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Artist: West Side Story
Genre: Theater
Background: West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and originally produced and directed by Jerome Robbins. West Side Story debuted on Broadway in 1957 and played 732 performances before going on tour - a very successful run for the time. In 1961, it was made into a motion picture, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, winning ten Motion Picture Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Academy Award wins and nominations for the movie
Wins (10)

Academy Award for Best Picture - Robert Wise, producer
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - George Chakiris
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno
Academy Award for Best Art Direction- Set Decoration, Color - Victor A. Gangelin, and Boris Leven
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color - Daniel L. Fapp
Academy Award for Costume Design, Color - Irene Sharaff
Academy Award for Directing - Jerome Robbins, and Robert Wise
Best Film Editing - Thomas Stanford
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, and Sid Ramin
Best Sound - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD), and Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Nominations (1)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Ernest Lehman