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1967

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The 39th Academy Awards | 1967
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Monday, April 10, 1967
Honoring movies released in 1966
Highlights
Writing Awards
A Man for All Seasons / A Man and a Woman

presented by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Supporting Actor
The Fortune Cookie

Walter Matthau

Foreign Language Film
A Man and a Woman

Claude Lelouch, presented by Patricia Neal

Memorable Moments
Fred Zinnemann
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Winner of Best Directing and Best Picture and acceptor of Best Actor (Paul Scofield) for A Man for All Seasons

Elizbaeth Taylor
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Best Actress winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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The California Governor and his wife at the Oscars

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor
Winner
Paul Scofield
A Man for All Seasons
Nominees
Alan Arkin
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
Nominees
Richard Burton
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominees
Michael Caine
Alfie
Nominees
Steve McQueen
The Sand Pebbles
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Walter Matthau
The Fortune Cookie
Nominees
Mako
The Sand Pebbles
Nominees
James Mason
Georgy Girl
Nominees
George Segal
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominees
Robert Shaw
A Man for All Seasons
Actress
Winner
Elizabeth Taylor
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominees
Anouk Aimee
A Man and a Woman
Nominees
Ida Kaminska
The Shop on Main Street
Nominees
Lynn Redgrave
Georgy Girl
Nominees
Vanessa Redgrave
Morgan!
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Sandy Dennis
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nominees
Wendy Hiller
A Man for All Seasons
Nominees
Jocelyne Lagarde
Hawaii
Nominees
Vivien Merchant
Alfie
Nominees
Geraldine Page
You're a Big Boy Now
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Nominees
The Fortune Cookie
Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Nominees
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Luigi Scaccianoce
Nominees
Is Paris Burning?
Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
Nominees
Mister Buddwing
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Fantastic Voyage
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Nominees
Gambit
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
Nominees
Juliet of the Spirits
Piero Gherardi
Nominees
The Oscar
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Haskell Wexler
Nominees
The Fortune Cookie
Joseph LaShelle
Nominees
Georgy Girl
Ken Higgins
Nominees
Is Paris Burning?
Marcel Grignon
Nominees
Seconds
James Wong Howe
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Ted Moore
Nominees
Fantastic Voyage
Ernest Laszlo
Nominees
Hawaii
Russell Harlan
Nominees
The Professionals
Conrad Hall
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
Joseph MacDonald
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Irene Sharaff
Nominees
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Danilo Donati
Nominees
Mandragola
Danilo Donati
Nominees
Mister Buddwing
Helen Rose
Nominees
Morgan!
Jocelyn Rickards
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
Nominees
Gambit
Jean Louis
Nominees
Hawaii
Dorothy Jeakins
Nominees
Juliet of the Spirits
Piero Gherardi
Nominees
The Oscar
Edith Head
Directing
Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann
Nominees
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
Nominees
A Man and a Woman
Claude Lelouch
Nominees
The Professionals
Richard Brooks
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Mike Nichols
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The War Game
Peter Watkins, Producer
Nominees
The Face of Genius
Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
Nominees
Helicopter Canada
Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
Nominees
Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano)
Haroun Tazieff, Producer
Nominees
The Really Big Family
Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
A Year toward Tomorrow
Edmond A. Levy, Producer
Nominees
Adolescence
Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers
Nominees
Cowboy
Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers
Nominees
The Odds Against
Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers
Nominees
Saint Matthew Passion
Mafilm Studio
Film Editing
Winner
Grand Prix
Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
Nominees
Fantastic Voyage
William B. Murphy
Nominees
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
William Reynolds
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sam O'Steen
Foreign Language Film
Winner
A Man and a Woman
France
Nominees
The Battle of Algiers
Italy
Nominees
Loves of a Blonde
Czechoslovakia
Nominees
Pharaoh
Poland
Nominees
Three
Yugoslavia
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Robert Wise
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
George Bagnall
Music (Original Music Score)
Winner
Born Free
John Barry
Nominees
The Bible
Toshiro Mayuzumi
Nominees
Hawaii
Elmer Bernstein
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
Jerry Goldsmith
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Alex North
Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)
Winner
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Ken Thorne
Nominees
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Luis Enrique Bacalov
Nominees
Return of the Seven
Elmer Bernstein
Nominees
The Singing Nun
Harry Sukman
Nominees
Stop the World--I Want to Get Off
Al Ham
Music (Song)
Winner
Born Free
Born Free in "Born Free" Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black
Nominees
Alfie
Alfie in "Alfie" Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
Nominees
Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl in "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
Nominees
Hawaii
My Wishing Doll in "Hawaii" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
Nominees
An American Dream
A Time For Love in "An American Dream" Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Best Picture
Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann, Producer
Nominees
Alfie
Lewis Gilbert, Producer
Nominees
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
Norman Jewison, Producer
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
Robert Wise, Producer
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Ernest Lehman, Producer
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Nominees
The Drag
Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers
Nominees
The Pink Blueprint
David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
Wild Wings
Edgar Anstey, Producer
Nominees
Turkey the Bridge
Derek Williams, Producer
Nominees
The Winning Strain
Leslie Winik, Producer
Sound
Winner
Grand Prix
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Nominees
Gambit
Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Nominees
Hawaii
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Nominees
The Sand Pebbles
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Sound Effects
Winner
Grand Prix
Gordon Daniel
Nominees
Fantastic Voyage
Walter Rossi
Special Visual Effects
Winner
Fantastic Voyage
Art Cruickshank
Nominees
Hawaii
Linwood G. Dunn
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Winner
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
Nominees
Alfie
Bill Naughton
Nominees
The Professionals
Richard Brooks
Nominees
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
William Rose
Nominees
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Ernest Lehman
Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Winner
A Man and a Woman
Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Nominees
Blow-Up
Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
Nominees
The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Nominees
Khartoum
Robert Ardrey
Nominees
The Naked Prey
Clint Johnston, Don Peters

