1962 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 117 Academy Award records for the 1962 film year, covering 55 films and including 25 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ Lawrence of ArabiaSam Spiegel, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Lawrence of Arabia
7 wins from 10 award records
- To Kill a Mockingbird
3 wins from 8 award records
- The Longest Day
2 wins from 5 award records
- The Miracle Worker
2 wins from 5 award records
- Meredith Willson's The Music Man
1 win from 6 award records
- Days of Wine and Roses
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ To Kill a Mockingbird — Atticus Finch
- ★ Sweet Bird of Youth — Tom 'Boss' Finley
- ★ The Miracle Worker — Annie Sullivan
- ★ The Miracle Worker — Helen Keller
- ★ Days of Wine and Roses — Days Of Wine And Roses
- ★ The Hole
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 117 of 117 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Sam Spiegel, Producer
- The Longest Day IMDB — Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer
- Meredith Willson's The Music Man IMDB — Morton Da Costa, Producer
- Mutiny on the Bounty IMDB — Aaron Rosenberg, Producer
- To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Alan J. Pakula, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Gregory PeckAtticus Finch
- Birdman of Alcatraz IMDB — Burt LancasterRobert Stroud
- Days of Wine and Roses IMDB — Jack LemmonJoe Clay
- Divorce--Italian Style IMDB — Marcello MastroianniFerdinando Cefalu
- Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Peter O'TooleT.E. Lawrence
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Sweet Bird of Youth IMDB — Ed BegleyTom 'Boss' Finley
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDB — Victor BuonoEdwin Flagg
- Birdman of Alcatraz IMDB — Telly SavalasFeto Gomez
- Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Omar SharifSherif Ali ibn el Kharish
- Billy Budd IMDB — Terence StampBilly Budd
Best Actress
- ★ The Miracle Worker IMDB — Anne BancroftAnnie Sullivan
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDB — Bette DavisJane Hudson
- Long Day's Journey into Night IMDB — Katharine HepburnMary Tyrone
- Sweet Bird of Youth IMDB — Geraldine PageAlexandra Del Lago
- Days of Wine and Roses IMDB — Lee RemickKirsten Arnesen
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Miracle Worker IMDB — Patty DukeHelen Keller
- To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Mary BadhamScout Finch
- Sweet Bird of Youth IMDB — Shirley KnightHeavenly Finley
- The Manchurian Candidate IMDB — Angela LansburyRaymond's Mother
- Birdman of Alcatraz IMDB — Thelma RitterElizabeth Stroud
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert
- Days of Wine and Roses IMDB — Art Direction: Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- The Longest Day IMDB — Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir
- Period of Adjustment IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
- The Pigeon That Took Rome IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Art Direction: John Box, John Stoll; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
- Meredith Willson's The Music Man IMDB — Art Direction: Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- Mutiny on the Bounty IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, J. McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
- That Touch of Mink IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- ★ The Longest Day IMDB — Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz, (Henri Persin)
Source context
NOTE: Originally, the three names of Jean Bourgoin, Henri Persin and Walter Wottitz (as listed on the Official Screen Credits form) were announced as nominees for this film in this category. The credits from the film listed four Directors of Photography (in the following order), Mr. Persin, Mr. Wottitz, Pierre Levent and Mr. Bourgoin. The program for the Awards ceremony and even the official letter from Price Waterhouse with the results of the final voting for the awards listed the three names as winners in this category. At some point, the name of Henri Persin was dropped from the nomination, as his name has been \"whited-out\" from the official wording for the nomination certificates, and the nominations and winners lists the Academy publishes do not include his name. The Academy's records and files give no reason for this exclusion.
