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Academy Awards, USA: 1964

Oscar

Date:	13 April
Host:	Jack Lemmon (I)
Location:	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Notes:	The presentation of the music scoring awards went awry when presenter Sammy Davis Jr. was handed the wrong envelope. After reading the nominees for adaptation score, he read the winner's name for the other category (original score) before the mix-up was discovered. Presented with the correct envelope, he read the correct winner's name before continuing to the now-suspenseless original score category.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Tom Jones (1963) - Tony Richardson (I) - Tony Richardson was not present at the awards ceremony. David V. Picker accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	America, America (1963) - Elia Kazan Cleopatra (1963) - Walter Wanger How the West Was Won (1962) - Bernard Smith (II) Lilies of the Field (1963) - Ralph Nelson (I)

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Lilies of the Field (1963) - Sidney Poitier
Other Nominees:
	Cleopatra (1963) - Rex Harrison (I) Hud (1963) - Paul Newman (I) This Sporting Life (1963) - Richard Harris (I) Tom Jones (1963) - Albert Finney

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Hud (1963) - Patricia Neal - Patricia Neal was not present at the awards ceremony. Annabella accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Irma la Douce (1963) - Shirley MacLaine L-Shaped Room, The (1962) - Leslie Caron Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Natalie Wood (I) This Sporting Life (1963) - Rachel Roberts (I)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Hud (1963) - Melvyn Douglas - Melvyn Douglas was not present at the awards ceremony. His co-star Brandon De Wilde accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) - Bobby Darin Cardinal, The (1963) - John Huston (I) Tom Jones (1963) - Hugh Griffith (I) Twilight of Honor (1963) - Nick Adams (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	V.I.P.s, The (1963) - Margaret Rutherford - Margaret Rutherford was not present at the awards ceremony. Peter Ustinov accepted the award on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Lilies of the Field (1963) - Lilia Skala Tom Jones (1963) - Diane Cilento Tom Jones (1963) - Edith Evans (I) Tom Jones (1963) - Joyce Redman

Best Director


Winner:
	Tom Jones (1963) - Tony Richardson (I) - Tony Richardson was not present at the awards ceremony. Edith Evans (I) accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	8½ (1963) - Federico Fellini America, America (1963) - Elia Kazan Cardinal, The (1963) - Otto Preminger Hud (1963) - Martin Ritt (I)

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


Winner:
	How the West Was Won (1962) - James R. Webb
Other Nominees:
	8½ (1963) - Federico Fellini; Ennio Flaiano; Tullio Pinelli; Brunello Rondi America, America (1963) - Elia Kazan Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Arnold Schulman Quattro giornate di Napoli, Le (1962) - Pasquale Festa Campanile (screenplay/story); Massimo Franciosa (screenplay/story); Nanni Loy (screenplay/story); Vasco Pratolini (story); Carlo Bernari (screenplay)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Tom Jones (1963) - John Osborne (II)
Other Nominees:
	Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) - Richard L. Breen; Phoebe Ephron; Henry Ephron Dimanches de Ville d'Avray, Les (1962) - Serge Bourguignon; Antoine Tudal Hud (1963) - Irving Ravetch; Harriet Frank Jr. Lilies of the Field (1963) - James Poe (I)

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Hud (1963) - James Wong Howe (I)
Other Nominees:
	Balcony, The (1963) - George J. Folsey Caretakers, The (1963) - Lucien Ballard Lilies of the Field (1963) - Ernest Haller Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Milton R. Krasner

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Cleopatra (1963) - Leon Shamroy
Other Nominees:
	Cardinal, The (1963) - Leon Shamroy How the West Was Won (1962) - William H. Daniels; Milton R. Krasner; Charles Lang (I); Joseph LaShelle Irma la Douce (1963) - Joseph LaShelle It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Ernest Laszlo

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Cleopatra (1963) - John DeCuir; Jack Martin Smith; Hilyard M. Brown; Herman A. Blumenthal; Elven Webb; Maurice Pelling; Boris Juraga; Walter M. Scott; Paul S. Fox; Ray Moyer (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cardinal, The (1963) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Gene Callahan (I) Come Blow Your Horn (1963) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; James W. Payne How the West Was Won (1962) - George W. Davis; William Ferrari; Addison Hehr; Henry Grace; Don Greenwood Jr.; Jack Mills (I) Tom Jones (1963) - Ralph W. Brinton; Ted Marshall (I); Jocelyn Herbert (I); Josie MacAvin

