The 37th Academy Awards (1964): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 13
  • 12
  • 12
  • 7
  • 7
  • 6
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • Mary Poppins
  • Becket
  • My Fair Lady
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
  • Zorba the Greek
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • The Night of the Iguana
  • Father Goose
  • 8
  • 5
  • 3
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • My Fair Lady
  • Mary Poppins
  • Zorba the Greek
  • Becket
  • Casals Conducts: 1964
  • Father Goose
  • Goldfinger
  • Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
  • The Night of the Iguana
  • Nine from Little Rock
  • The Pink Phink
  • Topkapi
  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • Becket - Hal B. Wallis
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick
  • Mary Poppins - Walt Disney, Bill Walsh
  • My Fair Lady - Jack L. Warner
  • Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis

DIRECTING

  • Becket - Peter Glenville
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick
  • Mary Poppins - Robert Stevenson
  • My Fair Lady - George Cukor
  • Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis

ACTOR

  • Richard Burton - Becket
  • Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
  • 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

  • Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
  • Anne Bancroft - The Pumpkin Eater
  • Sophia Loren - Marriage Italian Style
  • Debbie Reynolds - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • Kim Stanley - Seance on a Wet Afternoon

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • John Gielgud - Becket
  • Stanley Holloway - My Fair Lady
  • Edmond O'Brien - Seven Days in May
  • Lee Tracy - The Best Man
  • Peter Ustinov - Topkapi

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Gladys Cooper - My Fair Lady
  • Dame Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden
  • Grayson Hall - The Night of the Iguana
  • Lila Kedrova - Zorba the Greek
  • Agnes Moorehead - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

  • Becket - Edward Anhalt
  • 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

STORY AND SCREENPLAY (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)

  • Father Goose - Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
  • 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

SONG

  • "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - Mary Poppins - Music, Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
  • "Dear Heart" - Dear Heart - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
  • "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack David
  • "My Kind of Town" - Robin and the 7 Hoods - Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • "Where Love Has Gone" - Where Love Has Gone - Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)

  • Becket - Laurence Rosenthal
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Frank DeVol
  • Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
  • The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini

SCORING (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)

  • A Hard Day's Night - George Martin
  • Mary Poppins - Irwin Kostal
  • My Fair Lady - Andre Previn
  • Robin and the 7 Hoods - Nelson Riddle
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

FILM EDITING

  • Becket - Anne Coates
  • Father Goose - Ted J. Kent
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Michael Luciano
  • Mary Poppins - Cotton Warburton
  • My Fair Lady - William Ziegler

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

  • 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
  • Zorba the Greek - Walter Lassally

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

  • Becket - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • Cheyenne Autumn - William H. Clothier
  • Mary Poppins - Edward Colman
  • My Fair Lady - Harry Stradling
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Daniel L. Fapp

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

  • 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
  • Zorba the Greek - Vassilis Fotopoulos

ART DIRECTION (Color)

  • 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
  • My Fair Lady - Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • 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

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

  • A House Is Not a Home - Edith Head
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Norma Koch
  • Kisses for My President - Howard Shoup
  • The Night of the Iguana - Dorothy Jeakins
  • The Visit - Ren Hubert

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

  • Becket - Margaret Furse
  • Mary Poppins - Tony Walton
  • My Fair Lady - Cecil Beaton
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Morton Haack
  • What a Way to Go! - Edith Head, Moss Mabry

SOUND

  • 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)
  • My Fair Lady - Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves (Sound Director)
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton (Sound Director)

SOUND EFFECTS

  • Goldfinger - Norman Wanstall
  • The Lively Set - Robert L. Bratton

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Mary Poppins - Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
  • 7 Faces of Dr. Lao - Jim Danforth

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Raven's End - Sweden
  • Sallah - Israel
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - France
  • Woman in the Dunes - Japan
  • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Italy

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • The Finest Hours - Jack Le Vien
  • Four Days in November - Mel Stuart
  • The Human Dutch - Bert Haanstra
  • Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Over There, 1914-18 - Jean Aurel

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • Breaking the Habit - Henry Jacobs, John Korty
  • Children Without - Charles Guggenheim
  • Kenojuak - National Film Board of Canada
  • Nine from Little Rock - Charles Guggenheim
  • 140 Days under the World - Geoffrey Scott, Oxley Hughan

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

  • Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada
  • How to Avoid Friendship - William L. Snyder
  • Nudnik #2 - William L. Snyder
  • The Pink Phink - David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng

SHORT SUBJECT (Live Action)

  • Casals Conducts: 1964 - Edward Schreiber
  • Help! My Snowman's Burning Down - Carson Davidson
  • The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes - Robert Clouse

HONORARY AWARDS

  • To William Tuttle for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

  • To PETRO VLAHOS, WADSWORTH E. POHL and UB IWERKS for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To SIDNEY P. SOLOW, EDWARD H. REICHARD, CARL W. HAUGE and JOB SANDERSON of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer. [Laboratory]
  • To PIERRE ANGENIEUX for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To EDWARD H. REICHARD and CARL W. HAUGE of Consolidated Film Industries for the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers. [Laboratory]
  • To EDWARD H. REICHARD, LEONARD L. SOKOLOW and CARL W. HAUGE of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film. [Laboratory]
  • To MILTON FORMAN, RICHARD B. GLICKMAN and DANIEL J. PEARLMAN of Colortran Industries for advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps. [Lighting]
  • To NELSON TYLER for the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System. [Photography]
  • To STEWART FILMSCREEN CORPORATION for a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography. [Special Photographic]
  • To ANTHONY PAGLIA and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO MECHANICAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT for an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures. [Stage Operations]