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1974 (47th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1974 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Best Picture

Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers.

Best Actor

Winner markerArt Carney in Harry and Tonto, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Actress

Winner markerEllen Burstyn in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerRobert De Niro in The Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner markerIngrid Bergman in Murder on the Orient Express, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK, USA)

Directing

Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Francis Ford Coppola.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Art direction by Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham; set decoration by George R. Nelson.

Cinematography

Winner markerThe Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen Production; 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc.

Costume Design

Winner markerThe Great Gatsby, David Merrick Production; Paramount. Theoni V. Aldredge.

Documentary

(Feature)

Winner markerHearts and Minds, Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation. Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers.

(Short Subject)

Winner markerDon’t, R.A. Films. Robin Lehman, Producer.

Film Editing

Winner markerThe Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen Production; 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress.

Foreign Language Film

Winner markerAmarcord, F.C. (Rome) - P.E.C.F. (Paris) Production; New World Pictures. (Italy, France)

Music

(Original Dramatic Score)

Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola.

(Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)

Winner markerThe Great Gatsby, David Merrick Production; Paramount. Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle.

(Song)

Winner markerWe May Never Love Like This Again from The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen Production; 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. Music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn.

Short Films

(Animated)

Winner markerClosed Mondays, Lighthouse Productions. Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers.

(Live Action)

Winner markerOne-Eyed Men Are Kings, C.A.P.A.C. Productions (Paris). (France) Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers.

Sound

Winner markerEarthquake, Universal-Mark Robson-Filmakers Group Production; Universal. Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.

Special Achievement Award

(Visual Effects)

Winner markerEarthquake, Universal-Mark Robson-Filmakers Group Production; Universal. Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock.

Writing

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerChinatown, Robert Evans Production; Paramount. Robert Towne.

(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)

Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzzo.

Honorary Award

Winner markerTo Howard Hawks—A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo 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. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Winner markerArthur B. Krim

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

Winner markerTo Joseph D. Kelly of 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.
Winner markerTo The Burbank Studios Sound Department for the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
Winner markerTo Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department for the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation.
Winner markerTo 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.
Winner markerTo Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard and the Universal City Studios Sound Department for the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation.

(Class III)

Winner markerTo The Elemack Company, Rome, Italy, for the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly.
Winner markerTo Louis Ami of Universal City Studios for the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures.