1976 (49th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1976. 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

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Walter Coblenz, Producer.

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Robert F. Blumofe and Harold Leventhal, Producers.

Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Howard Gottfried, Producer.

Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers.

Taxi Driver, Bill/Phillips Production of a Martin Scorsese Film; Columbia. Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, Bill/Phillips Production of a Martin Scorsese Film; Columbia.

Peter Finch in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties, Medusa Distribuzione Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy)

William Holden in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.

Actress in a Leading Role

Marie-Christine Barrault in Cousin, Cousine, Les Films Pomereu-Gaumont Production; Northal Film Distributors Ltd. (France)

Faye Dunaway in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

Talia Shire in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.

Sissy Spacek in Carrie, Redbank Films Production; United Artists.

Liv Ullmann in Face to Face, Cinematograph A.B. Production; Paramount. (Sweden, USA)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ned Beatty in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

Burgess Meredith in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.

Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man, Robert Evans-Sidney Beckerman Production; Paramount.

Jason Robards in All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros.

Burt Young in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jane Alexander in All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros.

Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, Bill/Phillips Production of a Martin Scorsese Film; Columbia.

Lee Grant in Voyage of the Damned, ITC Entertainment Production; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA)

Piper Laurie in Carrie, Redbank Films Production; United Artists.

Beatrice Straight in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.

Directing

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Alan J. Pakula.

Face to Face, Cinematograph A.B. Production; Paramount. (Sweden, USA) Ingmar Bergman.

Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Sidney Lumet.

Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. John G. Avildsen.

Seven Beauties, Medusa Distribuzione Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy) Lina Wertmuller.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by George Jenkins; set decoration by George Gaines.

The Incredible Sarah, Helen M. Strauss-Reader’s Digest Films, Ltd. Production; Seymour Borde & Associates. (UK) Art direction by Elliot Scott and Norman Reynolds; set decoration by Peter Howitt.

The Last Tycoon, Sam Spiegel-Elia Kazan Film Production; Paramount. Art direction by Gene Callahan and Jack Collis; set decoration by Jerry Wunderlich.

Logan’s Run, Saul David Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Dale Hennesy; set decoration by Robert de Vestel.

The Shootist, Frankovich/Self Production; Dino De Laurentiis Presentation; Paramount. Art direction by Robert F. Boyle; set decoration by Arthur Jeph Parker.

Cinematography

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Haskell Wexler.

King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Richard H. Kline.

Logan’s Run, Saul David Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ernest Laszlo.

Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Owen Roizman.

A Star Is Born, Barwood/Jon Peters Production; First Artists Presentation; Warner Bros. Robert Surtees.

Costume Design

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. William Theiss.

Fellini’s Casanova, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.p.A. Production; Universal. (Italy) Danilo Donati.

The Incredible Sarah, Helen M. Strauss-Reader’s Digest Films, Ltd. Production; Seymour Borde & Associates. (UK) Anthony Mendleson.

The Passover Plot, Coast Industries-Golan-Globus Productions, Ltd.; Atlas Films. (Israel, USA) Mary Wills.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Herbert Ross Film/Winitsky-Sellers Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Alan Barrett.

Documentary

(Feature)

Harlan County, U.S.A., Cabin Creek Films. Barbara Kopple, Producer.

Hollywood on Trial, October Films/Cinema Associates Production. James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers.

Off the Edge, Pentacle Films. (New Zealand) Michael Firth, Producer.

People of the Wind, Elizabeth E. Rogers Productions. Anthony Howarth and David Koff, Producers.

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers.

(Short Subject)

American Shoeshine, Titan Films. Sparky Greene, Producer.

Blackwood, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thompson, Producers.

The End of the Road, Pelican Films. (UK) John Armstrong, Producer.

Number Our Days, Community Television of Southern California. Lynne Littman, Producer.

Universe, Graphic Films Corporation for NASA. Lester Novros, Producer.

Film Editing

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Robert L. Wolfe.

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Robert Jones and Pembroke J. Herring.

Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Alan Heim.

Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad.

Two-Minute Warning, Filmways/Larry Peerce-Edward S. Feldman Film Production; Universal. Eve Newman and Walter Hannemann.

