Academy Awards®
Awards for 1975
Picture
Stanley Kubrick - Producer, BARRY LYNDON
Martin Bregman - Producer, Martin Elfand - Producer, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Richard D. Zanuck - Producer, David Brown - Producer, JAWS
Robert Altman - Producer, NASHVILLE
* Saul Zaentz - Producer, Michael Douglas - Producer, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Swept every major category.
Actor
Walter Matthau, THE SUNSHINE BOYS
* Jack Nicholson, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Al Pacino, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Maximilian Schell, THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH
James Whitmore, GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY!
Actress
Isabelle Adjani, THE STORY OF ADČLE H
Ann-Margret, TOMMY
* Louise Fletcher, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Glenda Jackson, HEDDA
Carol Kane, HESTER STREET
Supporting Actor
* George Burns, THE SUNSHINE BOYS
Brad Dourif, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Burgess Meredith, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
Chris Sarandon, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Jack Warden, SHAMPOO
Supporting Actress
Ronee Blakley, NASHVILLE
* Lee Grant, SHAMPOO
Sylvia Miles, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
Lily Tomlin, NASHVILLE
Brenda Vaccaro, JACQUELINE SUSANN'S ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
Director
Robert Altman, NASHVILLE
Federico Fellini, AMARCORD
* Miloš Forman, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Stanley Kubrick, BARRY LYNDON
Sidney Lumet, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Writing - Original Screenplay
Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra, AMARCORD
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven, AND NOW MY LOVE
* Frank Pierson, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Ted Allan, LIES MY FATHER TOLD ME
Robert Towne, Warren Beatty, SHAMPOO
Writing - Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
Stanley Kubrick, BARRY LYNDON
John Huston, Gladys Hill, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
* Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi, SCENT OF A WOMAN
Neil Simon, THE SUNSHINE BOYS
Foreign Film
* DERSU UZALA
(U.S.S.R.)
LAND OF PROMISE
(Poland)
LETTERS FROM MARUSIA
(Mexico)
SANDAKAN NO. 8
(Japan)
SCENT OF A WOMAN
(Italy)
Art Direction
* Roy Walker - Art Direction, Ken Adam - Art Direction, Vernon Dixon - Set Decoration, BARRY LYNDON
Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction, Frank McKelvy - Set Decoration, THE HINDENBURG
Alexander Trauner - Art Direction, Tony Inglis - Art Direction, Peter James - Set Decoration, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
Richard Sylbert - Art Direction, W. Stewart Campbell - Art Direction, George Gaines - Set Decoration, SHAMPOO
Albert Brenner - Art Direction, Marvin March - Set Decoration, THE SUNSHINE BOYS
Cinematography
* John Alcott, BARRY LYNDON
Conrad L. Hall, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
James Wong Howe, FUNNY LADY
Robert L. Surtees, THE HINDENBURG
Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Costume Design
* Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero, BARRY LYNDON
Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie, FUNNY LADY
Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine, THE MAGIC FLUTE
Edith Head, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
Documentary Feature
Walter F. Parkes - Producer, Keith F. Critchlow - Producer, THE CALIFORNIA REICH
Glen Pearcy - Producer, FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES
Irwin Rosten - Producer, THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE
* F.R. Crawley - Producer, James Hager - Producer, Dale Hartleben - Producer, THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST
Shirley MacLaine - Producer, THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY: A CHINA MEMOIR
Documentary Short Subject
Jon Else - Producer, Steven Kovacs - Producer, Kristine Samuelson - Producer, ARTHUR AND LILLIE
* Claire Wilbur - Producer, Robin Lehman - Producer, THE END OF THE GAME
Manfred Baier - Producer, MILLIONS OF YEARS AHEAD OF MAN
George V. Casey - Producer, PROBES IN SPACE
Barrie Howells, Michael Scott, WHISTLING SMITH
Film Editing
Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
Dede Allen, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
* Verna Fields, JAWS
Russell Lloyd, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Music - Original Score
(formerly Original Dramatic Score)
Gerald Fried, BIRDS DO IT, BEES DO IT
Alex North, BITE THE BULLET
* John Williams, JAWS
Jack Nitzsche, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Jerry Goldsmith, THE WIND AND THE LION
Music - Scoring: Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
* Leonard Rosenman, BARRY LYNDON
Peter Matz, FUNNY LADY
Peter Townshend, TOMMY
Music - Original Song
(formerly Music - Song)
Fred Ebb - Music & Lyrics, John Kander - Music & Lyrics, FUNNY LADY
"How Lucky Can You Get"
* Keith Carradine - Music & Lyrics, NASHVILLE
"I'm Easy"
George Barrie - Music, Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, WHIFFS
"Now That We're in Love"
Charles Fox - Music, Norman Gimbel - Lyrics, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
"Richard's Window"
Michael Masser - Music, Gerry Goffin - Lyrics, MAHOGANY
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
Short Films - Animated
(formerly Animated Films)
* Bob Godfrey - Producer, GREAT
Robert Swarthe - Producer, KICK ME
Rene Jodoin - Producer, Bernard Longpre - Producer, Andre Leduc - Producer, MONSIEUR POINTU
Marcell Jankovics - Producer, SISYPHUS
Short Films - Live Action
(formerly Live Action Films)
* Bert Salzman - Producer, ANGEL AND BIG JOE
Louis Marcus - Producer, CONQUEST OF LIGHT
Lawrence M. Lansburgh - Producer, Brian Lansburgh - Producer, DAWN FLIGHT
Barry Spinello - Producer, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BONNIE CONSOLO
Alan Beattie - Producer, DOUBLETALK
Sound
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton, Jr., BITE THE BULLET
Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon, FUNNY LADY
Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger, Jr., John Mack, Don K. Sharpless, THE HINDENBURG
* Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter, JAWS
Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William McCaughey, Roy Charman, THE WIND AND THE LION
Sound Effects
This award discontinued 1968-1981.
Special Visual Effects
No award given for 1975. See Special Achievement Awards 1975.
Special Achievement
* Peter Berkos - Sound Effects, THE HINDENBURG
* Albert Whitlock - Visual Effects, Glen Robinson - Visual Effects, THE HINDENBURG
Class I (Statuette)
No award given for 1975.
Class II (Plaque)
* Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories)
For the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion picture photography.
* William F. Miner (Universal City Studios Inc.)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, For the development and engineering of a solid-state, 500 kilowatt, direct-current static rectifier for motion picture lighting.
Class III (Citation)
* Lawrence W. Butler, Roger Banks, For the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion picture production.
* David J. Degenkolb (Deluxe General Inc.)
Fred Scobey (Deluxe General Inc.)
John C. Dolan (Akwaklame Company)
Richard Dubois (Akwaklame Company)
For the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange.
* Joseph Westheimer, For the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion picture films.
* Carter Equipment Company Inc.
Ramtronics, For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
* Hollywood Film Company, For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
* Bell & Howell Company, For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
* Fredrik Schlyter, For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Mary Pickford, In recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Mervyn LeRoy,
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* Jules C. Stein,