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Academy Awards, USA: 1976

Oscar

Date:29 March
Host:Goldie Hawn; Gene Kelly (I); Walter Matthau; George Segal (I); Robert Shaw (I)
Location:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
  • Elizabeth Taylor (I) and the Marching Band, USC Trojan closed the show with a performance of 'America the Beautiful' to salute the American bicentennial.

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Martin Bregman; Martin Elfand
  • Jaws (1975) - Richard D. Zanuck; David Brown (I)
  • Nashville (1975) - Robert Altman (I)

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Al Pacino
  • Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975) - James Whitmore
  • Man in the Glass Booth, The (1975) - Maximilian Schell
  • Sunshine Boys, The (1975) - Walter Matthau

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hedda (1975) - Glenda Jackson
  • Hester Street (1975) - Carol Kane (I)
  • Histoire d'Adèle H., L' (1975) - Isabelle Adjani
  • Tommy (1975) - Ann-Margret

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Day of the Locust, The (1975) - Burgess Meredith
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Chris Sarandon (I)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Brad Dourif
  • Shampoo (1975) - Jack Warden

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Farewell, My Lovely (1975) - Sylvia Miles
  • Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) - Brenda Vaccaro
  • Nashville (1975) - Ronee Blakley
  • Nashville (1975) - Lily Tomlin

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Amarcord (1973) - Federico Fellini
  • Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Sidney Lumet
  • Nashville (1975) - Robert Altman (I)

  • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Amarcord (1973) - Federico Fellini; Tonino Guerra
  • Lies My Father Told Me (1975) - Ted Allan (I)
  • Shampoo (1975) - Robert Towne; Warren Beatty
  • Toute une vie (1974) - Claude Lelouch; Pierre Uytterhoeven

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
  • Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) - John Huston (I); Gladys Hill
  • Profumo di donna (1974) - Ruggero Maccari; Dino Risi
  • Sunshine Boys, The (1975) - Neil Simon (I)

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Day of the Locust, The (1975) - Conrad L. Hall
  • Funny Lady (1975) - James Wong Howe (I)
  • Hindenburg, The (1975) - Robert Surtees
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Haskell Wexler; Bill Butler (I)

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hindenburg, The (1975) - Edward C. Carfagno; Frank R. McKelvy
  • Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) - Alexandre Trauner; Tony Inglis; Peter James (III)
  • Shampoo (1975) - Richard Sylbert; W. Stewart Campbell; George Gaines
  • Sunshine Boys, The (1975) - Albert Brenner; Marvin March

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Four Musketeers, The (1974) - Yvonne Blake (I); Ron Talsky
  • Funny Lady (1975) - Ray Aghayan; Bob Mackie
  • Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) - Edith Head
  • Trollflöjten (1975) (TV) - Henny Noremark; Karin Erskine

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bite the Bullet (1975) - Arthur Piantadosi; Les Fresholtz; Richard Tyler (I); Al Overton Jr.
  • Funny Lady (1975) - Richard Portman; Don MacDougall; Curly Thirlwell; Jack Solomon
  • Hindenburg, The (1975) - Leonard Peterson; John A. Bolger Jr.; John L. Mack; Don Sharpless
  • Wind and the Lion, The (1975) - Harry W. Tetrick; Aaron Rochin (I); William L. McCaughey; Roy Charman

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Dede Allen (I)
  • Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) - Russell Lloyd (I)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Richard Chew; Lynzee Klingman; Sheldon Kahn
  • Three Days of the Condor (1975) - Fredric Steinkamp; Don Guidice

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Funny Lady (1975) - Fred Ebb; John Kander
    - For the song "How Lucky Can You Get"
  • Mahogany (1975) - Michael Masser (music); Gerry Goffin (lyrics)
    - For the song "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
  • Other Side of the Mountain, The (1975) - Charles Fox (I) (music); Norman Gimbel (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "Richard's Window"
  • Whiffs (1975) - George Barrie (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
    - For the song "Now That We're In Love"

  • Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Funny Lady (1975) - Peter Matz (I)
  • Tommy (1975) - Pete Townshend

  • Best Music, Original Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1974) - Gerald Fried
  • Bite the Bullet (1975) - Alex North
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Jack Nitzsche
  • Wind and the Lion, The (1975) - Jerry Goldsmith

  • Best Short Film, Animated
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Kick Me (1975) - Robert Swarthe
  • Monsieur Pointu (1975) - Bernard Longpré; André Leduc
  • Sisyphus (1975) - Marcell Jankovics

  • Best Short Film, Live Action
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Conquest of Light (1975) - Louis Marcus
  • Dawn Flight (1975) - Larry Lansburgh; Brian Lansburgh
  • Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo, A (1975) - Barry J. Spinello
  • Doubletalk (1975) - Alan Beattie (I)

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Arthur and Lillie (1975) - Jon Else; Steven Kovacs (I); Kristine Samuelson
  • Millions of Years Ahead of Man (1975) - Manfred Baier (I)
  • Probes in Space (1975) - George Casey (I)
  • Whistling Smith (1975) - Barrie Howells; Michael Scott (VI)

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • California Reich, The (1975) - Walter F. Parkes; Keith Critchlow
  • Fighting for Our Lives (1975) - Glen Pearcy (I)
  • Incredible Machine, The (1975) - Irwin Rosten
  • Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, The (1975) - Shirley MacLaine

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Actas de Marusia (1976)
    - Mexico
  • Profumo di donna (1974)
    - Italy
  • Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974)
    - Japan
  • Ziemia obiecana (1975)
    - Poland

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Mary Pickford
      - In recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium.
      - Mary Pickford was not present at the awards ceremony. The presentation was made at her Pickfair estate and taped for inclusion in the broadcast.

    Special Achievement Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

    Date:24 March
    Location:Academy Lobby, AMPAS, Los Angeles, California, USA

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • William F. Miner (Universal City Studios, Inc.); Westinghouse Electric Corp.
      - For the development and engineering of a solid-state, 500 kilowatt, direct-current static rectifier for motion-picture lighting.
    • Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories)
      - For the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion-picture photography.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Bell & Howell
      - For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
    • Carter Equipment Co., Inc.; Ramtronics
      - For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
    • Hollywood Film Co.
      - For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
    • Lawrence W. Butler; Roger Banks
      - For the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion-picture production.
    • David J. Degenkolb (Deluxe General, Inc); Fred Scobey (II) (Deluxe General, Inc); John Dolan (II) (Akwaklame Company); Richard Dubois (Akwaklame Company)
      - For the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange.
    • Fredrik Schlyter
      - For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
    • Joseph Westheimer
      - For the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion-picture films.