1963 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 123 Academy Award records for the 1963 film year, covering 58 films and including 26 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
- ★ Tom JonesTony Richardson, 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.
- Tom Jones
4 wins from 10 award records
- Cleopatra
4 wins from 9 award records
- How the West Was Won
3 wins from 8 award records
- Hud
3 wins from 7 award records
- Federico Fellini's 8-1/2
2 wins from 5 award records
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1 win from 6 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Lilies of the Field — Homer Smith
- ★ Hud — Homer Bannon
- ★ Hud — Alma
- ★ The V.I.P.s — Duchess of Brighton
- ★ Hud
- ★ Chagall
- ★ Papa's Delicate Condition — Call Me Irresponsible
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 123 of 123 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Tom Jones IMDB — Tony Richardson, Producer
- America America IMDB — Elia Kazan, Producer
- Cleopatra IMDB — Walter Wanger, Producer
- How the West Was Won IMDB — Bernard Smith, Producer
- Lilies of the Field IMDB — Ralph Nelson, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ Lilies of the Field IMDB — Sidney PoitierHomer Smith
- Tom Jones IMDB — Albert FinneyTom Jones
- This Sporting Life IMDB — Richard HarrisFrank Machin
- Cleopatra IMDB — Rex HarrisonJulius Caesar
- Hud IMDB — Paul NewmanHud Bannon
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Hud IMDB — Melvyn DouglasHomer Bannon
- Twilight of Honor IMDB — Nick AdamsBen Brown
- Captain Newman, M.D. IMDB — Bobby DarinCorp. Jim Tompkins
- Tom Jones IMDB — Hugh GriffithSquire Western
- The Cardinal IMDB — John HustonCardinal Glennon
Best Actress
- ★ Hud IMDB — Patricia NealAlma
- The L-Shaped Room IMDB — Leslie CaronJane
- Irma La Douce IMDB — Shirley MacLaineIrma La Douce
- This Sporting Life IMDB — Rachel RobertsMrs. Hammond
- Love with the Proper Stranger IMDB — Natalie WoodAngie
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The V.I.P.s IMDB — Margaret RutherfordDuchess of Brighton
- Tom Jones IMDB — Diane CilentoMolly
- Tom Jones IMDB — Dame Edith EvansMiss Western
- Tom Jones IMDB — Joyce RedmanMrs. Waters
- Lilies of the Field IMDB — Lilia SkalaMother Maria
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ America America IMDB — Gene Callahan
- Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 IMDB — Piero Gherardi
- Hud IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Robert Benton
- Love with the Proper Stranger IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory
- Twilight of Honor IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Cleopatra IMDB — Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
- The Cardinal IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
- Come Blow Your Horn IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, James Payne
- How the West Was Won IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
- Tom Jones IMDB — Art Direction: Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ Cleopatra IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- The Cardinal IMDB — Leon Shamroy
- How the West Was Won IMDB — William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
- Irma La Douce IMDB — Joseph LaShelle
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDB — Ernest Laszlo
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Costume Design (Color)
- ★ Cleopatra IMDB — Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie
- The Cardinal IMDB — Donald Brooks
- How the West Was Won IMDB — Walter Plunkett
- The Leopard IMDB — Piero Tosi
- A New Kind of Love IMDB — Edith Head
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World IMDB — Robert Hughes, Producer
- Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain) IMDB — Paul de Roubaix, Producer
- Terminus IMDB — Edgar Anstey, Producer
Source context
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn.
- The Yanks Are Coming IMDB — Marshall Flaum, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Chagall IMDB — Simon Schiffrin, Producer
- The Five Cities of June IMDB — George Stevens, Jr., Producer
- The Spirit of America IMDB — Algernon G. Walker, Producer
- Thirty Million Letters IMDB — Edgar Anstey, Producer
- To Live Again IMDB — Mel London, Producer
Film Editing
- ★ How the West Was Won IMDB — Harold F. Kress
- The Cardinal IMDB — Louis R. Loeffler
- Cleopatra IMDB — Dorothy Spencer
- The Great Escape IMDB — Ferris Webster
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDB — Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler, Jr.
International Feature Film
- ★ Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 IMDB — Italy
- Knife in the Water IMDB — Poland
- Los Tarantos IMDB — Spain
- The Red Lanterns IMDB — Greece
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto IMDB — Japan
Original Score
- ★ Tom Jones IMDB — John Addison
- Cleopatra IMDB — Alex North
- 55 Days at Peking IMDB — Dimitri Tiomkin
- How the West Was Won IMDB — Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDB — Ernest Gold
Original Song
- ★ Papa's Delicate Condition IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy CahnCall Me Irresponsible
- Charade IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerCharade
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDB — Music by Ernest Gold; Lyrics by Mack DavidIt's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- Mondo Cane IMDB — Music by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero; Lyrics by Norman NewellMore
- 55 Days at Peking IMDB — Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis WebsterSo Little Time
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Critic IMDB — Ernest Pintoff, Producer
- Automania 2000 IMDB — John Halas, Producer
- The Game (Igra) IMDB — Dusan Vukotic, Producer
- My Financial Career IMDB — Colin Low and Tom Daly, Producers
- Pianissimo IMDB — Carmen D'Avino, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge IMDB — Paul de Roubaix and Marcel Ichac, Producers
- The Concert IMDB — Ezra Baker, Producer
- Home-Made Car IMDB — James Hill, Producer
- Six-Sided Triangle IMDB — Christopher Miles, Producer
- That's Me IMDB — Walker Stuart, Producer
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
- ★ How the West Was Won IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
- Bye Bye Birdie IMDB — Columbia Studio Sound Department, Charles Rice, Sound Director
- Captain Newman, M.D. IMDB — Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
- Cleopatra IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Tom Jones IMDB — John Osborne
- Captain Newman, M.D. IMDB — Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
- Hud IMDB — Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
- Lilies of the Field IMDB — James Poe
- Sundays and Cybele IMDB — Serge Bourguignon, Antoine Tudal
Original Screenplay
- ★ How the West Was Won IMDB — James R. Webb
- America America IMDB — Elia Kazan
- Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 IMDB — Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
- The Four Days of Naples IMDB — Story by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini; Screenplay by Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy
- Love with the Proper Stranger IMDB — Arnold Schulman
Nominated films and other recorded entries
58 films represented in the 1963 archive selection.
- 55 Days at Peking
- A Gathering of Eagles
- A New Kind of Love
- America America
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Automania 2000
- Bye Bye Birdie
- Captain Newman, M.D.
- Chagall
- Charade
- Cleopatra
- Come Blow Your Horn
- Federico Fellini's 8-1/2
- Home-Made Car
- How the West Was Won
- Hud
- Irma La Douce
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- Knife in the Water
- Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain)
- Lilies of the Field
- Los Tarantos
- Love with the Proper Stranger
- Mondo Cane
- My Financial Career
- Papa's Delicate Condition
- Pianissimo
- Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
- Six-Sided Triangle
- Sundays and Cybele
- Terminus
- That's Me
- The Balcony
- The Birds
- The Cardinal
- The Caretakers
- The Concert
- The Critic
- The Five Cities of June
- The Four Days of Naples
- The Game (Igra)
- The Great Escape
- The L-Shaped Room
- The Leopard
- The Red Lanterns
- The Spirit of America
- The Stripper
- The Sword in the Stone
- The V.I.P.s
- The Yanks Are Coming
- Thirty Million Letters
- This Sporting Life
- To Live Again
- Tom Jones
- Toys in the Attic
- Twilight of Honor
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto
- Wives and Lovers
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.
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