
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
West Side Story
Robert Wise, producer
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Hustler
Best Director
Winner
Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
West Side Story
Federico Fellini— La Dolce Vita
Stanley Kramer— Judgment at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen— The Hustler
J. Lee Thompson— The Guns of Navarone
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Maximilian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles Boyer— Fanny
Paul Newman— The Hustler
Spencer Tracy— Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman— The Mark
Best Actress
Winner
Sophia Loren
Two Women
Audrey Hepburn— Breakfast at Tiffany's
Piper Laurie— The Hustler
Geraldine Page— Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood— Splendor in the Grass
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
George Chakiris
West Side Story
Montgomery Clift— Judgment at Nuremberg
Peter Falk— Pocketful of Miracles
Jackie Gleason— The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Rita Moreno
West Side Story
Fay Bainter— The Children's Hour
Judy Garland— Judgment at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya— The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
William Inge
Splendor in the Grass
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Abby Mann
Judgment at Nuremberg
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Henry Mancini
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
West Side Story
Best Original Song
Winner
"Moon River" — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Eugen Schufftan
The Hustler
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Daniel L. Fapp
West Side Story
Best Film Editing
Winner
Thomas Stanford
West Side Story
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Harry Horner, Gene Callahan
The Hustler
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin
West Side Story
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Piero Gherardi
La Dolce Vita
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Irene Sharaff
West Side Story
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Fred Hynes, Gordon E. Sawyer
West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Bill Warrington, Vivian C. Greenham
The Guns of Navarone
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Ersatz (The Substitute)
Zagreb Film, Croatia — first non-US animated short winner
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Sky Above and Mud Below
Arthur Cohn — French exploration of New Guinea
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Through a Glass Darkly
Sweden — Ingmar Bergman