The 36th Academy Awards (1963): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 10
  • 9
  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 6
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • Tom Jones
  • Cleopatra
  • How the West Was Won
  • Hud
  • The Cardinal
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Love with the Proper Stranger
  • America America
  • Captain Newman, M.D.
  • Irma La Douce
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Cleopatra
  • Tom Jones
  • How the West Was Won
  • Hud
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2
  • America America
  • Chagall
  • The Critic
  • Irma La Douce
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Lilies of the Field
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  • Papa's Delicate Condition
  • Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
  • The V.I.P.s
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • America America - Elia Kazan
  • Cleopatra - Walter Wanger
  • How the West Was Won - Bernard Smith
  • Lilies of the Field - Ralph Nelson
  • Tom Jones - Tony Richardson

DIRECTING

  • America America - Elia Kazan
  • The Cardinal - Otto Preminger
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 - Federico Fellini
  • Hud - Martin Ritt
  • Tom Jones - Tony Richardson

ACTOR

  • Albert Finney - Tom Jones
  • Richard Harris - This Sporting Life
  • Rex Harrison - Cleopatra
  • Paul Newman - Hud
  • Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field

ACTRESS

  • Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room
  • Shirley MacLaine - Irma La Douce
  • Patricia Neal - Hud
  • Rachel Roberts - This Sporting Life
  • Natalie Wood - Love with the Proper Stranger

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Nick Adams - Twilight of Honor
  • Bobby Darin - Captain Newman, M.D.
  • Melvyn Douglas - Hud
  • Hugh Griffith - Tom Jones
  • John Huston - The Cardinal

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Diane Cilento - Tom Jones
  • Dame Edith Evans - Tom Jones
  • Joyce Redman - Tom Jones
  • Margaret Rutherford - The V.I.P.s
  • Lilia Skala - Lilies of the Field

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

  • Captain Newman, M.D. - Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
  • Hud - Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
  • Lilies of the Field - James Poe
  • Sundays and Cybele - Serge Bourguignon, Antoine Tudal
  • Tom Jones - John Osborne

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)

  • America America - Elia Kazan
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
  • The Four Days of Naples - Story by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini; Screenplay by Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy
  • How the West Was Won - James R. Webb
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Arnold Schulman

SONG

  • "Call Me Irresponsible" - Papa's Delicate Condition - Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • "Charade" - Charade - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Music by Ernest Gold; Lyrics by Mack David
  • "More" - Mondo Cane - Music by Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero; Lyrics by Norman Newell
  • "So Little Time" - 55 Days at Peking - Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)

  • Cleopatra - Alex North
  • 55 Days at Peking - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • How the West Was Won - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Ernest Gold
  • Tom Jones - John Addison

SCORING (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)

  • Bye Bye Birdie - John Green
  • Irma La Douce - Andre Previn
  • A New Kind of Love - Leith Stevens
  • Sundays and Cybele - Maurice Jarre
  • The Sword in the Stone - George Bruns

FILM EDITING

  • The Cardinal - Louis R. Loeffler
  • Cleopatra - Dorothy Spencer
  • The Great Escape - Ferris Webster
  • How the West Was Won - Harold F. Kress
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler Jr.

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

  • The Balcony - George Folsey
  • The Caretakers - Lucien Ballard
  • Hud - James Wong Howe
  • Lilies of the Field - Ernest Haller
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Milton Krasner

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

  • The Cardinal - Leon Shamroy
  • Cleopatra - Leon Shamroy
  • How the West Was Won - William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jr., Joseph LaShelle
  • Irma La Douce - Joseph LaShelle
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Ernest Laszlo

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

  • America America - Gene Callahan
  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 - Piero Gherardi
  • Hud - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Robert Benton
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory
  • Twilight of Honor - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt

ART DIRECTION (Color)

  • The Cardinal - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
  • Cleopatra - Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
  • Come Blow Your Horn - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, James Payne
  • How the West Was Won - Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr., Jack Mills
  • Tom Jones - Art Direction: Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 - Piero Gherardi
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Edith Head
  • The Stripper - Travilla
  • Toys in the Attic - Bill Thomas
  • Wives and Lovers - Edith Head

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

  • The Cardinal - Donald Brooks
  • Cleopatra - Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie
  • How the West Was Won - Walter Plunkett
  • The Leopard - Piero Tosi
  • A New Kind of Love - Edith Head

SOUND

  • Bye Bye Birdie - Columbia Studio Sound Department, Charles Rice (Sound Director)
  • Captain Newman, M.D. - Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson (Sound Director)
  • Cleopatra - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran (Sound Director); Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes (Sound Director)
  • How the West Was Won - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton (Sound Director)
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer (Sound Director)

SOUND EFFECTS

  • A Gathering of Eagles - Robert L. Bratton
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Walter G. Elliott

SPECIAL EFFECTS

  • The Birds - Ub Iwerks
  • Cleopatra - Emil Kosa Jr.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 - Italy
  • Knife in the Water - Poland
  • The Red Lanterns - Greece
  • Los Tarantos - Spain
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto - Japan

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain) - Paul de Roubaix
  • Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World - Robert Hughes
  • Terminus - Edgar Anstey [1]
  • The Yanks Are Coming - Marshall Flaum

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • Chagall - Simon Schiffrin
  • The Five Cities of June - George Stevens Jr.
  • The Spirit of America - Algernon G. Walker
  • Thirty Million Letters - Edgar Anstey
  • To Live Again - Mel London

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

  • Automania 2000 - John Halas
  • The Critic - Ernest Pintoff
  • The Game (Igra) - Dusan Vukotic
  • My Financial Career - Colin Low, Tom Daly
  • Pianissimo - Carmen D'Avino

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

  • The Concert - Ezra Baker
  • Home-Made Car - James Hill
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Paul de Roubaix, Marcel Ichac
  • Six-Sided Triangle - Christopher Miles
  • That's Me - Walker Stuart

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

  • Sam Spiegel

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To DOUGLAS G. SHEARER and A. ARNOLD GILLESPIE of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System. [Special Photographic]

ACADEMY NOTES

  1. This is not an official nomination. After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn.