1964 (37th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1964. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Hal B. Wallis, Producer.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Stanley Kubrick, Producer.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Jack L. Warner, Producer.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Michael Cacoyannis, Producer.
Best Actor
Richard Burton in Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA)
Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady, Warner Bros.
Peter O’Toole in Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA)
Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA)
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)
Best Actress
Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.
Anne Bancroft in The Pumpkin Eater, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Royal Films International. (UK)
Sophia Loren in Marriage Italian Style, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France)
Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Richard Attenborough-Bryan Forbes Productions; Artixo Productions, Ltd. (UK)
Actor in a Supporting Role
John Gielgud in Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA)
Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady, Warner Bros.
Edmond O’Brien in Seven Days in May, Joel Productions; Paramount.
Lee Tracy in The Best Man, Millar-Turman Production; United Artists.
Peter Ustinov in Topkapi, Filmways Production; United Artists.
Actress in a Supporting Role
Gladys Cooper in My Fair Lady, Warner Bros.
Dame Edith Evans in The Chalk Garden, Quota Rentals, Ltd.-Ross Hunter Production; Universal. (UK, USA)
Grayson Hall in The Night of the Iguana, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Lila Kedrova in Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA)
Agnes Moorehead in Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Directing
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Peter Glenville.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Stanley Kubrick.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Robert Stevenson.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. George Cukor.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Michael Cacoyannis.
Art Direction-Set Decoration
(Black-and-White)
The Americanization of Emily, Martin Ransohoff Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by George W. Davis, Hans Peters and Elliot Scott; set decoration by Henry Grace and Robert R. Benton.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by William Glasgow; set decoration by Raphael Bretton.
The Night of the Iguana, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Stephen Grimes.
Seven Days in May, Joel Productions; Paramount. Art direction by Cary Odell; set decoration by Edward G. Boyle.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Vassilis Fotopoulos.
(Color)
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Art direction by John Bryan and Maurice Carter; set decoration by Patrick McLoughlin and Robert Cartwright.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Art direction by Carroll Clark and William H. Tuntke; set decoration by Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Art direction by Gene Allen and Cecil Beaton; set decoration by George James Hopkins.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by George W. Davis and Preston Ames; set decoration by Henry Grace and Hugh Hunt.
What a Way to Go!, Apjac-Orchard Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Jack Martin Smith and Ted Haworth; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss.
Cinematography
(Black-and-White)
The Americanization of Emily, Martin Ransohoff Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Philip H. Lathrop.
Fate Is the Hunter, Arcola Pictures Production; 20th Century-Fox. Milton Krasner.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Joseph Biroc.
The Night of the Iguana, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gabriel Figueroa.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Walter Lassally.
(Color)
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Geoffrey Unsworth.
Cheyenne Autumn, John Ford-Bernard Smith Production; Warner Bros. William H. Clothier.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Edward Colman.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Harry Stradling.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Daniel L. Fapp.
Costume Design
(Black-and-White)
A House Is Not a Home, Clarence Greene-Russell Rouse Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Edith Head.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Norma Koch.
Kisses for My President, Pearlayne Production; Warner Bros. Howard Shoup.
The Night of the Iguana, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dorothy Jeakins.
The Visit, Cinecitta-Dear Film-Les Films du Siecle-P.E.C.S. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Italy, France, West Germany, USA) Rene Hubert.
(Color)
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Margaret Furse.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Tony Walton.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Cecil Beaton.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Morton Haack.
Documentary
(Feature)
The Finest Hours, Le Vien Films, Ltd.; Columbia. (UK) Jack Le Vien, Producer.
Four Days in November, David L. Wolper Productions; United Artists. Mel Stuart, Producer.
The Human Dutch, Haanstra Filmproductie. (Netherlands) Bert Haanstra, Producer.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s World Without Sun, Filmad-Les Requins Associes-Orsay-CEIAP; Columbia. (France, Italy) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.
Over There, 1914-18, Zodiac Productions; Pathe Contemporary Films. (France) Jean Aurel, Producer.
(Short Subject)
Breaking the Habit, American Cancer Society; Modern Talking Picture Service. Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers.
Children Without, Guggenheim Productions; National Education Association. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.
Kenojuak, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)
Nine from Little Rock, Guggenheim Productions; United States Information Agency. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.
