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West Side Story Fans. Bystanders rally outside the Academy Awards ceremony. Maximilian Schell. Best Actor winner for Judgment at Nuremberg, presenter Joan Crawford. Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Original Song winners for "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. View More Memorable Moments.
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins became the first Best Director co-winners for West Side Story .
Bon Voyage! – Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director. Lawrence of Arabia – Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director. Meredith Willson’s The Music Man – Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.
List of Academy Awards for Songs. The first awards were given in 1927, the same year as the first sound film, The Jazz Singer. No musical awards for songs were included until 1934.
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra . The year's most successful film was David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia, with 10 nominations and 7 wins, including Best Picture and Lean's second win for Best Director.
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1962. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song.
Bob Hope was the master of ceremonies. In January 1961, President Kennedy appointed Janet Travell as his personal physician, making her the first woman to hold the position of White House doctor. In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth.
