Best Picture Winner
Tom Jones
Best Picture
Director: Tony Richardson
Studio: United Artists
The bawdy adventures of a young man in 18th-century England as he seeks fortune and love.
From the Worthy Podcast
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All Categories (27)
Best Picture
Tom Jones— Tony Richardson, Producer
Winner
America America— Elia Kazan, Producer
Cleopatra— Walter Wanger, Producer
How the West Was Won— Bernard Smith, Producer
Lilies of the Field— Ralph Nelson, Producer
Actor
Albert Finney— Tom Jones {"Tom Jones"}
Paul Newman— Hud {"Hud Bannon"}
Rex Harrison— Cleopatra {"Julius Caesar"}
Richard Harris— This Sporting Life {"Frank Machin"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Bobby Darin— Captain Newman, M.D. {"Corp. Jim Tompkins"}
Hugh Griffith— Tom Jones {"Squire Western"}
John Huston— The Cardinal {"Cardinal Glennon"}
Nick Adams— Twilight of Honor {"Ben Brown"}
Actress
Leslie Caron— The L-Shaped Room {"Jane"}
Natalie Wood— Love with the Proper Stranger {"Angie"}
Rachel Roberts— This Sporting Life {"Mrs. Hammond"}
Shirley MacLaine— Irma La Douce {"Irma La Douce"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Dame Edith Evans— Tom Jones {"Miss Western"}
Diane Cilento— Tom Jones {"Molly"}
Joyce Redman— Tom Jones {"Mrs. Waters"}
Lilia Skala— Lilies of the Field {"Mother Maria"}
Directing
America America— Elia Kazan
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2— Federico Fellini
Hud— Martin Ritt
The Cardinal— Otto Preminger
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Tom Jones— John Osborne
Winner
Captain Newman, M.D.— Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Hud— Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
Lilies of the Field— James Poe
Sundays and Cybele— Serge Bourguignon, Antoine Tudal
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
How the West Was Won— James R. Webb
Winner
America America— Elia Kazan
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2— Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Love with the Proper Stranger— Arnold Schulman
Sam Spiegel
The Four Days of Naples— Story by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini; Screenplay by Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
Hud— James Wong Howe
Winner
Lilies of the Field— Ernest Haller
Love with the Proper Stranger— Milton Krasner
The Balcony— George Folsey
The Caretakers— Lucien Ballard
Cinematography (Color)
Cleopatra— Leon Shamroy
Winner
How the West Was Won— William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
Irma La Douce— Joseph LaShelle
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Ernest Laszlo
The Cardinal— Leon Shamroy
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
America America— Gene Callahan
Winner
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2— Piero Gherardi
Hud— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Robert Benton
Love with the Proper Stranger— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory
Twilight of Honor— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Art Direction (Color)
Cleopatra— Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
Winner
Come Blow Your Horn— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, James Payne
How the West Was Won— Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
The Cardinal— Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler; Set Decoration: Gene Callahan
Tom Jones— Art Direction: Ralph Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Special Effects
Cleopatra— Emil Kosa, Jr.
Winner
The Birds— Ub Iwerks
Film Editing
How the West Was Won— Harold F. Kress
Winner
Cleopatra— Dorothy Spencer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler, Jr.
The Cardinal— Louis R. Loeffler
The Great Escape— Ferris Webster
Sound
How the West Was Won— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Winner
Bye Bye Birdie— Columbia Studio Sound Department, Charles Rice, Sound Director
Captain Newman, M.D.— Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Cleopatra— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Sound Effects
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Walter G. Elliott
Winner
A Gathering of Eagles— Robert L. Bratton
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2— Piero Gherardi
Winner
Love with the Proper Stranger— Edith Head
The Stripper— Travilla
Toys in the Attic— Bill Thomas
Wives and Lovers— Edith Head
Costume Design (Color)
Cleopatra— Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie
Winner
A New Kind of Love— Edith Head
How the West Was Won— Walter Plunkett
The Cardinal— Donald Brooks
The Leopard— Piero Tosi
Documentary (Feature)
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World— Robert Hughes, Producer
Winner
Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain)— Paul de Roubaix, Producer
Terminus— Edgar Anstey, Producer
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn.
The Yanks Are Coming— Marshall Flaum, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Chagall— Simon Schiffrin, Producer
Winner
The Five Cities of June— George Stevens, Jr., Producer
The Spirit of America— Algernon G. Walker, Producer
Thirty Million Letters— Edgar Anstey, Producer
To Live Again— Mel London, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Federico Fellini's 8-1/2— Italy
Winner
Knife in the Water— Poland
Los Tarantos— Spain
The Red Lanterns— Greece
Twin Sisters of Kyoto— Japan
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To DOUGLAS G. SHEARER and A. ARNOLD GILLESPIE of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System. [Special Photographic]
Winner
Music (Original Music Score)
Tom Jones— John Addison
Winner
55 Days at Peking— Dimitri Tiomkin
Cleopatra— Alex North
How the West Was Won— Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Ernest Gold
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
Irma La Douce— Andre Previn
Winner
A New Kind of Love— Leith Stevens
Bye Bye Birdie— John Green
Sundays and Cybele— Maurice Jarre
The Sword in the Stone— George Bruns
Music (Song)
"Call Me Irresponsible" from Papa's Delicate Condition— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Winner
"Charade" from Charade— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World— Music by Ernest Gold; Lyrics by Mack David
"More" from Mondo Cane— Music by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero; Lyrics by Norman Newell
"So Little Time" from 55 Days at Peking— Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Short Subject (Cartoon)
The Critic— Ernest Pintoff, Producer
Winner
Automania 2000— John Halas, Producer
My Financial Career— Colin Low and Tom Daly, Producers
Pianissimo— Carmen D'Avino, Producer
The Game (Igra)— Dusan Vukotic, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge— Paul de Roubaix and Marcel Ichac, Producers
Winner
Home-Made Car— James Hill, Producer
Six-Sided Triangle— Christopher Miles, Producer
That's Me— Walker Stuart, Producer
The Concert— Ezra Baker, Producer