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


Winner:
	America, America (1963) - Gene Callahan (I)
Other Nominees:
	8½ (1963) - Piero Gherardi Hud (1963) - Hal Pereira; Tambi Larsen; Sam Comer; Robert R. Benton Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Hal Pereira; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer; Grace Gregory Twilight of Honor (1963) - George W. Davis; Paul Groesse; Henry Grace; Hugh Hunt (I)

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	Cleopatra (1963) - Irene Sharaff; Vittorio Nino Novarese; Reni�
Other Nominees:
	Cardinal, The (1963) - Donald Brooks Gattopardo, Il (1963) - Piero Tosi How the West Was Won (1962) - Walter Plunkett New Kind of Love, A (1963) - Edith Head

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	8½ (1963) - Piero Gherardi
Other Nominees:
	Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Edith Head Stripper, The (1963) - Travilla Toys in the Attic (1963) - Bill Thomas (I) Wives and Lovers (1963) - Edith Head

Best Sound


Winner:
	How the West Was Won (1962) - Franklin Milton (M-G-M SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - Charles Rice (I) (Columbia SSD) Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) - Waldon O. Watson (Universal City SSD) Cleopatra (1963) - James Corcoran (I) (20th Century-Fox SSD); Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD) It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	How the West Was Won (1962) - Harold F. Kress
Other Nominees:
	Cardinal, The (1963) - Louis R. Loeffler Cleopatra (1963) - Dorothy Spencer Great Escape, The (1963) - Ferris Webster It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Frederic Knudtson (I); Robert C. Jones (I); Gene Fowler Jr.

Best Effects, Sound Effects


Winner:
	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Walter Elliott
Other Nominees:
	Gathering of Eagles, A (1963) - Robert L. Bratton

Best Effects, Special Visual Effects


Winner:
	Cleopatra (1963) - Emil Kosa Jr.
Other Nominees:
	Birds, The (1963) - Ub Iwerks

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "Call Me Irresponsible"
Other Nominees:
	55 Days at Peking (1963) - Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "So Little Time" Charade (1963) - Henry Mancini (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "Charade" It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Ernest Gold (music); Mack David (lyrics) - For the song "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" Mondo cane (1962) - Riz Ortolani (music); Nino Oliviero (music); Norman Newell (lyrics) - For the song "More"

Best Music, Score - Substantially Original


Winner:
	Tom Jones (1963) - John Addison (I) - John Addison was not present at the awards ceremony. Elmer Bernstein accepted the award on his behalf.
Other Nominees:
	55 Days at Peking (1963) - Dimitri Tiomkin Cleopatra (1963) - Alex North How the West Was Won (1962) - Alfred Newman; Ken Darby It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - Ernest Gold

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment


Winner:
	Irma la Douce (1963) - Andr� Previn
Other Nominees:
	Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - Johnny Green (I) Dimanches de Ville d'Avray, Les (1962) - Maurice Jarre (I) New Kind of Love, A (1963) - Leith Stevens Sword in the Stone, The (1963) - George Bruns

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Critic, The (1963) - Ernest Pintoff
Other Nominees:
	Automania 2000 (1963) - John Halas Igra (1962) - Dusan Vukotic (I) My Financial Career (1962) - Colin Low; Tom Daly (I) Pianissimo (1963) - Carmen D'Avino

Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects


Winner:
	Rivière du hibou, La (1962) - Paul de Roubaix; Marcel Ichac
Other Nominees:
	Home-Made Car, The (1963) - James Hill (I) Koncert (1963/I) - Ezra R. Baker Six-Sided Triangle, The (1963) - Christopher Miles (II) That's Me (1963) - Walker Stuart (III)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Chagall (1964) - Simon Schiffrin
Other Nominees:
	Five Cities of June, The (1963) - George Stevens Jr. Spirit of America, The (1963) - Algernon G. Wlaker Thirty Million Letters (1963) - Edgar Anstey To Live Again (1963) - Mel London

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) - Robert Hughes (IV)
Other Nominees:
	Maillon et la chaîne, Le (1963) - Paul de Roubaix Yanks Are Coming, The (1963) - Marshall Flaum

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	8½ (1963) - Italy.
Other Nominees:
	Kokkina fanaria, Ta (1963) - Greece. Koto (1963) - Japan. Nóz w wodzie (1962) - Poland. Tarantos, Los (1963) - Spain.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Sam Spiegel (I)

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Technical Achievement Award


Winner:
	Douglas Shearer (M-G-M Studios); A. Arnold Gillespie (M-G-M Studios) - For the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System.