Film Honors: 1962

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with me or inspire, both at the time, and still today. Subject to alter choices based on viewings.

Costume Design: Lawrence of Arabia

Special Effects: Dr. No

Actor Support: Telly Savalas (Birdman of Alcatraz)

Sound Design: Lawrence of Arabia

Actor Lead: Jack Lemmon (Days of Wine and Roses)

Set Design: The Exterminating Angel

Score Composing: Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia)

Cinematography: F.A. Young (Lawrence of Arabia)

Actress Support: Mary Badham (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Actress Lead: Anna Magnani (Mamma Roma)

Picture Editing: Electra

Screenwriting Original: Jean-Luc Godard, Marcel Sacotte (Vivre sa vie)

Screenwriting Adapted: Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Directing: Michelangelo Antonioni (L’Eclisse)

Cast Ensemble: The Exterminating Angel

Motion Picture: Elektra (Michalis Kakogiannis) Greece