Best Picture Winner
The Sound of Music
Best Picture
Director: Robert Wise
Studio: 20th Century Fox
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
From the Worthy Podcast
Do we want to leave this as Jon’s mom’s rant on Sound of Music? Different type of opening. React off of what she has to say
Why is The Sound of Music your favorite film of all time?
Beautiful scenery and a love story about two sassy people learning to get along. My mom has always wanted a big family which was heavily inspired by the love and joy from this family.
What’s your favorite song from the film and why?
Edelweiss because it is beautiful and heartfelt. A symbol of peace and freedom.
What does The Sound of Music mean to you?
All Categories (29)
Best Picture
The Sound of Music— Robert Wise, Producer
Winner
A Thousand Clowns— Fred Coe, Producer
Darling— Joseph Janni, Producer
Doctor Zhivago— Carlo Ponti, Producer
Ship of Fools— Stanley Kramer, Producer
Actor
Laurence Olivier— Othello {"Othello"}
Oskar Werner— Ship of Fools {"Dr. Schumann"}
Richard Burton— The Spy Who Came In from the Cold {"Alec Leamas"}
Rod Steiger— The Pawnbroker {"Sol Nazerman"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Frank Finlay— Othello {"Iago"}
Ian Bannen— The Flight of the Phoenix {"Crow"}
Michael Dunn— Ship of Fools {"Glocken"}
Tom Courtenay— Doctor Zhivago {"Pasha Antipov/Strelnikoff"}
Actress
Elizabeth Hartman— A Patch of Blue {"Selina D'Arcey"}
Julie Andrews— The Sound of Music {"Maria"}
Samantha Eggar— The Collector {"Miranda Grey"}
Simone Signoret— Ship of Fools {"La Condessa"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Joyce Redman— Othello {"Emilia"}
Maggie Smith— Othello {"Desdemona"}
Peggy Wood— The Sound of Music {"Mother Abbess"}
Ruth Gordon— Inside Daisy Clover {"The Dealer"}
Directing
Darling— John Schlesinger
Doctor Zhivago— David Lean
The Collector— William Wyler
Woman in the Dunes— Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Doctor Zhivago— Robert Bolt
Winner
A Thousand Clowns— Herb Gardner
Cat Ballou— Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson
Ship of Fools— Abby Mann
The Collector— Stanley Mann, John Kohn
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Darling— Frederic Raphael
Winner
Casanova '70— Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
The Train— Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg— Jacques Demy
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines— Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
Ship of Fools— Ernest Laszlo
Winner
A Patch of Blue— Robert Burks
In Harm's Way— Loyal Griggs
King Rat— Burnett Guffey
Morituri— Conrad Hall
Cinematography (Color)
Doctor Zhivago— Freddie Young
Winner
The Agony and the Ecstasy— Leon Shamroy
The Great Race— Russell Harlan
The Greatest Story Ever Told— William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs
The Sound of Music— Ted McCord
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
Ship of Fools— Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish
Winner
A Patch of Blue— Art Direction: George W. Davis, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson
King Rat— Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
The Slender Thread— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, Joseph Kish
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
Art Direction (Color)
Doctor Zhivago— Art Direction: John Box, Terry Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
Winner
Inside Daisy Clover— Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
The Agony and the Ecstasy— Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
The Greatest Story Ever Told— Art Direction: Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett
The Sound of Music— Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt
Film Editing
The Sound of Music— William Reynolds
Winner
Cat Ballou— Charles Nelson
Doctor Zhivago— Norman Savage
The Flight of the Phoenix— Michael Luciano
The Great Race— Ralph E. Winters
Sound
The Sound of Music— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Winner
Doctor Zhivago— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director; and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Shenandoah— Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
The Agony and the Ecstasy— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
The Great Race— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Sound Effects
The Great Race— Tregoweth Brown
Winner
Von Ryan's Express— Walter A. Rossi
Costume Design (Black-And-White)
Darling— Julie Harris
Winner
A Rage to Live— Howard Shoup
Morituri— Moss Mabry
Ship of Fools— Bill Thomas, Jean Louis
The Slender Thread— Edith Head
Costume Design (Color)
Doctor Zhivago— Phyllis Dalton
Winner
Inside Daisy Clover— Edith Head, Bill Thomas
The Agony and the Ecstasy— Vittorio Nino Novarese
The Greatest Story Ever Told— Vittorio Nino Novarese, Marjorie Best
The Sound of Music— Dorothy Jeakins
Documentary (Feature)
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story— Sidney Glazier, Producer
Winner
Let My People Go— Marshall Flaum, Producer
The Battle of the Bulge...The Brave Rifles— Laurence E. Mascott, Producer
The Forth Road Bridge— Peter Mills, Producer
To Die in Madrid— Frédéric Rossif, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
To Be Alive!— Francis Thompson, Producer
Winner
Mural on Our Street— Kirk Smallman, Producer
Ouverture— Mafilm Productions
Point of View— Vision Associates Productions
Yeats Country— Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, Producers
Foreign Language Film
The Shop on Main Street— Czechoslovakia
Winner
Blood on the Land— Greece
Dear John— Sweden
Kwaidan— Japan
Marriage Italian Style— Italy
Honorary Award
To Bob Hope for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
William Wyler
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Edmond L. DePatie
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To ARTHUR J. HATCH of the Strong Electric Corporation subsidiary of General Precision Equipment Corporation, for the design and development of an Air Blown Carbon Arc Projection Lamp. [Lighting]
Winner
To STEFAN KUDELSKI for the design and development of the Nagra portable 1/4 inch tape recording system for motion picture sound recording. [Sound]
Music (Original Music Score)
Doctor Zhivago— Maurice Jarre
Winner
A Patch of Blue— Jerry Goldsmith
The Agony and the Ecstasy— Alex North
The Greatest Story Ever Told— Alfred Newman
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg— Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
The Sound of Music— Irwin Kostal
Winner
A Thousand Clowns— Don Walker
Cat Ballou— DeVol
The Pleasure Seekers— Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg— Michel Legrand
Music (Song)
"The Shadow Of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper— Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Winner
"I Will Wait For You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg— Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy; English Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
"The Ballad Of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou— Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
"The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race— Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat?— Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
Short Subject (Cartoon)
The Dot and the Line— Chuck Jones and Les Goldman, Producers
Winner
Clay or The Origin of Species— Eliot Noyes, Jr., Producer
The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)— Emanuele Luzzati, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
The Chicken (Le Poulet)— Claude Berri, Producer
Winner
Fortress of Peace— Lothar Wolff, Producer
Skaterdater— Marshal Backlar and Noel Black, Producers
Snow— Edgar Anstey, Producer
Time Piece— Jim Henson, Producer
Special Visual Effects
Thunderball— John Stears
Winner
The Greatest Story Ever Told— J. McMillan Johnson