Awards & Winners

1966 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1966 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 39th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

39th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Fred Zinnemann

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Wise The Sand Pebbles
Norman Jewison The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Lewis Gilbert Alfie
Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons
Ernest Lehman Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Actor

Paul Scofield

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons
(Role: Sir Thomas More)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Caine Alfie
Role: Alfie
Steve McQueen The Sand Pebbles
Role: Jake Holman
Alan Arkin The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Role: Rozanov
Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons
Role: Sir Thomas More
Richard Burton Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Role: George
Academy Award for Best Director

Fred Zinnemann

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

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Nominee Nominated Work
Claude Lelouch A Man and a Woman
Michelangelo Antonioni Blowup
Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons
Richard Brooks The Professionals
Mike Nichols Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

John Hubley, Faith Hubley

Honored for : Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Hubley Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Faith Hubley Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Wolf Koenig The Drag
Robert Verrall The Drag
David DePatie The Pink Blueprint
Friz Freleng The Pink Blueprint
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fredric Steinkamp Grand Prix
Henry Berman Grand Prix
Stu Linder Grand Prix
Frank Santillo Grand Prix
William B. Murphy Fantastic Voyage
Hal Ashby The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
J. Terry Williams The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
William H. Reynolds The Sand Pebbles
Sam O'Steen Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Walter Matthau

Honored for : The Fortune Cookie
(Role: Willie Gingrich)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Matthau The Fortune Cookie
Robert Shaw A Man for All Seasons
James Mason Georgy Girl
Mako Iwamatsu The Sand Pebbles
George Segal Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sandy Dennis

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(Role: Honey)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Geraldine Page You're a Big Boy Now
Role: Margary Chanticleer
Vivien Merchant Alfie
Role: Lily
Jocelyne LaGarde Hawaii
Role: Malama
Wendy Hiller A Man for All Seasons
Role: Alice More
Sandy Dennis Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Role: Honey
Academy Award for Best Original Song

John Barry, Don Black

Honored for : Born Free
(Born Free)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Barry Born Free
Born Free
Don Black Born Free
Born Free
Burt Bacharach Alfie
Alfie
Hal David Alfie
Alfie
Tom Springfield Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl
Jim Dale Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl
Elmer Bernstein My Wishing Doll
Hawaii
Mack David My Wishing Doll
Hawaii
Johnny Mandel A Time for Love
An American Dream
Paul Francis Webster A Time for Love
An American Dream
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Ted Moore

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Moore A Man for All Seasons
Ernest Laszlo Fantastic Voyage
Russell Harlan Hawaii
Conrad L. Hall The Professionals
Joseph MacDonald The Sand Pebbles
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Pierre Uytterhoeven, Claude Lelouch

Honored for : A Man and a Woman

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Ardrey Khartoum
I. A. L. Diamond The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder The Fortune Cookie
Tonino Guerra Blowup
Edward Bond Blowup
Michelangelo Antonioni Blowup
Pierre Uytterhoeven A Man and a Woman
Claude Lelouch A Man and a Woman
Clint Johnston The Naked Prey
Don Peters The Naked Prey
Academy Award for Best Actress

Elizabeth Taylor

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(Role: Martha)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ida Kami?ska The Shop on Main Street
Role: Rozalie Lautmanova
Vanessa Redgrave Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Role: Leonie Delt
Lynn Redgrave Georgy Girl
Role: Georgy Parkin
Anouk Aimée A Man and a Woman
Role: Anne Gauthier
Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Role: Martha
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

John Barry

Honored for : Born Free

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Barry Born Free
Toshiro Mayuzumi The Bible: In the Beginning
Elmer Bernstein Hawaii
Jerry Goldsmith The Sand Pebbles
Alex North Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Ken Thorne A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Luis Bacalov The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Elmer Bernstein Return of the Seven
Harry Sukman The Singing Nun
Al Ham Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jean Louis Gambit
Edith Head The Oscar
Dorothy Jeakins Hawaii
Piero Gherardi Juliet of the Spirits
Elizabeth Haffenden A Man for All Seasons
Joan Bridge A Man for All Seasons
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Peter Watkins

