Awards & Winners

1969 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1969 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 42nd Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

42nd Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Jerome Hellman

Honored for : Midnight Cowboy

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ahmed Rachedi Z
Jacques Perrin Z
Ernest Lehman Hello, Dolly!
John Foreman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hal B. Wallis Anne of the Thousand Days
Jerome Hellman Midnight Cowboy
Academy Award for Best Actor

John Wayne

Honored for : True Grit
(Role: Rooster Cogburn)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dustin Hoffman Midnight Cowboy
Role: Ratso Rizzo
Peter O'Toole Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Role: Arthur Chipping
Jon Voight Midnight Cowboy
Role: Joe Buck
John Wayne True Grit
Role: Rooster Cogburn
Richard Burton Anne of the Thousand Days
Role: King Henry VIII
Academy Award for Best Director

John Schlesinger

Honored for : Midnight Cowboy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Penn Alice's Restaurant
George Roy Hill Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy
Costa-Gavras Z
Sydney Pollack They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Academy Award for Best Actress

Maggie Smith

Honored for : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
(Role: Miss Jean Brodie)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Fonda They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Role: Gloria Beatty
Jean Simmons The Happy Ending
Role: Mary Wilson
Liza Minnelli The Sterile Cuckoo
Role: Pookie Adams
Geneviève Bujold Anne of the Thousand Days
Role: Anne Boleyn
Maggie Smith The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Role: Miss Jean Brodie
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall

Honored for : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel L. Fapp Marooned
Conrad L. Hall Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arthur Ibbetson Anne of the Thousand Days
Charles Lang Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Harry Stradling Hello, Dolly!
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Ward Kimball

Honored for : It's Tough to Be a Bird

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ward Kimball It's Tough to Be a Bird
John Hubley Of Men and Demons
Faith Hubley Of Men and Demons
Ryan Larkin Walking
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Françoise Bonnot

Honored for : Z

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Françoise Bonnot Z
William H. Reynolds Hello, Dolly!
Hugh A. Robertson Midnight Cowboy
William Lyon The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Earle Herdan The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Fredric Steinkamp They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Gig Young

Honored for : They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(Role: Rocky)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Nicholson Easy Rider
Role: George Hanson
Gig Young They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Role: Rocky
Elliott Gould Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Role: Ted Henderson
Anthony Quayle Anne of the Thousand Days
Role: Cardinal Wolsey
Rupert Crosse The Reivers
Role: Ned McCaslin
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Goldie Hawn

Honored for : Cactus Flower
(Role: Toni Simmons)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Susannah York They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Role: Alice
Sylvia Miles Midnight Cowboy
Role: Cass
Dyan Cannon Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Role: Alice Henderson
Catherine Burns Last Summer
Role: Rhoda
Goldie Hawn Cactus Flower
Role: Tone Simmons
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Burt Bacharach, Hal David

Honored for : Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Burt Bacharach Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hal David Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Fred Karlin Come Saturday Morning
The Sterile Cuckoo
Dory Previn Come Saturday Morning
The Sterile Cuckoo
Rod McKuen Jean
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Elmer Bernstein True Grit
True Grit
Don Black True Grit
True Grit
Michel Legrand What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
The Happy Ending
Alan Bergman What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
The Happy Ending
Marilyn Bergman What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
The Happy Ending
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

William Goldman

Honored for : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roy N. Sickner The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah The Wild Bunch
Walon Green The Wild Bunch
Dennis Hopper Easy Rider
Terry Southern Easy Rider
Peter Fonda Easy Rider
Luchino Visconti The Damned
Nicola Badalucco The Damned
Enrico Medioli The Damned
Larry Tucker Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Paul Mazursky Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
William Goldman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Burt Bacharach

Honored for : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Georges Delerue Anne of the Thousand Days
John Williams The Reivers
Ernest Gold The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Jerry Fielding The Wild Bunch
Academy Award for Best Production Design

