<<< The 47th Academy Awards | 1975 >>>
Best Picture
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
Chinatown
Robert Evans, Producer
The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Co-Producer
Lenny
Marvin Worth, Producer
The Towering Inferno
Irwin Allen, Producer
Directing
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
Chinatown
Roman Polanski
Day for Night
Francois Truffaut
Lenny
Bob Fosse
A Woman under the Influence
John Cassavetes
Actor
Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
Albert Finney
Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman
Lenny
Jack Nicholson
Chinatown
Al Pacino
The Godfather Part II
Actress
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll
Claudine
Faye Dunaway
Chinatown
Valerie Perrine
Lenny
Gena Rowlands
A Woman under the Influence
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert De Niro
The Godfather Part II
Fred Astaire
The Towering Inferno
Jeff Bridges
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Michael V. Gazzo
The Godfather Part II
Lee Strasberg
The Godfather Part II
Actress in a Supporting Role
Ingrid Bergman
Murder on the Orient Express
Valentina Cortese
Day for Night
Madeline Kahn
Blazing Saddles
Diane Ladd
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Talia Shire
The Godfather Part II
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Chinatown
Robert Towne
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Robert Getchell
The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola
Day for Night
Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
Harry and Tonto
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; Adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd
Lenny
Julian Barry
Murder on the Orient Express
Paul Dehn
Young Frankenstein
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
Film Editing
The Towering Inferno
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Blazing Saddles
John C. Howard, Danford Greene
Chinatown
Sam O'Steen
Earthquake
Dorothy Spencer
The Longest Yard
Michael Luciano
Cinematography
The Towering Inferno
Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
Chinatown
John A. Alonzo
Earthquake
Philip Lathrop
Lenny
Bruce Surtees
Murder on the Orient Express
Geoffrey Unsworth
Art Direction
The Godfather Part II
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Chinatown
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
Earthquake
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
The Island at the Top of the World
Art Direction: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
The Towering Inferno
Art Direction: William Creber, Ward Preston; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
Theoni V. Aldredge
Chinatown
Anthea Sylbert
Daisy Miller
John Furness
The Godfather Part II
Theadora Van Runkle
Murder on the Orient Express
Tony Walton
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Earthquake
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
The Godfather Part II
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
Chinatown
Jerry Goldsmith
Murder on the Orient Express
Richard Rodney Bennett
Shanks
Alex North
The Towering Inferno
John Williams
Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
The Great Gatsby
Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
The Little Prince
Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
Phantom of the Paradise
Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
Music (Song)
The Towering Inferno
We May Never Love Like This Again in "The Towering Inferno" Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Benji
Benji's Theme (I Feel Love) in "Benji" Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box
Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles in "Blazing Saddles" Music by John Morris; Lyrics by Mel Brooks
The Little Prince
Little Prince in "The Little Prince" Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Gold
Wherever Love Takes Me in "Gold" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
Sound
Earthquake
Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
Chinatown
Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost
The Conversation
Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester
The Towering Inferno
Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
Young Frankenstein
Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
Foreign Language Film
Amarcord
Italy
Cats' Play
Hungary
The Deluge
Poland
Lacombe, Lucien
France
The Truce
Argentina
Documentary (Feature)
Hearts and Minds
Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers
The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art
Herbert Kline, Producer
The 81st Blow
Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers
The Wild and the Brave
Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Don't
Robin Lehman, Producer
City Out of Wilderness
Francis Thompson, Producer
Exploratorium
Jon Boorstin, Producer
John Muir's High Sierra
Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, Producers
Naked Yoga
Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, Producers
Short Film (Live Action)
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers
Climb
Dewitt Jones, Producer
The Concert
Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers
Planet Ocean
George V. Casey, Producer
The Violin
Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Closed Mondays
Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers
The Family That Dwelt Apart
Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, Producers
Hunger
Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, Producers
Voyage to Next
Faith Hubley and John Hubley, Producers
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Wolfgang Reitherman, Producer
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Arthur B. Krim