Awards & Winners

1970 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1970 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 43rd Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

43rd Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture

Frank McCarthy

Honored for : Patton

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ingo Preminger MASH
Howard G. Minsky Love Story
Richard Wechsler Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces
Ross Hunter Airport
Frank McCarthy Patton
Academy Award for Best Actor

George C. Scott

Honored for : Patton
(Role: General George S. Patton, Jr., Mr. Scott refused the award)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ryan O'Neal Love Story
Role: Oliver Barrett IV
Melvyn Douglas I Never Sang for My Father
Role: Tom Garrison
George C. Scott Patton
Role: General George S. Patton, Jr.
James Earl Jones The Great White Hope
Role: Robert Eroica Dupea
Jack Nicholson Five Easy Pieces
Role: Robert Eroica Dupea
Academy Award for Best Actress

Glenda Jackson

Honored for : Women in Love
(Role: Gudrun Brangwen)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ali MacGraw Love Story
Role: Jenny Cavilleri
Sarah Miles Ryan's Daughter
Role: Rosy Ryan
Carrie Snodgress Diary of a Mad Housewife
Role: Tina Balser
Jane Alexander The Great White Hope
Role: Eleanor Bachman
Glenda Jackson Women in Love
Role: Gudrun Brangwen
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Nick Bosustow

Honored for : Is It Always Right To Be Right?

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nick Bosustow Is It Always Right To Be Right?
Robert Mitchell Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
Dale Kase Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
Cameron Guess The Shepherd
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Hugh S. Fowler

Honored for : Patton

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hugh S. Fowler Patton
Stuart Gilmore Airport
Danford B. Greene MASH
James E. Newcom Tora! Tora! Tora!
Pembroke J. Herring Tora! Tora! Tora!
Shinya Inoue Tora! Tora! Tora!
Thelma Schoonmaker Woodstock
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

John Mills

Honored for : Ryan's Daughter
(Role: Michael)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gene Hackman I Never Sang for My Father
Role: Gene Garrison
John Mills Ryan's Daughter
Role: Michael
John Marley Love Story
Role: Phil Cavilleri
Richard S. Castellano Lovers and Other Strangers
Role: Frank Vecchio
Chief Dan George Little Big Man
Role: Old Lodge Skins
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Helen Hayes

Honored for : Airport
(Role: Ada Quonsett)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Maureen Stapleton Airport
Role: Inez Guerrero
Sally Kellerman MASH
Role: Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
Lee Grant The Landlord
Role: Mrs. Enders
Karen Black Five Easy Pieces
Role: Rayette Dipesto
Helen Hayes Airport
Role: Ada Quonsett
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Fred Karlin, James Griffin, Robb Royer

Honored for : For All We Know
(Lovers and Other Strangers)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fred Karlin For All We Know
Lovers and Other Strangers
James Griffin For All We Know
Lovers and Other Strangers
Robb Royer For All We Know
Lovers and Other Strangers
Michel Legrand Pieces Of Dreams
Pieces of Dreams
Alan Bergman Pieces Of Dreams
Pieces of Dreams
Marilyn Bergman Pieces Of Dreams
Pieces of Dreams
Leslie Bricusse Thank You Very Much
Scrooge
Riz Ortolani Till Love Touches Your Life
Madron
Arthur Hamilton Till Love Touches Your Life
Madron
Henry Mancini Whistling Away the Dark
Darling Lili
Johnny Mercer Whistling Away the Dark
Darling Lili
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Freddie Young

Honored for : Ryan's Daughter

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fred Koenekamp Patton
Freddie Young Ryan's Daughter
Ernest Laszlo Airport
Charles F. Wheeler Tora! Tora! Tora!
Osamu Furuya Tora! Tora! Tora!
Shinsaku Himeda Tora! Tora! Tora!
Masamichi Satoh Tora! Tora! Tora!
Billy Williams Women in Love
Academy Award for Best Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Honored for : Patton

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Hiller Love Story
Ken Russell Women in Love
Federico Fellini Satyricon
Robert Altman MASH
Franklin J. Schaffner Patton
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North

Honored for : Patton

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Nominee Nominated Work
Éric Rohmer My Night at Maud's
Erich Segal Love Story
Norman Wexler Joe
Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces
Carole Eastman Five Easy Pieces
Edmund H. North Patton
Francis Ford Coppola Patton
Academy Award for Best Production Design

