British Academy Film Awards 1962

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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).

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
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

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