Honored for : The War Game

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Watkins The War Game
Alfred R. Kelman The Face of a Genius
Peter Jones Helicopter Canada
Tom Daly Helicopter Canada
Haroun Tazieff Le Volcan interdit
Alex Grasshoff The Really Big Family
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Edmond Levy

Honored for : A Year Toward Tomorrow

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edmond Levy A Year Toward Tomorrow
Marin Karmitz Adolescence
Vladimir Forgency Adolescence
Michael Ahnemann Cowboy
Gary Schlosser Cowboy
Lee R. Bobker The Odds Against
Helen Kristt Radin The Odds Against
Pannonia Film Studio Saint Matthew Passion
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Claude Lelouch

Honored for : A Man and a Woman
(Country: France; in French)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gillo Pontecorvo The Battle of Algiers
Country: Italy; in Italian, Arabic, English and French
Miloš Forman Loves of a Blonde
Country: Czechoslovakia; in Czech
Claude Lelouch A Man and a Woman
Country: France; in French
Jerzy Kawalerowicz Pharaoh
Country: Yugoslavia; in Serbo-Croatian
Aleksandar Petrovi? Three
Country: Yugoslavia; in Serbo-Croatian
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Franklin Milton

Honored for : Grand Prix
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Franklin Milton Grand Prix
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Waldon O. Watson Gambit
Universal City Studio Sound Department
Gordon E. Sawyer Hawaii
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
James Corcoran The Sand Pebbles
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
George Groves Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Robert Bolt

Honored for : A Man for All Seasons

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Brooks The Professionals
Robert Bolt A Man for All Seasons
William Rose The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Bill Naughton Alfie
Ernest Lehman Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Edgar Anstey

Honored for : Wild Wings

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edgar Anstey Wild Wings
Derek Williams Turkey the Bridge
Leslie Winik The Winning Strain
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Art Cruickshank

Honored for : Fantastic Voyage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Art Cruickshank Fantastic Voyage
Linwood G. Dunn Hawaii
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Gordon Daniel

Honored for : Grand Prix

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon Daniel Grand Prix
Walter Rossi Fantastic Voyage
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Sylbert Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George James Hopkins Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Luthardt The Fortune Cookie
Edward G. Boyle The Fortune Cookie
Luigi Scaccianoce The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Willy Holt Is Paris Burning?
Marc Frédérix Is Paris Burning?
Pierre Guffroy Is Paris Burning?
George Davis Mister Buddwing
Paul Groesse Mister Buddwing
Henry Grace Mister Buddwing
Hugh Hunt Mister Buddwing
Academy Award for Best Production Design

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Lonergan The Oscar
Robert R. Benton The Oscar
James W. Payne The Oscar
Hal Pereira The Oscar
John P. Austin Gambit
George C. Webb Gambit
Alexander Golitzen Gambit
John McCarthy Gambit
Walter M. Scott The Sand Pebbles
William Kiernan The Sand Pebbles
John Sturtevant The Sand Pebbles
Boris Leven The Sand Pebbles
Piero Gherardi Juliet of the Spirits
Jack Martin Smith Fantastic Voyage
Dale Hennesy Fantastic Voyage
Walter M. Scott Fantastic Voyage
Stuart A. Reiss Fantastic Voyage
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Haskell Wexler

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Haskell Wexler Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Joseph LaShelle The Fortune Cookie
Kenneth Higgins Georgy Girl
James Wong Howe Seconds
Marcel Grignon Is Paris Burning?
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Irene Sharaff

Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Sharaff Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Danilo Donati The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Danilo Donati The Mandrake
Helen Rose Mister Buddwing
Jocelyn Rickards Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Academy Honorary Award

Yakima Canutt

(for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere)
Academy Honorary Award

Y. Frank Freeman

(for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Panavision

(for the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Carroll Knudson

(for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Ruby Raksin

(for the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Mitchell Camera

(For the design and development of the Mitchell Mark II 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Arri

(For the design and development of the Arriflex 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.)
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Ken Thorne

Honored for : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Barry Born Free
Toshiro Mayuzumi The Bible: In the Beginning
Elmer Bernstein Hawaii
Jerry Goldsmith The Sand Pebbles
Alex North Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Ken Thorne A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Luis Bacalov The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Elmer Bernstein Return of the Seven
Harry Sukman The Singing Nun
Al Ham Stop the World: I Want to Get Off