West Side Story (1961 film)
1961
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Awards
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Casting 2022 · Winner
Academy Award Actress in a Supporting Role 2022 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 2022 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 2022 · Winner
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 2022 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Supporting Actress 2022 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 2022 · Winner
Academy Award Best Picture 2022 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 2022 · Nominated
Academy Award Sound 2022 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Production Design 2022 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 2022 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Supporting Actor 2022 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 2022 · Nominated
Academy Award Costume Design 2022 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Sound 2022 · Nominated
Academy Award Production Design 2022 · Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Rita Moreno. 1962 Winner Oscar. Best Director. Robert Wise. Jerome Robbins. For the first time a directing award is being shared. 1962 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
Academy Awards, USA. 2022 Winner Oscar. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. Ariana DeBose. 2022 Nominee Oscar. Best Motion Picture of the Year. Steven Spielberg (producer) Kristie Macosko Krieger (producer) 2022 Nominee Oscar.
At the 94th Academy Awards, the film has received seven nominations, including Best Picture. [7] It became the second adaptation of the same source material for a previous Best Picture winner to be nominated for the same award after 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty.
The movie, filled with exhilarating dance sequences choreographed by Jerome Robbins and memorable songs—including “Tonight,” “Maria,” and “Somewhere”—by Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), won 10 of the 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including that for best picture.
West Side Story won 10 Academy Awards, making it the musical film with the most Oscar wins (including Best Picture). It was the first film to share the Academy Award for Best Director between two people, with Wise winning in the Best Picture and Best Director categories.
A 1961 musical film adaptation, co-directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won ten, including Best Picture. A 2021 film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with six additional nominations, winning one Oscar.
West Side Story garnered seven nominations and three wins at the 1962 Golden Globe Awards. Wins: Best Motion Picture-Musical. Best Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno. Best Supporting Actor - George Chakiris. Nominations: Best Director - Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins. Best Actor-Comedy or Musical - Richard Beymer.
