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The Oscars: The 39th Academy Awards (1966): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS AWARDS
13
8
8
7
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
A Man for All Seasons
The Sand Pebbles
Hawaii
Alfie
Fantastic Voyage
The Fortune Cookie
Georgy Girl
A Man and a Woman
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
Gambit
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Grand Prix
The Professionals
6
5
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
A Man for All Seasons
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Grand Prix
Born Free
Fantastic Voyage
A Man and a Woman
The Fortune Cookie
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
The War Game
Wild Wings
A Year Toward Tomorrow

NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND

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

PICTURE (Best Picture)


Alfie - Lewis Gilbert
A Man for All Seasons - Fred Zinnemann
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming - Norman Jewison
The Sand Pebbles - Robert Wise
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Ernest Lehman

DIRECTING


Blow-Up - Michelangelo Antonioni
A Man and a Woman - Claude Lelouch
A Man for All Seasons - Fred Zinnemann
The Professionals - Richard Brooks
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Mike Nichols

ACTOR


Alan Arkin - The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine - Alfie
Steve McQueen - The Sand Pebbles
Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons

ACTRESS


Anouk Aimee - A Man and a Woman
Ida Kaminska - The Shop on Main Street
Lynn Redgrave - Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave - Morgan!
Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)


Mako - The Sand Pebbles
James Mason - Georgy Girl
Walter Matthau - The Fortune Cookie
George Segal - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Shaw - A Man for All Seasons

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)


Sandy Dennis - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wendy Hiller - A Man for All Seasons
Jocelyne Lagarde - Hawaii
Vivien Merchant - Alfie
Geraldine Page - You're a Big Boy Now

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


Alfie - Bill Naughton
A Man for All Seasons - Robert Bolt
The Professionals - Richard Brooks
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming - William Rose
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Ernest Lehman

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


Blow-Up - Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
The Fortune Cookie - Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Khartoum - Robert Ardrey
A Man and a Woman - Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
The Naked Prey - Clint Johnston, Don Peters

SONG


"Alfie" - Alfie - Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
"Born Free" - Born Free - Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black
"Georgy Girl" - Georgy Girl - Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
"My Wishing Doll" - Hawaii - Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
"A Time for Love" - An American Dream - Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE


The Bible - Toshiro Mayuzumi
Born Free - John Barry
Hawaii - Elmer Bernstein
The Sand Pebbles - Jerry Goldsmith
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Alex North

SCORING (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)


A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Ken Thorne
The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Luis Enrique Bacalov
Return of the Seven - Elmer Bernstein
The Singing Nun - Harry Sukman
STop the World--I Want to Get Off - Al Ham

FILM EDITING


Fantastic Voyage - William B. Murphy
Grand Prix - Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming - Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
The Sand Pebbles - William Reynolds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Sam O'Steen

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)


The Fortune Cookie - Joseph LaShelle
Georgy Girl - Ken Higgins
Is Paris Burning? - Marcel Grignon
Seconds - James Wong Howe
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Haskell Wexler

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)


Fantastic Voyage - Ernest Laszlo
Hawaii - Russell Harlan
A Man for All Seasons - Ted Moore
The Professionals - Conrad Hall
The Sand Pebbles - Joseph MacDonald

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)


The Fortune Cookie - Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Luigi Scaccianoce
Is Paris Burning? - Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
Mister Buddwing - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins

ART DIRECTION (Color)


Fantastic Voyage - Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Gambit - Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
Juliet of the Spirits - Piero Gherardi
The Oscar - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
The Sand Pebbles - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)


The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Danilo Donati
Mandragola - Danilo Donati
Mister Buddwing - Helen Rose
Morgan! - Jocelyn Rickards
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Irene Sharaff

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)


Gambit - Jean Louis
Hawaii - Dorothy Jeakins
Juliet of the Spirits - Piero Gherardi
A Man for All Seasons - Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
The Oscar - Edith Head

SOUND


Gambit - Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson (Sound Director)
Grand Prix - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton (Sound Director)
Hawaii - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer (Sound Director)
The Sand Pebbles - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran (Sound Director)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves (Sound Director)

SOUND EFFECTS


Fantastic Voyage - Walter Rossi
Grand Prix - Gordon Daniel

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS


Fantastic Voyage - Art Cruickshank
Hawaii - Linwood G. Dunn

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


The Battle of Algiers - Italy
Loves of a Blonde - Czechoslovakia
A Man and a Woman - France
Pharaoh - Poland
Three - Yugoslavia

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)


The Face of Genius - Alfred R. Kelman
Helicopter Canada - Peter Jones, Tom Daly
The Really Big Family - Alex Grasshoff
Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano) - Haroun Tazieff
The War Game - Peter Watkins

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)


Adolescence - Marin Karmitz, Vladimir Forgency
Cowboy - Michael Ahnemann, Gary Schlosser
The Odds Against - Lee R. Bobker, Helen Kristt Radin
Saint Matthew Passion - Mafilm Studio
A Year Toward Tomorrow - Edmond A. Levy

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)


The Drag - Wolf Koenig, Robert Verrall
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature - John Hubley, Faith Hubley
The Pink Blueprint - David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)


Turkey the Bridge - Derek Williams
Wild Wings - Edgar Anstey
The Winning Strain - Leslie Winik

HONORARY AWARDS


To Y. Frank Freeman for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood.
To Yakima Canutt for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD


Robert Wise

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD


George Bagnall

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


To ARNOLD & RICHTER KG for the design and development of the Arriflex 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera. [Camera]
To MITCHELL CAMERA CORPORATION for the design and development of the Mitchell Mark II 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera. [Camera]

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


To CARROLL KNUDSON for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization. [Editorial]
To RUBY RAKSIN for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization. [Editorial]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation. [Stage Operations]

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