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1961 Results

  • Winner

    Universe

    • Roman Kroitor
    • Colin Low
    Animated Film
    Nominee

    The Interview

    Ernest Pintoff
    Animated Film
    Nominee

    Piccolo

    Dusan Vukotic
    Animated Film
  • Winner

    Peter Finch

    The Trials Of Oscar Wilde
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Richard Attenborough

    The Angry Silence
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Albert Finney

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    British Actor
    Nominee

    John Fraser

    The Trials Of Oscar Wilde
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Alec Guinness

    Tunes Of Glory
    British Actor
    Nominee

    John Mills

    Tunes Of Glory
    British Actor
    Nominee

    Laurence Olivier

    The Entertainer
    British Actor
  • Winner

    Rachel Roberts

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    British Actress
    Nominee

    Wendy Hiller

    Sons And Lovers
    British Actress
    Nominee

    Hayley Mills

    Pollyanna
    British Actress
  • Winner

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

    Karel Reisz
    British Film
    Nominee

    The Angry Silence

    Guy Green
    British Film
    Nominee

    The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

    Ken Hughes
    British Film
    Nominee

    Tunes Of Glory

    Ronald Neame
    British Film
  • Winner

    The Angry Silence

    Bryan Forbes
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England

    Howard Clewes
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Entertainer

    • John Osborne
    • Nigel Kneale
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Hell Is A City

    Val Guest
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The League Of Gentlemen

    Bryan Forbes
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Millionairess

    Wolf Mankowitz
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

    Alan Sillitoe
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    A Touch Of Larceny

    • Roger MacDougall
    • Guy Hamilton
    • Ivan Foxwell
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

    Ken Hughes
    British Screenplay
    Nominee

    Tunes Of Glory

    James Kennaway
    British Screenplay
  • Winner

    The Apartment

    Billy Wilder
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Four Hundred Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups)

    François Truffaut
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

    Karel Reisz
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Tunes Of Glory

    Ronald Neame
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Angry Silence

    Guy Green
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Shadows

    John Cassavetes
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Spartacus

    Stanley Kubrick
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Testament Of Orpheus (Le Testament D'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!)

    Jean Cocteau
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

    Ken Hughes
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Adventure (L'Avventura)

    Michelangelo Antonioni
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita)

    Federico Fellini
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Elmer Gantry

    Richard Brooks
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Hiroshima, My Love (Hiroshima, Mon Amour)

    Alain Resnais
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Inherit The Wind

    Stanley Kramer
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Let's Make Love

    George Cukor
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Never On A Sunday

    Jules Dassin
    Film From Any Source
    Nominee

    Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)

    Marcel Camus
    Film From Any Source
  • Winner

    Jack Lemmon

    The Apartment
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Fredric March

    Inherit The Wind
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Yves Montand

    Let's Make Love
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Spencer Tracy

    Inherit The Wind
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    George Hamilton

    Crime And Punishment USA
    Foreign Actor
    Nominee

    Burt Lancaster

    Elmer Gantry
    Foreign Actor
  • Winner

    Shirley MacLaine

    The Apartment
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Pier Angeli

    The Angry Silence
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Melina Mercouri

    Never On A Sunday
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Emmanuelle Riva

    Hiroshima, My Love (Hiroshima, Mon Amour)
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Jean Simmons

    Elmer Gantry
    Foreign Actress
    Nominee

    Monica Vitti

    The Adventure (L'Avventura)
    Foreign Actress
  • Winner

    Albert Finney

    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Lelia Goldoni

    Shadows
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    The Four Hundred Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups)
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    George Peppard

    Home From The Hill
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Joan Plowright

    The Entertainer
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Anthony Ray

    Shadows
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
    Nominee

    Billie Whitelaw

    Hell Is A City
    Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles
  • Winner

    High Journey

    Peter Baylis
    Short Film
    Nominee

    Return To Life

    John Krish
    Short Film
    Nominee

    Seawards The Great Ships

    Hilary Harris
    Short Film
  • Winner

    Dispute

    Fred Moore
    Specialised Film
    Nominee

    Heroic Days

    Bill Mason
    Specialised Film
    Nominee

    Outline Of Detergency

    Michael Ricketts
    Specialised Film
  • Winner

    Hiroshima, My Love (Hiroshima, Mon Amour)

    Alain Resnais
    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    Night And Fog (Nuit Et Brouillard)

    Alain Resnais
    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    Return To Life

    John Krish
    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    Shadows

    John Cassavetes
    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter
    Nominee

    Unseen Enemies

    Michael Clarke
    United Nations Award - for the best Film embodying one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter