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Academy Awards, USA: 1966

Oscar

Date:	18 April
Host:	Bob Hope (I)
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	The ceremony is telecasted in color for the first time.

Best Picture


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - Robert Wise (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Fred Coe Darling (1965) - Joseph Janni Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Carlo Ponti Ship of Fools (1965) - Stanley Kramer

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Cat Ballou (1965) - Lee Marvin
Other Nominees:
	Othello (1965) - Laurence Olivier Ship of Fools (1965) - Oskar Werner The Pawnbroker (1964) - Rod Steiger The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - Richard Burton (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Darling (1965) - Julie Christie (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - Elizabeth Hartman (I) Ship of Fools (1965) - Simone Signoret The Collector (1965) - Samantha Eggar The Sound of Music (1965) - Julie Andrews (I)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Martin Balsam
Other Nominees:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Tom Courtenay Othello (1965) - Frank Finlay (I) Ship of Fools (1965) - Michael Dunn (I) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) - Ian Bannen

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - Shelley Winters
Other Nominees:
	Inside Daisy Clover (1965) - Ruth Gordon (I) Othello (1965) - Joyce Redman Othello (1965) - Maggie Smith (I) The Sound of Music (1965) - Peggy Wood (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - Robert Wise (I)
Other Nominees:
	Darling (1965) - John Schlesinger (I) Doctor Zhivago (1965) - David Lean (I) Suna no onna (1964) - Hiroshi Teshigahara The Collector (1965) - William Wyler

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Darling (1965) - Frederic Raphael
Other Nominees:
	Casanova '70 (1965) - Agenore Incrocci; Furio Scarpelli; Mario Monicelli; Tonino Guerra; Giorgio Salvioni; Suso Cecchi d'Amico Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) - Jacques Demy The Train (1964) - Franklin Coen; Frank Davis (I) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965) - Jack Davies (I); Ken Annakin

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Robert Bolt
Other Nominees:
	A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Herb Gardner Cat Ballou (1965) - Walter Newman (I); Frank Pierson (I) Ship of Fools (1965) - Abby Mann The Collector (1965) - Stanley Mann (I); John Kohn (I)

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Freddie Young
Other Nominees:
	The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - Leon Shamroy The Great Race (1965) - Russell Harlan The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - William C. Mellor; Loyal Griggs The Sound of Music (1965) - Ted D. McCord

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Ship of Fools (1965) - Ernest Laszlo
Other Nominees:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - Robert Burks In Harm's Way (1965) - Loyal Griggs King Rat (1965) - Burnett Guffey Morituri (1965) - Conrad L. Hall

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Ship of Fools (1965) - Robert Clatworthy; Joseph Kish
Other Nominees:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - George W. Davis; Urie McCleary; Henry Grace; Charles S. Thompson King Rat (1965) - Robert Emmet Smith; Frank Tuttle (II) The Slender Thread (1965) - Hal Pereira; Jack Poplin; Robert R. Benton; Joseph Kish The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - Hal Pereira; Tambi Larsen; Ted Marshall (I); Josie MacAvin

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - John Box; Terence Marsh; Dario Simoni
Other Nominees:
	Inside Daisy Clover (1965) - Robert Clatworthy; George James Hopkins The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - John DeCuir; Jack Martin Smith; Dario Simoni The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Richard Day (I); William J. Creber; David S. Hall (I); Ray Moyer (I); Fred M. MacLean; Norman Rockett The Sound of Music (1965) - Boris Leven; Walter M. Scott; Ruby R. Levitt

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Darling (1965) - Julie Harris (II)
Other Nominees:
	A Rage to Live (1965) - Howard Shoup (I) Morituri (1965) - Moss Mabry Ship of Fools (1965) - Bill Thomas (I); Jean Louis (I) The Slender Thread (1965) - Edith Head

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Phyllis Dalton
Other Nominees:
	Inside Daisy Clover (1965) - Edith Head; Bill Thomas (I) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - Vittorio Nino Novarese The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Vittorio Nino Novarese; Marjorie Best The Sound of Music (1965) - Dorothy Jeakins

Best Sound


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - James Corcoran (I) (20th Century-Fox SSD); Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - A.W. Watkins (M-G-M British SSD); Franklin Milton (M-G-M SSD) Shenandoah (1965) - Waldon O. Watson (Universal City SSD) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - James Corcoran (I) (20th Century-Fox SSD) The Great Race (1965) - George Groves (I) (Warner Bros. SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - William Reynolds (II)
Other Nominees:
	Cat Ballou (1965) - Charles Nelson (I) Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Norman Savage The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) - Michael Luciano (III) The Great Race (1965) - Ralph E. Winters

Best Effects, Sound Effects


Winner:
	The Great Race (1965) - Treg Brown
Other Nominees:
	Von Ryan's Express (1965) - Walter Rossi

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects


Winner:
	Thunderball (1965) - John Stears
Other Nominees:
	The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - J. McMillan Johnson

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	The Sandpiper (1965) - Johnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "The Shadow of Your Smile"
Other Nominees:
	Cat Ballou (1965) - Jerry Livingston (music); Mack David (lyrics) - For the song "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) - Michel Legrand (I) (music); Jacques Demy (lyrics) - For the song "I Will Wait for You" The Great Race (1965) - Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "The Sweetheart Tree" What's New Pussycat (1965) - Burt Bacharach (music); Hal David (II) (lyrics) - For the song "What's New, Pussycat?"

Best Music, Score - Substantially Original


Winner:
	Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Maurice Jarre (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Patch of Blue (1965) - Jerry Goldsmith Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) - Michel Legrand (I); Jacques Demy The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - Alex North The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Alfred Newman

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment


Winner:
	The Sound of Music (1965) - Irwin Kostal
Other Nominees:
	A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Don Walker (I) Cat Ballou (1965) - Frank De Vol Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) - Michel Legrand (I) The Pleasure Seekers (1964) - Lionel Newman; Alexander Courage

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Le poulet (1962) - Claude Berri
Other Nominees:
	Fortress of Peace (1965) - Lothar Wolff Skaterdater (1965) - Marshall Backlar; Noel Black Snow (1965) - Edgar Anstey Time Piece (1965) - Jim Henson (I)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) - Chuck Jones (I); Les Goldman
Other Nominees:
	Clay or the Origin of Species (1965) - Eli Noyes La gazza ladra (1964) - Emanuele Luzzati

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	To Be Alive! (1964) - Francis Thompson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Mural on Our Street (1965) - Kirk Smallman Nyitany (1965) - Hungarofilm Point of View (1965) - National Tuberculosis Assoc. Yeats Country (1965) - Patrick Carey (I); Joe Mendoza (III)

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) - Sidney Glazier
Other Nominees:
	Let My People Go: The Story of Israel (1965) (TV) - Marshall Flaum Mourir à Madrid (1963) - Fr�d�ric Rossif The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles (1965) - Laurence E. Mascott The Forth Road Bridge (1965) - Peter Mills (I)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Obchod na korze (1965) - Czechoslovakia.
Other Nominees:
	Kaidan (1964) - Japan. Käre John (1964) - Sweden. Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) - Italy. To homa vaftike kokkino (1966) - Greece.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Bob Hope (I) - For unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy (gold medal).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	William Wyler

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Edmond L. DePatie

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Arthur J. Hatch (Strong Electric Corp., subsidiary of the General Precision Equipment Corp.) - For the design and development of an Air Blown Carbon Arc Projection Lamp. Stefan Kudelski - For the design and development of the Nagra portable 1/4" tape recording system for motion picture sound recording.

Technical Achievement Award


Winner:
	- Not awarded.