12th Academy Awards (1940)
Highlights of 12th Academy Awards ceremony
The 12th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1939.
The award ceremony was held on 29th February 1940.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Gone with the Wind
- David O. Selznick
Best Director
Gone with the Wind
- Victor Fleming
Best Original Screenplay
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Lewis R. Foster
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone with the Wind
- Sidney Howard
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Robert Donat
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Gone with the Wind
- Vivien Leigh
Best Supporting Actor
Stagecoach
- Thomas Mitchell
Best Supporting Actress
Gone with the Wind
- Hattie McDaniel
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
David O. Selznick
Juvenile Academy Award
Judy Garland