A

Adolescence
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers
Alfie
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Michael Caine
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Vivien Merchant
  • Music (Song) - Alfie in "Alfie" Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
  • Best Picture - Lewis Gilbert, Producer
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Bill Naughton
An American Dream
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Song) - A Time For Love in "An American Dream" Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

B

The Battle of Algiers
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Italy
The Bible
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Music Score) - Toshiro Mayuzumi
Blow-Up
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Directing - Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
Born Free
2 WINS, 2 NOMINATIONS
  • * Music (Original Music Score) - John Barry
  • * Music (Song) - Born Free in "Born Free" Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black

C

Cowboy
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers

D

The Drag
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers

F

The Face of Genius
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
Fantastic Voyage
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
  • * Special Visual Effects - Art Cruickshank
  • Cinematography (Color) - Ernest Laszlo
  • Film Editing - William B. Murphy
  • Sound Effects - Walter Rossi
The Fortune Cookie
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Walter Matthau
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph LaShelle
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Ken Thorne

G

Gambit
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
  • Costume Design (Color) - Jean Louis
  • Sound - Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Georgy Girl
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - James Mason
  • Actress - Lynn Redgrave
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Ken Higgins
  • Music (Song) - Georgy Girl in "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Luigi Scaccianoce
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Danilo Donati
  • Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Luis Enrique Bacalov
Grand Prix
3 WINS, 3 NOMINATIONS
  • * Film Editing - Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
  • * Sound - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
  • * Sound Effects - Gordon Daniel

H

Hawaii
7 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Jocelyne Lagarde
  • Cinematography (Color) - Russell Harlan
  • Costume Design (Color) - Dorothy Jeakins
  • Music (Original Music Score) - Elmer Bernstein
  • Music (Song) - My Wishing Doll in "Hawaii" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
  • Sound - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
  • Special Visual Effects - Linwood G. Dunn
Helicopter Canada
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Cartoon) - John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers

I

Is Paris Burning?
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Marcel Grignon

J

Juliet of the Spirits
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Piero Gherardi
  • Costume Design (Color) - Piero Gherardi

K

Khartoum
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Robert Ardrey

L

Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano)
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Haroun Tazieff, Producer
Loves of a Blonde
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Czechoslovakia

M

A Man and a Woman
4 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Foreign Language Film - France
  • * Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Actress - Anouk Aimee
  • Directing - Claude Lelouch
A Man for All Seasons
8 NOMINATIONS, 6 WINS
  • * Actor - Paul Scofield
  • * Cinematography (Color) - Ted Moore
  • * Costume Design (Color) - Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
  • * Directing - Fred Zinnemann
  • * Best Picture - Fred Zinnemann, Producer
  • * Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Robert Bolt
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert Shaw
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Wendy Hiller
Mandragola
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Danilo Donati
Mister Buddwing
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Helen Rose
Morgan!
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress - Vanessa Redgrave
  • Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jocelyn Rickards

N

The Naked Prey
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Clint Johnston, Don Peters

O

The Odds Against
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers
The Oscar
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
  • Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head

P

Pharaoh
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Poland
The Pink Blueprint
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Cartoon) - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
The Professionals
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography (Color) - Conrad Hall
  • Directing - Richard Brooks
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Richard Brooks

R

The Really Big Family
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Return of the Seven
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Elmer Bernstein
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Alan Arkin
  • Film Editing - Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
  • Best Picture - Norman Jewison, Producer
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - William Rose

S

Saint Matthew Passion
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Mafilm Studio
The Sand Pebbles
8 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor - Steve McQueen
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Mako
  • Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan
  • Cinematography (Color) - Joseph MacDonald
  • Film Editing - William Reynolds
  • Music (Original Music Score) - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Best Picture - Robert Wise, Producer
  • Sound - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
Seconds
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography (Black-and-White) - James Wong Howe
The Shop on Main Street
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress - Ida Kaminska
The Singing Nun
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Harry Sukman
Stop the World--I Want to Get Off
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Al Ham

T

Three
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Yugoslavia
Turkey the Bridge
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Live Action) - Derek Williams, Producer

W

The War Game
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Peter Watkins, Producer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
13 NOMINATIONS, 5 WINS
  • * Actress - Elizabeth Taylor
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Sandy Dennis
  • * Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Haskell Wexler
  • * Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Irene Sharaff
  • Actor - Richard Burton
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - George Segal
  • Directing - Mike Nichols
  • Film Editing - Sam O'Steen
  • Music (Original Music Score) - Alex North
  • Best Picture - Ernest Lehman, Producer
  • Sound - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
  • Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Ernest Lehman
Wild Wings
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Subject (Live Action) - Edgar Anstey, Producer
The Winning Strain
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Subject (Live Action) - Leslie Winik, Producer

Y

A Year toward Tomorrow
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Edmond A. Levy, Producer
You're a Big Boy Now
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Geraldine Page
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