British Academy Film Awards 1962
The 15th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1961 . The film awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
Bitter honey | 6th | 4th |
... where the wind blows from | 4th | 0 |
Sharks of the big city | 3 | 2 |
The judgment of Nuremberg | 3 | 0 |
The endless horizon | 3 | 0 |
The soldier's ballad | 2 | 1 |
Let My People Go | 2 | 1 |
The vicious circle | 2 | 0 |
A spot in the sun | 2 | 0 |
Lovable opponents | 2 | 0 |
Rocco and his brothers | 2 | 0 |
Castle of Terror | 2 | 0 |
Seven against Hell | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
Best movie
The Ballade of the Soldiers (Ballada o soldatje) - Director: Grigori Naumowitsch Tschuchrai
Haie der Großstadt (The Hustler) - Director: Robert Rossen
- Apus Weg ins Leben: Apus Welt (Apur Sansar) - Director: Satyajit Ray
- Bitterer Honig (A Taste of Honey) - Director: Tony Richardson
- The Endless Horizon (The Sundowners) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
- The Hole (Le Trou) - Director: Jacques Becker
- Rocco and his brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli) - Director: Luchino Visconti
- Castle of Secrets (The Innocents) - Director: Jack Clayton
- Seven Against Hell (The Long and the Short and the Tall) - Director: Leslie Norman
- The Judgment at Nuremberg - Director: Stanley Kramer
- ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind) - Director: Bryan Forbes
Best British Film
Bitterer Honig (A Taste of Honey) - Director: Tony Richardson
- The Endless Horizon (The Sundowners) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
- Castle of Secrets (The Innocents) - Director: Jack Clayton
- Seven Against Hell (The Long and the Short and the Tall) - Director: Leslie Norman
- ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind) - Director: Bryan Forbes
United Nations Award
Let My People Go - Director: John Krish
- Lovable Enemies (The Best of Enemies) - Directed by Guy Hamilton
- Jump Over Your Shadow (Take a Giant Step) - Directed by Philip Leacock
Best Foreign Actor
Paul Newman - Sharks of the City (The Hustler)
- Montgomery Clift - The Judgment at Nuremberg
- Wladimir Iwaschow - The Ballad of the Soldier (Ballada o soldatje)
- Philippe Leroy - The Hole (Le Trou)
- Sidney Poitier - A Raisin in the Sun (A Raisin in the Sun)
- Maximilian Schell - The Judgment at Nuremberg
- Alberto Sordi - Lovable Opponents (The Best of Enemies)
Best Foreign Actress
Sophia Loren - And Yet They Live (Two Women)
- Annie Girardot - Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli)
- Piper Laurie - Sharks of the City (The Hustler)
- Claudia McNeil - A Raisin in the Sun (A Raisin in the Sun)
- Jean Seberg - Out of Breath (Breathless)
Best British Actor
Peter Finch - And Tomorrow Everything (No Love for Johnnie)
- Dirk Bogarde - The Vicious Cycle (Victim)
Best British Actress
Dora Bryan - Bitterer Honig (A Taste of Honey)
- Deborah Kerr - The Endless Horizon (The Sundowners)
- Hayley Mills - ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind)
Best Young Actor
Rita Tushingham - Bitter Honey (A Taste of Honey)
- Tony Hancock - The Rebel (The Rebel)
- Murray Melvin - Bitter Honey (A Taste of Honey)
Best British Screenplay
Shelagh Delaney , Tony Richardson - A Taste of Honey (A Taste of Honey)
Val Guest , Wolf Mankowitz - The Day the Earth Caught Fire (The Day the Earth Caught Fire)
- Carl Foreman - The Guns of Navarone (The Guns of Navarone)
- Janet Green , John McCormick - The Vicious Cycle (Victim)
- Willis Hall , Keith Waterhouse - ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind)
- Ted Willis - Black Torch (Flame in the Streets)
Best short film
Terminus - Director: John Schlesinger
- Eyes of a Child - Director: Unknown
- Let My People Go - Director: John Krish
Best documentary
Gates of Hell (Les rendez-vous du diable) - Director: Haroun Tazieff
Best animated film
101 Dalmatiner (One Hundred and One Dalmatians) - Director: Clyde Geronimi , Hamilton Luske
- Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit - Director: Bob Godfrey
- For Better, For Worse - Directors: John Halas , Peter Sachs