140 Days Under the World, New Zealand National Film Unit; Rank Film Distributors of New Zealand. (New Zealand) Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers.
Film Editing
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Anne Coates.
Father Goose, Universal-Granox Production; Universal. Ted J. Kent.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Michael Luciano.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Cotton Warburton.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. William Ziegler.
Foreign Language Film
Raven’s End, AB Europa Film. (Sweden)
Sallah, Sallah Film, Ltd. Production. (Israel)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany)
Woman in the Dunes, Teshigahara Production; Pathe Contemporary Films. (Japan)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production. (Italy, France)
Music
(Music Score—substantially original)
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Laurence Rosenthal.
The Fall of the Roman Empire, Bronston-Roma Production; Paramount. Dimitri Tiomkin.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Frank DeVol.
The Pink Panther, Mirisch-G-E Production; United Artists. Henry Mancini.
(Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment)
A Hard Day’s Night, Walter Shenson Production; United Artists. (UK) George Martin.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Irwin Kostal.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Andre Previn.
Robin and the 7 Hoods, P-C Production; Warner Bros. Nelson Riddle.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson and Leo Shuken.
(Song)
Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Dear Heart from Dear Heart, W.B.-The Out-of-Towners Company Production; Warner Bros. Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte from Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music by Frank DeVol; lyrics by Mack David.
My Kind of Town from Robin and the 7 Hoods, P-C Production; Warner Bros. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
Where Love Has Gone from Where Love Has Gone, Paramount-Embassy Pictures Production; Paramount. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
Short Subjects
(Cartoons)
Christmas Cracker, National Film Board of Canada; Favorite Films of California. (Canada)
How to Avoid Friendship, Rembrandt Films; Film Representations, Inc. [Self-Help Series] William L. Snyder, Producer.
Nudnik #2, Rembrandt Films; Film Representations, Inc. [Nudnik Series] William L. Snyder, Producer.
The Pink Phink, Mirisch-Geoffrey Productions; United Artists. [Pink Panther Series] David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers.
(Live Action)
Casals Conducts: 1964, Thalia Films; Beckman Film Corporation. Edward Schreiber, Producer.
Help! My Snowman’s Burning Down, Carson Davidson Productions; Pathe Contemporary Films. Carson Davidson, Producer.
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes, Robert Clouse Associates; Topaz Film Corporation. Robert Clouse, Producer.
Sound
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director.
Father Goose, Universal-Granox Production; Universal. Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Marten Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director.
Sound Effects
Goldfinger, Eon Productions Ltd.; United Artists. (UK) Norman Wanstall.
The Lively Set, Universal. Robert L. Bratton.
Special Visual Effects
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske.
7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Galaxy-Scarus Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jim Danforth.
Writing
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Edward Anhalt.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Alan Jay Lerner.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Michael Cacoyannis.
(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Father Goose, Universal-Granox Production; Universal. Story by S. H. Barnett; screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff.
A Hard Day’s Night, Walter Shenson Production; United Artists. (UK) Alun Owen.
One Potato, Two Potato, Bawalco Picture Production; Cinema V Distributing. Story by Orville H. Hampton; screenplay by Raphael Hayes and Orville H. Hampton.
The Organizer, Lux-Vides-Mediterranee Cinema Production; Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing. (Italy, France, Yugoslavia) Age, Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli.
That Man from Rio, Ariane-Les Artistes Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (France, Italy) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe De Broca.
Honorary Award
(Makeup)
To William Tuttle for his outstanding makeup achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. [ [Statuette]]
Scientific or Technical Award
(Class I)
To Petro Vlahos, Wadsworth E. Pohl and Ub Iwerks for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.
(Class II)
To Sidney P. Solow, Edward H. Reichard, Carl W. Hauge and Job Sanderson of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer.
To Pierre Angenieux for the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography.
(Class III)
To Milton Forman, Richard B. Glickman and Daniel J. Pearlman of Colortran Industries for advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps.
To Stewart Filmscreen Corporation for a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Traveling Matte Color Cinematography.
To Anthony Paglia and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department for an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures.
To Edward H. Reichard and Carl W. Hauge of Consolidated Film Industries for the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers.
To Edward H. Reichard, Leonard L. Sokolow and Carl W. Hauge of Consolidated Film Industries for the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white film.
To Nelson Tyler for the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System.