1965
The 37th Academy Awards | 1965
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Monday, April 5, 1965
Honoring movies released in 1964
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Peter Ustinov
Topkapi
Nominees
John Gielgud
Becket
Stanley Holloway
My Fair Lady
Edmond O'Brien
Seven Days in May
Lee Tracy
The Best Man
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Lila Kedrova
Zorba the Greek
Nominees
Gladys Cooper
My Fair Lady
Dame Edith Evans
The Chalk Garden
Grayson Hall
The Night of the Iguana
Agnes Moorehead
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Picture
Winner
My Fair Lady
Jack L. Warner, Producer
Nominees
Zorba the Greek
Michael Cacoyannis, Producer
Becket
Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick, Producer
Mary Poppins
Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers
Directing
Winner
My Fair Lady
George Cukor
Nominees
Becket
Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins
Robert Stevenson
Zorba the Greek
Michael Cacoyannis
Film Editing
Winner
Mary Poppins
Cotton Warburton
Nominees
Becket
Anne Coates
Father Goose
Ted J. Kent
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Michael Luciano
My Fair Lady
William Ziegler
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Italy
Nominees
Raven's End
Sweden
Sallah
Israel
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
France
Woman in the Dunes
Japan
Actor
Winner
Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady
Nominees
Richard Burton
Becket
Peter O'Toole
Becket
Anthony Quinn
Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Actress
Winner
Julie Andrews
Mary Poppins
Nominees
Kim Stanley
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Anne Bancroft
The Pumpkin Eater
Sophia Loren
Marriage Italian Style
Debbie Reynolds
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
The Pink Phink
David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
Nominees
Christmas Cracker
National Film Board of Canada
How to Avoid Friendship
William L. Snyder, Producer
Nudnik #2
William L. Snyder, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Mary Poppins
Chim Chim Cher-ee in "Mary Poppins" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Nominees
Dear Heart
Dear Heart in "Dear Heart" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
Robin and the 7 Hoods
My Kind Of Town in "Robin and the 7 Hoods" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Where Love Has Gone
Where Love Has Gone in "Where Love Has Gone" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Zorba the Greek
Walter Lassally
Nominees
The Americanization of Emily
Philip H. Lathrop
Fate Is the Hunter
Milton Krasner
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Joseph Biroc
The Night of the Iguana
Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
My Fair Lady
Harry Stradling
Nominees
Becket
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cheyenne Autumn
William H. Clothier
Mary Poppins
Edward Colman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Daniel L. Fapp
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
Zorba the Greek
Vassilis Fotopoulos
Nominees
The Americanization of Emily
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
The Night of the Iguana
Stephen Grimes
Seven Days in May
Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
My Fair Lady
Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Nominees
Becket
Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright
Mary Poppins
Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
What a Way to Go!
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Nine from Little Rock
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Nominees
Kenojuak
National Film Board of Canada
140 Days under the World
Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers
Breaking the Habit
Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers
Children Without
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Nominees
The Finest Hours
Jack Le Vien, Producer
Four Days in November
Mel Stuart, Producer
The Human Dutch
Bert Haanstra, Producer
Over There, 1914-18
Jean Aurel, Producer
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Winner
The Night of the Iguana
Dorothy Jeakins
Nominees
A House Is Not a Home
Edith Head
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Norma Koch
Kisses for My President
Howard Shoup
The Visit
"The Visit" René Hubert
Costume Design (Color)
Winner
My Fair Lady
Cecil Beaton
Nominees
Mary Poppins
Tony Walton
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Morton Haack
What a Way to Go!
Edith Head, Moss Mabry
Becket
Margaret Furse
Honorary Award
Winner
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Special Award
Short Subject (Live Action)
Winner
Casals Conducts: 1964
Edward Schreiber, Producer
Nominees
Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
Carson Davidson, Producer
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
Robert Clouse, Producer
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Winner
Becket
Edward Anhalt
Nominees
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
Mary Poppins
Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
My Fair Lady
Alan Jay Lerner
Zorba the Greek
Michael Cacoyannis
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Winner
Father Goose
Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
Nominees
A Hard Day's Night
Alun Owen
One Potato, Two Potato
Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
The Organizer
Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
That Man from Rio
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Sound
Winner
My Fair Lady
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
Nominees
Becket
Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
Father Goose
Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Mary Poppins
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Music (Music Score--substantially original)
Winner
Mary Poppins
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Nominees
The Pink Panther
Henry Mancini
Becket
Laurence Rosenthal
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Dimitri Tiomkin
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Frank DeVol
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Winner
My Fair Lady
Andre Previn
Nominees
A Hard Day's Night
George Martin
Mary Poppins
Irwin Kostal
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Nelson Riddle
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
Sound Effects
Winner
Goldfinger
Norman Wanstall
Nominees
The Lively Set
Robert L. Bratton
Special Visual Effects
Winner
Mary Poppins
Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
Nominees
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Jim Danforth
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao
2 Nominations, 1 WinSpecial Visual Effects - Jim Danforth
* Honorary Award - Special Award
140 Days under the World
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers
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The Americanization of Emily
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Philip H. Lathrop
B
Becket
12 Nominations, 1 WinFilm Editing - Anne Coates
Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright
Cinematography (Color) - Geoffrey Unsworth
Best Picture - Hal B. Wallis, Producer
Actor in a Supporting Role - John Gielgud in "Becket"
Music (Music Score--substantially original) - Laurence Rosenthal
Costume Design (Color) - Margaret Furse
Directing - Peter Glenville
Actor - Peter O'Toole in "Becket"
Actor - Richard Burton in "Becket"
Sound - Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
* Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Edward Anhalt
The Best Man
1 NominationActor in a Supporting Role - Lee Tracy in "The Best Man"
Breaking the Habit
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers