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack D. Moore Airport
E. Preston Ames Airport
Mickey S. Michaels Airport
Alexander Golitzen Airport
Pierre-Louis Thévenet Patton
Gil Parrondo Patton
Urie McCleary Patton
Antonio Mateos Patton
Walter M. Scott Tora! Tora! Tora!
Jack Martin Smith Tora! Tora! Tora!
Norman Rockett Tora! Tora! Tora!
Yoshir? Muraki Tora! Tora! Tora!
Richard Day Tora! Tora! Tora!
Taizô Kawashima Tora! Tora! Tora!
Carl Biddiscombe Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tambi Larsen The Molly Maguires
Darrell Silvera The Molly Maguires
Robert Cartwright Scrooge
Terence Marsh Scrooge
Pamela Cornell Scrooge
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Francis Lai

Honored for : Love Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Francis Lai Love Story
Alfred Newman Airport
Frank Cordell Cromwell
Jerry Goldsmith Patton
Henry Mancini Sunflower
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Honored for : Cromwell

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edith Head Airport
Vittorio Nino Novarese Cromwell
Donald Brooks Darling Lili
Jack Bear Darling Lili
Bill Thomas The Hawaiians
Margaret Furse Scrooge
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Bob Maurice

Honored for : Woodstock

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Maurice Woodstock
Harald Reinl Chariots of the Gods
Jimmy Jacobs Jack Johnson
Ely Landau King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
David H. Vowell Say Goodbye
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Joseph Strick

Honored for : Interviews with My Lai Veterans

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Strick Interviews with My Lai Veterans
Robert McBride The Gifts
Bob Aller A Long Way from Nowhere
Vivien Carey Oisin
Patrick Carey Oisin
Horst Dallmayr Time Is Running Out
Robert Ménégoz Time Is Running Out
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Elio Petri

Honored for : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
(Country: Italy; in Italian)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Maximilian Schell First Love
Country: Switzerland; in German
Raoul Coutard Hoa-Binh
Country: France; in French
Elio Petri Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Country: Italy; in Italian
Jacques Boigelot Peace in the Fields
Country: Belgium; in French
Luis Buñuel Tristana
Country: Spain; in Spanish
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Don Bassman, Douglas O. Williams

Honored for : Patton

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Nominee Nominated Work
Douglas O. Williams Patton
Don Bassman Patton
Ronald Pierce Airport
David H. Moriarty Airport
Gordon K. McCallum Ryan's Daughter
John Bramall Ryan's Daughter
Murray Spivack Tora! Tora! Tora!
Herman Lewis Tora! Tora! Tora!
Dan Wallin Woodstock
Larry Johnson Woodstock
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Honored for : MASH

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Kramer Women in Love
Joseph Bologna Lovers and Other Strangers
David Zelag Goodman Lovers and Other Strangers
Renée Taylor Lovers and Other Strangers
Robert Anderson I Never Sang for My Father
George Seaton Airport
Ring Lardner, Jr. MASH
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

John Longenecker

Honored for : The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Longenecker The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
Robert Siegler Shut Up, I\u2019m Crying
John D. Hancock Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

L. B. Abbott, A.D. Flowers

Honored for : Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Nominee Nominated Work
A.D. Flowers Tora! Tora! Tora!
L. B. Abbott Tora! Tora! Tora!
Alex Weldon Patton
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

The Beatles

Honored for : Let It Be

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Beatles Let It Be
Fred Karlin The Baby Maker
Megan Wells-Stagg Karlin The Baby Maker
Rod McKuen A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Bill Melendez A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Alan Shean A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Vince Guaraldi A Boy Named Charlie Brown
John Scott Trotter A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Henry Mancini Darling Lili
Johnny Mercer Darling Lili
Leslie Bricusse Scrooge
Ian Fraser Scrooge
Herbert W. Spencer Scrooge
Academy Honorary Award

Lillian Gish

(for superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures)
Academy Honorary Award

Orson Welles

(for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Sylvania Electric Products

(for the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

B.J. Losmandy

(for the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Eastman Kodak, Photo Electronics Corporation

(for the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Electro Sound Incorporated

(for the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Leonard L. Sokolow, Edward H. Reichard

(For the concept and engineering of the Color Proofing Printer for motion pictures.)