1965 (38th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1965. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK) Joseph Janni, Producer.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Carlo Ponti, Producer.

Ship of Fools, Columbia. Stanley Kramer, Producer.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Robert Wise, Producer.

A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists. Fred Coe, Producer.

Best Actor

Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Salem Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK)

Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia.

Laurence Olivier in Othello, B.H.E. Production; Warner Bros. (UK)

Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker, Ely Landau Productions; American International Pictures.

Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools, Columbia.

Best Actress

Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Julie Christie in Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK)

Samantha Eggar in The Collector, The Collector Company; Columbia. (UK, USA)

Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Simone Signoret in Ship of Fools, Columbia.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists.

Ian Bannen in The Flight of the Phoenix, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Tom Courtenay in Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein)

Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools, Columbia.

Frank Finlay in Othello, B.H.E. Production; Warner Bros. (UK)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover, Park Place Production; Warner Bros.

Joyce Redman in Othello, B.H.E. Production; Warner Bros. (UK)

Maggie Smith in Othello, B.H.E. Production; Warner Bros. (UK)

Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Peggy Wood in The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Directing

The Collector, The Collector Company; Columbia. (UK, USA) William Wyler.

Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK) John Schlesinger.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) David Lean.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Robert Wise.

Woman in the Dunes, Teshigahara Production; Pathe Contemporary Films. (Japan) Hiroshi Teshigahara.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

King Rat, Coleytown Production; Columbia. Art direction by Robert Emmet Smith; set decoration by Frank Tuttle.

A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by George W. Davis and Urie McCleary; set decoration by Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson.

Ship of Fools, Columbia. Art direction by Robert Clatworthy; set decoration by Joseph Kish.

The Slender Thread, Paramount. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; set decoration by Robert Benton and Joseph Kish.

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Salem Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK) Art direction by Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Edward Marshall; set decoration by Josie MacAvin.

(Color)

The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) Art direction by John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; set decoration by Dario Simoni.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Art direction by John Box and Terry Marsh; set decoration by Dario Simoni.

The Greatest Story Ever Told, George Stevens Production; United Artists. Art direction by Richard Day, William Creber and David Hall; set decoration by Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean and Norman Rockett.

Inside Daisy Clover, Park Place Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Robert Clatworthy; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

In Harm’s Way, Sigma Productions; Paramount. Loyal Griggs.

King Rat, Coleytown Production; Columbia. Burnett Guffey.

Morituri, Arcola-Colony Production; 20th Century-Fox. Conrad Hall.

A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Burks.

Ship of Fools, Columbia. Ernest Laszlo.

(Color)

The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) Leon Shamroy.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Freddie Young.

The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard Production; Warner Bros. Russell Harlan.

The Greatest Story Ever Told, George Stevens Production; United Artists. William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Ted McCord.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK) Julie Harris.

Morituri, Arcola-Colony Production; 20th Century-Fox. Moss Mabry.

A Rage to Live, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware-Araho Production; United Artists. Howard Shoup.

Ship of Fools, Columbia. Bill Thomas and Jean Louis.

The Slender Thread, Paramount. Edith Head.

(Color)

The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) Vittorio Nino Novarese.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Phyllis Dalton.

The Greatest Story Ever Told, George Stevens Production; United Artists. Vittorio Nino Novarese and Marjorie Best.

Inside Daisy Clover, Park Place Production; Warner Bros. Edith Head and Bill Thomas.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Dorothy Jeakins.

Documentary

(Feature)

The Battle of the Bulge . . . The Brave Rifles, Mascott Productions. Laurence E. Mascott, Producer.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, Sidney Glazier Production; American International Pictures. Sidney Glazier, Producer.

The Forth Road Bridge, Random Film Productions, Ltd.; Shell-Mex and B.P. Film Library. (UK) Peter Mills, Producer.

Let My People Go, David L. Wolper Productions. Marshall Flaum, Producer.

To Die in Madrid, Ancinex Productions; Altura Films International. (France) Frederic Rossif, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Mural on Our Street, Henry Street Settlement; Pathe Contemporary Films. Kirk Smallman, Producer.

