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34th Academy Awards; Date: April 9, 1962: Site: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California: Hosted by: Bob Hope: Produced by: Arthur Freed: Directed by: Richard Dunlap: Highlights; Best Picture: West Side Story: Most awards: West Side Story (10) Most nominations: Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11) TV in the United ...
Rita Moreno was the first Hispanic Puerto Rican of Spanish descent to be nominated for and win an Oscar, winning Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1961). Benicio del Toro won once from two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, winning for Traffic (2000) and becoming the first actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role.
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title , which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet .
George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
When Steven Spielberg announced his plans to mount a new film adaptation of West Side Story, one thing everyone knew he would need is an amazing cast.A Romeo and Juliet story told in 1950s New ...
West Side Story. The 27th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1961. [1] ... 1961 Awards This page was last edited on 29 October 2023 ...
In the aftermath of #OscarSoWhite, there has been a shift, with actors of color including Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershali Ali and Steven Yuen earning nominations. But the parts these ...
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965).