26th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 21, 1961
(announced December 29, 1960)

---- The Apartment
and
Sons and Lovers

The 26th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

making of

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

Winners

*Best Film (tie): **'' The Apartment'' **'' Sons and Lovers'' *Best Actor: **

Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-yea ...

- ''

Elmer Gantry ''Elmer Gantry'' is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonis ...

'' *Best Actress: **

Deborah Kerr Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. During her international film career, Kerr won a G ...

- ''The Sundowners (1960 film), The Sundowners'' *Best Director (tie): **Jack Cardiff - '' Sons and Lovers'' **Billy Wilder - '' The Apartment'' *Best Screenplay: **Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond - '' The Apartment'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **''Hiroshima Mon Amour'' • France/Japan

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1960 Awards
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