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Academy Awards, USA: 1965

Oscar

Date:	5 April
Host:	Bob Hope (I)
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	For the first time, the Academy presents an award in the field of makeup.

Best Picture


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - Jack L. Warner
Other Nominees:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Mihalis Kakogiannis Becket (1964) - Hal B. Wallis Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick Mary Poppins (1964) - Walt Disney; Bill Walsh (I)

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - Rex Harrison (I)
Other Nominees:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Anthony Quinn (I) Becket (1964) - Richard Burton (I) Becket (1964) - Peter O'Toole (I) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Peter Sellers

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Julie Andrews (I)
Other Nominees:
	Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) - Sophia Loren Pumpkin Eater, The (1964) - Anne Bancroft (I) Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) - Kim Stanley (I) Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Debbie Reynolds (I)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Topkapi (1964) - Peter Ustinov - Peter Ustinov was not present at the awards ceremony. Sophia Loren accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - John Gielgud Best Man, The (1964) - Lee Tracy My Fair Lady (1964) - Stanley Holloway Seven Days in May (1964) - Edmond O'Brien

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Lila Kedrova
Other Nominees:
	Chalk Garden, The (1964) - Edith Evans (I) Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Agnes Moorehead My Fair Lady (1964) - Gladys Cooper (I) Night of the Iguana, The (1964) - Grayson Hall

Best Director


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - George Cukor
Other Nominees:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Mihalis Kakogiannis Becket (1964) - Peter Glenville Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick Mary Poppins (1964) - Robert Stevenson (I)

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Father Goose (1964) - S.H. Barnett (story); Peter Stone (I) (screenplay); Frank Tarloff (screenplay)
Other Nominees:
	Compagni, I (1963) - Agenore Incrocci; Furio Scarpelli; Mario Monicelli Hard Day's Night, A (1964) - Alun Owen Homme de Rio, L' (1964) - Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Ariane Mnouchkine; Daniel Boulanger (I); Philippe de Broca One Potato, Two Potato (1964) - Orville H. Hampton (screenplay/story); Raphael Hayes (screenplay)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Becket (1964) - Edward Anhalt
Other Nominees:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Mihalis Kakogiannis Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick; Peter George (III); Terry Southern Mary Poppins (1964) - Bill Walsh (I); Don DaGradi My Fair Lady (1964) - Alan Jay Lerner

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Walter Lassally
Other Nominees:
	Americanization of Emily, The (1964) - Philip H. Lathrop Fate Is the Hunter (1964) - Milton R. Krasner Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Joseph F. Biroc Night of the Iguana, The (1964) - Gabriel Figueroa (I)

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - Harry Stradling Sr.
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - Geoffrey Unsworth Cheyenne Autumn (1964) - William H. Clothier Mary Poppins (1964) - Edward Colman Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Daniel L. Fapp

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - Gene Allen (I); Cecil Beaton; George James Hopkins
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - John Bryan (I); Maurice Carter (I); Patrick McLoughlin; Robert Cartwright Mary Poppins (1964) - Carroll Clark; William H. Tuntke; Emile Kuri; Hal Gausman Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - George W. Davis; E. Preston Ames; Henry Grace; Hugh Hunt (I) What a Way to Go! (1964) - Jack Martin Smith; Ted Haworth; Walter M. Scott; Stuart A. Reiss

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Alexis Zorbas (1964) - Vassilis Photopoulos
Other Nominees:
	Americanization of Emily, The (1964) - George W. Davis; Hans Peters (I); Elliot Scott (I); Henry Grace; Robert R. Benton Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - William Glasgow; Raphael Bretton Night of the Iguana, The (1964) - Stephen B. Grimes Seven Days in May (1964) - Cary Odell; Edward G. Boyle

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - Cecil Beaton
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - Margaret Furse Mary Poppins (1964) - Tony Walton (I) Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Morton Haack What a Way to Go! (1964) - Edith Head; Moss Mabry