C
Casals Conducts: 1964
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Live Action) - Edward Schreiber, Producer
The Chalk Garden
1 NominationActress in a Supporting Role - Dame Edith Evans in "The Chalk Garden"
Cheyenne Autumn
1 NominationCinematography (Color) - William H. Clothier
Children Without
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Christmas Cracker
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - National Film Board of Canada
D
Dear Heart
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Dear Heart in "Dear Heart" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
4 NominationsActor - Peter Sellers in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Directing - Stanley Kubrick
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
Best Picture - Stanley Kubrick, Producer
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
1 NominationMusic (Music Score--substantially original) - Dimitri Tiomkin
Fate Is the Hunter
1 NominationCinematography (Black-and-White) - Milton Krasner
Father Goose
3 Nominations, 1 Win* Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
Film Editing - Ted J. Kent
Sound - Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
The Finest Hours
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Jack Le Vien, Producer
Four Days in November
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Mel Stuart, Producer
G
Goldfinger
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Sound Effects - Norman Wanstall
H
A Hard Day's Night
2 NominationsWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Alun Owen
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - George Martin
Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Carson Davidson, Producer
A House Is Not a Home
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Edith Head
How to Avoid Friendship
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - William L. Snyder, Producer
The Human Dutch
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Bert Haanstra, Producer
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7 NominationsActress in a Supporting Role - Agnes Moorehead in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Music (Music Score--substantially original) - Frank DeVol
Music (Song) - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte in "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Joseph Biroc
Film Editing - Michael Luciano
Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Norma Koch
J
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Feature) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
K
Kenojuak
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - National Film Board of Canada
Kisses for My President
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - Howard Shoup
L
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
1 NominationShort Subject (Live Action) - Robert Clouse, Producer
The Lively Set
1 NominationSound Effects - Robert L. Bratton
M
Marriage Italian Style
1 NominationActress - Sophia Loren in "Marriage Italian Style"
Mary Poppins
13 Nominations, 5 WinsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
Cinematography (Color) - Edward Colman
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Irwin Kostal
Directing - Robert Stevenson
Costume Design (Color) - Tony Walton
Best Picture - Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers
Sound - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
* Music (Song) - Chim Chim Cher-ee in "Mary Poppins" Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
* Film Editing - Cotton Warburton
* Actress - Julie Andrews in "Mary Poppins"
* Special Visual Effects - Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
* Music (Music Score--substantially original) - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
My Fair Lady
12 Nominations, 8 WinsWriting (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Alan Jay Lerner
Actress in a Supporting Role - Gladys Cooper in "My Fair Lady"
Actor in a Supporting Role - Stanley Holloway in "My Fair Lady"
Film Editing - William Ziegler
* Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Andre Previn
* Art Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
* Costume Design (Color) - Cecil Beaton
* Directing - George Cukor
* Cinematography (Color) - Harry Stradling
* Best Picture - Jack L. Warner, Producer
* Actor - Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady"
* Sound - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
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The Night of the Iguana
4 Nominations, 1 Win* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Dorothy Jeakins
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Gabriel Figueroa
Actress in a Supporting Role - Grayson Hall in "The Night of the Iguana"
Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Stephen Grimes
Nine from Little Rock
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Documentary (Short Subject) - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Nudnik #2
1 NominationShort Subject (Cartoon) - William L. Snyder, Producer
O
One Potato, Two Potato
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
The Organizer
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
Over There, 1914-18
1 NominationDocumentary (Feature) - Jean Aurel, Producer
P
The Pink Panther
1 NominationMusic (Music Score--substantially original) - Henry Mancini
The Pink Phink
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Short Subject (Cartoon) - David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
The Pumpkin Eater
1 NominationActress - Anne Bancroft in "The Pumpkin Eater"
R
Raven's End
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Sweden
Robin and the 7 Hoods
2 NominationsMusic (Song) - My Kind Of Town in "Robin and the 7 Hoods" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Nelson Riddle
S
Sallah
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Israel
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1 NominationActress - Kim Stanley in "Seance on a Wet Afternoon"
Seven Days in May
2 NominationsArt Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Actor in a Supporting Role - Edmond O'Brien in "Seven Days in May"
T
That Man from Rio
1 NominationWriting (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Topkapi
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Actor in a Supporting Role - Peter Ustinov in "Topkapi"
U
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1 NominationForeign Language Film - France
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
6 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Cinematography (Color) - Daniel L. Fapp
Actress - Debbie Reynolds in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
Sound - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Costume Design (Color) - Morton Haack
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
V
The Visit
1 NominationCostume Design (Black-and-White) - "The Visit" René Hubert
W
What a Way to Go!
2 NominationsArt Direction (Color) - Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Moss Mabry
Where Love Has Gone
1 NominationMusic (Song) - Where Love Has Gone in "Where Love Has Gone" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Woman in the Dunes
1 NominationForeign Language Film - Japan
Y
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1 Win, 1 Nomination* Foreign Language Film - Italy
Z
Zorba the Greek
7 Nominations, 3 WinsActor - Anthony Quinn in "Zorba the Greek"
Directing - Michael Cacoyannis
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Michael Cacoyannis
Best Picture - Michael Cacoyannis, Producer
* Actress in a Supporting Role - Lila Kedrova in "Zorba the Greek"
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Vassilis Fotopoulos
* Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Walter Lassally