Which Academy Awards did the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird win?

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Book cover for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, featuring a silhouette of a child under a tree and a large moon, with the title in script and — To Kill a Mockingbird This book cover is one of many given to Harper Lee's classic work *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1960). The novel won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and the next year was made into an Academy Award-winning film.

The 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird won three Academy Awards. The specific categories in which the film received an Oscar are as follows:

Best Actor: Gregory Peck for his portrayal of Atticus Finch.1
Best Adapted Screenplay: [Horton Foote].1
Best Art Direction–Set Decoration (Black and White).1