Best Picture

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
The movie became the first sequel to win the best picture award.

NOMINEES

Chinatown: Robert Evans

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The Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola

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Lenny: Marvin Worth

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The Towering Inferno: Irwin Allen

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Harry and Tonto: Art Carney

NOMINEES

Murder on the Orient Express: Albert Finney

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Lenny: Dustin Hoffman

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Chinatown: Jack Nicholson

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The Godfather: Part II: Al Pacino

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn was not present at the awards ceremony. Martin Scorsese accepted the award on her behalf.

NOMINEES

Claudine: Diahann Carroll

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Chinatown: Faye Dunaway

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Lenny: Valerie Perrine

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A Woman Under the Influence: Gena Rowlands

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro was not present at the awards ceremony. Francis Ford Coppola accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

The Towering Inferno: Fred Astaire

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot: Jeff Bridges

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The Godfather: Part II: Michael V. Gazzo

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The Godfather: Part II: Lee Strasberg

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Murder on the Orient Express: Ingrid Bergman

NOMINEES

Day for Night: Valentina Cortese

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Blazing Saddles: Madeline Kahn

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Diane Ladd

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The Godfather: Part II: Talia Shire

Best Director

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Francis Ford Coppola

NOMINEES

A Woman Under the Influence: John Cassavetes

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Lenny: Bob Fosse

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Chinatown: Roman Polanski

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Day for Night: François Truffaut

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Chinatown: Robert Towne

NOMINEES

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Robert Getchell

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The Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola

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Day for Night: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman

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Harry and Tonto: Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld

Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo

NOMINEES

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd

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Lenny: Julian Barry

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Murder on the Orient Express: Paul Dehn

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Young Frankenstein: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Towering Inferno: Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc

NOMINEES

Chinatown: John A. Alonzo

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Earthquake: Philip H. Lathrop

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Lenny: Bruce Surtees

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Murder on the Orient Express: Geoffrey Unsworth

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson

NOMINEES

Chinatown: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, Ruby R. Levitt

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Earthquake: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy

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The Island at the Top of the World: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter H. Tyler, Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman

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The Towering Inferno: William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Great Gatsby: Theoni V. Aldredge

NOMINEES

Chinatown: Anthea Sylbert

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Daisy Miller: John Furniss

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The Godfather: Part II: Theadora Van Runkle

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Murder on the Orient Express: Tony Walton

Best Sound

WINNER

Earthquake: Ronald Pierce, Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.

NOMINEES

Chinatown: Charles Grenzbach, Larry Jost

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The Conversation: Walter Murch, Art Rochester

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The Towering Inferno: Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis

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Young Frankenstein: Richard Portman, Gene S. Cantamessa

Best Film Editing

WINNER

The Towering Inferno: Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress

NOMINEES

Blazing Saddles: John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene

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Chinatown: Sam O'Steen

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Earthquake: Dorothy Spencer

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The Longest Yard: Michael Luciano

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

The Towering Inferno: Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
For the song "We May Never Love Like This Again"

NOMINEES

Benji: Euel Box (music), Betty Box (lyrics)
For the song "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"

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Blazing Saddles: John Morris (music), Mel Brooks (lyrics)
For the song "Blazing Saddles"

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The Little Prince: Frederick Loewe (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
For the song "Little Prince"

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Gold: Elmer Bernstein (music), Don Black (lyrics)
For the song "Wherever Love Takes Me"

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER

The Godfather: Part II: Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
Nino Rota was not present at the awards ceremony.

NOMINEES

Chinatown: Jerry Goldsmith

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Murder on the Orient Express: Richard Rodney Bennett

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Shanks: Alex North

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The Towering Inferno: John Williams

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

WINNER

The Great Gatsby: Nelson Riddle

NOMINEES

The Little Prince: Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley

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Phantom of the Paradise: Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

Closed Mondays: Will Vinton, Bob Gardiner

NOMINEES

The Family That Dwelt Apart: Yvon Mallette, Robert Verrall

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Hunger: Peter Foldes, René Jodoin

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Voyage to Next: Faith Hubley, John Hubley

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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too: Wolfgang Reitherman

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

One-Eyed Men Are Kings: Paul Claudon, Edmond Séchan

NOMINEES

Climb: Dewitt Jones

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The Concert: Julian Chagrin, Claude Chagrin

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Planet Ocean: George Casey

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The Violin: Andrew Welsh, George Pastic

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

Don't: Robin Lehman

NOMINEES

City Out of Wilderness: Francis Thompson

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Exploratorium: Jon Boorstin

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John Muir's High Sierra: Dewitt Jones, Lesley Foster

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Naked Yoga: Ronald S. Kass, Mervyn Lloyd

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

Hearts and Minds: Peter Davis, Bert Schneider

NOMINEES

Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman: Judy Collins, Jill Godmilow

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The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art: Herbert Kline

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The 81st Blow: Jacques Ehrlich, David Bergman, Haim Gouri

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The Wild and the Brave: Natalie R. Jones, Eugene S. Jones

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Amarcord
Italy

NOMINEES

Cat's Play
Hungary

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The Deluge
Poland

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Lacombe, Lucien
France

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The Truce
Argentina

WINNER

Earthquake: Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
For visual effects.

WINNERS

Howard Hawks
A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema.

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Jean Renoir
A genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television has won the world's admiration. Jean Renoir was not present at the ceremony. Presenter 'Ingrid Bergman' accepted the award on his behalf.

WINNER

Arthur Krim

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Joseph D. Kelly (Glen Glenn Sound)
For the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production.

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(Burbank SSD)
For the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.

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(Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
For the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.

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(Quad-Eight Sound Corp.)
For the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by The Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department.

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Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard (Universal City SSD)
For the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.

WINNERS

(Elemack Co., Rome, Italy)
For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.

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Louis Ami (Universal City Studios)
For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.