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Academy Awards, USA: 1970

Oscar

Date:7 April
Host:(none)
Location:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
  • There is no host. Instead, awards are presented by seventeen "Friends of Oscar."
  • For the first time, the award for best sound is given to the sound mixers themselves, rather than to the studio sound department.

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Hal B. Wallis
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - John Foreman (I)
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Ernest Lehman
  • Z (1969) - Jacques Perrin; Ahmed Rachedi

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Richard Burton (I)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Peter O'Toole (I)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Dustin Hoffman
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Jon Voight

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Geneviève Bujold
  • Happy Ending, The (1969) - Jean Simmons (I)
  • Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969) - Liza Minnelli
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Jane Fonda

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Anthony Quayle
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Elliott Gould
  • Easy Rider (1969) - Jack Nicholson
  • Reivers, The (1969) - Rupert Crosse

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Dyan Cannon
  • Last Summer (1969) - Catherine Burns (I)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Sylvia Miles
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Susannah York

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Alice's Restaurant (1969) - Arthur Penn
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - George Roy Hill
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Sydney Pollack
  • Z (1969) - Costa-Gavras (I)

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - John Hale (I); Bridget Boland (I); Richard Sokolove
  • Goodbye, Columbus (1969) - Arnold Schulman
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - James Poe (I); Robert E. Thompson
  • Z (1969) - Jorge Semprún; Costa-Gavras (I)

  • Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Paul Mazursky; Larry Tucker
  • Caduta degli dei, La (1969) - Nicola Badalucco (screenplay/story); Enrico Medioli (screenplay); Luchino Visconti (screenplay)
  • Easy Rider (1969) - Peter Fonda (I); Dennis Hopper; Terry Southern
  • Wild Bunch, The (1969) - Walon Green (screenplay/story); Roy N. Sickner (story); Sam Peckinpah (screenplay)

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Arthur Ibbetson
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Charles Lang (I)
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Harry Stradling Sr.
  • Marooned (1969) - Daniel L. Fapp

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Maurice Carter (I); Lionel Couch; Patrick McLoughlin
  • Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Robert F. Boyle; George B. Chan; Edward G. Boyle; Carl Biddiscombe
  • Sweet Charity (1969) - Alexander Golitzen; George C. Webb; Jack D. Moore
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Harry Horner; Frank R. McKelvy

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Ray Aghayan
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969) - Irene Sharaff
  • Sweet Charity (1969) - Edith Head
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Donfeld

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - John Aldred
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - William Edmondson (I); David Dockendorf
  • Gaily, Gaily (1969) - Robert Martin (IV); Clem Portman
  • Marooned (1969) - Les Fresholtz; Arthur Piantadosi

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969) - William Reynolds (II)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Hugh A. Robertson
  • Secret of Santa Vittoria, The (1969) - William A. Lyon; Earle Herdan
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Fredric Steinkamp

  • Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) - Eugène Lourié; Alex Weldon

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Happy Ending, The (1969) - Michel Legrand (I) (music); Alan Bergman (I) (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
    - For the song "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?"
  • Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (1969) - Rod McKuen
    - For the song "Jean"
  • Sterile Cuckoo, The (1969) - Fred Karlin (music); Dory Previn (lyrics)
    - For the song "Come Saturday Morning"
  • True Grit (1969) - Elmer Bernstein (music); Don Black (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "True Grit"

  • Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation)
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Leslie Bricusse; John Williams (I)
  • Paint Your Wagon (1969) - Nelson Riddle
  • Sweet Charity (1969) - Cy Coleman
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Johnny Green (I); Albert Woodbury

  • Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Georges Delerue
  • Reivers, The (1969) - John Williams (I)
  • Secret of Santa Vittoria, The (1969) - Ernest Gold
  • Wild Bunch, The (1969) - Jerry Fielding

  • Best Short Subject, Cartoons
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • En marchant (1969) - Ryan Larkin
  • Of Men and Demons (1969) - John Hubley; Faith Hubley

  • Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Blake (1969) - Douglas Jackson (I)
  • People Soup (1969) - Marc Merson

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer, An (1969) - Donald Wrye
  • Jenny Is a Good Thing (1969) - Joan Horvath (I)
  • Leo Beuerman (1969) - Arthur H. Wolf; Russell A. Mosser
  • Magic Machines, The (1969) - Joan Keller Stern

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Before the Mountain Was Moved (1970) - Robert K. Sharpe
  • In the Year of the Pig (1968) - Emile de Antonio
  • Olimpiada en México (1969) - Film Section of the Organizing Committee for the XIX Olympic Games
  • Wolf Men, The (1969) - Irwin Rosten

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bitka na Neretvi (1969)
    - Yugoslavia
  • Bratya Karamazovy (1969)
    - Soviet Union
  • Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)
    - France
  • Ådalen '31 (1969)
    - Sweden

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Cary Grant
      - For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues.

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • Hazeltine Corp.
      - For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.
    • Juan De la Cierva; Dyna-Sciences Corp.
      - For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.
    • Fouad Said
      - For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Panavision, Inc.
      - For the design and development of the Panaspeed Motion Picture Camera Motor.
    • Robert M. Flynn (Universal City Studios, Inc.); Russell Hessy (Universal City Studios, Inc.)
      - For a machine-gun modification for motion picture photography.
    • Fenton Hamilton (MGM Studios)
      - For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting.
    • Otto Popelka (Magna-Tech Electronics Co., Inc.)
      - For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.