The 1962 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
| Best Picture | Lawrence of Arabia, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia) |
| The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Meredith Willson's the Music Man, Morton Da Costa, producer (Warner Bros.) |
| Mutiny on the Bounty, Aaron Rosenberg, producer (MGM) |
| To Kill a Mockingbird, Alan J. Pakula, producer (Universal-International) |
| Best Actor | Burt Lancaster, Birdman of Alcatraz |
| Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses |
| Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce—Italian Style |
| Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia |
| Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird |
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| Best Actress | Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker |
| Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth |
| Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth |
| Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz |
| Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia |
| Terence Stamp, Billy Budd |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker |
| Shirley Knight, Sweet Bird of Youth |
| Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate |
| Thelma Ritter, Birdman of Alcatraz |
| Directing | Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style |
| David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia |
| Robert Mulligan, To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Arthur Penn, The Miracle Worker |
| Frank Perry, David and Lisa |
| Writing | | Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium | Robert Bolt, Lawrence of Arabia | | Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird | | William Gibson, The Miracle Worker | | Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita | | Eleanor Perry, David and Lisa | | Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Ingmar Bergman, Through a Glass Darkly | | Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style | | Charles Kaufman, story; Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt, screenplay, Freud | | Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last Year at Marienbad | | Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster, That Touch of Mink |
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| Cinematography | | Black-and-White | Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz, The Longest Day | | Burnett Guffey, Birdman of Alcatraz | | Ernest Haller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | | Russell Harlan, To Kill a Mockingbird | | Ted McCord, Two for the Seesaw | | Color | Russell Harlan, Hataril | | Harry Stradling, Sr., Gypsy | | Robert L. Surtees, Mutiny on the Bounty | | Paul C. Vogel, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | | Fred A. Young, Lawrence of Arabia |
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| Art Direction | | Black-and-White | George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, Period of Adjustment | | Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead, art direction; Oliver Emert, set decoration, To Kill a Mockingbird | | Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq and Vincent Korda, art direction; Gabriel Bechir, set decoration, The Longest Day | | Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Pigeon That Took Rome | | Joseph Wright, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Days of Wine and Roses | | Color | John Box and John Stoll, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, Lawrence of Arabia | | George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | | Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy, art direction; George Milo, set decoration, That Touch of Mink | | Paul Groesse, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Meredith Willson's The Music Man | | Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Mutiny on the Bounty |
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| Sound | Shepperton Studio Sound Dept., John Cox, sound director, Lawrence of Arabia |
| Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Waldon O. Watson, sound director, That Touch of Mink |
| Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Robert O. Cook, sound director, Bon Voyage! |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept. and Glen Glenn Sound Dept., Joseph Kelly, sound director, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., George R. Groves, sound director, Meredith Willson's The Music Man |
| Music | | Song | “Days of Wine and Roses,” Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics | | “Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty” (Follow Me), Mutiny on the Bounty, Bronislau Kaper, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics | | “Song From Two for the Seesaw” (Second Chance), Two for the Seesaw, André Previn, music; Dory Langdon, lyrics | | “Tender Is the Night,” Tender Is the Night, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics | | “Walk on the Wild Side,” Walk on the Wild Side, Elmer Bernstein, music; Mack David, lyrics | | Musical Score, Substantially Original | Elmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird | | Jerry Goldsmith, Freud | | Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia | | Bronislau Kaper, Mutiny on the Bounty | | Franz Waxman, Taras Bulba | | Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment | Leigh Harline, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | | Ray Heindorf, Meredith Willson's The Music Man | | Michel Magne, Gigot | | Frank Perkins, Gypsy | | George Stoll, Billy Rose's Jumbo |
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| Film Editing | Samuel E. Beetley, The Longest Day |
| Anne Coates, Lawrence of Arabia |
| John McSweeney, Jr., Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Ferrris Webster, The Manchurian Candidate |
| William Ziegler, Meredith Willson's The Music Man |
| Costume Design | | Black-and-White | Don Feld, Days of Wine and Roses | | Edith Head, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | | Norma Koch, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | | Ruth Morley, The Miracle Worker | | Denny Vachlioti, Phaedra | | Color | Edith Head, My Geisha | | Dorothy Jeakins, Meredith Willson's The Music Man | | Orry-Kelly, Gypsy | | Bill Thomas, Bon Voyage! | | Mary Wills, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm |
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| Special Effects | A. Arnold Gillespie, visual; Milo Lory, audible, Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Robert MacDonald, visual; Jacques Maumont, audible, The Longest Day |
| Short Subjects | | Cartoon | The Hole (Storyboard, Inc.; Brandon Films) | | Icarus Montgolfier Wright (Format Films; United Artists) | | Now Hear This (Looney Tune Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) | | Self-Defense—For Cowards (Self-Help Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations) | | Symposium on Popular Songs (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) | | Live Action | Big City Blues (Martina and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, producers; Mayfair Pictures) | | The Cadillac (Robert Clouse Production; United Producers Releasing) | | The Cliff Dwellers (Formerly titled One Plus One) (Group II Film Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films) | | Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary) (C.A.P.A.C. Productions; Atlantic Pictures Corp.) | | Pan (Herman van der Horst Production; Mayfair Pictures) |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Dylan Thomas (TWW Ltd.; Janus Films) | | The John Glenn Story (U.S. Navy; Warner Bros.) | | The Road to the Wall (CBS Films, Inc.; U.S. Department of Defense) | | Feature | Alvorada (Brazil's Changing Face) (Hugo Niebeling, producer; MW Filmproduktion) | | Black Fox (Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc.) |
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| Foreign Language Film | Electra, Greece |
| The Four Days of Naples, Italy |
| Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) Brazil |
| Sundays and Cybèle, France |
| Tlayucan, Mexico |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Steve Broidy |
