Academy Awards, USA 1961

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Best Cinematography, Color

WinnerSpartacusRussell Metty
The AlamoWilliam H. Clothier
BUtterfield 8Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten
ExodusSam Leavitt
PepeJoseph MacDonald

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Best Costume Design, Color

Best Director

Best Documentary, Features

WinnerThe Horse with the Flying TailLarry Lansburgh
Rebel in ParadiseRobert D. Fraser

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Best Effects, Special Effects

Best Film Editing

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Music, Original Song

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Best Picture

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

WinnerDay of the PainterRobert P. Davis
The Creation of WomanCharles F. Schwep, Ismail Merchant
Islands of the SeaWalt Disney
A Sport Is BornLeslie Winik

Best Sound

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

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