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The Oscars: The 37th Academy Awards (1964): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS AWARDS
13
12
12
7
7
6
4
4
3
Mary Poppins
Becket
My Fair Lady
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Zorba the Greek
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Dr. Strangelove
The Night of the Iguana
Father Goose
8
5
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek
Becket
Casals Conducts: 1964
Father Goose
Goldfinger
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
The Night of the Iguana
Nine from Little Rock
The Pink Phink
Topkapi
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND

Best Picture winner
Best Picture nominee
Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)


Becket - Hal B. Wallis
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to STop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins - Walt Disney, Bill Walsh
My Fair Lady - Jack L. Warner
Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis

DIRECTING


Becket - Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to STop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins - Robert Stevenson
My Fair Lady - George Cukor
Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis

ACTOR


Richard Burton - Becket
Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Peter O'Toole - Becket
Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to STop Worrying and Love the Bomb

ACTRESS


Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
Sophia Loren - Marriage Italian Style
Debbie Reynolds - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Kim Stanley - Seance on a Wet Afternoon

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)


John Gielgud - Becket
Stanley Holloway - My Fair Lady
Edmond O'Brien - Seven Days in May
Lee Tracy - The Best Man
Peter Ustinov - Topkapi

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)


Gladys Cooper - My Fair Lady
Dame Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden
Grayson Hall - The Night of the Iguana
Lila Kedrova - Zorba the Greek
Agnes Moorehead - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)


Becket - Edward Anhalt
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to STop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
Mary Poppins - Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
My Fair Lady - Alan Jay Lerner
Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)


Father Goose - Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
A Hard Day's Night - Alun Owen
One Potato, Two Potato - Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
The Organizer - Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
That Man from Rio - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca

SONG


"Chim Chim Cher-ee" - Mary Poppins - Music, Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
"Dear Heart" - Dear Heart - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
"My Kind of Town" - Robin and the 7 Hoods - Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Where Love Has Gone" - Where Love Has Gone - Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)


Becket - Laurence Rosenthal
The Fall of the Roman Empire - Dimitri Tiomkin
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Frank DeVol
Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini

SCORING (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)


A Hard Day's Night - George Martin
Mary Poppins - Irwin Kostal
My Fair Lady - Andre Previn
Robin and the 7 Hoods - Nelson Riddle
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

FILM EDITING


Becket - Anne Coates
Father Goose - Ted J. Kent
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Michael Luciano
Mary Poppins - Cotton Warburton
My Fair Lady - William Ziegler

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)


The Americanization of Emily - Philip H. Lathrop
Fate Is the Hunter - Milton Krasner
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Joseph Biroc
The Night of the Iguana - Gabriel Figueroa
Zorba the Greek - Walter Lassally

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)


Becket - Geoffrey Unsworth
Cheyenne Autumn - William H. Clothier
Mary Poppins - Edward Colman
My Fair Lady - Harry Stradling
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Daniel L. Fapp

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)


The Americanization of Emily - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
The Night of the Iguana - Stephen Grimes
Seven Days in May - Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Zorba the Greek - Vassilis Fotopoulos

ART DIRECTION (Color)


Becket - Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright
Mary Poppins - Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
My Fair Lady - Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
What a Way to Go! - Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)


A House Is Not a Home - Edith Head
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Norma Koch
Kisses for My President - Howard Shoup
The Night of the Iguana - Dorothy Jeakins
The Visit - René Hubert

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)


Becket - Margaret Furse
Mary Poppins - Tony Walton
My Fair Lady - Cecil Beaton
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Morton Haack
What a Way to Go! - Edith Head, Moss Mabry

SOUND


Becket - Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox (Sound Director)
Father Goose - Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson (Sound Director)
Mary Poppins - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook (Sound Director)
My Fair Lady - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves (Sound Director)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton (Sound Director)

SOUND EFFECTS


Goldfinger - Norman Wanstall
The Lively Set - Robert L. Bratton

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS


Mary Poppins - Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
7 Faces of Dr. Lao - Jim Danforth

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


Raven's End - Sweden
Sallah - Israel
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - France
Woman in the Dunes - Japan
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Italy

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)


The Finest Hours - Jack Le Vien
Four Days in November - Mel Stuart
The Human Dutch - Bert Haanstra
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Over There, 1914-18 - Jean Aurel

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)


Breaking the Habit - Henry Jacobs, John Korty
Children Without - Charles Guggenheim
Kenojuak - National Film Board of Canada
Nine from Little Rock - Charles Guggenheim
140 Days under the World - Geoffrey Scott, Oxley Hughan

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)


Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada
How to Avoid Friendship - William L. Snyder
Nudnik #2 - William L. Snyder
The Pink Phink - David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)


Casals Conducts: 1964 - Edward Schreiber
Help! My Snowman's Burning Down - Carson Davidson
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes - Robert Clouse

HONORARY AWARDS


To William Tuttle for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)


To PETRO VLAHOS, WADSWORTH E. POHL and UB IWERKS for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)


To SIDNEY P. SOLOW, EDWARD H. REICHARD, CARL W. HAUGE and JOB SANDERSON of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer. [Laboratory]
To PIERRE ANGENIEUX for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)


To EDWARD H. REICHARD and CARL W. HAUGE of Consolidated Film Industries for the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
To EDWARD H. REICHARD, LEONARD L. SOKOLOW and CARL W. HAUGE of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film. [Laboratory]
To MILTON FORMAN, RICHARD B. GLICKMAN and DANIEL J. PEARLMAN of Colortran Industries for advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps. [Lighting]
To NELSON TYLER for the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System. [Photography]
To STEWART FILMSCREEN CORPORATION for a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography. [Special Photographic]
To ANTHONY PAGLIA and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO MECHANICAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures. [Stage Operations]

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