Academy Awards archive

West Side Story Oscar Nominations & Wins

West Side Story has 11 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 10 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

Sound Mixing

Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director

1961 film year

All 11 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

West Side Story: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1961Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientGeorge Chakiris

Bernardo

Win recorded
Film year1961Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientRita Moreno

Anita

Win recorded
Film year1961Art Direction (Color)
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Win recorded
Film year1961Cinematography (Color)
Credited nominee / recipientDaniel L. Fapp
Win recorded
Film year1961Costume Design (Color)
Credited nominee / recipientIrene Sharaff
Win recorded
Film year1961Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Win recorded
Film year1961Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientThomas Stanford
Win recorded
Film year1961Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Credited nominee / recipientSaul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Win recorded
Film year1961Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Wise, Producer
Win recorded
Film year1961Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientTodd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Win recorded
Film year1961Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientErnest Lehman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryJudgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann

Who else was nominated?

Compare West Side Story 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.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Supporting Actor 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Art Direction (Color) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
    Nominee
  • El Cid
    Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
    Nominee
  • Flower Drum Song
    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
    Nominee
  • Summer and Smoke
    Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
    Nominee
  • West Side Story This film
    Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
    ★ Winner
Art Direction (Color) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Cinematography (Color) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Cinematography (Color) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Costume Design (Color) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Costume Design (Color) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Best Director 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Best Director winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Film Editing 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Film Editing winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Best Picture 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Best Picture winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
  • The Children's Hour
    Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Flower Drum Song
    Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Guns of Navarone
    Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Parent Trap
    Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • West Side Story This film
    Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
    ★ Winner
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1961 film year · Ceremony 34
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1961 film-year results
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