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1961 Academy Awards — 118 nominations across 26 categories.
Best Picture
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)
- ★ The Hustler IMDB — Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
- The Absent Minded Professor IMDB — Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
- The Children's Hour IMDB — Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
- Judgment at Nuremberg IMDB — Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
- La Dolce Vita IMDB — Piero Gherardi
ART DIRECTION (Color)
- ★ West Side Story IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- Breakfast at Tiffany's IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
- El Cid IMDB — Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
- Flower Drum Song IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
- Summer and Smoke IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)
COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)
COSTUME DESIGN (Color)
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
HONORARY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MUSIC (Original Score)
MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ Breakfast at Tiffany's IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
- Bachelor in Paradise IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
- El Cid IMDB — Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
- Pocketful of Miracles IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- Town without Pity IMDB — Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND MIXING
- ★ West Side Story IMDB — Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
- The Children's Hour IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
- Flower Drum Song IMDB — Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
- The Guns of Navarone IMDB — Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
- The Parent Trap IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
- ★ Splendor in the Grass IMDB — William Inge
- Ballad of a Soldier IMDB — Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
- General Della Rovere IMDB — Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
- La Dolce Vita IMDB — Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
- Lover Come Back IMDB — Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning