Academy Awards 1974

Best Picture

WINNER
The Sting: Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, Julia Phillips
Julia Phillips became the first female producer to win the Best Picture category.

NOMINEES
American Graffiti: Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Kurtz
Cries and Whispers: Ingmar Bergman
The Exorcist: William Peter Blatty
A Touch of Class: Melvin Frank

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER
Save the Tiger: Jack Lemmon

NOMINEES
Last Tango in Paris: Marlon Brando
The Last Detail: Jack Nicholson
Serpico: Al Pacino
The Sting: Robert Redford

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER
A Touch of Class: Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson was not present at the awards ceremony. The film's writer-director-producer Melvin Frank accepted the award on her behalf.

NOMINEES
The Exorcist: Ellen Burstyn
Cinderella Liberty: Marsha Mason
The Way We Were: Barbra Streisand
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams: Joanne Woodward

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER
The Paper Chase: John Houseman

NOMINEES
Bang the Drum Slowly: Vincent Gardenia
Save the Tiger: Jack Gilford
The Exorcist: Jason Miller
The Last Detail: Randy Quaid

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER
Paper Moon: Tatum O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal, at age 10, became the youngest winner ever in a competitive category. (Shirley Temple had won an Honorary Award at age 6 in 1935.)

NOMINEES
The Exorcist: Linda Blair
American Graffiti: Candy Clark
Paper Moon: Madeline Kahn
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams: Sylvia Sidney

Best Director

WINNER
The Sting: George Roy Hill

NOMINEES
Cries and Whispers: Ingmar Bergman
Last Tango in Paris: Bernardo Bertolucci
The Exorcist: William Friedkin
American Graffiti: George Lucas

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER
The Exorcist: William Peter Blatty

NOMINEES
The Last Detail: Robert Towne
The Paper Chase: James Bridges
Paper Moon: Alvin Sargent
Serpico: Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced

WINNER
The Sting: David S. Ward

NOMINEES
American Graffiti: George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Cries and Whispers: Ingmar Bergman
Save the Tiger: Steve Shagan
A Touch of Class: Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

Best Cinematography

WINNER
Cries and Whispers: Sven Nykvist

NOMINEES
The Exorcist: Owen Roizman
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Jack Couffer
The Sting: Robert Surtees
The Way We Were: Harry Stradling Jr.

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER
The Sting: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne

NOMINEES
Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Lorenzo Mongiardino, Gianni Quaranta, Carmelo Patrono
The Exorcist: Bill Malley, Jerry Wunderlich
Tom Sawyer: Philip M. Jeffries, Robert De Vestel
The Way We Were: Stephen B. Grimes, William Kiernan

Best Costume Design

WINNER
The Sting: Edith Head

NOMINEES
Cries and Whispers: Marik Vos-Lundh
Ludwig: Piero Tosi
Tom Sawyer: Donfeld
The Way We Were: Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry

Best Sound

WINNER
The Exorcist: Robert Knudson, Christopher Newman

NOMINEES
The Day of the Dolphin: Richard Portman, Larry Jost
The Paper Chase: Donald O. Mitchell, Larry Jost
Paper Moon: Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz
The Sting: Ronald Pierce, Robert R. Bertrand

Best Film Editing

WINNER
The Sting: William Reynolds

NOMINEES
American Graffiti: Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
The Day of the Jackal: Ralph Kemplen
The Exorcist: John C. Broderick, Bud S. Smith, Evan A. Lottman, Norman Gay
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Frank P. Keller, James Galloway

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER
The Way We Were: Marvin Hamlisch (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "The Way We Were"

NOMINEES
A Touch of Class: George Barrie (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "All That Love Went to Waste"
Live and Let Die: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
For the song "Live and Let Die"
Robin Hood: George Bruns (music), Floyd Huddleston (lyrics)
For the song "Love"
Cinderella Liberty: John Williams (music), Paul Williams (lyrics)
For the song "Nice to Be Around"

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER
The Way We Were: Marvin Hamlisch

NOMINEES
Cinderella Liberty: John Williams
The Day of the Dolphin: Georges Delerue
Papillon: Jerry Goldsmith
A Touch of Class: John Cameron

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

WINNER
The Sting: Marvin Hamlisch

NOMINEES
Jesus Christ Superstar: André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tom Sawyer: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams

Best Short Subject, Animated Films

WINNER
Frank Film: Frank Mouris

NOMINEES
The Legend of John Henry: Nick Bosustow, David Adams
Pulcinella: Emanuele Luzzati, Gulio Gianini

Best Short Subject, Live Action Films

WINNER
The Bolero: Alan Miller, William Fertik

NOMINEES
Clockmaker: Richard Gayer
Life Times Nine: Pen Densham, John Watson

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER
Princeton: A Search for Answers: Julian Krainin, DeWitt Sage

NOMINEES
Background: Carmen D'Avino
Paisti ag obair: Louis Marcus
Christo's Valley Curtain: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Four Stones for Kanemitsu: Terry Sanders, June Wayne

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER
The Great American Cowboy: Kieth Merrill

NOMINEES
Always a New Beginning: John D. Goodell
Battle of Berlin: Bengt von zur Mühlen
Journey to the Outer Limits: Alexander Grasshoff
Walls of Fire: Gertrude Ross Marks, Edmund Penney

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER
Day for Night
France.

NOMINEES
The House on Chelouche Street
Israel.
L'invitation
Switzerland.
The Pedestrian
West Germany.
Turkish Delight
Netherlands.

Honorary Award

WINNERS
Henri Langlois
For his devotion to the art of film, his massive contributions in preserving its past and his unswerving faith in its future.
Groucho Marx
In recognition of his brilliant creativity and for the unequaled achievements of the Marx Brothers in the art of motion picture comedy.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER
Lawrence Weingarten

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER
Lew Wasserman

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS
Joachim Gerb (Arnold and Richter Company), Erich Kaestner (Arnold and Richter Company)
For the development and engineering of the Arriflex 35BL motion-picture camera.
(Magna-Tech Electronic Co., Inc.)
For the engineering and development of a high-speed re-recording system for motion-picture production.
William W. Valliant (PSC Technology Inc.), Howard F. Ott (Eastman Kodak Company), Gerry Diebold (Richmark Camera Service Inc.)
For the development of a liquid-gate system for motion picture printers.
Harold A. Scheib (Research Products Inc.), Clifford H. Ellis (Research Products Inc.), Roger W. Banks (Research Products Inc.)
For the concept and engineering of the Model 2101 optical printer for motion-picture optical effects.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS
(Rosco Laboratories, Inc.)
For the technical advances and the development of a complete system of light-control materials for motion-picture photography.
Richard H. Vetter (Todd-AO Corp.)
For the design of an improved anamorphic focusing system for motion-picture photography.

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