West Side Story (1961)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 1962
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Winner Oscar |
Best Picture Robert Wise |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role George Chakiris |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Rita Moreno |
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Best Director Robert Wise Jerome Robbins
For the first time a directing award is being shared.
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Best Cinematography, Color Daniel L. Fapp |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Boris Leven Victor A. Gangelin |
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Best Costume Design, Color Irene Sharaff |
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Best Sound Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD) Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) |
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Best Film Editing Thomas Stanford |
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Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal |
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Nominee Oscar |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ernest Lehman |
BAFTA Awards 1963
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Nominee BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source
USA.
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Directors Guild of America, USA 1962
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Winner DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Robert E. Relyea (assistant director) (plaque) |
DVD Exclusive Awards 2003
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Winner DVDX Award |
Best Behind-the-Scenes Program (New for DVD) Michael Arick
For West Side Memories (2003).
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Nominee DVDX Award |
Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie (Including All Extra Features) |
Golden Globes, USA 1962
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Winner Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Musical |
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Best Supporting Actress Rita Moreno |
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Best Supporting Actor George Chakiris |
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Director Robert Wise Jerome Robbins |
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Best Actor - Comedy or Musical Richard Beymer |
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Most Promising Newcomer - Male Richard Beymer |
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Most Promising Newcomer - Male George Chakiris |
Grammy Awards 1962
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Winner Grammy |
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast from Motion Picture or Television Saul Chaplin (music director) Johnny Green (music director) Irwin Kostal (music director) Sid Ramin (music director)
(Original Cast)
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Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental) Stan Kenton |
Laurel Awards 1962
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Winner Golden Laurel |
Top Musical |
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Top Female Supporting Performance Rita Moreno |
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Top Cinematography, Color Daniel L. Fapp |
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Nominee Golden Laurel |
Top Musical Score Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal
4th place.
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Top Male Supporting Performance George Chakiris |
National Board of Review, USA 1961
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Winner NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
National Film Preservation Board, USA 1997
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Winner National Film Registry |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1961
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Winner NYFCC Award |
Best Film |
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Nominee NYFCC Award |
Best Director Jerome Robbins Robert Wise |
Online Film & Television Association 2022
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Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
Score Stephen Sondheim Leonard Bernstein |
Online Film & Television Association 2003
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Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame |
Motion Picture |
PGA Awards 1999
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Winner PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures |
Robert Wise
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Sant Jordi Awards 1963
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Winner Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) Robert Wise Jerome Robbins |
Satellite Awards 2011
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Winner Satellite Award |
Best Classic DVD
50th Anniversary Edition
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Writers Guild of America, USA 1962
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Winner WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Musical Ernest Lehman |
