Best Picture

WINNER

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' became the first film in 41 years to sweep the major categories of best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay.

NOMINEES

Barry Lyndon: Stanley Kubrick

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Dog Day Afternoon: Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand

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Jaws: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

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Nashville: Robert Altman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Jack Nicholson

NOMINEES

The Sunshine Boys: Walter Matthau

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Dog Day Afternoon: Al Pacino

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The Man in the Glass Booth: Maximilian Schell

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Give 'em Hell, Harry!: James Whitmore

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Louise Fletcher

NOMINEES

The Story of Adele H: Isabelle Adjani

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Tommy: Ann-Margret

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Hedda: Glenda Jackson

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Hester Street: Carol Kane

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Sunshine Boys: George Burns

NOMINEES

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Brad Dourif

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The Day of the Locust: Burgess Meredith

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Dog Day Afternoon: Chris Sarandon

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Shampoo: Jack Warden

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Shampoo: Lee Grant

NOMINEES

Nashville: Ronee Blakley

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Farewell, My Lovely: Sylvia Miles

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Nashville: Lily Tomlin

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Once Is Not Enough: Brenda Vaccaro

Best Director

WINNER

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Milos Forman

NOMINEES

Nashville: Robert Altman

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Amarcord: Federico Fellini

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Barry Lyndon: Stanley Kubrick

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Dog Day Afternoon: Sidney Lumet

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Dog Day Afternoon: Frank Pierson
Frank Pierson was not present at the awards ceremony. Presenter Gore Vidal accepted the award on his behalf.

NOMINEES

Amarcord: Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra

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And Now My Love: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven

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Lies My Father Told Me: Ted Allan

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Shampoo: Robert Towne, Warren Beatty

Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

WINNER

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman

NOMINEES

Barry Lyndon: Stanley Kubrick

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The Man Who Would Be King: John Huston, Gladys Hill

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Scent of a Woman: Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi

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The Sunshine Boys: Neil Simon

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Barry Lyndon: John Alcott

NOMINEES

The Day of the Locust: Conrad L. Hall

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Funny Lady: James Wong Howe

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The Hindenburg: Robert Surtees

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Barry Lyndon: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon

NOMINEES

The Hindenburg: Edward C. Carfagno, Frank R. McKelvy

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The Man Who Would Be King: Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James

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Shampoo: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, George Gaines

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The Sunshine Boys: Albert Brenner, Marvin March

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Barry Lyndon: Ulla-Britt Söderlund, Milena Canonero

NOMINEES

The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge: Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky

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Funny Lady: Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie

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The Magic Flute: Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine

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The Man Who Would Be King: Edith Head

Best Sound

WINNER

Jaws: Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, John R. Carter

NOMINEES

Bite the Bullet: Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr.

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Funny Lady: Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon

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The Hindenburg: Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr., John L. Mack, Don Sharpless

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The Wind and the Lion: Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William L. McCaughey, Roy Charman

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Jaws: Verna Fields

NOMINEES

Dog Day Afternoon: Dede Allen

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The Man Who Would Be King: Russell Lloyd

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn

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Three Days of the Condor: Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Nashville: Keith Carradine
For the song "I'm Easy"

NOMINEES

Funny Lady: Fred Ebb, John Kander
For the song "How Lucky Can You Get"

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Whiffs: George Barrie (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "Now That We're In Love"

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The Other Side of the Mountain: Charles Fox (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics)
For the song "Richard's Window"

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Mahogany: Michael Masser (music), Gerry Goffin (lyrics)
For the song "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER

Jaws: John Williams

NOMINEES

Birds Do It, Bees Do It: Gerald Fried

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Bite the Bullet: Alex North

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Jack Nitzsche

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The Wind and the Lion: Jerry Goldsmith

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

WINNER

Barry Lyndon: Leonard Rosenman

NOMINEES

Funny Lady: Peter Matz

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Tommy: Pete Townshend

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel): Bob Godfrey

NOMINEES

Kick Me: Robert Swarthe

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Monsieur Pointu: Bernard Longpré, André Leduc

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Sisyphus: Marcell Jankovics

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

Angel and Big Joe: Bert Salzman

NOMINEES

Conquest of Light: Louis Marcus

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Dawn Flight: Larry Lansburgh, Brian Lansburgh

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A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo: Barry J. Spinello

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Doubletalk: Alan Beattie

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

The End of the Game: Claire Wilbur, Robin Lehman

NOMINEES

Whistling Smith: Michael J.F. Scott, Barrie Howells

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Arthur and Lillie: Jon Else, Steven Kovacs, Kristine Samuelson

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Millions of Years Ahead of Man: Manfred Baier

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Probes in Space: George Casey

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

The Man Who Skied Down Everest: F.R. Crawley, James Hager, Dale Hartleben

NOMINEES

The California Reich: Walter F. Parkes, Keith Critchlow

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Fighting for Our Lives: Glen Pearcy

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The Incredible Machine: Irwin Rosten

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The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir: Shirley MacLaine

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Dersu Uzala
Soviet Union

NOMINEES

Actas de Marusia
Mexico

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Scent of a Woman
Italy

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The Promised Land
Poland

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Sandakan 8
Japan

WINNERS

The Hindenburg: Peter Berkos
For sound effects.

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The Hindenburg: Albert Whitlock, Glen Robinson
For visual effects.

WINNER

Mary Pickford
In recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium.
Mary Pickford was not present at the awards ceremony. The presentation was made at her Pickfair estate and taped for inclusion in the broadcast.

WINNER

Mervyn LeRoy

WINNER

Jules C. Stein

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories)
For the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion-picture photography.

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

WINNERS

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

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David J. Degenkolb (Deluxe General, Inc), Fred Scobey (Deluxe General, Inc), John Dolan (Akwaklame Company), Richard Dubois (Akwaklame Company)
For the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange.

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

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(Carter Equipment Co., Inc., Ramtronics)
For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.

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(Hollywood Film Co.)
For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.

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

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