Academy Awards®
Awards for 1969
Picture
Hal B. Wallis - Producer, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
John Foreman - Producer, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Ernest Lehman - Producer, HELLO, DOLLY!
* Jerome Hellman - Producer, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Jacques Perrin - Producer, Hamed Rachedi - Producer, Z
Actor
Richard Burton, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Dustin Hoffman, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Peter O'Toole, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Jon Voight, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
* John Wayne, TRUE GRIT
Actress
Geneviève Bujold, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Jane Fonda, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Liza Minnelli, THE STERILE CUCKOO
Jean Simmons, THE HAPPY ENDING
* Dame Maggie Smith, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Supporting Actor
Rupert Crosse, THE REIVERS
Elliott Gould, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Jack Nicholson, EASY RIDER
Sir Anthony Quayle, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
* Gig Young, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Supporting Actress
Catherine Burns, LAST SUMMER
Dyan Cannon, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
* Goldie Hawn, CACTUS FLOWER
Sylvia Miles, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Susannah York, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Director
Costa-Gavras, Z
George Roy Hill, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Arthur Penn, ALICE'S RESTAURANT
Sydney Pollack, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
* John Schlesinger, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Writing - Story and Screenplay (Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced)
(formerly Written Directly For The Screen)
Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
* William Goldman, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, THE DAMNED
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern, EASY RIDER
Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah, THE WILD BUNCH
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
John Hale, Bridget Boland, Richard Sokolove, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Arnold Schulman, GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
* Waldo Salt, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
James Poe, Robert E. Thompson, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprun, Z
Foreign Film
ADALEN 31
(Sweden)
THE BATTLE OF NERETVA
(Yugoslavia)
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
(U.S.S.R.)
MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
(France)
* Z
(Algeria)
Art Direction
Maurice Carter - Art Direction, Lionel Couch - Art Direction, Patrick McLoughlin - Set Decoration, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Robert Boyle - Art Direction, George B. Chan - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration, Carl Biddiscombe - Set Decoration, GAILY, GAILY
* John DeCuir - Art Direction, Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction, Herman Blumenthal - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, George James Hopkins - Set Decoration, Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration, HELLO, DOLLY!
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, George C. Webb - Art Direction, Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration, SWEET CHARITY
Harry Horner - Art Direction, Frank McKelvy - Set Decoration, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Cinematography
Arthur Ibbetson, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Charles B. Lang, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
* Conrad L. Hall, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Harry Stradling, Sr., HELLO, DOLLY!
Daniel L. Fapp, MAROONED
Costume Design
* Margaret Furse, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
Ray Aghayan, GAILY, GAILY
Irene Sharaff, HELLO, DOLLY!
Edith Head, SWEET CHARITY
Donfeld, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Documentary Feature
* Bernard Chevry - Producer, ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN—THE LOVE OF LIFE
Robert K. Sharpe - Producer, BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED
Emile de Antonio - Producer, IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
Film Section of the Organizing Committee for the XIX Olympic Games, THE OLYMPICS IN MEXICO
Irwin Rosten - Producer, THE WOLF MEN
Documentary Short Subject
* Denis Sanders - Producer, Robert M. Fresco - Producer, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
Donald Wrye - Producer, AN IMPRESSION OF JOHN STEINBECK: WRITER
Joan Horvath - Producer, JENNY IS A GOOD THING
Arthur H. Wolf - Producer, Russell A. Mosser - Producer, LEO BEUERMAN
Joan Keller Stern - Producer, THE MAGIC MACHINES
Film Editing
William H. Reynolds, HELLO, DOLLY!
Hugh A. Robertson, MIDNIGHT COWBOY
William Lyon, Earle Herdan, THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
Fredric Steinkamp, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
* Françoise Bonnot, Z
Music - Original Score (For a Motion Picture Not a Musical)
Georges Delerue, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
* Burt Bacharach, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
John Williams, THE REIVERS
Ernest Gold, THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
Jerry Fielding, THE WILD BUNCH
Music - Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation)
John Williams, Leslie Bricusse, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
Nelson Riddle, PAINT YOUR WAGON
* Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman, HELLO, DOLLY!
Cy Coleman, SWEET CHARITY
John Green, Albert Woodbury, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Music - Song (Original to the Picture)
Fred Karlin - Music, Dory Previn - Lyrics, THE STERILE CUCKOO
"Come Saturday Morning"
Rod McKuen - Music & Lyrics, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
"Jean"
* Burt Bacharach - Music, Hal David - Lyrics, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Elmer Bernstein - Music, Don Black - Lyrics, TRUE GRIT
"True Grit"
Michel Legrand - Music, Alan Bergman - Lyrics, Marilyn Bergman - Lyrics, THE HAPPY ENDING
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Animated Short
* Ward Kimball - Producer, IT'S TOUGH TO BE A BIRD
John Hubley - Producer, Faith Hubley - Producer, OF MEN AND DEMONS
Ryan Larkin - Producer, WALKING
Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
Doug Jackson - Producer, BLAKE
* Joan Keller Stern - Producer, THE MAGIC MACHINES
Marc Merson - Producer, PEOPLE SOUP
Sound
John Alfred, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
William Edmundson, David Dockendorf, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Robert Martin, Clem Portman, GAILY, GAILY
* Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack, HELLO, DOLLY!
Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi, MAROONED
Sound Effects
This award discontinued 1968-1981.
Special Visual Effects
Eugène Lourié
Alex Weldon, KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA
* Robbie Robertson, MAROONED
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1969.
Class II (Plaque)
* Hazeltine Corporation, For the design and development of the Hazeltine Color Film Analyzer.
* Fouad Said, For the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production.
* Juan De La Cierva, Dynasciences Corporation, For the design and development of the Dynalens optical image motion compensator.
Class III (Citation)
* Otto Popelka (Magna-Tech Electronics Company Inc.)
For the development of an Electronically Controlled Looping System.
* Fenton Hamilton (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios)
For the concept and engineering of a mobile battery power unit for location lighting.
* Panavision Incorporated, 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.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Cary Grant, For his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1969.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* George Jessel,