Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, producers
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
Best Director
Winner
Milos Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Robert Altman— Nashville
Federico Fellini— Amarcord
Stanley Kubrick— Barry Lyndon
Sidney Lumet— Dog Day Afternoon
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Walter Matthau— The Sunshine Boys
Al Pacino— Dog Day Afternoon
Maximilian Schell— The Man in the Glass Booth
James Whitmore— Give 'em Hell Harry
Best Actress
Winner
Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Isabelle Adjani— The Story of Adele H.
Ann-Margret— Tommy
Glenda Jackson— Hedda
Carol Kane— Hester Street
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
George Burns
The Sunshine Boys
Brad Dourif— One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Burgess Meredith— The Day of the Locust
Chris Sarandon— Dog Day Afternoon
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Lee Grant
Shampoo
Ronee Blakley— Nashville
Lily Tomlin— Nashville
Brenda Vaccaro— Once Is Not Enough
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Frank Pierson
Dog Day Afternoon
Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra— Amarcord
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven— And Now My Love
Ted Allan— Lies My Father Told Me
Robert Towne, Warren Beatty— Shampoo
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Stanley Kubrick— Barry Lyndon
John Huston, Gladys Hill— The Man Who Would Be King
Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi— Scent of a Woman
Neil Simon— The Sunshine Boys
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
John Williams
Jaws
Gerald Fried— Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Alex North— Bite the Bullet
Jack Nitzsche— One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jerry Goldsmith— The Wind and the Lion
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Leonard Rosenman
Barry Lyndon
Peter Matz— Funny Lady
Pete Townshend— Tommy
Best Original Song
Winner
"I'm Easy" — Keith Carradine
Nashville
“How Lucky Can You Get” — Fred Ebb, John Kander— Funny Lady
“Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” — Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin— Mahogany
“I’m Easy” — Keith Carradine— Nashville
“Richard’s Window” — Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel— The Other Side of the Mountain
“Now That We’re in Love” — George Barrie, Sammy Cahn— Whiffs
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
John Alcott
Barry Lyndon
Conrad Hall— The Day of the Locust
James Wong Howe— Funny Lady
Robert Surtees— The Hindenburg
Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler— One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Film Editing
Winner
Richard Chew, Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
Jaws
Dede Allen— Dog Day Afternoon
Verna Fields— Jaws
Russell Lloyd— The Man Who Would Be King
Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn— One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice— Three Days of the Condor
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Ken Adam, Roy Walker
Barry Lyndon
Edward Carfagno, Frank R. McKelvy— The Hindenburg
Alexander Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James— The Man Who Would Be King
Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, George Gaines— Shampoo
Albert Brenner, Marvin March— The Sunshine Boys
Best Costume Design
Winner
Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero
Barry Lyndon
Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky— The Four Musketeers
Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie— Funny Lady
Henry Noremark, Karin Erskine— The Magic Flute
Edith Head— The Man Who Would Be King
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, John Carter
Jaws
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr.— Bite the Bullet
Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon— Funny Lady
Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr., John Mack, Don K. Sharpless— The Hindenburg
Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter— Jaws
Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey, Roy Charman— The Wind and the Lion
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson
The Hindenburg
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Great
Bob Godfrey — Isambard Kingdom Brunel biography
Robert Swarthe— Kick Me
René Jodoin, Bernard Longpré, André Leduc— Monsieur Pointu
Marcell Jankovics— Sisyphus
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Crawley Films — Yuichiro Miura's descent
Walter F. Parkes, Keith F. Critchlow— The California Reich
Glen Pearcy— Fighting for Our Lives
Irwin Rosten— The Incredible Machine
Shirley MacLaine— The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Dersu Uzala
Soviet Union/Japan — Akira Kurosawa
Land of Promise
Letters from Marusia
Sandakan No. 8
Scent of a Woman