Best Picture Winner
West Side Story
Best Picture
Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Studio: United Artists
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love in this musical reimagining of Romeo and Juliet.
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As noted in the December 1960 Daily Variety article, only a few changes were made to the theatrical script. Among them, the prologue was lengthened from four-and-one-half minutes to eight minutes. In the song “America,” which originally was sung only by the Puerto Rican women, the men’s point of view was added. Two numbers, “Cool” and “Gee, Officer Krupke,” were moved to other positions within the story; some of the lyrics of “Krupke” were altered slightly; and the character of Krupke is not seen onscreen during the song, as he was in the staged version.
All Categories (29)
Best Motion Picture
West Side Story— Robert Wise, Producer
Winner
Fanny— Joshua Logan, Producer
Judgment at Nuremberg— Stanley Kramer, Producer
The Guns of Navarone— Carl Foreman, Producer
The Hustler— Robert Rossen, Producer
Actor
Charles Boyer— Fanny {"César"}
Paul Newman— The Hustler {"Eddie Felson"}
Spencer Tracy— Judgment at Nuremberg {"Judge Dan Haywood"}
Stuart Whitman— The Mark {"Jim Fuller"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
George C. Scott— The Hustler {"Bert Gordon"}
Jackie Gleason— The Hustler {"Minnesota Fats"}
Montgomery Clift— Judgment at Nuremberg {"Rudolph Petersen"}
Peter Falk— Pocketful of Miracles {"Joy Boy"}
Actress
Audrey Hepburn— Breakfast at Tiffany's {"Holly Golightly"}
Geraldine Page— Summer and Smoke {"Alma Winemiller"}
Natalie Wood— Splendor in the Grass {"Wilma Dean Loomis"}
Piper Laurie— The Hustler {"Sarah Packard"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Fay Bainter— The Children's Hour {"Mrs. Amelia Tilford"}
Judy Garland— Judgment at Nuremberg {"Irene Hoffman"}
Lotte Lenya— The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone {"Countess Magda Terribili-Gonzales"}
Una Merkel— Summer and Smoke {"Mrs. Winemiller"}
Directing
Judgment at Nuremberg— Stanley Kramer
La Dolce Vita— Federico Fellini
The Guns of Navarone— J. Lee Thompson
The Hustler— Robert Rossen
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Judgment at Nuremberg— Abby Mann
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's— George Axelrod
The Guns of Navarone— Carl Foreman
The Hustler— Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen
West Side Story— Ernest Lehman
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Splendor in the Grass— William Inge
Winner
Ballad of a Soldier— Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
General Della Rovere— Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
La Dolce Vita— Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
Lover Come Back— Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
The Hustler— Eugen Shuftan
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg— Ernest Laszlo
One, Two, Three— Daniel L. Fapp
The Absent Minded Professor— Edward Colman
The Children's Hour— Franz F. Planer
Cinematography (Color)
West Side Story— Daniel L. Fapp
Winner
A Majority of One— Harry Stradling, Sr.
Fanny— Jack Cardiff
Flower Drum Song— Russell Metty
One-Eyed Jacks— Charles Lang, Jr.
