1975 (48th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1975. 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

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick, Producer.

Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros. Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand, Producers.

Jaws, Universal-Zanuck/Brown Production; Universal. Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, Producers.

Nashville, ABC Entertainment-Jerry Weintraub-Robert Altman Production; Paramount. Robert Altman, Producer.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, Producers.

Best Actor

Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jack Nicholson in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists.

Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros.

Maximilian Schell in The Man in the Glass Booth, Ely Landau Organization Production; AFT Distributing.

James Whitmore in Give ’em Hell, Harry!, Theatrovision Production; Avco Embassy.

Best Actress

Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H., Les Films du Carrosse-Les Productions Artistes Associes Production; New World Pictures. (France)

Ann-Margret in Tommy, Robert Stigwood Organisation, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)

Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists.

Glenda Jackson in Hedda, Royal Shakespeare-Brut Productions-George Barrie/Robert Enders Film Production; Brut Productions. (UK)

Carol Kane in Hester Street, Midwest Film Productions.

Actor in a Supporting Role

George Burns in The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Brad Dourif in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists.

Burgess Meredith in The Day of the Locust, Jerome Hellman Production; Paramount.

Chris Sarandon in Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros.

Jack Warden in Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Ronee Blakley in Nashville, ABC Entertainment-Jerry Weintraub-Robert Altman Production; Paramount.

Lee Grant in Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia.

Sylvia Miles in Farewell, My Lovely, Elliott Kastner-ITC Production; Avco Embassy.

Lily Tomlin in Nashville, ABC Entertainment-Jerry Weintraub-Robert Altman Production; Paramount.

Brenda Vaccaro in Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount.

Directing

Amarcord, F.C. (Rome) - P.E.C.F. (Paris) Production; New World Pictures. (Italy, France) Federico Fellini.

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.

Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros. Sidney Lumet.

Nashville, ABC Entertainment-Jerry Weintraub-Robert Altman Production; Paramount. Robert Altman.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Milos Forman.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Art direction by Ken Adam and Roy Walker; set decoration by Vernon Dixon.

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Art direction by Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Frank McKelvy.

The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. (UK, USA) Art direction by Alexander Trauner and Tony Inglis; set decoration by Peter James.

Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia. Art direction by Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell; set decoration by George Gaines.

The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Albert Brenner; set decoration by Marvin March.

Cinematography

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) John Alcott.

The Day of the Locust, Jerome Hellman Production; Paramount. Conrad Hall.

Funny Lady, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia. James Wong Howe.

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Robert Surtees.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler.

Costume Design

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Ulla-Britt Soderlund and Milena Canonero.

The Four Musketeers, Film Trust S.A. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Spain, Panama) Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky.

Funny Lady, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia. Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie.

The Magic Flute, Sveriges Radio A.B. Production; Surrogate Releasing. (Sweden) Henny Noremark and Karin Erskine.

The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. (UK, USA) Edith Head.

Documentary

(Feature)

The California Reich, Yasny Talking Pictures. Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, Producers.

Fighting for Our Lives, Farm Worker Film. Glen Pearcy, Producer.

The Incredible Machine, National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions. Irwin Rosten, Producer.

The Man Who Skied down Everest, Crawley Films Presentation. (Canada, Japan, USA) F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers.

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, MacLaine Productions. Shirley MacLaine, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Arthur and Lillie, Stanford University Department of Communications. Jon Else, Steven Kovacs and Kristine Samuelson, Producers.

The End of the Game, Opus Films Limited. Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman, Producers.

Millions of Years Ahead of Man, BASF. (West Germany) Manfred Baier, Producer.

Probes in Space, Graphic Films. George V. Casey, Producer.

Whistling Smith, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Barrie Howells and Michael Scott, Producers.

Film Editing

Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros. Dede Allen.

Jaws, Universal-Zanuck/Brown Production; Universal. Verna Fields.

The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. (UK, USA) Russell Lloyd.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn.

Three Days of the Condor, Dino De Laurentiis Production; Paramount. Fredric Steinkamp and Don Guidice.

