Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Sound of Music
Robert Wise, producer
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
A Thousand Clowns
Best Director
Winner
Robert Wise
The Sound of Music
David Lean— Doctor Zhivago
John Schlesinger— Darling
Hiroshi Teshigahara— Woman in the Dunes
William Wyler— The Collector
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Lee Marvin
Cat Ballou
Richard Burton— The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Laurence Olivier— Othello
Rod Steiger— The Pawnbroker
Oskar Werner— Ship of Fools
Best Actress
Winner
Julie Christie
Darling
Julie Andrews— The Sound of Music
Samantha Eggar— The Collector
Elizabeth Hartman— A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret— Ship of Fools
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Martin Balsam
A Thousand Clowns
Frank Finlay— Othello
John Mills— The Wrong Box
Telly Savalas— The Birdman of Alcatraz
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Shelley Winters
A Patch of Blue
Ruth Gordon— Inside Daisy Clover
Joyce Redman— Othello
Maggie Smith— Othello
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Frederic Raphael
Darling
Frank Pierson— Cat Ballou
Jacques Demy— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jack Davies, Ken Annakin— Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Franklin Coe, Frank Davis— The Train
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Robert Bolt
Doctor Zhivago
Walter Newman, Frank R. Pierson— Cat Ballou
Stanley Mann, John Kohn— The Collector
Abby Mann— Ship of Fools
Herb Gardner— A Thousand Clowns
Music
Best Score (Substantially Original)
Winner
Maurice Jarre
Doctor Zhivago
Alex North— The Agony and the Ecstasy
Alfred Newman— The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jerry Goldsmith— A Patch of Blue
Michel Legrand— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Irwin Kostal
The Sound of Music
DeVol— Cat Ballou
Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage— The Pleasure Seekers
Don Walker— A Thousand Clowns
Michel Legrand— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Best Original Song
Winner
"The Shadow of Your Smile" — Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
The Sandpiper
“The Shadow of Your Smile” — Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster— The Sandpiper
“The Ballad of Cat Ballou” — Jerry Livingston, Mack David— Cat Ballou
“The Sweetheart Tree” — Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer— The Great Race
“I Will Wait for You” — Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
“What’s New Pussycat?” — Burt Bacharach, Hal David— What's New Pussycat?
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Ernest Laszlo
Ship of Fools
Loyal Griggs— In Harm’s Way
Burnett Guffey— King Rat
Conrad Hall— Morituri
Robert Burks— A Patch of Blue
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Freddie Young
Doctor Zhivago
Leon Shamroy— The Agony and the Ecstasy
Russell Harlan— The Great Race
William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs— The Greatest Story Ever Told
Ted McCord— The Sound of Music
Best Film Editing
Winner
William Reynolds
The Sound of Music
Charles Nelson— Cat Ballou
Norman Savage— Doctor Zhivago
Michael Luciano— The Flight of the Phoenix
Ralph E. Winters— The Great Race
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish
Ship of Fools
George W. Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson— A Patch of Blue
Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle— King Rat
Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert Benton, Joseph Kish— The Slender Thread
Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Edward Marshall, Josie MacAvin— The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni
Doctor Zhivago
John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni— Doctor Zhivago
John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Dario Simoni— The Agony and the Ecstasy
Richard Day, William Creber, David Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean, Norman Rockett— The Greatest Story Ever Told
Robert Clatworthy, George James Hopkins— Inside Daisy Clover
Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt— The Sound of Music
Best Costume Design (B&W)
Winner
Julie Harris
Darling
Moss Mabry— Morituri
Howard Shoup— A Rage to Live
Bill Thomas, Jean Louis— Ship of Fools
Edith Head— The Slender Thread
Best Costume Design (Color)
Winner
Phyllis Dalton
Doctor Zhivago
Vittorio Nino Novarese— The Agony and the Ecstasy
Vittorio Nino Novarese, Marjorie Best— The Greatest Story Ever Told
Edith Head, Bill Thomas— Inside Daisy Clover
Dorothy Jeakins— The Sound of Music
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes
The Sound of Music
20th Century-Fox Sound Dept., Todd-AO Sound Dept.— The Sound of Music
20th Century-Fox Sound Dept. (James P. Corcoran)— The Agony and the Ecstasy
MGM British Studio Sound Dept., MGM Studio Sound Dept.— Doctor Zhivago
Warner Bros. Sound Dept. (George R. Groves)— The Great Race
Universal City Sound Dept. (Waldon O. Watson)— Shenandoah
Best Visual Effects
Winner
John Stears
Thunderball
J. McMillan Johnson— The Greatest Story Ever Told
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
The Dot and the Line
MGM/Chuck Jones — a line falls in love with a dot
Eliot Noyes Jr.— Clay or The Origin of Species
Emanuele Luzzati— The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Sidney Glazier
Laurence E. Mascott— The Battle of the Bulge…The Brave Rifles
Peter Mills— The Forth Road Bridge
Marshall Flaum— Let My People Go
Frédéric Rossif— To Die in Madrid
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Shop on Main Street
Czechoslovakia — Jan Kadar
Blood on the Land
Dear John
Kwaidan
Marriage Italian Style