Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Godfather
Albert S. Ruddy, producer
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Emigrants
Sounder
Best Director
Winner
Bob Fosse
Cabaret
John Boorman— Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola— The Godfather
Joseph L. Mankiewicz— Sleuth
Jan Troell— The Emigrants
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Marlon Brando
The Godfather
Michael Caine— Sleuth
Laurence Olivier— Sleuth
Peter O'Toole— The Ruling Class
Paul Winfield— Sounder
Best Actress
Winner
Liza Minnelli
Cabaret
Diana Ross— Lady Sings the Blues
Maggie Smith— Travels with My Aunt
Cicely Tyson— Sounder
Liv Ullmann— The Emigrants
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Joel Grey
Cabaret
Eddie Albert— The Heartbreak Kid
James Caan— The Godfather
Robert Duvall— The Godfather
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Eileen Heckart
Butterflies Are Free
Jeannie Berlin— The Heartbreak Kid
Geraldine Page— Pete 'n' Tillie
Susan Tyrrell— Fat City
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Jeremy Larner
The Candidate
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière— The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe— Lady Sings the Blues
Louis Malle— Murmur of the Heart
Carl Foreman— Young Winston
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather
Jay Allen— Cabaret
Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund— The Emigrants
Julius J. Epstein— Pete ’n’ Tillie
Lonne Elder III— Sounder
Music
Best Original Dramatic Score
Winner
Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
Limelight
Nino Rota— The Godfather (nomination withdrawn)
John Williams— Images
Buddy Baker— Napoleon and Samantha
John Williams— The Poseidon Adventure
John Addison— Sleuth
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Ralph Burns
Cabaret
Gil Askey— Lady Sings the Blues
Laurence Rosenthal— Man of La Mancha
Best Original Song
Winner
"Morning After" — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
The Poseidon Adventure
“Ben” — Walter Scharf, Don Black— Ben
“Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” — Maurice Jarre, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman— The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
“Strange Are the Ways of Love” — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster— The Little Ark
“The Morning After” — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn— The Poseidon Adventure
“Strange Are the Ways of Love” — Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster— The Stepmother
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cabaret
Harry Stradling Jr.— 1776
Charles B. Lang Jr.— Butterflies Are Free
Harold E. Stine— The Poseidon Adventure
Douglas Slocombe— Travels with My Aunt
Best Film Editing
Winner
David Bretherton
Cabaret
Tom Priestley— Deliverance
William Reynolds, Peter Zinner— The Godfather
Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger— The Hot Rock
Harold F. Kress— The Poseidon Adventure
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel
Cabaret
Rolf Zehetbauer, Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel— Cabaret
Carl Anderson, Reg Allen— Lady Sings the Blues
William Creber, Raphael Bretton— The Poseidon Adventure
Joe Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing— Travels with My Aunt
Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James— Young Winston
Best Costume Design
Winner
Anthony Powell
Travels with My Aunt
Anna Hill Johnstone— The Godfather
Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch— Lady Sings the Blues
Paul Zastupnevich— The Poseidon Adventure
Anthony Mendleson— Young Winston
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
Cabaret
Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight— Butterflies Are Free
Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa— The Candidate
Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman— The Godfather
Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis— The Poseidon Adventure
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
L.B. Abbott, A.D. Flowers
The Poseidon Adventure
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
A Christmas Carol
Richard Williams — voiced by Alastair Sim
Bob Godfrey— Kama Sutra Rides Again
Nedeljko Dragić— Tup Tup
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Marjoe
Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan — evangelical preacher expose
Bert Haanstra— Ape and Super-Ape
Marvin Worth, Arnold Perl— Malcolm X
Robert Hendrickson, Laurence Merrick— Manson
Eckehard Munck— The Silent Revolution
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
France — Luis Bunuel
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
I Love You Rosa
My Dearest Señorita
The New Land