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Academy Awards, USA: 1963

Oscar

Date:	8 April
Host:	Frank Sinatra
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	Host Frank Sinatra nearly missed the show because he forgot his parking sticker and was turned away from the arrivals area by security guards. He had to park his own car elsewhere and run to the auditorium, barely arriving in time.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Sam Spiegel (I)
Other Nominees:
	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Aaron Rosenberg (I) The Longest Day (1962) - Darryl F. Zanuck The Music Man (1962) - Morton DaCosta To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Alan J. Pakula

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Gregory Peck
Other Nominees:
	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Burt Lancaster Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Jack Lemmon (I) Divorzio all'italiana (1961) - Marcello Mastroianni Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Peter O'Toole (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	The Miracle Worker (1962) - Anne Bancroft (I) - Anne Bancroft was not present at the awards ceremony. Joan Crawford (I) accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Lee Remick Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) - Katharine Hepburn Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Geraldine Page What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Bette Davis

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Ed Begley (I)
Other Nominees:
	Billy Budd (1962) - Terence Stamp Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Telly Savalas Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Omar Sharif What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Victor Buono

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	The Miracle Worker (1962) - Patty Duke
Other Nominees:
	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Thelma Ritter Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Shirley Knight (I) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Angela Lansbury To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Mary Badham

Best Director


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - David Lean (I)
Other Nominees:
	David and Lisa (1962) - Frank Perry (I) Divorzio all'italiana (1961) - Pietro Germi The Miracle Worker (1962) - Arthur Penn (I) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Robert Mulligan

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Divorzio all'italiana (1961) - Ennio De Concini; Alfredo Giannetti; Pietro Germi
Other Nominees:
	Freud (1962) - Charles Kaufman (IV) (screenplay/story); Wolfgang Reinhardt (screenplay) L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961) - Alain Robbe-Grillet Såsom i en spegel (1961) - Ingmar Bergman That Touch of Mink (1962) - Stanley Shapiro; Nate Monaster

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Horton Foote - Horton Foote was not present at the awards ceremony. Alan J. Pakula, the film's producer, accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	David and Lisa (1962) - Eleanor Perry Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Robert Bolt; Michael Wilson (I) - The nomination for Wilson was granted on 26 September 1995 by the Academy Board of Directors, after research at the WGA found that the then blacklisted writer shared the screenwriting credit with Bolt. Lolita (1962) - Vladimir Nabokov The Miracle Worker (1962) - William Gibson (I)

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Freddie Young
Other Nominees:
	Gypsy (1962) - Harry Stradling Sr. Hatari! (1962) - Russell Harlan Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Robert Surtees The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) - Paul Vogel

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	The Longest Day (1962) - Jean Bourgoin; Walter Wottitz
Other Nominees:
	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Burnett Guffey To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Russell Harlan Two for the Seesaw (1962) - Ted D. McCord What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Ernest Haller

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Alexander Golitzen; Henry Bumstead; Oliver Emert
Other Nominees:
	Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Joseph C. Wright; George James Hopkins Period of Adjustment (1962) - George W. Davis; Edward C. Carfagno; Henry Grace; Richard Pefferle The Longest Day (1962) - Ted Haworth (I); L�on Barsacq; Vincent Korda; Gabriel B�chir The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer (I); Frank R. McKelvy

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - John Box; John Stoll (I); Dario Simoni
Other Nominees:
	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - George W. Davis; J. McMillan Johnson; Henry Grace; Hugh Hunt (I) That Touch of Mink (1962) - Alexander Golitzen; Robert Clatworthy; George Milo (I) The Music Man (1962) - Paul Groesse; George James Hopkins The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) - George W. Davis; Edward C. Carfagno; Henry Grace; Richard Pefferle

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Norma Koch
Other Nominees:
	Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Donfeld Phaedra (1962) - Theoni V. Aldredge The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - Edith Head The Miracle Worker (1962) - Ruth Morley

