Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola, producer
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
Towering Inferno
Best Director
Winner
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II
John Cassavetes— A Woman Under the Influence
Bob Fosse— Lenny
Roman Polanski— Chinatown
Francois Truffaut— Day for Night
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
Dustin Hoffman— Lenny
Jack Nicholson— Chinatown
Al Pacino— The Godfather Part II
Jack Nicholson— Chinatown
Best Actress
Winner
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll— Claudine
Faye Dunaway— Chinatown
Valerie Perrine— Lenny
Gena Rowlands— A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Robert De Niro
The Godfather Part II
Fred Astaire— The Towering Inferno
Jeff Bridges— Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Michael V. Gazzo— The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Ingrid Bergman
Murder on the Orient Express
Talia Shire— The Godfather Part II
Valentina Cortese— Day for Night
Madeline Kahn— Blazing Saddles
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Robert Towne
Chinatown
Robert Getchell— Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Francis Ford Coppola— The Conversation
François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman— Day for Night
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld— Harry and Tonto
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Godfather Part II
Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd— The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Julian Barry— Lenny
Paul Dehn— Murder on the Orient Express
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks— Young Frankenstein
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
The Godfather Part II
Jerry Goldsmith— Chinatown
Richard Rodney Bennett— Murder on the Orient Express
Alex North— Shanks
John Williams— The Towering Inferno
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Nelson Riddle
The Great Gatsby
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley— The Little Prince
Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton— Phantom of the Paradise
Best Original Song
Winner
"We May Never Love Like This Again" — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
The Towering Inferno
“Benji’s Theme (I Feel Love)” — Euel Box, Betty Box— Benji
“Blazing Saddles” — John Morris, Mel Brooks— Blazing Saddles
“Wherever Love Takes Me” — Elmer Bernstein, Don Black— Gold
“Little Prince” — Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner— The Little Prince
“We May Never Love Like This Again” — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn— The Towering Inferno
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
The Towering Inferno
John A. Alonzo— Chinatown
Philip Lathrop— Earthquake
Bruce Surtees— Lenny
Geoffrey Unsworth— Murder on the Orient Express
Best Film Editing
Winner
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
The Towering Inferno
John C. Howard, Danford Greene— Blazing Saddles
Sam O’Steen— Chinatown
Dorothy Spencer— Earthquake
Michael Luciano— The Longest Yard
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson
The Godfather Part II
Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby Levitt— Chinatown
Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy— Earthquake
Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman— The Island at the Top of the World
William Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton— The Towering Inferno
Best Costume Design
Winner
Theoni V. Aldredge
The Great Gatsby
Anthea Sylbert— Chinatown
John Furness— Daisy Miller
Theadora Van Runkle— The Godfather Part II
Tony Walton— Murder on the Orient Express
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe Sr.
Earthquake
Bud Grenzbach, Lawrence O. Jost— Chinatown
Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester— The Conversation
Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis— The Towering Inferno
Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa— Young Frankenstein
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Earthquake
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Closed Mondays
Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner — first clay animation Oscar
Yvon Mallette, Robert Verrall— The Family That Dwelt Apart
Peter Foldes, René Jodoin— Hunger
Faith Hubley, John Hubley— Voyage to Next
Wolfgang Reitherman— Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Hearts and Minds
Peter Davis — Vietnam War documentary
Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman, Haim Gouri— The 81st Blow
Judy Collins, Jill Godmilow— Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Herbert Kline— The Challenge…A Tribute to Modern Art
Natalie R. Jones, Eugene S. Jones— The Wild and the Brave
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Amarcord
Italy — Federico Fellini
Cats' Play
The Deluge
Lacombe, Lucien
The Truce