Academy Awards®
Awards for 1970


Picture
Ross Hunter - Producer, AIRPORT
Bob Rafelson - Producer, Richard Wechsler - Producer, FIVE EASY PIECES
Howard G. Minsky - Producer, LOVE STORY
Ingo Preminger - Producer, M*A*S*H
* Frank McCarthy - Producer, PATTON
Won seven Awards.

Actor
Melvyn Douglas, I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER
James Earl Jones, THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
Jack Nicholson, FIVE EASY PIECES
Ryan O'Neal, LOVE STORY
* George C. Scott, PATTON

Actress
Jane Alexander, THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
* Glenda Jackson, WOMEN IN LOVE
Ali MacGraw, LOVE STORY
Carrie Snodgress, DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE
Sarah Miles, RYAN'S DAUGHTER

Supporting Actor
Richard Castellano, LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
Chief Dan George, LITTLE BIG MAN
Gene Hackman, I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER
John Marley, LOVE STORY
* Sir John Mills, RYAN'S DAUGHTER

Supporting Actress
Karen Black, FIVE EASY PIECES
Lee Grant, THE LANDLORD
* Helen Hayes, AIRPORT
Sally Kellerman, M*A*S*H
Maureen Stapleton, AIRPORT


Director
Robert Altman, M*A*S*H
Federico Fellini, FELLINI SATYRICON
Arthur Hiller, LOVE STORY
Ken Russell, WOMEN IN LOVE
* Franklin J. Schaffner, PATTON

Writing - Story and Screenplay (Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced)
(formerly Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced)
Bob Rafelson, Adrien Joyce, FIVE EASY PIECES
Norman Wexler, JOE
Erich Segal, LOVE STORY
Eric Rohmer, MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
* Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, PATTON

Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
George Seaton, AIRPORT
Robert Anderson, I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER
Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman, LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
* Ring Lardner, Jr., M*A*S*H
Larry Kramer, WOMEN IN LOVE

Foreign Film
FIRST LOVE
(Switzerland)
HOA-BINH
(France)
* INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
(Italy)
PAIX SUR LES CHAMPS
(Belgium)
TRISTANA
(Spain)

Art Direction
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, Preston Ames - Art Direction, Jack D. Moore - Set Decoration, Mickey S. Michaels - Set Decoration, AIRPORT
Tambi Larsen - Art Direction, Darrell Silvera - Set Decoration, THE MOLLY MAGUIRES
* Urie McCleary - Art Direction, Gil Parrondo - Art Direction, Antonio Mateos - Set Decoration, Pierre-Louis Thevenet - Set Decoration, PATTON
Terry Marsh - Art Direction, Bob Cartwright - Art Direction, Pamela Cornell - Set Decoration, SCROOGE
Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction, Yoshiro Muraki - Art Direction, Richard Day - Art Direction, Taizoh Kawashima - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott - Set Decoration, Norman Rockett - Set Decoration, Carl Biddiscombe - Set Decoration, TORA! TORA! TORA!

Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo, AIRPORT
Fred J. Koenekamp, PATTON
* Freddie Young, RYAN'S DAUGHTER
Charles F. Wheeler, Osami Furuya, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh, TORA! TORA! TORA!
Billy Williams, WOMEN IN LOVE

Costume Design
Edith Head, AIRPORT
* Nino Novarese, CROMWELL
Donald Brooks, Jack Bear, DARLING LILI
Bill Thomas, THE HAWAIIANS
Margaret Furse, SCROOGE

Documentary Feature
Dr. Harald Reinl - Producer, CHARIOTS OF THE GODS?
Jim Jacobs - Producer, JACK JOHNSON
Ely Landau - Producer, KING: A FILMED RECORD… MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
David H. Vowell - Producer, SAY GOODBYE
* Bob Maurice - Producer, WOODSTOCK

Documentary Short Subject
Robert McBride - Producer, THE GIFTS
* Joseph Strick - Producer, INTERVIEWS WITH MY LAI VETERANS
Robert Aller - Producer, A LONG WAY FROM NOWHERE
Vivien Carey - Producer, Patrick Carey - Producer, OISIN
Horst Dallmayr - Producer, Robert Menegoz - Producer, TIME IS RUNNING OUT

Film Editing
Stuart Gilmore, AIRPORT
Danford B. Greene, M*A*S*H
* Hugh S. Fowler, PATTON
James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya, TORA! TORA! TORA!
Thelma Schoonmaker, WOODSTOCK

Music - Original Score
(formerly Original Score (For a Motion Picture Not a Musical))
Alfred Newman, AIRPORT
Frank Cordell, CROMWELL
* Francis Lai, LOVE STORY
Jerry Goldsmith, PATTON
Henry Mancini, SUNFLOWER

Music - Original Song Score
(formerly Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation))
Fred Karlin, Tylwyth Kymry, THE BABY MAKER
Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, Vince Guaraldi, A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN
Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, DARLING LILI
* The Beatles, LET IT BE
Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer, SCROOGE

Music - Song (Original to the Picture)
* Fred Karlin - Music, Robb Royer - Lyrics, James Griffin - Lyrics, LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
"For All We Know"
Robb Royer is also known as Robb Wilson and James Griffin is also known as Arthur James.
Michel Legrand - Music, Alan Bergman - Lyrics, Marilyn Bergman - Lyrics, PIECES OF DREAMS
"Pieces of Dreams"
Leslie Bricusse - Music & Lyrics, SCROOGE
"Thank You Very Much"
Riz Ortolani - Music, Arthur Hamilton - Lyrics, MADRON
"Till Love Touches Your Life"
Henry Mancini - Music, Johnny Mercer - Lyrics, DARLING LILI
"Whistling Away the Dark"

Short Subjects - Cartoons
Robert Mitchell - Producer, Dale Case - Producer, THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF UNCLE SAM: PART TWO
* Nick Bosustow - Producer, IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT?
Cameron Guess - Producer, THE SHEPHERD

Short Subjects - Live Action Subjects
* John Longenecker - Producer, THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY
Robert Siegler - Producer, SHUT UP...I'M CRYING
John Hancock - Producer, STICKY MY FINGERS…FLEET MY FEET

Sound
Ronald Pierce, David Moriarty, AIRPORT
* Douglas Williams, Don Bassman, PATTON
Gordon K. McCallum, John Bramall, RYAN'S DAUGHTER
Murray Spivack, Herman Lewis, TORA! TORA! TORA!
Dan Wallin, Larry Johnson, WOODSTOCK

Sound Effects
This award discontinued 1968-1981.

Special Visual Effects
Alex Weldon, PATTON
* A.D. Flowers, L.B. Abbott, TORA! TORA! TORA!

Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1970.

Class II (Plaque)
* Leonard Sokolow (Consolidated Film Industries)
Edward H. Reichard (Consolidated Film Industries)
For the concept and engineering of the Color Proofing Printer for motion pictures.

Class III (Citation)
* Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
For the development and introduction of a series of compact tungsten halogen lamps for motion picture production.
* B.J. Losmandy (Photo Research Division of Kollmorgen Corporation)
For the concept, design and application of micro-miniature solid state amplifier modules used in motion picture recording equipment.
* Eastman Kodak Company, Photo Electronics Corporation, For the design and engineering of an improved video color analyzer for motion picture laboratories.
* Electro Sound Incorporated, For the design and introduction of the Series 8000 Sound System for motion picture theatres.

Honorary and Other Awards
* Lillian Gish, For superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Orson Welles, For superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures. Winner presented a Statuette.

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Ingmar Bergman,
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Frank Sinatra,