Best Picture Winner
Annie Hall
Best Picture
Director: Woody Allen
Studio: United Artists
A neurotic New York comedian falls in love with a free-spirited nightclub singer.
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Oliver! (1968)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Patton (1970)
The French Connection (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Sting (1973)
All Categories (30)
Best Picture
Annie Hall— Charles H. Joffe, Producer
Winner
Julia— Richard Roth, Producer
Star Wars— Gary Kurtz, Producer
The Goodbye Girl— Ray Stark, Producer
The Turning Point— Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
John Travolta— Saturday Night Fever {"Tony Manero"}
Marcello Mastroianni— A Special Day {"Gabriele"}
Richard Burton— Equus {"Dr. Martin Dysart"}
Woody Allen— Annie Hall {"Alvy Singer"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Alec Guinness— Star Wars {"Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi"}
Maximilian Schell— Julia {"Johann"}
Mikhail Baryshnikov— The Turning Point {"Yuri Kopeikine"}
Peter Firth— Equus {"Alan Strang"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Anne Bancroft— The Turning Point {"Emma Jacklin"}
Jane Fonda— Julia {"Lillian Hellman"}
Marsha Mason— The Goodbye Girl {"Paula McFadden"}
Shirley MacLaine— The Turning Point {"Deedee Rodgers"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Leslie Browne— The Turning Point {"Emilia Rodgers"}
Melinda Dillon— Close Encounters of the Third Kind {"Jillian Guiler"}
Quinn Cummings— The Goodbye Girl {"Lucy McFadden"}
Tuesday Weld— Looking for Mr. Goodbar {"Katherine Dunn"}
Directing
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Steven Spielberg
Julia— Fred Zinnemann
Star Wars— George Lucas
The Turning Point— Herbert Ross
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Julia— Alvin Sargent
Winner
Equus— Peter Shaffer
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden— Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino
Oh, God!— Larry Gelbart
That Obscure Object of Desire— Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Annie Hall— Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Winner
Star Wars— George Lucas
The Goodbye Girl— Neil Simon
The Late Show— Robert Benton
The Turning Point— Arthur Laurents
Cinematography
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Vilmos Zsigmond
Winner
Islands in the Stream— Fred J. Koenekamp
Julia— Douglas Slocombe
Looking for Mr. Goodbar— William A. Fraker
The Turning Point— Robert Surtees
Music (Original Score)
Star Wars— John Williams
Winner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— John Williams
Julia— Georges Delerue
Mohammad - Messenger of God— Maurice Jarre
The Spy Who Loved Me— Marvin Hamlisch
Music (Original Song)
"You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life— Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks
Winner
"Candle On The Water" from Pete's Dragon— Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
"Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me— Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
"Someone's Waiting For You" from The Rescuers— Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins
"The Slipper And The Rose Waltz (He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me)" from The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella— Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Art Direction
Star Wars— Art Direction: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Roger Christian
Winner
Airport '77— Art Direction: George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Mickey S. Michaels
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Art Direction: Joe Alves, Dan Lomino; Set Decoration: Phil Abramson
The Spy Who Loved Me— Art Direction: Ken Adam, Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife
The Turning Point— Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Marvin March
Visual Effects
Star Wars— John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack
Winner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Gregory Jein, Richard Yuricich
Film Editing
Star Wars— Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew
Winner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Michael Kahn
Julia— Walter Murch
Smokey and the Bandit— Walter Hannemann, Angelo Ross
The Turning Point— William Reynolds
Sound
Star Wars— Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball
Winner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don MacDougall, Gene S. Cantamessa
Sorcerer— Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Richard Tyler, Jean-Louis Ducarme
The Deep— Walter Goss, Dick Alexander, Tom Beckert, Robin Gregory
The Turning Point— Theodore Soderberg, Paul Wells, Douglas O. Williams, Jerry Jost
Costume Design
Star Wars— John Mollo
Winner
A Little Night Music— Florence Klotz
Airport '77— Edith Head, Burton Miller
Julia— Anthea Sylbert
