Academy Awards®
Awards for 1964
Picture
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, BECKET
Stanley Kubrick - Producer, DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
Walt Disney - Producer, Bill Walsh - Producer, MARY POPPINS
* Jack L. Warner - Producer, MY FAIR LADY
Won eight Awards.
Michael Cacoyannis - Producer, ZORBA THE GREEK
Actor
Richard Burton, BECKET
* Rex Harrison, MY FAIR LADY
Anthony Quinn, ZORBA THE GREEK
Peter O'Toole, BECKET
Peter Sellers, DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
Actress
* Julie Andrews, MARY POPPINS
Anne Bancroft, THE PUMPKIN EATER
Sophia Loren, MARRIAGE ITALIAN-STYLE
Debbie Reynolds, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Kim Stanley, SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
Supporting Actor
Sir John Gielgud, BECKET
Stanley Holloway, MY FAIR LADY
Edmond O'Brien, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
Lee Tracy, THE BEST MAN
* Sir Peter Ustinov, TOPKAPI
Supporting Actress
Gladys Cooper, MY FAIR LADY
Dame Edith Evans, THE CHALK GARDEN
Grayson Hall, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
* Lila Kedrova, ZORBA THE GREEK
Agnes Moorehead, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
Director
Michael Cacoyannis, ZORBA THE GREEK
* George Cukor, MY FAIR LADY
Peter Glenville, BECKET
Stanley Kubrick, DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
Robert Stevenson, MARY POPPINS
Writing - Story and Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
* S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff, FATHER GOOSE
Alun Owen, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
Orville H. Hampton, Raphael Hayes, ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO
Mario Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, THE ORGANIZER
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca, THAT MAN FROM RIO
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
* Edward Anhalt, BECKET
Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern, DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, MARY POPPINS
Alan Jay Lerner, MY FAIR LADY
Michael Cacoyannis, ZORBA THE GREEK
Foreign Film
RAVEN'S END
(Sweden)
SALLAH
(Israel)
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
(France)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES
(Japan)
* YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
(Italy)
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Color
John Bryan - Art Direction, Maurice Carter - Art Direction, Patrick McLoughlin - Set Decoration, Robert Cartwright - Set Decoration, BECKET
Carroll Clark - Art Direction, William H. Tuntke - Art Direction, Emile Kuri - Set Decoration, Hal Gausman - Set Decoration, MARY POPPINS
* Gene Allen - Art Direction, Sir Cecil Beaton - Art Direction, George James Hopkins - Set Decoration, MY FAIR LADY
George W. Davis - Art Direction, Preston Ames - Art Direction, Henry Grace - Set Decoration, Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction, Ted Haworth - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Stuart A. Reiss - Set Decoration, WHAT A WAY TO GO!
Art Direction/Set Decoration - Black & White
George W. Davis - Art Direction, Hans Peters - Art Direction, Elliot Scott - Art Direction, Henry Grace - Set Decoration, Robert R. Benton - Set Decoration, THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY
William Glasgow - Art Direction, Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
Stephen Grimes - Art Direction, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Cary Odell - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
* Vassilis Fotopoulos - Art Direction, ZORBA THE GREEK
Cinematography - Color
Geoffrey Unsworth, BECKET
William H. Clothier, CHEYENNE AUTUMN
Edward Colman, MARY POPPINS
* Harry Stradling, Sr., MY FAIR LADY
Daniel L. Fapp, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Cinematography - Black & White
Philip H. Lathrop, THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY
Milton Krasner, FATE IS THE HUNTER
Joseph Biroc, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
Gabriel Figueroa, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
* Walter Lassally, ZORBA THE GREEK
Costume Design - Color
Margaret Furse, BECKET
Tony Walton, MARY POPPINS
* Sir Cecil Beaton, MY FAIR LADY
Morton Haack, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Edith Head, Moss Mabry, WHAT A WAY TO GO!