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Night of the Iguana, The (1964) - Dorothy Jeakins
Other Nominees:
	House Is Not a Home, A (1964) - Edith Head Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Norma Koch Kisses for My President (1964) - Howard Shoup (I) Visit, The (1964) - René Hubert

Best Sound


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - George Groves (I) (Warner Bros. SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - John Cox (I) (Shepperton SSD) Father Goose (1964) - Waldon O. Watson (Universal City SSD) Mary Poppins (1964) - Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney SSD) Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Franklin Milton (M-G-M SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Cotton Warburton
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - Anne V. Coates Father Goose (1964) - Ted J. Kent (I) Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Michael Luciano (III) My Fair Lady (1964) - William H. Ziegler

Best Effects, Sound Effects


Winner:
	Goldfinger (1964) - Norman Wanstall
Other Nominees:
	Lively Set, The (1964) - Robert L. Bratton

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Peter Ellenshaw; Hamilton Luske; Eustace Lycett
Other Nominees:
	7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) - Jim Danforth

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman - For the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Other Nominees:
	Dear Heart (1964) - Henry Mancini (music); Jay Livingston (lyrics); Ray Evans (I) - For the song "Dear Heart" Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Frank De Vol (music); Mack David (lyrics) - For the song "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "My Kind of Town" Where Love Has Gone (1964) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "Where Love Has Gone"

Best Music, Score - Substantially Original


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman
Other Nominees:
	Becket (1964) - Laurence Rosenthal (I) Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964) - Dimitri Tiomkin Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - Frank De Vol Pink Panther, The (1963) - Henry Mancini

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment


Winner:
	My Fair Lady (1964) - André Previn
Other Nominees:
	Hard Day's Night, A (1964) - George Martin (I) Mary Poppins (1964) - Irwin Kostal Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) - Nelson Riddle Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Robert Armbruster; Léo Arnaud; Jack Elliott (I); Jack Hayes (I); Calvin Jackson; Leo Shuken

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Pink Phink, The (1964) - David H. DePatie; Friz Freleng
Other Nominees:
	Christmas Cracker (1962) - National Film Board of Canada How to Avoid Friendship (1964) - William L. Snyder Nudnik #2 (1964) - William L. Snyder

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964) - Edward Schreiber
Other Nominees:
	Help! My Snowman's Burning Down (1965) - Carson Davidson Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes, The (1964) - Robert Clouse

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Nine from Little Rock (1964) - Guggenheim Productions
Other Nominees:
	140 Days Under the World (1964) - Geoffrey Scott (III); Oxley Hughan Breaking the Habit (1964) - Henry Jacobs (II); John Korty Children Without (1964) - Guggenheim Productions Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964) - National Film Board of Canada

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Monde sans soleil, Le (1964) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Other Nominees:
	14-18 (1963) - Jean Aurel (I) Alleman (1963) - Bert Haanstra Finest Hours, The (1964) - Jack Levin (I) (as Jack Le Vien) Four Days in November (1964) - Mel Stuart

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Ieri, oggi, domani (1963) - Italy.
Other Nominees:
	Kvarteret Korpen (1963) - Sweden. Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les (1964) - France. Sallah Shabati (1964) - Israel. Suna no onna (1964) - Japan.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) - William Tuttle (I) - For his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	Petro Vlahos; Wadsworth E. Pohl; Ub Iwerks - For the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Pierre Angenieux - For the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography. Sidney P. Solow (Consolidated Film Industries); Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries); Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries); Job Sanderson (Consolidated Film Industries) - For the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Stewart Filmscreen Corp. - For a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography. Milton Forman (I) (ColorTran Industries); Richard B. Glickman (ColorTran Industries); Daniel J. Pearlman (ColorTran Industries) - For the advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps. Anthony Paglia; 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Dept. - For an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures. Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries); Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries) - For the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers. Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries); Leonard L. Sokolow (Consolidated Film Industries); Carl W. Hauge (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. Nelson Tyler - For the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System.