Awards & Winners

1968 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1968 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 41st Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

41st Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Sir John Woolf

Honored for : Oliver!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne Romeo and Juliet
Anthony Havelock-Allan Romeo and Juliet
Paul Newman Rachel, Rachel
Martin Poll The Lion in Winter
Ray Stark Funny Girl
Sir John Woolf Oliver!
Academy Award for Best Actress

Barbra Streisand

Honored for : Funny Girl
(Role: Fanny Brice (tie))

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia Neal The Subject Was Roses
Role: Nettie Cleary
Joanne Woodward Rachel, Rachel
Role: Rachel Cameron
Vanessa Redgrave Isadora
Role: Isadora Duncan
Barbra Streisand Funny Girl
Role: Fanny Brice
Katharine Hepburn The Lion in Winter
Role: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Frank P. Keller

Honored for : Bullitt

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frank P. Keller Bullitt
Robert Swink Funny Girl
Maury Winetrobe Funny Girl
William Sands Funny Girl
Frank Bracht The Odd Couple
Ralph Kemplen Oliver!
Fred R. Feitshans Jr. Wild in the Streets
Eve Newman Wild in the Streets
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Albertson

Honored for : The Subject Was Roses
(Role: John Cleary)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Wilder The Producers
Daniel Massey Star!
Seymour Cassel Faces
Jack Wild Oliver!
Jack Albertson The Subject Was Roses
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Ruth Gordon

Honored for : Rosemary's Baby
(Role: Minnie Castevet)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Estelle Parsons Rachel, Rachel
Role: Calla Mackie
Kay Medford Funny Girl
Role: Rose Brice
Sondra Locke The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Role: Mick Kelly
Lynn Carlin Faces
Role: Maria Forst
Ruth Gordon Rosemary's Baby
Role: Minnie Castevet
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Alan Bergman, Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman

Honored for : The Windmills of Your Mind
(The Thomas Crown Affair)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michel Legrand The Windmills of Your Mind
The Thomas Crown Affair
Alan Bergman The Windmills of Your Mind
The Thomas Crown Affair
Marilyn Bergman The Windmills of Your Mind
The Thomas Crown Affair
Richard M. Sherman Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert B. Sherman Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Quincy Jones For the Love of Ivy
For Love of Ivy
Bob Russell For the Love of Ivy
For Love of Ivy
Jule Styne Funny Girl
Funny Girl
Bob Merrill Funny Girl
Funny Girl
Jimmy Van Heusen Star!
Star!
Sammy Cahn Star!
Star!
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Pasqualino De Santis

Honored for : Romeo and Juliet

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pasqualino De Santis Romeo and Juliet
Harry Stradling Funny Girl
Daniel L. Fapp Ice Station Zebra
Oswald Morris Oliver!
Ernest Laszlo Star!
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Masters 2001: A Space Odyssey
Ernest Archer 2001: A Space Odyssey
Harry Lange 2001: A Space Odyssey
Walter M. Scott Star!
Howard Bristol Star!
Boris Leven Star!
V. Uvarov War and Peace
Georgi Koshelev War and Peace
Gennady Myasnikov War and Peace
Mikhail Bogdanov War and Peace
George Davis The Shoes of the Fisherman
Edward Carfagno The Shoes of the Fisherman
Terence Marsh Oliver!
Vernon Dixon Oliver!
John Box Oliver!
Ken Muggleston Oliver!
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

John Barry

Honored for : The Lion in Winter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Barry The Lion in Winter
Lalo Schifrin The Fox
Jerry Goldsmith Planet of the Apes
Alex North The Shoes of the Fisherman
Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair
Academy Award for Best Actor

Cliff Robertson

Honored for : Charly
(Role: Charly Gordon)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Moody Oliver!
Role: Fagin
Alan Bates The Fixer
Role: Yakov Bok
Peter O'Toole The Lion in Winter
Role: King Henry II
Cliff Robertson Charly
Role: Charly Gordon
Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Role: Singer
Academy Award for Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn

Honored for : The Lion in Winter
(Role: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (tie))

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia Neal The Subject Was Roses
Role: Nettie Cleary
Joanne Woodward Rachel, Rachel
Role: Rachel Cameron
Vanessa Redgrave Isadora
Role: Isadora Duncan
Barbra Streisand Funny Girl
Role: Fanny Brice
Katharine Hepburn The Lion in Winter
Role: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Academy Award for Best Director

Carol Reed

Honored for : Oliver!

