Academy Awards (Oscars) 1961

🏆 WinnerBurt LancasterElmer Gantry (1960)

Nominees (4)

Laurence OlivierThe EntertainerNominee

Spencer TracyInherit the WindNominee

Trevor HowardSons and LoversNominee

Jack LemmonThe ApartmentNominee

Best Actor: all years →

🏆 WinnerElizabeth TaylorBUtterfield 8 (1960)

Nominees (4)

Deborah KerrThe SundownersNominee

Melina MercouriNever on SundayNominee

Greer GarsonSunrise at CampobelloNominee

Shirley MacLaineThe ApartmentNominee

Best Actress: all years →

WL

🏆 WinnerWilliam L. SnyderMunro (1961)

Nominees (4)

FVAPFrantišek VystrčilA Place in the SunNominee

Walt DisneyGoliath IINominee

High NoteNominee

Mouse and GardenNominee

Best Animated Short Film: all years →

🏆 WinnerThe ApartmentAlexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle

Nominees (4)

Sons and LoversThomas Morahan, Lionel CouchNominee

PsychoJoseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy+1Nominee

Visit to a Small PlanetHal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler+2Nominee

The Facts of LifeJoseph McMillan Johnson, Kenneth A. Reid+1Nominee

Best Art Direction, Black and White: all years →

🏆 WinnerSpartacusAlexander Golitzen, Eric Walter Orbom+2

Nominees (4)

It Started in NaplesHal Pereira, Roland Anderson+2Nominee

Sunrise at CampobelloEdward Carrere, George HopkinsNominee

CimarronHenry Grace, George Davis+3Nominee

PepeTed Haworth, William KiernanNominee

Best Art Direction, Color: all years →

🏆 WinnerFreddie FrancisSons and Lovers (1960)

Nominees (4)

ELErnest LaszloInherit the WindNominee

JLJohn L. RussellPsychoNominee

JLJoseph LaShelleThe ApartmentNominee

Charles LangThe Facts of LifeNominee

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: all years →

RM

🏆 WinnerRussell MettySpartacus (1960)

Nominees (4)

SLSam LeavittExodusNominee

WHWilliam H. ClothierThe AlamoNominee

JMJoseph MacDonaldPepeNominee

JRJoseph Ruttenberg, Charles HartenBUtterfield 8Nominee

Best Cinematography, Color: all years →

🏆 WinnerEdith Head, Edward StevensonThe Facts of Life (1960)

Nominees (4)

TVTheoni V. AldredgeNever on SundayNominee

HSHoward ShoupThe Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondNominee

BTBill ThomasSeven ThievesNominee

MVMarik Vos-LundhThe Virgin SpringNominee

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: all years →

AV

🏆 WinnerArlington Valles, Bill ThomasSpartacus (1960)

Nominees (4)

ISIrene SharaffCan-CanNominee

MBMarjorie BestSunrise at CampobelloNominee

Edith HeadPepeNominee

ILIrene LentzMidnight LaceNominee

Best Costume Design, Color: all years →

🏆 WinnerBilly WilderThe Apartment (1960)

Nominees (4)

Fred ZinnemannThe SundownersNominee

Jules DassinNever on SundayNominee

Jack CardiffSons and LoversNominee

Alfred HitchcockPsychoNominee

Best Director: all years →

JH

🏆 WinnerJames HillGiuseppina (1960)

Nominees (4)

Colin LowUniverseNominee

A City Called CopenhagenNominee

Beyond SilenceNominee

CCCharles Carey, Altina SchinasiGeorge Grosz' InterregnumNominee

Best Documentary (Short Subject): all years →

DM

🏆 WinnerDaniel MandellThe Apartment (1960)

Nominees (4)

RLRobert LawrenceSpartacusNominee

FKFrederic KnudtsonInherit the WindNominee

SGStuart GilmoreThe AlamoNominee

VLViola Lawrence, Al ClarkPepeNominee

Best Film Editing: all years →

🏆 WinnerThe Virgin Spring

Nominees (4)

