The 34th Academy Awards were held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on April 9, 1962. The awards honored films released in 1961. At this point the Academy was still giving two awards away (color/black-and-white) for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design.
Best Picture:
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Hustler
The Guns of Navarone
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Director:
Stanley Kramer—Judgment at Nuremberg
Federico Fellini—La Dolce Vita
J. Lee Thompson—The Guns of Navarone
WINNER; Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise—West Side Story
Robert Rossen—The Hustler
Best Actor:
Charles Boyer—Fanny
Paul Newman—The Hustler
WINNER: Maximilian Schell—Judgment at Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy—Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman—The Mark
Best Actress:
Audrey Hepburn—Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Piper Laurie—The Hustler
WINNER: Sophia Loren—Two Women
Geraldine Page—Summer and Smoke
Natalie Wood—Splendor in the Grass
Best Supporting Actor:
WINNER: George Chakiris—West Side Story
Montgomery Cliff—Judgment at Nuremberg
Peter Falk—Pocketful of Miracles
Jackie Gleason—The Hustler
George C. Scott—The Hustler
Best Supporting Actress:
Fay Bainter—The Children’s Hour
Judy Garland—Judgment at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya—The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Una Merkel—Summer and Smoke
WINNER: Rita Moreno—West Side Story
Best Original Screenplay:
Ballad of a Soldier
General della Rovere
La Dolce Vita
Lover Come Back
WINNER: Splendor in the Grass
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
WINNER: Judgment at Nuremberg
West Side Story
Best Foreign Language Film:
Immortal Love
Harry and the Butler
Plácido
The Important Man
WINNER: Through a Glass Darkly
Best Documentary Feature:
The Grand Olympics
WINNER: The Sky Above and Mud Below
Best Documentary Short:
Breaking the Language Barrier
Cradle of Genius
Kahl
The Man in Gray
WINNER: Project Hope
Best Live Action Short:
Play Ball!
The Face of Jesus
Rooftops of New York
WINNER: Seaward the Great Ships
Very Nice, Very Nice
Best Animated Short:
Aquamania
Beep Prepared
WINNER: Ersatz
Nelly’s Folly
Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score:
WINNER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
El Cid
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
Summer and Smoke
Best Musical Score:
Babes in Toyland
Flower Drum Song
Khovanshchina
Paris Blues
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Original Song:
“Bachelor in Paradise”—Bachelor in Paradise
“Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Doe)”—El Cid
WINNER: “Moon River”—Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“Pocketful of Miracles”—Pocketful of Miracles
“Town without Pity”—Town Without Pity
Best Sound Recording:
The Children’s Hour
Flower Drum Song
The Guns of Navarone
The Parent Trap
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Art Direction, Black and White:
The Absent-Minded Professor
The Children’s Hour
WINNER: The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
La Dolce Vita
Best Art Direction, Color:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
El Cid
Flower Drum Song
Summer and Smoke
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Cinematography, Black and White:
The Absent Minded Professor
The Children’s Hour
WINNER: The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
One, Two, Three
Best Cinematography, Color:
Fanny
Flower Drum Song
A Majority of One
One-Eyed Jacks
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Costume Design, Black and White:
The Children’s Hour
Claudelle Inglish
Judgment at Nuremberg
WINNER: La Dolce Vita
Yojimbo
Best Costume Design, Color:
Babes in Toyland
Back Street
Flower Drum Song
Pocketful of Miracles
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Film Editing:
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Guns of Navarone
The Parent Trap
WINNER: West Side Story
Best Visual Effects:
The Absent-Minded Professor
WINNER: The Guns of Navarone
