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

NOMINATIONS AWARDS
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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
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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.

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