The TruthNominee

KapoNominee

MacarioNominee

The Ninth CircleNominee

Best International Feature Film: all years →

EG

🏆 WinnerErnest GoldExodus (1960)

Nominees (4)

Alex NorthSpartacusNominee

Elmer BernsteinThe Magnificent SevenNominee

André PrevinElmer GantryNominee

DTDimitri TiomkinThe AlamoNominee

Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score: all years →

MS

🏆 WinnerMorris Stoloff, Harry SukmanSong Without End (1960)

Nominees (4)

Nelson RiddleCan-CanNominee

Earle Hagen, Lionel NewmanLet's Make LoveNominee

André PrevinBells Are RingingNominee

Johnny GreenPepeNominee

Best Original Musical Score: all years →

🏆 WinnerBilly WilderThe Apartment (1960)

Nominees (4)

Fred ZinnemannThe SundownersNominee

BSBernard SmithElmer GantryNominee

John WayneThe AlamoNominee

JWJerry WaldSons and LoversNominee

Best Picture: all years →

GE

🏆 WinnerGordon E. Sawyer, Fred HynesThe Alamo (1960)

Nominees (4)

GGGeorge GrovesSunrise at CampobelloNominee

CRCharles RicePepeNominee

GEGordon E. SawyerThe ApartmentNominee

FMFranklin MiltonCimarronNominee

Best Sound: all years →

🏆 WinnerPeter UstinovSpartacus (1960)

Nominees (4)

Chill WillsThe AlamoNominee

Peter FalkMurder, Inc.Nominee

Sal MineoExodusNominee

Jack KruschenThe ApartmentNominee

Best Supporting Actor: all years →

🏆 WinnerShirley JonesElmer Gantry (1960)

Nominees (4)

Glynis JohnsThe SundownersNominee

Shirley KnightThe Dark at the Top of the StairsNominee

Mary UreSons and LoversNominee

Janet LeighPsychoNominee

Best Supporting Actress: all years →

🏆 WinnerRichard BrooksElmer Gantry (1960)

Nominees (4)

ILIsobel LennartThe SundownersNominee

Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob SmithInherit the WindNominee

GLGavin Lambert, T. E. B. ClarkeSons and LoversNominee

JKJames KennawayTunes of GloryNominee

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: all years →

🏆 WinnerThe ApartmentI. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder

Nominees (4)

Never on SundayJules DassinNominee

Hiroshima Mon AmourMarguerite DurasNominee

The Facts of LifeNorman Panama, Melvin FrankNominee

The Angry SilenceMichael Craig, Richard Gregson+1Nominee

Best Writing, Original Screenplay: all years →

RP

🏆 WinnerRobert P. DavisDay of the Painter (1960)

Nominees (3)

LWLeslie WinikA Sport Is BornNominee

Walt DisneyIslands of the SeaNominee

CFCharles F. Schwep, Ismail MerchantThe Creation of WomanNominee

Best Live Action Short Film: all years →

🏆 WinnerManos HatzidakisNever on Sunday

NO

Nominees (3)

TFAndré PrevinThe Faraway Part of TownNominee

TFJohnny MercerThe Facts of LifeNominee

TSSammy CahnThe Second Time AroundNominee

Best Original Song: all years →

LL

🏆 WinnerLarry LansburghThe Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)

Nominees (1)

RDRobert D. FraserRebel in ParadiseNominee

Best Documentary Feature Film: all years →

GW

🏆 WinnerGene Warren, Tim BaarThe Time Machine (1960)

Nominees (1)

ALAugie LohmanThe Last VoyageNominee

Best Special Effects: all years →

🏆 WinnerHayley Mills

Academy Honorary Award: all years →

🏆 WinnerHayley Mills

Academy Juvenile Award: all years →

Nominees (1)

SpartacusNominee

Best Costume Design: all years →

Nominees (1)

SpartacusNominee

Best Production Design: all years →