38th Academy Awards (1966)
Highlights of 38th Academy Awards ceremony
The 38th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1965.
The award ceremony was held on 18th April 1966 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.
The Sound of Music won the Best Picture award.
Lee Marvin won the Best Actor award for his role in Cat Ballou.
Julie Christie won the Best Actess award for her role in Darling.
Robert Wise won the Best Director award for The Sound of Music.
- WINNER
Best Picture
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Darling
A Thousand Clowns
Ship of Fools
Best Director
The Sound of Music
- Robert Wise
Doctor Zhivago
- David Lean
Darling
- John Schlesinger
The Collector
- William Wyler
Woman in the Dunes
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
Best Original Screenplay
Darling
- Frederic Raphael
Casanova 70
- Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
- Jacques Demy
The Train
- Franklin Coen and Frank Davis
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
- Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
Best Adapted Screenplay
Doctor Zhivago
- Robert Bolt
A Thousand Clowns
- Herb Gardner
Cat Ballou
- Walter Newman, Frank Pierson
Ship of Fools
- Abby Mann
The Collector
- Stanley Mann, John Kohn
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Cat Ballou
- Lee Marvin
Othello
- Laurence Olivier
The Pawnbroker
- Rod Steiger
Ship of Fools
- Oskar Werner
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Richard Burton
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Darling
- Julie Christie
The Sound of Music
- Julie Andrews
A Patch of Blue
- Elizabeth Hartman
Ship of Fools
- Simone Signoret
The Collector
- Samantha Eggar
Best Supporting Actor
A Thousand Clowns
- Martin Balsam
Othello
- Frank Finlay
Doctor Zhivago
- Tom Courtenay
Ship of Fools
- Michael Dunn
The Flight of the Phoenix
- Ian Bannen
Best Supporting Actress
A Patch of Blue
- Shelley Winters
Inside Daisy Clover
- Ruth Gordon
Othello
- Maggie Smith
The Sound of Music
- Peggy Wood
Othello
- Joyce Redman
Best Original Song
The Sandpiper
- Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
for "The Shadow of Your Smile"
Cat Ballou
- Johnny Livingston, Mack David
for "The Ballad of Cat Ballou"
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
- Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
for "I Will Wait for You"
The Great Race
- Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
for "The Sweetheart Tree"
What's New Pussycat?
- Burt Bacharach, Hal David
for "What's New Pussycat"
Best Original Score
Doctor Zhivago
- Maurice Jarre
A Patch of Blue
- Jerry Goldsmith
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
- Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Alex North
The Greatest Story Ever Told
- Alfred Newman
Best Sound Mixing
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Shenandoah
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Great Race
Best Visual Effects
Thunderball
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Best Animated Short Film
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Best Documentary Feature
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Best Documentary Short Subject
To Be Alive!
Best Foreign Language Film
Obchod na korze
Kwaidan
Kare John
Matrimonio all'italiana
Blood on the Land
Academy Honorary Award
Bob Hope
for "Unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy"
Best Live Action Short Film
The Chicken
Best Film Editing
The Sound of Music
Cat Ballou
Doctor Zhivago
The Great Race
The Flight of the Phoenix
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Edmond L. DePatie
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
The Sound of Music
- Irwin Kostal
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
- Michel Legrand
Cat Ballou
- Frank De Vol
A Thousand Clowns
- Don Walker
The Pleasure Seekers
- Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
Best Cinematography, Color
Doctor Zhivago
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Great Race
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Sound of Music
Best Cinematography, Black & White
Ship of Fools
A Patch of Blue
In Harm's Way
King Rat
Morituri
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Doctor Zhivago
- John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni
The Agony and the Ecstasy
- John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Dario Simoni
The Greatest Story Ever Told
- Richard Day, William J Creber, David S Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred M MacLean, Norman Rockett
Inside Daisy Clover
- Robert Clatworthy, George James Hopkins
The Sound of Music
- Boris Leven, Walter M Scott, Ruby R Levitt
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black & White
Ship of Fools
- Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish
King Rat
- Robert Emmet Smith, Frank Tuttle
A Patch of Blue
- George W Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S Thompson
The Slender Thread
- Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Robert R Benton, Joseph Kish
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Ted Marshall, Josie MacAvin
Best Costume Design, Color
Doctor Zhivago
Inside Daisy Clover
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Sound of Music
Best Costume Design, Black & White
Darling
A Rage to Live
Ship of Fools
Morituri
The Slender Thread