- Birdman of Alcatraz IMDB — Burnett Guffey
- To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Russell Harlan
- Two for the Seesaw IMDB — Ted McCord
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDB — Ernest Haller
Cinematography (Color)
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Costume Design (Color)
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Black Fox IMDB — Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
- Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face) IMDB — Hugo Niebeling, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Dylan Thomas IMDB — Jack Howells, Producer
- The John Glenn Story IMDB — William L. Hendricks, Producer
- The Road to the Wall IMDB — Robert Saudek, Producer
Film Editing
International Feature Film
- ★ Sundays and Cybele IMDB — France
- Electra IMDB — Greece
- The Four Days of Naples IMDB — Italy
- Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) IMDB — Brazil
- Tlayucan IMDB — Mexico
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Days of Wine and Roses IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerDays Of Wine And Roses
- Mutiny on the Bounty IMDB — Music by Bronislau Kaper; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterLove Song From Mutiny On The Bounty (Follow Me)
- Two for the Seesaw IMDB — Music by Andre Previn; Lyrics by Dory LangdonSong From Two For The Seesaw (Second Chance)
- Tender Is the Night IMDB — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterTender Is The Night
- Walk on the Wild Side IMDB — Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack DavidWalk On The Wild Side
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Hole IMDB — John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
- Icarus Montgolfier Wright IMDB — Jules Engel, Producer
- Now Hear This IMDB — Warner Bros.
- Self Defense--For Cowards IMDB — William L. Snyder, Producer
- Symposium on Popular Songs IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary) IMDB — Pierre Etaix and J.C. Carrière, Producers
- Big City Blues IMDB — Martina Huguenot van der Linden and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Producers
- The Cadillac IMDB — Robert Clouse, Producer
- The Cliff Dwellers (formerly titled 'One Plus One') IMDB — Hayward Anderson, Producer
- Pan IMDB — Herman van der Horst, Producer
Sound Mixing
- ★ Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
- Bon Voyage! IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
- Meredith Willson's The Music Man IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
- That Touch of Mink IMDB — Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? IMDB — Glen Glenn Sound Department, Joseph Kelly, Sound Director
Visual Effects
- ★ The Longest Day IMDB — Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont
- Mutiny on the Bounty IMDB — Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Milo Lory
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ To Kill a Mockingbird IMDB — Horton Foote
- David and Lisa IMDB — Eleanor Perry
- Lawrence of Arabia IMDB — Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Source context
NOTE: The Board of Governors voted on September 26, 1995 to grant then-blacklisted writer Michael Wilson an Academy Award nomination, along with Robert Bolt, for Lawrence of Arabia. This was the result of a Writers Guild of America finding that Wilson and Bolt share the credit for the screenplay.
- Lolita IMDB — Vladimir Nabokov
- The Miracle Worker IMDB — William Gibson
Original Screenplay
- ★ Divorce--Italian Style IMDB — Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi
- Freud IMDB — Story by Charles Kaufman; Screenplay by Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt
- Last Year at Marienbad IMDB — Alain Robbe-Grillet
- That Touch of Mink IMDB — Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster
- Through a Glass Darkly IMDB — Ingmar Bergman
Nominated films and other recorded entries
55 films represented in the 1962 archive selection.
- Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face)
- Big City Blues
- Billy Budd
- Billy Rose's Jumbo
- Birdman of Alcatraz
- Black Fox
- Bon Voyage!
- David and Lisa
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Divorce--Italian Style
- Dylan Thomas
- Electra
- Freud
- Gigot
- Gypsy
- Hatari!
- Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary)
- Icarus Montgolfier Wright
- Keeper of Promises (The Given Word)
- Last Year at Marienbad
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Lolita
- Long Day's Journey into Night
- Meredith Willson's The Music Man
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- My Geisha
- Now Hear This
- Pan
- Period of Adjustment
- Phaedra
- Self Defense--For Cowards
- Sundays and Cybele
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- Symposium on Popular Songs
- Taras Bulba
- Tender Is the Night
- That Touch of Mink
- The Cadillac
- The Cliff Dwellers (formerly titled 'One Plus One')
- The Four Days of Naples
- The Hole
- The John Glenn Story
- The Longest Day
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Manchurian Candidate
- The Miracle Worker
- The Pigeon That Took Rome
- The Road to the Wall
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
- Through a Glass Darkly
- Tlayucan
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Two for the Seesaw
- Walk on the Wild Side
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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