1969 (42nd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1969. 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

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Hal B. Wallis, Producer.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. John Foreman, Producer.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Ernest Lehman, Producer.

Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists. Jerome Hellman, Producer.

Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (France, Algeria) Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi, Producers.

Best Actor

Richard Burton in Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK)

Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists.

Peter O’Toole in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Apjac Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists.

John Wayne in True Grit, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Best Actress

Genevieve Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK)

Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama.

Liza Minnelli in The Sterile Cuckoo, Boardwalk Productions; Paramount.

Jean Simmons in The Happy Ending, Pax Films Production; United Artists.

Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Rupert Crosse in The Reivers, Irving Ravetch-Arthur Kramer-Solar Productions; Cinema Center Films Presentation; National General Pictures.

Elliott Gould in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.

Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider, Pando-Raybert Productions; Columbia.

Anthony Quayle in Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK)

Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Catherine Burns in Last Summer, Frank Perry-Alsid Production; Allied Artists.

Dyan Cannon in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.

Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.

Sylvia Miles in Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists.

Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama.

Directing

Alice’s Resaurant, Florin Production; United Artists. Arthur Penn.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. George Roy Hill.

Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists. John Schlesinger.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. Sydney Pollack.

Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (France, Algeria) Costa-Gavras.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Art direction by Maurice Carter and Lionel Couch; set decoration by Patrick McLoughlin.

Gaily, Gaily, Mirisch-Cartier Productions; United Artists. Art direction by Robert Boyle and George B. Chan; set decoration by Edward Boyle and Carl Biddiscombe.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith and Herman Blumenthal; set decoration by Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins and Raphael Bretton.

Sweet Charity, Universal. Art direction by Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb; set decoration by Jack D. Moore.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. Art direction by Harry Horner; set decoration by Frank McKelvy.

Cinematography

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Arthur Ibbetson.

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia. Charles B. Lang.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. Conrad Hall.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Harry Stradling.

Marooned, Frankovich-Sturges Production; Columbia. Daniel Fapp.

Costume Design

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Margaret Furse.

Gaily, Gaily, Mirisch-Cartier Productions; United Artists. Ray Aghayan.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Irene Sharaff.

Sweet Charity, Universal. Edith Head.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. Donfeld.

Documentary

(Feature)

Arthur Rubinstein—The Love of Life, Midem Production. (France) Bernard Chevry, Producer.

Before the Mountain Was Moved, Robert K. Sharpe Productions for The Office of Economic Opportunity. Robert K. Sharpe, Producer.

In the Year of the Pig, Emile de Antonio Production. Emile de Antonio, Producer.

The Olympics in Mexico, Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada. (Mexico)

The Wolf Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Irwin Rosten, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Czechoslovakia 1968, Sanders-Fresco Film Makers for The United States Information Agency. Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco, Producers.

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer, Donald Wrye Productions for The United States Information Agency. Donald Wrye, Producer.

Jenny Is a Good Thing, A.C.I. Production for Project Head Start. Joan Horvath, Producer.

Leo Beuerman, Centron Production. Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser, Producers.

The Magic Machines, Fly-By-Night Productions; Manson Distributing Corporation. Joan Keller Stern, Producer.

Film Editing

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. William Reynolds.

Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists. Hugh A. Robertson.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Stanley Kramer Company Production; United Artists. William Lyon and Earle Herdan.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. Fredric Steinkamp.

Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (France, Algeria) Françoise Bonnot.

Foreign Language Film

Adalen ’31, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production. (Sweden)

The Battle of Neretva, United Film Producers-Igor Film-Eichberg Film-Commonwealth United Production. (Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA)

The Brothers Karamazov, Mosfilm Studios Production. (Soviet Union)

My Night with Maud, Films du Losange-F.F.P.-Films du Carrosse-Films des Deux Mondes-Les Films de la Pleiade-Productions La Gueville-Renn Films-Simar Films Production; Pathe Contemporary Films. (France)

Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (France, Algeria)

Music

(Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical])

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Georges Delerue.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. Burt Bacharach.

The Reivers, Irving Ravetch-Arthur Kramer-Solar Productions; Cinema Center Films Presentation; National General Pictures. John Williams.

The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Stanley Kramer Company Production; United Artists. Ernest Gold.

The Wild Bunch, Phil Feldman Production; warner Bros.-Seven Arts. (USA, Mexico) Jerry Fielding.

(Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Apjac Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman.

Paint Your Wagon, Alan Jay Lerner Production; Paramount. Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle.

Sweet Charity, Universal. Adaptation score by Cy Coleman.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. Adaptation score by John Green and Albert Woodbury.

(Song [Original for the Picture])

Come Saturday Morning from The Sterile Cuckoo, Boardwalk Productions; Paramount. Music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Dory Previn.

Jean from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 20th Century-Fox Productions, Ltd.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Music and lyrics by Rod McKuen.

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music by Burt Bacharach; lyrics by Hal David.

True Grit from True Grit, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Music by Elmer Bernstein; lyrics by Don Black.

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? from The Happy Ending, Pax Films Production; United Artists. Music by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

It’s Tough to Be a Bird, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Ward Kimball, Producer.

Of Men and Demons, Hubley Studios; Paramount. John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers.

Walking, National Film Board of Canada; Columbia. (Canada) Ryan Larkin, Producer.

(Live Action)

Blake, National Film Board of Canada; Vaudeo, Inc. (Canada) Doug Jackson, Producer.

The Magic Machines, Fly-By-Night Productions; Manson Distributing Corporation. Joan Keller Stern, Producer.

People Soup, Pangloss Productions; Columbia. Marc Merson, Producer.

Sound

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) John Aldred.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Edmundson and David Dockendorf.

Gaily, Gaily, Mirisch-Cartier Productions; United Artists. Robert Martin and Clem Portman.

Hello, Dolly!, Chenault Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Jack Solomon and Murray Spivack.

Marooned, Frankovich-Sturges Production; Columbia. Les Fresholtz and Arthur Piantadosi.

Special Visual Effects

Krakatoa, East of Java, American Broadcasting Companies-Cinerama Production; Cinerama. Eugene Lourie and Alex Weldon.

Marooned, Frankovich-Sturges Production; Columbia. Robbie Robertson.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK) Screenplay by John Hale and Bridget Boland; adaptation by Richard Sokolove.

Goodbye, Columbus, Willow Tree Productions; Paramount. Arnold Schulman.

Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists. Waldo Salt.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. James Poe and Robert E. Thompson.

Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (France, Algeria) Jorge Semprun and Costa-Gavras.

(Story and Screenplay—based on material not previously published or produced)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia. Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Goldman.

The Damned, Pegaso-Praesidens Film Production; Warner Bros. (Italy, West Germany) Story by Nicola Badalucco; screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli and Luchino Visconti.

Easy Rider, Pando-Raybert Productions; Columbia. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern.

The Wild Bunch, Phil Feldman Production; warner Bros.-Seven Arts. (USA, Mexico) Story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner; screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah.

Honorary Award

To Cary Grant for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

George Jessel

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Hazeltine Corporation for the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.

To Fouad Said for the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.

To Juan de la Cierva and Dynasciences Corporation for the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.

(Class III)

To Otto Popelka of Magna-Tech Electronics Company, Inc., for the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.

To Fenton Hamilton of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting.

To Panavision, Incorporated, for the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor.

To Robert M. Flynn and Russell Hessey of Universal City Studios, Inc. for a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography.