Best Picture Winner
In the Heat of the Night
Best Picture
Director: Norman Jewison
Studio: United Artists
A black detective from Philadelphia becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racially hostile Mississippi town.
All Categories (26)
Best Picture
In the Heat of the Night— Walter Mirisch, Producer
Winner
Bonnie and Clyde— Warren Beatty, Producer
Doctor Dolittle— Arthur P. Jacobs, Producer
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— Stanley Kramer, Producer
The Graduate— Lawrence Turman, Producer
Actor
Dustin Hoffman— The Graduate {"Ben Braddock"}
Paul Newman— Cool Hand Luke {"Luke Jackson"}
Spencer Tracy— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Matt Drayton"}
Warren Beatty— Bonnie and Clyde {"Clyde Barrow"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Cecil Kellaway— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Monsignor Ryan"}
Gene Hackman— Bonnie and Clyde {"Buck Barrow"}
John Cassavetes— The Dirty Dozen {"Victor Franko"}
Michael J. Pollard— Bonnie and Clyde {"C.W. Moss"}
Actress
Anne Bancroft— The Graduate {"Mrs. Robinson"}
Audrey Hepburn— Wait until Dark {"Susy Hendrix"}
Dame Edith Evans— The Whisperers {"Mrs. Ross"}
Faye Dunaway— Bonnie and Clyde {"Bonnie Parker"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Beah Richards— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner {"Mrs. Prentice"}
Carol Channing— Thoroughly Modern Millie {"Muzzy Van Hossmere"}
Katharine Ross— The Graduate {"Elaine Robinson"}
Mildred Natwick— Barefoot in the Park {"Mrs. Ethel Banks"}
Directing
Bonnie and Clyde— Arthur Penn
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— Stanley Kramer
In Cold Blood— Richard Brooks
In the Heat of the Night— Norman Jewison
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
In the Heat of the Night— Stirling Silliphant
Winner
Cool Hand Luke— Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson
In Cold Blood— Richard Brooks
The Graduate— Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
Ulysses— Joseph Strick, Fred Haines
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— William Rose
Winner
Bonnie and Clyde— David Newman, Robert Benton
Divorce American Style— Story by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
La Guerre Est Finie— Jorge Semprun
Two for the Road— Frederic Raphael
Cinematography
Bonnie and Clyde— Burnett Guffey
Winner
Camelot— Richard H. Kline
Doctor Dolittle— Robert Surtees
In Cold Blood— Conrad Hall
The Graduate— Robert Surtees
Art Direction
Camelot— Art Direction: John Truscott, Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: John W. Brown
Winner
Doctor Dolittle— Art Direction: Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
The Taming of the Shrew— Art Direction: Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi
Thoroughly Modern Millie— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Film Editing
In the Heat of the Night— Hal Ashby
Winner
Beach Red— Frank P. Keller
Doctor Dolittle— Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— Robert C. Jones
The Dirty Dozen— Michael Luciano
Sound
In the Heat of the Night— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Winner
Camelot— Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Doctor Dolittle— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
The Dirty Dozen— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Thoroughly Modern Millie— Universal City Studio Sound Department
Sound Effects
The Dirty Dozen— John Poyner
Winner
In the Heat of the Night— James A. Richard
Costume Design
Camelot— John Truscott
Winner
Bonnie and Clyde— Theadora Van Runkle
The Happiest Millionaire— Bill Thomas
The Taming of the Shrew— Irene Sharaff, Danilo Donati
Thoroughly Modern Millie— Jean Louis
Documentary (Feature)
The Anderson Platoon— Pierre Schoendoerffer, Producer
Winner
A King's Story— Jack Le Vien, Producer
A Time for Burning— William C. Jersey, Producer
Festival— Murray Lerner, Producer
Harvest— Carroll Ballard, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Redwoods— Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood, Producers
Winner
A Place to Stand— Christopher Chapman, Producer
Monument to the Dream— Charles E. Guggenheim, Producer
See You at the Pillar— Robert Fitchett, Producer
While I Run This Race— Carl V. Ragsdale, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Closely Watched Trains— Czechoslovakia
Winner
El Amor Brujo— Spain
I Even Met Happy Gypsies— Yugoslavia
Live for Life— France
Portrait of Chieko— Japan
Honorary Award
To Arthur Freed for distinguished service to the Academy and the production of six top-rated Awards telecasts.
Winner
Alfred Hitchcock
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gregory Peck
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To the ELECTRO-OPTICAL DIVISION OF THE KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION for the design and development of a series of Motion Picture Projection Lenses. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To FRED R. WILSON of the Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department for an Audio Level Clamper. [Sound]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for a Variable Speed Motor for Motion Picture Cameras. [Camera]
To WALDON O. WATSON and the UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for new concepts in the design of a Music Scoring Stage. [Sound]
Music (Original Music Score)
Thoroughly Modern Millie— Elmer Bernstein
Winner
Cool Hand Luke— Lalo Schifrin
Doctor Dolittle— Leslie Bricusse
Far from the Madding Crowd— Richard Rodney Bennett
In Cold Blood— Quincy Jones
Music (Scoring Of Music--Adaptation Or Treatment)
Camelot— Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Winner
Doctor Dolittle— Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner— DeVol
Thoroughly Modern Millie— Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson
Valley of the Dolls— John Williams
Music (Song)
"Talk To The Animals" from Doctor Dolittle— Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Winner
"The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book— Music and Lyrics by Terry Gilkyson
"The Eyes Of Love" from Banning— Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
"The Look Of Love" from Casino Royale— Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" from Thoroughly Modern Millie— Music and Lyrics by James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
Short Subject (Cartoon)
The Box— Fred Wolf, Producer
Winner
Hypothese Beta— Jean-Charles Meunier, Producer
What on Earth!— Robert Verrall and Wolf Koenig, Producers
Short Subject (Live Action)
A Place to Stand— Christopher Chapman, Producer
Winner
Paddle to the Sea— Julian Biggs, Producer
Sky over Holland— John Ferno, Producer
Stop, Look and Listen— Len Janson and Chuck Menville, Producers
Special Visual Effects
Doctor Dolittle— L. B. Abbott
Winner
Tobruk— Howard A. Anderson, Jr., Albert Whitlock