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1968 (41st Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1968. TheWinner marker&origin=noms-by-year symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Ray Stark, Producer.
The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Martin Poll, Producer.
Winner markerOliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) John Woolf, Producer.
Rachel, Rachel, Kayos Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Paul Newman, Producer.
Romeo and Juliet, B.H.E. Film-Verona Production-Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (UK, Italy) Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers.

Best Actor

Alan Arkin in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Alan Bates in The Fixer, John Frankenheimer-Edward Lewis Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK)
Ron Moody in Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)
Peter O’Toole in The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA)
Winner markerCliff Robertson in Charly, American Broadcasting Companies-Selmur Pictures Production; Cinerama.

Best Actress

Winner markerKatharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA)
Patricia Neal in The Subject Was Roses, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Vanessa Redgrave in Isadora, Robert and Raymond Hakim-Universal, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK, France)
Winner markerBarbra Streisand in Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia.
Joanne Woodward in Rachel, Rachel, Kayos Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerJack Albertson in The Subject Was Roses, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Seymour Cassel in Faces, John Cassavetes Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing.
Daniel Massey in Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Jack Wild in Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)
Gene Wilder in The Producers, Sidney Glazier Production; Avco Embassy.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Lynn Carlin in Faces, John Cassavetes Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing.
Winner markerRuth Gordon in Rosemary’s Baby, William Castle Enterprises Production; Paramount.
Sondra Locke in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Kay Medford in Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia.
Estelle Parsons in Rachel, Rachel, Kayos Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

Directing

The Battle of Algiers, Igor Film-Casbah Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy, Algeria) Gillo Pontecorvo.
The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Anthony Harvey.
Winner markerOliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Carol Reed.
Romeo and Juliet, B.H.E. Film-Verona Production-Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (UK, Italy) Franco Zeffirelli.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Winner markerOliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Art direction by John Box and Terence Marsh; set decoration by Vernon Dixon and Ken Muggleston.
The Shoes of the Fisherman, George Englund Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno.
Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Walter M. Scott and Howard Bristol.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Tony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernie Archer.
War and Peace, Mosfilm Studios Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (Soviet Union) Art direction by Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Myasnikov; set decoration by G. Koshelev and V. Uvarov.

Cinematography

Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Harry Stradling.
Ice Station Zebra, Filmways Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Daniel L. Fapp.
Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Oswald Morris.
Winner markerRomeo and Juliet, B.H.E. Film-Verona Production-Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (UK, Italy) Pasqualino De Santis.
Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. Ernest Laszlo.

Costume Design

The Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Margaret Furse.
Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Phyllis Dalton.
Planet of the Apes, Apjac Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Morton Haack.
Winner markerRomeo and Juliet, B.H.E. Film-Verona Production-Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (UK, Italy) Danilo Donati.
Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. Donald Brooks.

Documentary

(Feature)

A Few Notes on Our Food Problem, United States Information Agency. James Blue, Producer.
Winner markerJourney into Self, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute. Bill McGaw, Producer.
The Legendary Champions, Turn of the Century Flights. William Cayton, Producer.
Other Voices, DHS Films. David H. Sawyer, Producer.
Young Americans, The Young Americans Production. Robert Cohn and Alex Grasshoff, Producers. [Declared ineligible; see note below.]
NOTE: At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.

(Short Subject)

The House That Ananda Built, Films Division, Government of India. (India) Fali Bilimoria, Producer.
The Revolving Door, Vision Associates Production for The American Foundation Institute of Corrections. Lee R. Bobker, Producer.
A Space to Grow, Office of Economic Opportunity for Project Upward Bound. Thomas P. Kelly, Jr., Producer.
A Way out of the Wilderness, John Sutherland Productions. Dan E. Weisburd, Producer.
Winner markerWhy Man Creates, Saul Bass & Associates. Saul Bass, Producer.

Film Editing

Winner markerBullitt, Solar Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Frank P. Keller.
Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe and William Sands.
The Odd Couple, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount. Frank Bracht.
Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Ralph Kemplen.
Wild in the Streets, American International Pictures. Fred Feitshans and Eve Newman.

Foreign Language Film

The Boys of Paul Street, Bohgros Films-Mafilm Studio I Production. (Hungary, USA)
The Firemen’s Ball, Barrandov Film Studios Production. (Czechoslovakia, Italy)
The Girl with the Pistol, Documento Film Production. (Italy)
Stolen Kisses, Les Films du Carrosse-Les Productions Artistes Associes Production. (France)
Winner markerWar and Peace, Mosfilm Studios Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (Soviet Union)

Music

(Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical])

The Fox, Raymond Stross-Motion Pictures International Production; Claridge Pictures. (Canada) Lalo Schifrin.
Winner markerThe Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) John Barry.
Planet of the Apes, Apjac Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Jerry Goldsmith.
The Shoes of the Fisherman, George Englund Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alex North.
The Thomas Crown Affair, Mirisch-Simkoe-Solar Production; United Artists. Michel Legrand.

(Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation)

Finian’s Rainbow, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf.
Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Adaptation score by Walter Scharf.
Winner markerOliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Adaptation score by John Green.
Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton.
The Young Girls of Rochefort, Mag Bodard-Gilbert de Goldschmidt-Parc Film-Madeleine Films Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. (France) Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy.

(Song [Original for the Picture])

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Warfield Productions, Ltd.; United Artists. (UK, USA) Music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
For Love of Ivy from For Love of Ivy, American Broadcasting Companies-Palomar Pictures International Production; Cinerama. Music by Quincy Jones; lyrics by Bob Russell.
Funny Girl from Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill.
Star! from Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
Winner markerThe Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair, Mirisch-Simkoe-Solar Production; United Artists. Music by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

The House That Jack Built, National Film Board of Canada; Columbia. (Canada) Wolf Koenig and Jim MacKay, Producers.
The Magic Pear Tree, Murakami-Wolf Films; Bing Crosby Productions. Jimmy Murakami, Producer.
Windy Day, Hubley Studios; Paramount. John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers.
Winner markerWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Walt Disney, Producer.

(Live Action)

The Dove, Coe-Davis Limited; Schoenfeld Film Distributing Corporation. George Coe, Sidney Davis and Anthony Lover, Producers.
Duo, National Film Board of Canada; Columbia. (Canada)
Prelude, The Prelude Company; Excelsior Distributing. John Astin, Producer.
Winner markerRobert Kennedy Remembered, Guggenheim Productions; National General Pictures. Charles Guggenheim, Producer.

Sound

Bullitt, Solar Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department.
Finian’s Rainbow, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department.
Funny Girl, Rastar Productions; Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department.
Winner markerOliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Shepperton Studio Sound Department.
Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department.

Special Visual Effects

Ice Station Zebra, Filmways Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Hal Millar and J. McMillan Johnson.
Winner marker2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.

Writing

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerThe Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) James Goldman.
The Odd Couple, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount. Neil Simon.
Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Vernon Harris.
Rachel, Rachel, Kayos Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Stewart Stern.
Rosemary’s Baby, William Castle Enterprises Production; Paramount. Roman Polanski.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

The Battle of Algiers, Igor Film-Casbah Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy, Algeria) Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo.
Faces, John Cassavetes Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. John Cassavetes.
Hot Millions, Mildred Freed Alberg Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Ira Wallach and Peter Ustinov.
Winner markerThe Producers, Sidney Glazier Production; Avco Embassy. Mel Brooks.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.

Honorary Award

Winner markerTo Onna White for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver!. [ [Statuette]]

(Makeup)

Winner markerTo John Chambers for his outstanding makeup achievement for Planet of the Apes. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Winner markerMartha Raye

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

Winner markerTo Philip V. Palmquist of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., to Dr. Herbert Meyer of the Motion Picture and Television Research Center, and to Charles D. Staffell of the Rank Organization for the development of a successful embodiment of the reflex background projection system for composite cinematography.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for the development and introduction of a color reversal intermediate film for motion pictures.

(Class II)

Winner markerTo Donald W. Norwood for the design and development of the Norwood Photographic Exposure Meters.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company and Producers Service Company for the development of a new high-speed step-optical reduction printer.
Winner markerTo Edmund M. DiGiulio, Niels G. Petersen and Norman S. Hughes of the Cinema Product Development Company for the design and application of a conversion which makes available the reflex viewing system for motion picture cameras.
Winner markerTo Optical Coating Laboratories, Inc. for the development of an improved anti-reflection coating for photographic and projection lens systems.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for the introduction of a new high speed motion picture color negative film.
Winner markerTo Panavision, Incorporated, for the conception, design and introduction of a 65mm hand-held motion picture camera.
Winner markerTo Todd-AO and Mitchell Camera Company for the design and engineering of the Todd-AO hand-held motion picture camera.

(Class III)

Winner markerTo Carl W. Hauge and Edward H. Reichard of Consolidated Film Industries and E. Michael Meahl and Roy J. Ridenour of Ramtronics for engineering an automatic exposure control for printing-machine lamps.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for a new direct positive film and to Consolidated Film Industries for the application of this film to the making of post-production work prints.