Academy Awards®
Awards for 1974
Picture
Robert Evans - Producer, CHINATOWN
Francis Ford Coppola - Producer, Fred Roos - Co-producer, THE CONVERSATION
* Francis Ford Coppola - Producer, Fred Roos - Co-producer, Gray Frederickson - Co-producer, THE GODFATHER PART II
Marvin Worth - Producer, LENNY
Irwin Allen - Producer, THE TOWERING INFERNO
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
Supporting Actor
Fred Astaire, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Jeff Bridges, THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
* Robert De Niro, THE GODFATHER PART II
Michael V. Gazzo, THE GODFATHER PART II
Lee Strasberg, THE GODFATHER PART II
Supporting Actress
* 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
Director
John Cassavetes, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
* Francis Ford Coppola, THE GODFATHER PART II
Bob Fosse, LENNY
Roman Polanski, CHINATOWN
François Truffaut, DAY FOR NIGHT
Writing - Original Screenplay
(formerly Story and Screenplay (Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced))
Robert Getchell, ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
* Robert Towne, CHINATOWN
Francis Ford Coppola, THE CONVERSATION
François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman, DAY FOR NIGHT
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld, HARRY AND TONTO
Writing - Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
(formerly Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium))
Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd, THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ
* Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, THE GODFATHER PART II
Julian Barry, LENNY
Paul Dehn, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Foreign Film
* AMARCORD
(Italy)
CATS' PLAY
(Hungary)
THE DELUGE
(Poland)
LACOMBE, LUCIEN
(France)
THE TRUCE
(Argentina)
Art Direction
Richard Sylbert - Art Direction, W. Stewart Campbell - Art Direction, Ruby Levitt - Set Decoration, CHINATOWN
Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction, Preston Ames - Art Direction, Frank McKelvy - Set Decoration, EARTHQUAKE
* Dean Tavoularis - Art Direction, Angelo Graham - Art Direction, George R. Nelson - Set Decoration, THE GODFATHER PART II
Peter Ellenshaw - Art Direction, John B. Mansbridge - Art Direction, Walter Tyler - Art Direction, Al Roelofs - Art Direction, Hal Gausman - Set Decoration, THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
William Creber - Art Direction, Ward Preston - Art Direction, Raphael Bretton - Set Decoration, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo, CHINATOWN
Philip Lathrop, EARTHQUAKE
Bruce Surtees, LENNY
Geoffrey Unsworth, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
* Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Costume Design
Anthea Sylbert, CHINATOWN
John Furness, DAISY MILLER
Theadora Van Runkle, THE GODFATHER PART II
* Theoni V. Aldredge, THE GREAT GATSBY
Tony Walton, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Documentary Feature
Judy Collins - Producer, Jill Godmilow - Producer, ANTONIA: A PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN
Herbert Kline - Producer, THE CHALLENGE - A TRIBUTE TO MODERN ART
Jacquot Ehrlich - Producer, David Bergman - Producer, Haim Gouri - Producer, THE 81ST BLOW
* Peter Davis - Producer, Bert Schneider - Producer, HEARTS AND MINDS
Natalie R. Jones - Producer, Eugene S. Jones - Producer, THE WILD AND THE BRAVE
Documentary Short Subject
(formerly Short Story)
Francis Thompson - Producer, CITY OUT OF WILDERNESS
* Robin Lehman - Producer, DON'T
Jon Boorstin - Producer, EXPLORATORIUM
Dewitt Jones - Producer, Lesley Foster - Producer, JOHN MUIR'S HIGH SIERRA
Ronald S. Kass - Producer, Mervyn Lloyd - Producer, NAKED YOGA
Film Editing
John C. Howard, Danford Greene, BLAZING SADDLES
Sam O'Steen, CHINATOWN
Dorothy Spencer, EARTHQUAKE
Michael Luciano, THE LONGEST YARD
* Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Music - Original Dramatic Score
Jerry Goldsmith, CHINATOWN
* Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola, THE GODFATHER PART II
Richard Rodney Bennett, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Alex North, SHANKS
John Williams, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Music - Scoring: Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
* Nelson Riddle, THE GREAT GATSBY
Alan Jay Lerner - Song Score, Frederick Loewe - Song Score, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley, THE LITTLE PRINCE
Paul Williams - Song Score, George Aliceson Tipton, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
Music - Song
Euel Box - Music, Betty Box - Lyrics, BENJI
"Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"
John Morris - Music, Mel Brooks - Lyrics, BLAZING SADDLES
"Blazing Saddles"
Frederick Loewe - Music, Alan Jay Lerner - Lyrics, THE LITTLE PRINCE
"Little Prince"
* Al Kasha - Music & Lyrics, Joel Hirschhorn - Music & Lyrics, THE TOWERING INFERNO
"We May Never Love Like This Again"
Elmer Bernstein - Music, Don Black - Lyrics, GOLD
"Wherever Love Takes Me"
Short Films - Animated Films
(formerly Short Subjects - Animated Films)
* Will Vinton - Producer, Bob Gardiner - Producer, CLOSED MONDAYS
Yvon Mallette - Producer, Robert Verrall - Producer, THE FAMILY THAT DWELT APART
Peter Foldes - Producer, Rene Jodoin - Producer, HUNGER
John Hubley - Producer, Faith Hubley - Producer, VOYAGE TO NEXT
Wolfgang Reitherman - Producer, WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO
Short Films - Live Action Films
(formerly Short Subjects - Live Action Films)
Dewitt Jones - Producer, CLIMB
Julian Chagrin - Producer, Claude Chagrin - Producer, THE CONCERT
* Paul Claudon - Producer, Edmond Sechan - Producer, ONE-EYED MEN ARE KINGS
George V. Casey - Producer, PLANET OCEAN
Andrew Welsh - Producer, George Pastic - Producer, THE VIOLIN
Sound
Bud Grenzbach, Lawrence Jost, CHINATOWN
Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester, THE CONVERSATION
* Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., EARTHQUAKE
Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis, THE TOWERING INFERNO
Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Sound Effects
This award discontinued 1968-1981.
Special Visual Effects
No award given for 1974. See Special Achievement Awards 1974.
Special Achievement
* Frank Brendel - Visual Effects, Glen Robinson - Visual Effects, Albert Whitlock - Visual Effects, EARTHQUAKE
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1974.
Class II (Plaque)
* Joseph D. Kelly (Glen Glenn Sound)
For the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production.
* Burbank Studios Sound Department, For the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
* Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department, For the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
* Quad-Eight Sound Corporation, For the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by the Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department.
* Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard, Universal City Studio Sound Department, For the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.
Class III (Citation)
* Elemack Company of Rome, Italy, For the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.
* Louis Ami (Universal City Studios)
For the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Howard Hawks, A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema. Winner presented a Statuette.
* Jean Renoir, A genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1974.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Arthur B. Krim,