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) - Mary Wills (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bon Voyage! (1962) - Bill Thomas (I) Gypsy (1962) - Orry-Kelly My Geisha (1962) - Edith Head The Music Man (1962) - Dorothy Jeakins

Best Sound


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - John Cox (I) (Shepperton SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Bon Voyage! (1962) - Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney SSD) That Touch of Mink (1962) - Waldon O. Watson (Universal City SSD) The Music Man (1962) - George Groves (I) (Warner Bros. SSD) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Joseph D. Kelly (Seven Arts-Warner Bros. Glen Glenn Sound Department)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Anne V. Coates
Other Nominees:
	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - John McSweeney Jr. The Longest Day (1962) - Samuel E. Beetley The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Ferris Webster The Music Man (1962) - William H. Ziegler

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	The Longest Day (1962) - Robert MacDonald (III) (visual); Jacques Maumont (audible)
Other Nominees:
	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - A. Arnold Gillespie (visual); Milo B. Lory (audible)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "Days of Wine and Roses"
Other Nominees:
	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Bronislau Kaper (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" Tender Is the Night (1962) - Sammy Fain (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Tender Is the Night (1962)" Two for the Seesaw (1962) - Andr� Previn (music); Dory Previn (lyrics) (as Dory Langdon) - For the song "Song from Two for the Seesaw (Second Chance)" Walk on the Wild Side (1962) - Elmer Bernstein (music); Mack David (lyrics) - For the song "Walk on the Wild Side"

Best Music, Score - Substantially Original


Winner:
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre (I)
Other Nominees:
	Freud (1962) - Jerry Goldsmith Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Bronislau Kaper Taras Bulba (1962) - Franz Waxman To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Elmer Bernstein

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment


Winner:
	The Music Man (1962) - Ray Heindorf
Other Nominees:
	Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) - George Stoll (IV) Gigot (1962) - Michel Magne Gypsy (1962) - Frank Perkins The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) - Leigh Harline

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Heureux anniversaire (1962) - Pierre �taix; Jean-Claude Carri�re
Other Nominees:
	Big City Blues (1962) - Martina Huguenot van der Linden; Charles Huguenot van der Linden Pan (1962/I) - Herman van der Horst The Cadillac (1962) - Robert Clouse The Cliff Dwellers (1962) - Hayward Anderson

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	The Hole (1962) - John Hubley; Faith Hubley
Other Nominees:
	A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962) - Walt Disney Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962) - Jules Engel Now Hear This (1962) - Warner Bros. Self Defense... for Cowards (1962) - William L. Snyder

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Dylan Thomas (1962) - Jack Howells
Other Nominees:
	The John Glenn Story (1962) - William L. Hendricks The Road to the Wall (1962) - Robert Saudek

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler (1962) - Louis Clyde Stoumen
Other Nominees:
	Alvorada (1962) - Hugo Niebeling

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray (1962) - France.
Other Nominees:
	Ilektra (1962/I) - Greece. Le quattro giornate di Napoli (1962) - Italy. O Pagador de Promessas (1962) - Brazil. Tlayucan (1962) - Mexico.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Steve Broidy

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	North American Philips Co., Inc. - For the design and engineering of the Norelco Universal 70/35mm motion picture projector. Ralph Chapman (II) - For the design and development of an advanced motion picture crane. Albert S. Pratt (Professional Division, Bell & Howell Co.); James L. Wassell (Professional Division, Bell & Howell Co.); Hans-Cristof Wohlrab (Professional Division, Bell & Howell Co.) - For the design and development of a new and improved automatic motion picture additive color printer. Charles E. Sutter (Paramount Pictures Corp.); William Bryson Smith (Paramount Pictures Corp.); Louis C. Kennell (Paramount Pictures Corp.) - For the engineering and application to motion picture production of a new system of electric power distribution.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Electro-Voice, Inc. - For a highly directional dynamic line microphone. Louis G. MacKenzie - For a selective sound effects repeater.