The Other Side of Midnight— Irene Sharaff
Documentary (Feature)
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?— John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers
Winner
High Grass Circus— Bill Brind, Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo, Producers
Homage to Chagall--The Colours of Love— Harry Rasky, Producer
The Children of Theatre Street— Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack, Producers
Union Maids— James Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Gravity Is My Enemy— John Joseph and Jan Stussy, Producers
Winner
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country— Moctesuma Esparza, Producer
First Edition— Helen Whitney and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
Of Time, Tombs and Treasure— James R. Messenger and Paul N. Raimondi, Producers
The Shetland Experience— Douglas Gordon, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
The Sand Castle— Co Hoedeman, Producer
Winner
Jimmy the C— James Picker, Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker, Producers
The Bead Game— Ishu Patel, Producer
The Doonesbury Special— John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau, Producers
Short Film (Live Action)
I'll Find a Way— Beverly Shaffer and Yuki Yoshida, Producers
Winner
Floating Free— Jerry Butts, Producer
Notes on the Popular Arts— Saul Bass, Producer
Spaceborne— Philip Dauber, Producer
The Absent-Minded Waiter— William E. McEuen, Producer
Foreign Language Film
Madame Rosa— France
Winner
A Special Day— Italy
Iphigenia— Greece
Operation Thunderbolt— Israel
That Obscure Object of Desire— Spain
Honorary Award
To Margaret Booth for her exceptional contribution to the art of film editing in the motion picture industry.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Walter Mirisch
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Charlton Heston
Winner
Special Achievement Award
To Benjamin Burtt, Jr. for the creation of the alien, creature and robot voices featured in Star Wars.
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class I)
To GARRETT BROWN and the CINEMA PRODUCTS CORPORATION ENGINEERING STAFF under the supervision of John Jurgens, for the invention and development of Steadicam. [Camera Cranes]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To JOSEPH D. KELLY, EMORY M. COHEN, BARRY K. HENLEY, HAMMOND H. HOLT and JOHN AGALSOFF of Glen Glenn Sound for the concept and development of a Post-production Audio Processing System for Motion Picture Films. [Sound]
Winner
To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the development and introduction of a new duplicating film for motion pictures. [Film]
To JOHN C. DYKSTRA for the development of a facility uniquely oriented toward visual effects photography, and to ALVAH J. MILLER and JERRY JEFFRESS for the engineering of the Electronic Motion Control System used in concert for multiple exposure visual effects motion picture photography. [Systems]
To N. PAUL KENWORTHY, JR. and WILLIAM R. LATADY for the invention and development of the Kenworthy Snorkel Camera System for motion picture photography. [Camera]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the concept and engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Panaflex Motion Picture Camera. [Camera]
To STEFAN KUDELSKI of Nagra Magnetic Recorders, Incorporated, for the engineering of the improvements incorporated in the Nagra 4.2L sound recorder for motion picture production. [Sound]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To ERNST NETTMANN of the Astrovision Division of Continental Camera Systems, Incorporated, for the engineering of its Periscope Aerial Camera System. [Camera]
Winner
To DR. BERNHARD KÜHL and WERNER BLOCK of OSRAM, GmbH, for the development of the HMI high-efficiency discharge lamp for motion picture lighting. [Lighting]
To EECO (Electronic Engineering Company of California) for developing a method for interlocking non-sprocketed film and tape media used in motion picture production. [Systems]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the design of Panalite, a camera-mounted controllable light for motion picture photography. [Lighting]
To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the engineering of the Panahead gearhead for motion picture cameras. [Stage Operations]
To PICLEAR, INCORPORATED, for originating and developing an attachment to motion picture projectors to improve screen image quality. [Laboratory]
Medal Of Commendation
To Gordon E. Sawyer in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winner
To Sidney Paul Solow in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Music (Original Song Score And Its Adaptation Or Adaptation Score)
A Little Night Music— Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
Winner
Pete's Dragon— Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella— Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind— Frank E. Warner
Winner