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank R. McKelvy They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Harry Horner They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Jack D. Moore Sweet Charity
George C. Webb Sweet Charity
Alexander Golitzen Sweet Charity
Edward G. Boyle Gaily, Gaily
George B. Chan Gaily, Gaily
Robert F. Boyle Gaily, Gaily
Carl Biddiscombe Gaily, Gaily
John DeCuir Hello, Dolly!
Raphaël Bretton Hello, Dolly!
Walter M. Scott Hello, Dolly!
Herman A. Blumenthal Hello, Dolly!
Jack Martin Smith Hello, Dolly!
George James Hopkins Hello, Dolly!
Maurice Carter Anne of the Thousand Days
Lionel Couch Anne of the Thousand Days
Patrick McLoughlin Anne of the Thousand Days
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Margaret Furse

Honored for : Anne of the Thousand Days

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Irene Sharaff Hello, Dolly!
Edith Head Sweet Charity
Margaret Furse Anne of the Thousand Days
Ray Aghayan Gaily, Gaily
Donfeld They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Bernard Chevry

Honored for : Arthur Rubinstein \u2013 The Love of Life

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bernard Chevry Arthur Rubinstein \u2013 The Love of Life
Robert K. Sharpe Before the Mountain Was Moved
Emile de Antonio In the Year of the Pig
Section of the Organizing Committee for the XIX Olympic Games The Olympics in Mexico
Irwin Rosten The Wolf Men
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Robert M. Fresco, Denis Sanders

Honored for : Czechoslovakia 1968

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Russell Mosser Leo Beuerman
Arthur Wolf Leo Beuerman
Denis Sanders Czechoslovakia 1968
Robert M. Fresco Czechoslovakia 1968
Donald Wrye An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Joan Horvath Jenny Is a Good Thing
Joan Keller Stern The Magic Machines
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Costa-Gavras

Honored for : Z
(Country: Algeria; in French)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ivan Pyryev The Brothers Karamazov
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian
Mikhail Ulyanov The Brothers Karamazov
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian
Éric Rohmer My Night at Maud's
Country: France; in French
Costa-Gavras Z
Country: Algeria; in French
Bo Widerberg Ådalen 31
Country: Sweden; in Swedish
Veljko Bulaji? Battle of Neretva
Country: Yugoslavia; in Serbo-Croatian and English
Kirill Lavrov The Brothers Karamazov
Country: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; in Russian
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack

Honored for : Hello, Dolly!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Solomon Hello, Dolly!
Murray Spivack Hello, Dolly!
John Aldred Anne of the Thousand Days
William Edmondson Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
David Dockendorf Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Robert Martin Gaily, Gaily
Clem Portman Gaily, Gaily
Les Fresholtz Marooned
Arthur Piantadosi Marooned
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Waldo Salt

Honored for : Midnight Cowboy

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Waldo Salt Midnight Cowboy
Costa-Gavras Z
Jorge Semprún Z
Arnold Schulman Goodbye, Columbus
James Poe They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Robert E. Thompson They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
John Hale Anne of the Thousand Days
Bridget Boland Anne of the Thousand Days
Richard Sokolove Anne of the Thousand Days
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Joan Keller Stern

Honored for : The Magic Machines

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joan Keller Stern The Magic Machines
Douglas Jackson Blake
Marc Merson People Soup
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Robie Robinson

Honored for : Marooned

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robie Robinson Marooned
Eugène Lourié Krakatoa, East of Java
Alex Weldon Krakatoa, East of Java
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman

Honored for : Hello, Dolly!

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lennie Hayton Hello, Dolly!
Lionel Newman Hello, Dolly!
Leslie Bricusse Goodbye, Mr. Chips
John Williams Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Nelson Riddle Paint Your Wagon
Cy Coleman Sweet Charity
Johnny Green They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Albert Woodbury They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Academy Honorary Award

Cary Grant

(for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Otto Popelka

(for the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Fenton Hamilton

(for the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Panavision

(for the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Robert M. Flynn, Russell Hessey

(for a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Hazeltine Corporation

(For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Fouad Said

(For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Juan de la Cierva, Dyna Sciences Corporation

(For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.)