Foreign Language Film

Dersu Uzala, Mosfilm Studios Production. (Soviet Union, Japan)

Land of Promise, Film Polski Production. (Poland)

Letters from Marusia, Conacine Production. (Mexico)

Sandakan No. 8, Toho Company, Ltd.-Haiyuza Production. (Japan)

Scent of a Woman, Dean Film Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Italy)

Music

(Original Score)

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Wolper Pictures, Ltd. Production; Columbia. Gerald Fried.

Bite the Bullet, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Alex North.

Jaws, Universal-Zanuck/Brown Production; Universal. John Williams.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Jack Nitzsche.

The Wind and the Lion, Herb Jaffe Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jerry Goldsmith.

(Original Song)

How Lucky Can You Get from Funny Lady, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia. Music and lyrics by Fred Ebb and John Kander.

I’m Easy from Nashville, ABC Entertainment-Jerry Weintraub-Robert Altman Production; Paramount. Music and lyrics by Keith Carradine.

Now That We’re in Love from Whiffs, Brut Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Music by George Barrie; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Richard’s Window from The Other Side of the Mountain, Filmways-Larry Peerce-Universal Production; Universal. Music by Charles Fox; lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) from Mahogany, Jobete Film Production; Paramount. Music by Michael Masser; lyrics by Gerry Goffin.

(Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Adaptation score by Leonard Rosenman.

Funny Lady, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia. Adaptation score by Peter Matz.

Tommy, Robert Stigwood Organisation, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Adaptation score by Peter Townshend.

Short Films

(Animated)

Great, Grantstern Ltd. and British Lion Films Ltd. (UK) Bob Godfrey, Producer.

Kick Me, Robert Swarthe Productions. Robert Swarthe, Producer.

Monsieur Pointu, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) René Jodoin, Bernard Longpré and André Leduc, Producers.

Sisyphus, Hungarofilms. (Hungary) Marcell Jankovics, Producer.

(Live Action)

Angel and Big Joe, Bert salzman Productions. Bert Salzman, Producer.

Conquest of Light, Louis Marcus Films Ltd. (Ireland) Louis Marcus, Producer.

Dawn Flight, Lawrence M. Lansburgh Productions. Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Brian Lansburgh, Producers.

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo, Barr Films. Barry Spinello, Producer.

Doubletalk, Beattie Productions. Alan Beattie, Producer.

Sound

Bite the Bullet, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler and Al Overton, Jr.

Funny Lady, Rastar Pictures Production; Columbia. Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell and Jack Solomon.

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger, Jr., John Mack and Don K. Sharpless.

Jaws, Universal-Zanuck/Brown Production; Universal. Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery and John Carter.

The Wind and the Lion, Herb Jaffe Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey and Roy Charman.

Special Achievement Award

(Sound Effects)

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Peter Berkos.

(Visual Effects)

The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson.

Writing

(Original Screenplay)

Amarcord, F.C. (Rome) - P.E.C.F. (Paris) Production; New World Pictures. (Italy, France) Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra.

And Now My Love, Rizzoli Film-Les Films 13 Production; Avco Embassy. (France, Italy) Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.

Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros. Frank Pierson.

Lies My Father Told Me, Pentimento Productions, Ltd.-Pentacle VIII Productions, Ltd.; Columbia. (Canada) Ted Allan.

Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia. Robert Towne and Warren Beatty.

(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.

The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. (UK, USA) John Huston and Gladys Hill.

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman.

Scent of a Woman, Dean Film Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Italy) Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi.

The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Neil Simon.

Honorary Award

To Mary Pickford in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Jules C. Stein

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Mervyn LeRoy

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Chadwell O’Connor of the O’Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion picture photography.

To William F. Miner of Universal City Studios, Inc. and the Westinghouse Electric Corporation for the development and engineering of a solid-state, 500 kilowatt, direct-current static rectifier for motion picture lighting.

(Class III)

To Lawrence W. Butler and Roger Banks for the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion picture production.

To David J. Degenkolb and Fred Scobey of Deluxe General Incorporated and John C. Dolan and Richard Dubois of the Akwaklame Company for the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange.

To Joseph Westheimer for the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion picture films.

To Carter Equipment Company, Inc. and RAMtronics for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.

To Hollywood Film Company for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.

To Bell & Howell for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.

To Fredrik Schlyter for the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.