Ouverture, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm-Pathe Contemporary Films. (Hungary)

Point of View, Vision Associates Production; National Tuberculosis Association.

To Be Alive!, Johnson Wax. Francis Thompson, Producer.

Yeats Country, Aengus Films, Ltd. for the Department of External Affairs of Ireland. (Ireland) Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, Producers.

Film Editing

Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia. Charles Nelson.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Norman Savage.

The Flight of the Phoenix, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Michael Luciano.

The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard Production; Warner Bros. Ralph E. Winters.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Reynolds.

Foreign Language Film

Blood on the Land, Th. Damaskinos & V. Michaelides A.E.-Finos Film. (Greece)

Dear John, A.B. Sandrew-Ateljeerna. (Sweden)

Kwaidan, Toho Company, Ltd. Production. (Japan)

Marriage Italian Style, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France) Italy.

The Shop on Main Street, Ceskoslovensky Film Company Production; Prominent Films. (Czechoslovakia)

Music

(Music Score—substantially original)

The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) Alex North.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Maurice Jarre.

The Greatest Story Ever Told, George Stevens Production; United Artists. Alfred Newman.

A Patch of Blue, Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jerry Goldsmith.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany) Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy.

(Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)

Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia. DeVol.

The Pleasure Seekers, 20th Century-Fox. Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. Irwin Kostal.

A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists. Don Walker.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany) Michel Legrand.

(Song)

The Ballad of Cat Ballou from Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia. Music by Jerry Livingston; lyrics by Mack David.

I Will Wait for You from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany) Music by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy; English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper, Filmways-Venice Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Johnny Mandel; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

The Sweetheart Tree from The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard Production; Warner Bros. Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

What’s New Pussycat? from What’s New Pussycat?, Famous Artists-Famartists Production; United Artists. (France, USA) Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Clay or the Origin of Species, Harvard University; Pathe Contemporary Films. Eliot Noyes, Jr., Producer.

The Dot and the Line, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Chuck Jones and Les Goldman, Producers.

The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra), Giulio Gianini-Emanuele Luzzati; Allied Artists. (Italy) Emanuele Luzzati, Producer.

(Live Action)

The Chicken (Le Poulet), Renn Productions; Pathe Contemporary Films. (France) Claude Berri, Producer.

Fortress of Peace, Lothar Wolff Productions for Farner-Looser Films; Cinerama. Lothar Wolff, Producer.

Skaterdater, Byway Productions; United Artists. Marshal Backlar and Noel Black, Producers.

Snow, British Transport Films in association with Geoffrey Jones (Films), Ltd.; Manson Distributing Corporation. (UK) Edgar Anstey, Producer.

Time Piece, Muppets, Inc.; Pathe Contemporary Films. Jim Henson, Producer.

Sound

The Agony and the Ecstasy, International Classics Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, Italy) 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director; and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director.

The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard Production; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.

Shenandoah, Universal. Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director.

The Sound of Music, Argyle Enterprises Production; 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.

Sound Effects

The Great Race, Patricia-Jalem-Reynard Production; Warner Bros. Tregoweth Brown.

Von Ryan’s Express, P-R Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Walter A. Rossi.

Special Visual Effects

The Greatest Story Ever Told, George Stevens Production; United Artists. J. McMillan Johnson.

Thunderball, Albert R. Broccoli-Harry Saltzman Production; United Artists. (UK) John Stears.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia. Walter Newman and Frank R. Pierson.

The Collector, The Collector Company; Columbia. (UK, USA) Stanley Mann and John Kohn.

Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Robert Bolt.

Ship of Fools, Columbia. Abby Mann.

A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists. Herb Gardner.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Casanova ’70, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France) Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi D’Amico.

Darling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK) Frederic Raphael.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, 20th Century-Fox, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Jack Davies and Ken Annakin.

The Train, Les Productions Artistes Associes; United Artists. (France, Italy, USA) Franklin Coen and Frank Davis.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany) Jacques Demy.

Honorary Award

To Bob Hope for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy. [ [Gold Medal]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Edmond L. DePatie

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

William Wyler

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.

To Stefan Kudelski for the design and development of the Nagra portable 1/4" tape recording system for motion picture sound recording.