The 33rd Academy Awards | 1961
The complete list of Academy Awards nominees for 1961. We have had 25 different categories and 55 different movies nominated in this year of academy awards. Amongst all the movies, there were 16 distinct movies awarded. The Apartment is the most-awarded movie of this year with 10 Oscars nominations and 5 awards. The Apartment won this year's Best Picture.
- Categories
- 25
- Nominees
- 55
- Winners
- 16
1961 Oscars Recap
Here is a recap of all the 25 categories in 1961.
- BUtterfield 8
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Day of the Painter
- Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
- Elmer Gantry
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Elmer Gantry
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elmer Gantry
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- Exodus
- Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- Giuseppina
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- Munro
- Best Short Subject, Cartoons
- Never on Sunday
- Best Music, Original Song
- Song Without End
- Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
- Sons and Lovers
- Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- Spartacus
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Spartacus
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
- Spartacus
- Best Cinematography, Color
- Spartacus
- Best Costume Design, Color
- The Alamo
- Best Sound
- The Apartment
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
- The Apartment
- Best Director
- The Apartment
- Best Film Editing
- The Apartment
- Best Picture
- The Apartment
- Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
- The Facts of Life
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
- The Horse with the Flying Tail
- Best Documentary, Features
- The Time Machine
- Best Effects, Special Effects
- The Virgin Spring
- Best Foreign Language Film
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 19607.7/10·94%
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19607.1/10·77%
- 19608.1/10·93%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19606.6/10
- 19606.7/10·65%
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 19606.3/10·47%
- 19607.1/10·75%
- 19606.9/10·88%
- 19607.4/10·67%
- 19608.3/10·93%+
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- 19607.7/10·94%
- 19607.1/10·75%
- 19608.5/10·96%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 1960
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19608.5/10·96%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 19606.4/10
- 19605.9/10
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.4/10
- 19606.3/10·0%
- 19605.5/10+
- 19606.9/10·88%
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 19608.1/10·93%
- 19608.5/10·96%
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19606.4/10
Best Cinematography, Color
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.3/10·47%
- 19606.7/10·65%
- 19605.5/10+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
- 19606.4/10
- 19607.4/10·67%
- 19606.5/10
- 19606.8/10·71%
- 19608.1/10·87%
Best Costume Design, Color
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.3/10
- 19606.8/10·83%
- 19605.5/10+
- 19606.9/10·88%
Best Director
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19608.5/10·96%
- 19607.1/10·75%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 19607.4/10·67%
Best Documentary, Features
- 1960
- 19607.2/10
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- 19607.2/10
- 19606.9/10
- 19605.6/10
- 1964
- 19607.7/10
Best Effects, Special Effects
- 19607.5/10·76%
- 19606.7/10·60%
Best Film Editing
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19608.1/10·93%
- 19605.5/10+
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
Best Foreign Language Film
- 19608.1/10·87%
- 19607.6/10·60%
- 19607.6/10·67%
- 19608.3/10·100%
- 19607.7/10
Best Music, Original Song
- 19607.4/10·67%
- 19606.2/10
- 19605.5/10+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
- 19606.4/10
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- 19606.7/10·65%
- 19607.7/10·94%
- 19607.9/10·93%+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
- 19607.7/10·89%
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
- 19606.1/10·83%
- 19607.0/10·82%
- 19606.3/10
- 19606.5/10·69%
- 19605.5/10+
Best Picture
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19607.7/10·94%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 19606.8/10·52%+
- 19607.1/10·75%
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
- 19616.8/10
- 19606.9/10
- 19607.4/10
- 19607.1/10
- 19596.7/10
Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
- 19607.6/10
- 19606.3/10
- 19608.0/10
- 19616.0/10
Best Sound
- 19606.8/10·52%+
- 19606.4/10
- 19605.5/10+
- 19606.9/10·88%
- 19608.3/10·93%+
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- 19607.7/10·94%
- 19608.1/10·93%
- 19607.1/10·67%+
- 19607.1/10·75%
- 19607.5/10·75%
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
- 19608.3/10·93%+
- 19597.9/10·98%
- 19607.4/10·67%
- 19607.3/10·80%
- 19606.4/10