Costume Design - Black & White
Edith Head, A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Howard Shoup, KISSES FOR MY PRESIDENT
* Dorothy Jeakins, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Rene Hubert, THE VISIT
Norma Koch, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
Documentary Feature
Jack Le Vien - Producer, THE FINEST HOURS
Mel Stuart - Producer, FOUR DAYS IN NOVEMBER
Bert Haanstra - Producer, THE HUMAN DUTCH
* Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Producer, WORLD WITHOUT SUN
Jean Aurel - Producer, OVER THERE, 1914-18
Documentary Short Subject
Henry Jacobs - Producer, John Korty - Producer, BREAKING THE HABIT
Guggenheim Productions, CHILDREN WITHOUT
National Film Board of Canada, KENOJUAK
* Guggenheim Productions, NINE FROM LITTLE ROCK
Geoffrey Scott - Producer, Oxley Hughan - Producer, 140 DAYS UNDER THE WORLD
Film Editing
Anne V. Coates, BECKET
Ted J. Kent, FATHER GOOSE
Michael Luciano, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
* Cotton Warburton, MARY POPPINS
William Ziegler, MY FAIR LADY
Music - Music Score (Substantially Original)
Laurence Rosenthal, BECKET
Dimitri Tiomkin, THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Frank De Vol, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
* Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, MARY POPPINS
Henry Mancini, THE PINK PANTHER
Music - Scoring of Music (Adaptation or Treatment)
George Martin, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
Irwin Kostal, MARY POPPINS
* Andre Previn, MY FAIR LADY
Nelson Riddle, ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS
Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Song
* Richard M. Sherman - Music & Lyrics, Robert B. Sherman - Music & Lyrics, MARY POPPINS
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Frank De Vol - Music, Mack David - Lyrics, HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE
"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
James Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS
"My Kind of Town"
Henry Mancini - Music, Jay Livingston - Lyrics, Ray Evans - Lyrics, DEAR HEART
"Dear Heart"
James Van Heusen - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, WHERE LOVE HAS GONE
"Where Love Has Gone"
Animated Short
National Film Board of Canada, Favorite Films of California, CHRISTMAS CRACKER
William L. Snyder - Producer, HOW TO AVOID FRIENDSHIP
William L. Snyder - Producer, NUDNIK
* David H. DePatie - Producer, Friz Freleng - Producer, THE PINK PHINK
Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
* Edward Schreiber - Producer, CASALS CONDUCTS: 1964
Carson Davidson - Producer, HELP! MY SNOWMAN'S BURNING DOWN
Robert Clouse - Producer, THE LEGEND OF JIMMY BLUE EYES
Sound
John Cox (Shepperton Studio Sound Department),
BECKET
Waldon O. Watson (Universal City Studio Sound Department),
FATHER GOOSE
Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney Studio Sound Department),
MARY POPPINS
* George R. Groves (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department),
MY FAIR LADY
Franklin E. Milton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department),
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
Sound Effects
* Norman Wanstall, GOLDFINGER
Robert L. Bratton, THE LIVELY SET
Special Visual Effects
* Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, Eustace Lycett, MARY POPPINS
Jim Danforth, 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
Class I (Statuette)
* Petro Vlahos, Wadsworth E. Pohl, Ub Iwerks, For the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.
Class II (Plaque)
* Sidney P. Solow (Consolidated Film Industries)
Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)
Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries)
Job Sanderson (Consolidated Film Industries)
For the design and development of a versatile Automatic 35mm Composite Color Printer.
* Pierre Angenieux, For the development of a ten-to-one Zoom Lens for cinematography.
Class III (Citation)
* Milton Forman (ColorTran Industries)
Richard B. Glickman (ColorTran Industries)
Daniel J. Pearlman (ColorTran Industries)
For advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps.
* Stewart Filmscreen Corporation, For a seamless translucent Blue Screen for Travelling Matte Color Cinematography.
* Anthony Paglia, 20th Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department, For an improved method of producing Explosion Flash Effects for motion pictures.
* Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)
Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries)
For the design of a Proximity Cue Detector and its application to motion picture printers.
* Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)
Leonard L. Sokolow (Consolidated Film Industries)
Carl W. Hauge (Consolidated Film Industries)
For the design and application to motion picture laboratory practice of a Stroboscopic Scene Tester for color and black-and-white films.
* Nelson Tyler, For the design and construction of an improved Helicopter Camera System.
Honorary and Other Awards
* William Tuttle, 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
For his outstanding makeup achievement for 7 FACES OF DR. LAO. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1964.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
No award given for 1964.