Foreign Language Film

Black and White in Color, Arthur Cohn Production/Societe Ivoirienne de Cinema. (Côte d’Ivoire, France, West Germany, Switzerland)

Cousin, Cousine, Les Films Pomereu-Gaumont Production; Northal Film Distributors Ltd. (France)

Jacob, the Liar, VEB/DEFA Production. (East Germany, Czechoslovakia)

Nights and Days, Polish Corporation for Film-“KADR” Film Unit Production. (Poland)

Seven Beauties, Medusa Distribuzione Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy)

Music

(Original Score)

Obsession, George Litto Productions; Columbia. Bernard Herrmann.

The Omen, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK, USA) Jerry Goldsmith.

The Outlaw Josey Wales, Malpaso Company Film Production; Warner Bros. Jerry Fielding.

Taxi Driver, Bill/Phillips Production of a Martin Scorsese Film; Columbia. Bernard Herrmann.

Voyage of the Damned, ITC Entertainment Production; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Lalo Schifrin.

(Original Song)

Ave Satani from The Omen, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK, USA) Music and lyrics by Jerry Goldsmith.

Come to Me from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Amjo Productions, Ltd.; United Artists. (UK, USA) Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Don Black.

Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) from A Star Is Born, Barwood/Jon Peters Production; First Artists Presentation; Warner Bros. Music by Barbra Streisand; lyrics by Paul Williams.

Gonna Fly Now from Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Music by Bill Conti; lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins.

A World That Never Was from Half a House, Lenro Productions; First American Films. Music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Adaptation score by Leonard Rosenman.

Bugsy Malone, Goodtimes Enterprises, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK) Song score and adaptation score by Paul Williams.

A Star Is Born, Barwood/Jon Peters Production; First Artists Presentation; Warner Bros. Adaptation score by Roger Kellaway.

Short Films

(Animated)

Dedalo, Cineteam Realizzazioni Production. (Italy) Manfredo Manfredi, Producer.

Leisure, Film Australia Production. (Australia) Suzanne Baker, Producer.

The Street, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover, Producers.

(Live Action)

In the Region of Ice, The American Film Institute. Andre Guttfreund and Peter Werner, Producers.

Kudzu, Short Productions. Marjorie Anne Short, Producer.

The Morning Spider, The Black and White Colour Film Company, Ltd. (UK) Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers.

Nightlife, Opus Films Limited. Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers.

Number One, Number One Productions. Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon, Producers.

Sound

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Jim Webb.

King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin and Jack Solomon.

Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge and Bud Alper.

Silver Streak, Frank Yablans Presentations Production; 20th Century-Fox. Donald Mitchell, Douglas Williams, Richard Tyler and Hal Etherington.

A Star Is Born, Barwood/Jon Peters Production; First Artists Presentation; Warner Bros. Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass and Tom Overton.

Special Achievement Award

(Visual Effects)

King Kong, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer.

Logan’s Run, Saul David Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson and Matthew Yuricich.

Writing

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)

Cousin, Cousine, Les Films Pomereu-Gaumont Production; Northal Film Distributors Ltd. (France) Story and screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella; adaptation by Daniele Thompson.

The Front, Columbia. Walter Bernstein.

Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Paddy Chayefsky.

Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Sylvester Stallone.

Seven Beauties, Medusa Distribuzione Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy) Lina Wertmüller.

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. William Goldman.

Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Robert Getchell.

Fellini’s Casanova, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.p.A. Production; Universal. (Italy) Federico Fellini and Bernadino Zapponi.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Herbert Ross Film/Winitsky-Sellers Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Nicholas Meyer.

Voyage of the Damned, ITC Entertainment Production; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Steve Shagan and David Butler.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Pandro S. Berman

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Consolidated Film Industries and the Barnebey-Cheney Company for the development of a system for the recovery of film-cleaning solvent vapors in a motion picture laboratory.

To William L. Graham, Manfred G. Michelson, Geoffrey F. Norman and Siegfried Seibert of Technicolor for the development and engineering of a Continuous, High-Speed, Color Motion Picture Printing System.

(Class III)

To Fred Bartscher of Kollmorgen Corporation and to Glenn Berggren of the Schneider Corporation for the design and development of a single-lens magnifier for motion picture projection lenses.

To Panavision Incorporated for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography.

To Hiroshi Suzukawa of Cannon and Wilton R. Holm of AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography.

To Carl Zeiss Company for the design and development of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography.

To Photo Research Division of the Kollmorgen Corporation for the engineering and manufacture of the spectra TriColor Meter.