33rd Academy Awards

33rd
Date	April 17 1961
Site	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Hosted by	Bob Hope
Directed by	Richard Dunlap
Television coverage
Network	ABC

The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.

The Awards

Feature Films

Category	Winner	Producers/Country
Best motion picture	The Apartment	Billy Wilder
Best foreign language film	The Virgin Spring	Sweden
Best documentary feature	The Horse with the Flying Tail	Walt Disney Productions

Directing

• Achievement in Directing: Billy Wilder for The Apartment

Acting

Category	Winner	Movie
Best actor in a leading role	Burt Lancaster	Elmer Gantry
Best actress in a leading role	Elizabeth Taylor	BUtterfield 8
Best actor in a supporting role	Peter Ustinov	Spartacus
Best actress in a supporting role	Shirley Jones	Elmer Gantry

Writing

Category	Winner	Movie
Original screenplay	Written by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond	The Apartment
Adapted screenplay	Screenplay by Richard Brooks	Elmer Gantry

Music

• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): Exodus - Ernest Gold
• Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): Never on Sunday from Never on Sunday - Music and lyrics by Manos Hadjidakis

Short Films

• Best documentary short subject: Giuseppina - James Hill Production
• Best live action short film: Day of the Painter - Little Movies
• Best animated short film: Munro (Noveltoon Series)- Rembrandt Films

External links

• The 39th Annual Academy Awards at IMDB
• List of winners at Infoplease