47th Academy Awards (1975)
Highlights of 47th Academy Awards ceremony
The 47th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1974.
The award ceremony was held on 8th April 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Anchor(s) - Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
The Godfather: Part II won the Best Picture award.
Art Carney won the Best Actor award for his role in Harry and Tonto.
Ellen Burstyn won the Best Actess award for her role in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
Francis Ford Coppola won the Best Director award for The Godfather: Part II.
- WINNER
Best Picture
The Godfather - Part II
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
Best Director
The Godfather - Part II
- Francis Ford Coppola
Chinatown
- Roman Polanski
Day for Night
- Francois Truffaut
Lenny
- Bob Fosse
A Woman Under the Influence
- John Cassavetes
Best Original Screenplay
Chinatown
- Robert Towne
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Robert Getchell
The Conversation
- Francis Ford Coppola
Day for Night
- Francois Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Louis Richard
Harry and Tonto
- Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Godfather - Part II
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- Mordecai Richler, Lionel Chetwynd
Lenny
- Julian Barry
Murder on the Orient Express
- Paul Dehn
Young Frankenstein
- Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Harry and Tonto
- Art Carney
Chinatown
- Jack Nicholson
The Godfather - Part II
- Al Pacino
Lenny
- Dustin Hoffman
Murder on the Orient Express
- Albert Finney
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Ellen Burstyn
Chinatown
- Faye Dunaway
Claudine
- Diahann Carroll
Lenny
- Valerie Perrine
A Woman Under the Influence
- Gena Rowlands
Best Supporting Actor
The Godfather - Part II
- Robert De Niro
The Godfather - Part II
- Michael V. Gazzo
The Godfather - Part II
- Lee Strasberg
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Jeff Bridges
The Towering Inferno
- Fred Astaire
Best Supporting Actress
Murder on the Orient Express
- Ingrid Bergman
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Diane Ladd
Blazing Saddles
- Madeline Kahn
Day for Night
- Valentina Cortese
The Godfather - Part II
- Talia Shire
Best Art Direction
The Godfather - Part II
- Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson
Best Cinematography
The Towering Inferno
- Joseph F. Boric, Fred J. Koenekamp
Best Original Song
The Towering Inferno
- Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
for "We May Never Love Like This Again"
Best Original Score
The Godfather - Part II
- Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
Best Sound Mixing
Earthquake
- Richard Pierce, Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
- Theoni V. Aldredge
Best Animated Short Film
Closed Mondays
Hunger
Best Documentary Feature
Hearts and Minds
Best Documentary Short Subject
Don't
Best Foreign Language Film
Amarcord
Best Live Action Short Film
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
Best Film Editing
The Towering Inferno
- Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
The Great Gatsby
- Nelson Riddle