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
Breakfast at Tiffany's— Henry Mancini
Winner
El Cid— Miklos Rozsa
Fanny— Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
Summer and Smoke— Elmer Bernstein
The Guns of Navarone— Dimitri Tiomkin
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
West Side Story— Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Winner
Babes in Toyland— George Bruns
Flower Drum Song— Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Khovanshchina— Dimitri Shostakovich
Paris Blues— Duke Ellington
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
The Hustler— Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg— Art Direction: Rudolph Sternad; Set Decoration: George Milo
La Dolce Vita— Piero Gherardi
The Absent Minded Professor— Art Direction: Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
The Children's Hour— Art Direction: Fernando Carrere; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Art Direction (Color)
West Side Story— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Winner
Breakfast at Tiffany's— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
El Cid— Art Direction: Veniero Colasanti, John Moore
Flower Drum Song— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Summer and Smoke— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams
Special Effects
The Guns of Navarone— Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham
Winner
The Absent Minded Professor— Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
Film Editing
West Side Story— Thomas Stanford
Winner
Fanny— William H. Reynolds
Judgment at Nuremberg— Frederic Knudtson
The Guns of Navarone— Alan Osbiston
The Parent Trap— Philip W. Anderson
Sound
West Side Story— Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Winner
Flower Drum Song— Revue Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
The Children's Hour— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
The Guns of Navarone— Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
The Parent Trap— Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
La Dolce Vita— Piero Gherardi
Winner
Claudelle Inglish— Howard Shoup
Judgment at Nuremberg— Jean Louis
The Children's Hour— Dorothy Jeakins
Yojimbo— Yoshiro Muraki
Costume Design (Color)
West Side Story— Irene Sharaff
Winner
Babes in Toyland— Bill Thomas
Back Street— Jean Louis
Flower Drum Song— Irene Sharaff
Pocketful of Miracles— Edith Head, Walter Plunkett
Documentary (Feature)
Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath)— Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Winner
La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960)— dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade
Documentary (Short Subject)
Project Hope— Frank P. Bibas, Producer
Winner
Breaking the Language Barrier— United States Air Force
Cradle of Genius— Jim O'Connor and Tom Hayes, Producers
Kahl— Dido-Film-GmbH
L'Uomo in Grigio (The Man in Gray)— Benedetto Benedetti, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Through a Glass Darkly— Sweden
Winner
Harry and the Butler— Denmark
Immortal Love— Japan
Placido— Spain
The Important Man— Mexico
Honorary Award
To William L. Hendricks for his outstanding patriotic service in the conception, writing and production of the Marine Corps film, A Force in Readiness, which has brought honor to the Academy and the motion picture industry.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Stanley Kramer
To Fred L. Metzler for his dedication and outstanding service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To Jerome Robbins for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Seaton
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, INC., for the development of a hand held high-power photographic lighting unit known as the Sun Gun Professional. [Lighting]
Winner
To 20TH CENTURY-FOX RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, under the direction of E.I. SPONABLE and HERBERT E. BRAGG, and DELUXE LABORATORIES, INC., with the assistance of F.D. LESLIE, R.D. WHITMORE, A.A. ALDEN, ENDEL POOL and JAMES B. GORDON for a system of decompressing and recomposing CinemaScope pictures for conventional aspect ratios. [Laboratory]
To JAMES DALE, S. WILSON, H.E. RICE, JOHN RUDE, LAURIE ATKIN, WADSWORTH E. POHL, H. PEASGOOD and TECHNICOLOR CORP. for a process of automatic selective printing. [Laboratory]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To HURLETRON, INC., ELECTRIC EYE EQUIPMENT DIVISION, for an automatic light changing system for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
Winner
To WADSWORTH E. POHL and TECHNICOLOR CORP. for an integrated sound and picture transfer process. [Laboratory]
Music (Song)
"Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Winner
"Bachelor In Paradise" from Bachelor in Paradise— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Mack David
"Love Theme From El Cid (The Falcon And The Dove)" from El Cid— Music by Miklos Rozsa; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Pocketful Of Miracles" from Pocketful of Miracles— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Town Without Pity" from Town without Pity— Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Ersatz (The Substitute)— Zagreb Film
Winner
Aquamania— Walt Disney, Producer
Beep Prepared— Chuck Jones, Producer
Nelly's Folly— Chuck Jones, Producer
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe— Friz Freleng, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
Seawards the Great Ships— Templar Film Studios
Winner
Ballon Vole (Play Ball!)— Ciné-Documents
Rooftops of New York— Robert Gaffney, Producer
The Face of Jesus— Dr. John D. Jennings, Producer
Very Nice, Very Nice— National Film Board of Canada