1966 (39th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1966. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Norman Jewison, Producer.Best Actor
Alan Arkin in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists.Best Actress
Ida Kaminska in The Shop on Main Street, Ceskoslovensky Film Company Production; Prominent Films. (Czechoslovakia)Actor in a Supporting Role
Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists.Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Set Decoration
(Black-and-White)
The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Art direction by Robert Luthardt; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle.The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Arco-Lux Cie Cinematografique de France Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (Italy, France) Luigi Scaccianoce.Is Paris Burning?, Transcontinental Films-Marianne Production; Paramount. (France, USA) Art direction by Willy Holt; set decoration by Marc Frederix and Pierre Guffroy.Mister Buddwing, DDD-Cherokee Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by George W. Davis and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros. Art direction by Richard Sylbert; set decoration by George James Hopkins.(Color)
Fantastic Voyage, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Jack Martin Smith and Dale Hennesy; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss.Gambit, Universal. Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb; set decoration by John McCarthy and John Austin.Juliet of the Spirits, Rizzoli Films S.p.A. Production; Rizzoli Films. (Italy, France) Piero Gherardi.The Oscar, Clarence Greene-Russell Rouse Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Art direction by Hal Pereira and Arthur Lonergan; set decoration by Robert Benton and James Payne.The Sand Pebbles, Argyle-Solar Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant and William Kiernan.Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Joseph LaShelle.Is Paris Burning?, Transcontinental Films-Marianne Production; Paramount. (France, USA) Marcel Grignon.(Color)
Costume Design
(Black-and-White)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Arco-Lux Cie Cinematografique de France Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (Italy, France) Danilo Donati.(Color)
Juliet of the Spirits, Rizzoli Films S.p.A. Production; Rizzoli Films. (Italy, France) Piero Gherardi.A Man for All Seasons, Highland Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge.Documentary
(Feature)
Helicopter Canada, National Film Board of Canada Centennial Commission; National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers.Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano), Cine Documents Tazieff; Athos Films. (France) Haroun Tazieff, Producer.The War Game, BBC Production for the British Film Institute; Pathe Contemporary Films. (UK) Peter Watkins, Producer.(Short Subject)
Cowboy, Ahnemann/Schlosser Productions; United States Information Agency. Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers.The Odds Against, Vision Associates Production; American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers.Saint Matthew Passion, Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm. (Hungary)A Year Toward Tomorrow, Sun Dial Films, Inc.; Office of Economic Opportunity. Edmond A. Levy, Producer.Film Editing
Grand Prix, Douglas-Lewis-John Frankenheimer-Cherokee Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo.The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Hal Ashby and J. Terry Williams.Foreign Language Film
The Battle of Algiers, Igor Film-Casbah Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy, Algeria)Loves of a Blonde, Barrandov Film Studios Production. (Czechoslovakia)A Man and a Woman, Les Films 13 Production; Allied Artists. (France)Pharaoh, Kadr Film Unit Production. (Poland)Three, Avala Film Production. (Yugoslavia)Music
(Original Music Score)
(Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Melvin Frank Production; United Artists. (USA, UK) Ken Thorne.The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Arco-Lux Cie Cinematografique de France Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (Italy, France) Luis Enrique Bacalov.(Song)
Alfie from Alfie, Sheldrake Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK) Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.Born Free from Born Free, Open Road Films, Ltd.-Atlas Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Music by John Barry; lyrics by Don Black.Georgy Girl from Georgy Girl, Everglades Productions, Ltd.; Columbia. (UK) Music by Tom Springfield; lyrics by Jim Dale.My Wishing Doll from Hawaii, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Music by Elmer Bernstein; lyrics by Mack David.A Time for Love from An American Dream, Warner Bros. Music by Johnny Mandel; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
The Drag, National Film Board of Canada; Favorite Films of California. (Canada) Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers.Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature, Hubley Studios; Paramount. [I Feel Special Series] John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers.The Pink Blueprint, Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng; United Artists. [Pink Panther Series] David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers.(Live Action)
Turkey the Bridge, Samaritan Productions; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. (UK) Derek Williams, Producer.Sound
Grand Prix, Douglas-Lewis-John Frankenheimer-Cherokee Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director.Hawaii, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director.The Sand Pebbles, Argyle-Solar Production; 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director.Sound Effects
Grand Prix, Douglas-Lewis-John Frankenheimer-Cherokee Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gordon Daniel.Special Visual Effects
Writing
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. William Rose.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Blow-Up, Carlo Ponti Production; Premier Productions. (UK, Italy) Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond.The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.A Man and a Woman, Les Films 13 Production; Allied Artists. (France) Story by Claude Lelouch; screenplay by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.Honorary Award
To Y. Frank Freeman for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood. [ [Statuette]]To Yakima Canutt for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere. [ [Statuette]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific or Technical Award
(Class II)
To Mitchell Camera Corporation for the design and development of the Mitchell Mark II 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.To Arnold & Richter KG for the design and development of the Arriflex 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.(Class III)
To Panavision, Incorporated for the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation.To Carroll Knudson for the production of a Composer’s Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.To Ruby Raksin for the production of a Composer’s Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.