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The Absent Minded Professor Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Absent Minded Professor has 3 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

No winning records for The Absent Minded Professor are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.

All 3 award records

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The Absent Minded Professor: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1961Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Hustler
Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Film year1961Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Credited nominee / recipientEdward Colman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Hustler
Eugen Shuftan
Film year1961Visual Effects
Credited nominee / recipientVisual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Guns of Navarone
Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Absent Minded Professor with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

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Art Direction (Black-and-White) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
  • The Absent Minded Professor This film
    Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
    Nominee
  • The Children's Hour
    Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
    Nominee
  • The Hustler
    Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
    ★ Winner
  • Judgment at Nuremberg
    Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
    Nominee
  • La Dolce Vita
    Piero Gherardi
    Nominee
Art Direction (Black-and-White) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Cinematography (Black-and-White) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Visual Effects 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
  • The Absent Minded Professor This film
    Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
    Nominee
  • The Guns of Navarone
    Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
    ★ Winner
Visual Effects winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
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