Best Picture Winner
My Fair Lady
Best Picture
Director: George Cukor
Studio: Warner Bros.
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All Categories (30)
Best Picture
My Fair Lady— Jack L. Warner, Producer
Winner
Becket— Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb— Stanley Kubrick, Producer
Mary Poppins— Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers
Zorba the Greek— Michael Cacoyannis, Producer
Actor
Anthony Quinn— Zorba the Greek {"Alexis Zorba"}
Peter O'Toole— Becket {"King Henry II"}
Peter Sellers— Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb {"Group Captain Lionel Mandrake/President Muffley/Dr. Strangelove"}
Richard Burton— Becket {"Thomas Becket"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Edmond O'Brien— Seven Days in May {"Senator Raymond Clark"}
John Gielgud— Becket {"King Louis VII of France"}
Lee Tracy— The Best Man {"Art Hockstader"}
Stanley Holloway— My Fair Lady {"Alfred P. Doolittle"}
Actress
Anne Bancroft— The Pumpkin Eater {"Jo Armitage"}
Debbie Reynolds— The Unsinkable Molly Brown {"Molly Brown"}
Kim Stanley— Seance on a Wet Afternoon {"Myra Savage"}
Sophia Loren— Marriage Italian Style {"Filomena Marturano"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Agnes Moorehead— Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte {"Velma Cruther"}
Dame Edith Evans— The Chalk Garden {"Mrs. St. Maugham"}
Gladys Cooper— My Fair Lady {"Mrs. Higgins"}
Grayson Hall— The Night of the Iguana {"Judith Fellowes"}
Directing
Becket— Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb— Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins— Robert Stevenson
Zorba the Greek— Michael Cacoyannis
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Becket— Edward Anhalt
Winner
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
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Father Goose— Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
Winner
A Hard Day's Night— Alun Owen
One Potato, Two Potato— Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
That Man from Rio— Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
The Organizer— Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
Zorba the Greek— Walter Lassally
Winner
Fate Is the Hunter— Milton Krasner
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Joseph Biroc
The Americanization of Emily— Philip H. Lathrop
The Night of the Iguana— Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematography (Color)
My Fair Lady— Harry Stradling
Winner
Becket— Geoffrey Unsworth
Cheyenne Autumn— William H. Clothier
Mary Poppins— Edward Colman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown— Daniel L. Fapp
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
Zorba the Greek— Vassilis Fotopoulos
Winner
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Seven Days in May— Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Americanization of Emily— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
The Night of the Iguana— Stephen Grimes
Art Direction (Color)
My Fair Lady— Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Winner
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
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
Film Editing
Mary Poppins— Cotton Warburton
Winner
Becket— Anne Coates
Father Goose— Ted J. Kent
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Michael Luciano
My Fair Lady— William Ziegler
Sound
My Fair Lady— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Winner
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
The Unsinkable Molly Brown— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Sound Effects
Goldfinger— Norman Wanstall
Winner
The Lively Set— Robert L. Bratton
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
The Night of the Iguana— Dorothy Jeakins
Winner
A House Is Not a Home— Edith Head
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Norma Koch
Kisses for My President— Howard Shoup
The Visit— René Hubert
Costume Design (Color)
My Fair Lady— Cecil Beaton
Winner
Becket— Margaret Furse
Mary Poppins— Tony Walton
The Unsinkable Molly Brown— Morton Haack
What a Way to Go!— Edith Head, Moss Mabry
Documentary (Feature)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun— Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Winner
Four Days in November— Mel Stuart, Producer
Over There, 1914-18— Jean Aurel, Producer
The Finest Hours— Jack Le Vien, Producer
The Human Dutch— Bert Haanstra, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
Nine from Little Rock— Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Winner
140 Days under the World— Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers
Breaking the Habit— Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers
Children Without— Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Kenojuak— National Film Board of Canada
Foreign Language Film
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow— Italy
Winner
Raven's End— Sweden
Sallah— Israel
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg— France
Woman in the Dunes— Japan
Honorary Award
To William Tuttle for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class I)
To PETRO VLAHOS, WADSWORTH E. POHL and UB IWERKS for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography. [Special Photographic]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
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]
Winner
To PIERRE ANGENIEUX for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
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]
Winner
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]
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 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]
Music (Original Music Score)
Mary Poppins— Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Winner
Becket— Laurence Rosenthal
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Frank DeVol
The Fall of the Roman Empire— Dimitri Tiomkin
The Pink Panther— Henry Mancini
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
My Fair Lady— Andre Previn
Winner
A Hard Day's Night— George Martin
Mary Poppins— Irwin Kostal
Robin and the 7 Hoods— Nelson Riddle
The Unsinkable Molly Brown— Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
Music (Song)
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins— Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Winner
"Dear Heart" from Dear Heart— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte— Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
"My Kind Of Town" from Robin and the 7 Hoods— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Where Love Has Gone" from Where Love Has Gone— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Short Subject (Cartoon)
The Pink Phink— David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
Winner
Christmas Cracker— National Film Board of Canada
How to Avoid Friendship— William L. Snyder, Producer
Nudnik #2— William L. Snyder, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
Casals Conducts: 1964— Edward Schreiber, Producer
Winner
Help! My Snowman's Burning Down— Carson Davidson, Producer
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes— Robert Clouse, Producer
Special Visual Effects
Mary Poppins— Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
Winner
7 Faces of Dr. Lao— Jim Danforth