Best Picture Winner
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Picture
Director: David Lean
Studio: Columbia
The epic story of T.E. Lawrence and his extraordinary experiences in the Arabian Peninsula during World War I.
From the Worthy Podcast
I’m calling this genre Assimilation Cinema/Epics
Films like Apocalypse Now, Avatar, Dances with Wolves and Enemy Mine
I think just talking about epics in general is probably the best here. The assimilation part is interesting to me and part of one of my overall takes of the film. We’ve already done that tho!
Is Lawrence Of Arabia the Best Picture award of 1962?
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Lawrence of Arabia— Sam Spiegel, Producer
Winner
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— Morton Da Costa, Producer
Mutiny on the Bounty— Aaron Rosenberg, Producer
The Longest Day— Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer
To Kill a Mockingbird— Alan J. Pakula, Producer
Actor
Burt Lancaster— Birdman of Alcatraz {"Robert Stroud"}
Jack Lemmon— Days of Wine and Roses {"Joe Clay"}
Marcello Mastroianni— Divorce--Italian Style {"Ferdinando Cefalu"}
Peter O'Toole— Lawrence of Arabia {"T.E. Lawrence"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Omar Sharif— Lawrence of Arabia {"Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish"}
Telly Savalas— Birdman of Alcatraz {"Feto Gomez"}
Terence Stamp— Billy Budd {"Billy Budd"}
Victor Buono— What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? {"Edwin Flagg"}
Actress
Bette Davis— What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? {"Jane Hudson"}
Geraldine Page— Sweet Bird of Youth {"Alexandra Del Lago"}
Katharine Hepburn— Long Day's Journey into Night {"Mary Tyrone"}
Lee Remick— Days of Wine and Roses {"Kirsten Arnesen"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Angela Lansbury— The Manchurian Candidate {"Raymond's Mother"}
Mary Badham— To Kill a Mockingbird {"Scout Finch"}
Shirley Knight— Sweet Bird of Youth {"Heavenly Finley"}
Thelma Ritter— Birdman of Alcatraz {"Elizabeth Stroud"}
Directing
David and Lisa— Frank Perry
Divorce--Italian Style— Pietro Germi
The Miracle Worker— Arthur Penn
To Kill a Mockingbird— Robert Mulligan
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
To Kill a Mockingbird— Horton Foote
Winner
David and Lisa— Eleanor Perry
Lawrence of Arabia— Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
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— Vladimir Nabokov
The Miracle Worker— William Gibson
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Divorce--Italian Style— Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi
Winner
Freud— Story by Charles Kaufman; Screenplay by Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt
Last Year at Marienbad— Alain Robbe-Grillet
That Touch of Mink— Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster
Through a Glass Darkly— Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
The Longest Day— Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz, (Henri Persin)
Winner
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— Burnett Guffey
To Kill a Mockingbird— Russell Harlan
Two for the Seesaw— Ted McCord
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?— Ernest Haller
Cinematography (Color)
Lawrence of Arabia— Fred A. Young
Winner
Gypsy— Harry Stradling, Sr.
Hatari!— Russell Harlan
Mutiny on the Bounty— Robert L. Surtees
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm— Paul C. Vogel
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
To Kill a Mockingbird— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert
Winner
Days of Wine and Roses— Art Direction: Joseph Wright; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Period of Adjustment— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
The Longest Day— Art Direction: Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda; Set Decoration: Gabriel Bechir
The Pigeon That Took Rome— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank R. McKelvy
Art Direction (Color)
Lawrence of Arabia— Art Direction: John Box, John Stoll; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
Winner
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— Art Direction: Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Mutiny on the Bounty— Art Direction: George W. Davis, J. McMillan Johnson; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
That Touch of Mink— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George Milo
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle
Special Effects
The Longest Day— Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont
Winner
Mutiny on the Bounty— Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Milo Lory
Film Editing
Lawrence of Arabia— Anne Coates
Winner
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— William Ziegler
Mutiny on the Bounty— John McSweeney, Jr.
The Longest Day— Samuel E. Beetley
The Manchurian Candidate— Ferris Webster
Sound
Lawrence of Arabia— Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
Winner
Bon Voyage!— Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
That Touch of Mink— Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?— Glen Glenn Sound Department, Joseph Kelly, Sound Director
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?— Norma Koch
Winner
Days of Wine and Roses— Don Feld
Phaedra— Denny Vachlioti
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance— Edith Head
The Miracle Worker— Ruth Morley
Costume Design (Color)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm— Mary Wills
Winner
Bon Voyage!— Bill Thomas
Gypsy— Orry-Kelly
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— Dorothy Jeakins
My Geisha— Edith Head
Documentary (Feature)
Black Fox— Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
Winner
Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face)— Hugo Niebeling, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Dylan Thomas— Jack Howells, Producer
Winner
The John Glenn Story— William L. Hendricks, Producer
The Road to the Wall— Robert Saudek, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Sundays and Cybele— France
Winner
Electra— Greece
Keeper of Promises (The Given Word)— Brazil
The Four Days of Naples— Italy
Tlayucan— Mexico
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Steve Broidy
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To RALPH CHAPMAN for the design and development of an advanced motion picture camera crane. [Camera Cranes]
Winner
To ALBERT S. PRATT, JAMES L. WASSELL and HANS C. WOHLRAB of the Professional Equipment Divison of Bell & Howell Co., for the design and development of a new and improved automatic motion picture additive color printer. [Laboratory]
To CHARLES E. SUTTER, WILLIAM BRYSON SMITH and LOUIS C. KENNELL of Paramount Pictures Corp. for the engineering and application to motion picture production of a new system of electric power distribution. [Lighting]
To NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CO., INC., for the design and engineering of the Norelco Universal 70/35mm motion picture projector. [Projection]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To ELECTRO-VOICE, INC., for a highly directional dynamic line microphone. [Sound]
Winner
To LOUIS G. MacKENZIE for a selective sound effects repeater. [Sound]
Music (Original Music Score)
Lawrence of Arabia— Maurice Jarre
Winner
Freud— Jerry Goldsmith
Mutiny on the Bounty— Bronislau Kaper
Taras Bulba— Franz Waxman
To Kill a Mockingbird— Elmer Bernstein
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
Meredith Willson's The Music Man— Ray Heindorf
Winner
Billy Rose's Jumbo— George Stoll
Gigot— Michel Magne
Gypsy— Frank Perkins
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm— Leigh Harline
Music (Song)
"Days Of Wine And Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Winner
"Love Song From Mutiny On The Bounty (Follow Me)" from Mutiny on the Bounty— Music by Bronislau Kaper; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Song From Two For The Seesaw (Second Chance)" from Two for the Seesaw— Music by Andre Previn; Lyrics by Dory Langdon
"Tender Is The Night" from Tender Is the Night— Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Walk On The Wild Side" from Walk on the Wild Side— Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
Short Subject (Cartoon)
The Hole— John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Winner
Icarus Montgolfier Wright— Jules Engel, Producer
Now Hear This— Warner Bros.
Self Defense--For Cowards— William L. Snyder, Producer
Symposium on Popular Songs— Walt Disney, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary)— Pierre Etaix and J.C. Carrière, Producers
Winner
Big City Blues— Martina Huguenot van der Linden and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Producers
Pan— Herman van der Horst, Producer
The Cadillac— Robert Clouse, Producer
The Cliff Dwellers (formerly titled 'One Plus One')— Hayward Anderson, Producer