Best Picture

• Darling, Joseph Janni, producer
• Doctor Zhivago, Carlo Ponti, producer
• Ship of Fools, Stanley Kramer, producer
• The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, producer
• A Thousand Clowns, Fred Coe, producer

Best Actor

• Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
• Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
• Laurence Olivier, Othello
• Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker
• Oskar Werner, Ship of Fools

Best Actress

• Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
• Julie Christie, Darling
• Samantha Eggar, The Collector
• Elizabeth Hartman, A Patch of Blue
• Simone Signoret, Ship of Fools

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns
• Ian Bannen, The Flight of the Phoenix
• Tom Courtenay, Doctor Zhivago
• Michael Dunn, Ship of Fools
• Frank Finlay, Othello

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover
• Joyce Redman, Othello
• Maggie Smith, Othello
• Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
• Peggy Wood, The Sound of Music

Directing

• David Lean, Doctor Zhivago
• John Schlesinger, Darling
• Hiroshi Teshigahara, Woman in the Dunes
• Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
• William Wyler, The Collector

Writing

• Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium
  • Robert Bolt, Doctor Zhivago
  • Herb Gardner, A Thousand Clowns
  • Abby Mann, Ship of Fools
  • Stanley Mann and John Kohn, The Collector
  • Walter Newman and Frank R. Pierson, Cat Ballou
• Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  • Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Casanova 70
  • Franklin Coen and Frank Davis, The Train
  • Jack Davies and Ken Annakin, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  • Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Frederic Raphael, Darling

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Robert Burks, A Patch of Blue
  • Loyal Griggs, In Harm's Way
  • Burnett Guffey, King Rat
  • Conrad Hall, Morituri
  • Ernest Laszlo, Ship of Fools
• Color
  • Russell Harlan, The Great Race
  • Ted McCord, The Sound of Music
  • William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs, The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Leon Shamroy, The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Freddie Young, Doctor Zhivago

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Robert Clatworthy, art direction; Joseph Kish, set decoration, Ship of Fools
  • George W. Davis and Urie McCleary, art direction; Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson, set decoration, A Patch of Blue
  • Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Edward Marshall, art direction; Josie MacAvin, set decoration, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
  • Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin, art direction; Robert Benton and Joseph Kish, set decoration, The Slender Thread
  • Robert Emmet Smith, art direction; Frank Tuttle, set decoration, King Rat
• Color
  • John Box and Terry Marsh, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, Doctor Zhivago
  • Robert Clatworthy, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Inside Daisy Clover
  • Richard Day, William Creber and David Hall, art direction; Ray Moyer, Fred MacLean and Norman Rockett, set decoration, The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Boris Leven, art direction; Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt, set decoration, The Sound of Music

Sound

• MGM British Studio Sound Dept. and MGM Studio Sound Dept., Doctor Zhivago
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., The Agony and the Ecstasy
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept. and Todd-AO Sound Dept., The Sound of Music
• Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Shenandoah
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., The Great Race

Music

• Song
  • "The Ballad of Cat Ballou", Cat Ballou, Jerry Livingston, music; Mack David, lyrics
  • "I Will Wait for You", The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Michel Legrand, music; Jacques Demy, lyrics
  • "The Shadow of Your Smile", The Sandpiper, Johnny Mandel, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
  • "The Sweetheart Tree", The Great Race, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
  • "What's New, Pussycat?", What's New, Pussycat?, Burt Bacharach, music; Hal David, lyrics
• Musical Score, Substantially Original
  • Jerry Goldsmith, A Patch of Blue
  • Maurice Jarre, Doctor Zhivago
  • Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Alfred Newman, The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Alex North, The Agony and the Ecstasy
• Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
  • DeVol, Cat Ballou
  • Irwin Kostal, The Sound of Music
  • Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage, The Pleasure Seekers
  • Don Walker, A Thousand Clowns

Film Editing

• Michael Luciano, The Flight of the Phoenix
• Charles Nelson, Cat Ballou
• William Reynolds, The Sound of Music
• Norman Savage, Doctor Zhivago
• Ralph E. Winters, The Great Race

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Julie Harris, Darling
  • Edith Head, The Slender Thread
  • Moss Mabry, Morituri
  • Howard Shoup, A Rage to Live
  • Bill Thomas and Jean Louis, Ship of Fools
• Color
  • Phyllis Dalton, Doctor Zhivago
  • Edith Head and Bill Thomas, Inside Daisy Clover
  • Dorothy Jeakins, The Sound of Music
  • Vittorio Nino Novarese, The Agony and the Ecstasy
  • Vittorio Nino Novarese and Marjorie Best, The Greatest Story Ever Told

Special Visual Effects

• J. McMillan Johnson, The Greatest Story Ever Told
• John Stears, Thunderball

Sound Effects Editing

• Tregoweth Brown, The Great Race
• Walter A. Rossi, Von Ryan's Express

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Clay or the Origin of Species (Harvard University; Pathé Contemporary Films)
  • The Dot and the Line (Chuck Jones and Les Goldman, producers; MGM)
  • The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) (Giulio Gianni-Emanuele Luzzati; Allied Artists)
• Live Action
  • The Chicken (Le Poulet) (Renn Productions; Pathé Contemporary Films)
  • Fortress of Peace (Lothar Wolff Productions for Farner-Looser Films; Cinerama)
  • Skaterdater (Byway Productions; United Artists)
  • Snow (British Transport Films in association with Geoffrey Jones, Ltd.; Manson Distributing)
  • Time Piece (Muppets, Inc.; Pathé Contemporary Films)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Mural on Our Street (Henry Street Settlement; Pathé Contemporary Films)
  • Ouverture (Mafilm Studios Production; Hungarofilm-Pathé Contemporary Films)
  • Point of View (Vision Associates Production; National Tuberculosis Association)
  • To Be Alive! (Francis Thompson, producer; Johnson Wax)
  • Yeats Country (Patrick Carey and Joe Mendoza, producers; Aengus Films for the Dept. of External Affairs of Ireland)
• Feature
  • The Battle of the Bulge . . .The Brave Rifles (Laurence E. Mascott, producer; Mascott Productions)
  • The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (Sidney Glazier Production; American International)
  • The Forth Road Bridge (Random Film Productions; Shell-Mex and B.P. Film Library)
  • Let My People Go (Marshall Flaum, producer; David L. Wolper Productions)
  • To Die in Madrid (Ancinex Productions; Altura Films International)

Foreign Language Film

• Blood on the Land, Greece
• Dear John, Sweden
• Kwaidan, Japan
• Marriage Italian Style, Italy
• The Shop on Main Street, Czechoslovakia

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• William Wyler

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Edmond L. DePatie

Honorary Award

• To Bob Hope for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy

Facts:

• Winners Announced: April 18, 1966
• Held at: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
• Host: Bob Hope
• Eligibility Year: 1965