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gillo Pontecorvo The Battle of Algiers
Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet
Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey
Carol Reed Oliver!
Anthony Harvey The Lion in Winter
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Mel Brooks

Honored for : The Producers

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Ustinov Hot Millions
Ira Wallach Hot Millions
Gillo Pontecorvo The Battle of Algiers
Franco Solinas The Battle of Algiers
Mel Brooks The Producers
John Cassavetes Faces
Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Danilo Donati

Honored for : Romeo and Juliet

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Danilo Donati Romeo and Juliet
Margaret Furse The Lion in Winter
Phyllis Dalton Oliver!
Morton Haack Planet of the Apes
Donald Brooks Star!
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Bill McGaw

Honored for : Journey into Self
(At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bill McGaw Journey into Self
James Blue A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
Bill Cayton Legendary Champions
David H. Sawyer Other Voices
Robert Cohn Young Americans
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.]
Alex Grasshoff Young Americans
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.]
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Saul Bass

Honored for : Why Man Creates

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Saul Bass Why Man Creates
Fali Bilimoria The House That Ananda Built
Lee R. Bobker The Revolving Door
Thomas P. Kelly Jr. A Space to Grow
Dan E. Weisburd A Way Out of the Wilderness
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Shepperton Studios

Honored for : Oliver!
(Shepperton Studio Sound Department)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shepperton Studios Oliver!
Shepperton Studio Sound Department
Warner Bros. Entertainment Bullitt
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Seven Arts Productions Bullitt
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Warner Bros. Entertainment Finian's Rainbow
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Seven Arts Productions Finian's Rainbow
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Columbia Pictures Funny Girl
Columbia Studio Sound Department
20th Century Fox Star!
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

James Goldman

Honored for : The Lion in Winter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stewart Stern Rachel, Rachel
Neil Simon The Odd Couple
Roman Polanski Rosemary's Baby
Vernon Harris Oliver!
James Goldman The Lion in Winter
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Charles Guggenheim

Honored for : Robert Kennedy Remembered

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Guggenheim Robert Kennedy Remembered
George Coe The Dove
Sid Davis The Dove
Anthony Lover The Dove
National Film Board of Canada Pas de deux
John Astin Prelude
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Stanley Kubrick

Honored for : 2001: A Space Odyssey

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Millar Ice Station Zebra
Joseph McMillan Johnson Ice Station Zebra
Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Sergei Bondarchuk

Honored for : War and Peace
(Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian, French and German)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Bondarchuk War and Peace
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian, French and German
Zoltán Fábri The Boys of Paul Street
Country: Hungary; in Hungarian
Miloš Forman The Firemen's Ball
Country: Czechoslovakia; in Czech
Mario Monicelli The Girl with the Pistol
Country: Italy; in Italian
François Truffaut Stolen Kisses
Country: France; in French
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Johnny Green

Honored for : Oliver!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Johnny Green Oliver!
Ray Heindorf Finian's Rainbow
Walter Scharf Funny Girl
Lennie Hayton Star!
Michel Legrand The Young Girls of Rochefort
Jacques Demy The Young Girls of Rochefort
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Walt Disney

Honored for : Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
(Posthumous win)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Wolf Koenig The House That Jack Built
Jim Mackay The House That Jack Built
Jimmy Murakami The Magic Pear Tree
John Hubley Windy Day
Faith Hubley Windy Day
Academy Honorary Award

John Chambers

Honored for : Planet of the Apes
(for his outstanding makeup achievement for Planet of the Apes)
Academy Honorary Award

Onna White

Honored for : Oliver!
(for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver!)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Carl W. Hauge, Edward H. Reichard, Roy J. Ridenour, E. Michael Meahl

(for engineering an automatic exposure control for printing-machine lamps)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Eastman Kodak, Consolidated Film Industries

(For a new direct positive film (Eastman Kodak) and for the application of this film to the making of post-production work prints (Consolidated Film).)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Philip V. Palmquist, Herbert Meyer, Charles Staffell

(For the development of a successful embodiment of the reflex background projection system for composite cinematography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Eastman Kodak

(For the development and introduction of a color reversal intermediate film for motion pictures.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Donald W. Norwood

(For the design and development of the Norwood Photographic Exposure Meters.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Eastman Kodak, Producers Service Company

(For the development of a new high-speed step-optical reduction printer.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Edmund M. Di Giulio, Niels G. Petersen, Norman S. Hughes

(For the design and application of a conversion which makes available the reflex viewing system for motion picture cameras.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Optical Coating Laboratory Inc

(For the development of an improved anti-reflection coating for photographic and projection lens systems.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Eastman Kodak

(For the introduction of a new high speed motion picture color negative film.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Panavision

(For the conception, design and introduction of a 65mm hand-held motion picture camera.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Todd Soundelux, Mitchell Camera

(For the design and engineering of the Todd-AO hand-held motion picture camera.)