Search

Academy Awards

39th edition

  • April 10, 1967
  • United States

The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann - as producer(s) Winner
Alfie Lewis Gilbert - as producer(s)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Norman Jewison - as producer(s)
The Sand Pebbles Robert Wise - as producer(s)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ernest Lehman - as producer(s)
Best Director
A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann Winner
Blow-Up Michelangelo Antonioni
A Man and a Woman Claude Lelouch
The Professionals Richard Brooks
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mike Nichols
Best Actor in a Leading Role
A Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield Winner
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Alan Arkin
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard Burton
Alfie Michael Caine
The Sand Pebbles Steve McQueen
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor Winner
A Man and a Woman Anouk Aimée
The Shop on Main Street Ida Kamińska
Georgy Girl Lynn Redgrave
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment Vanessa Redgrave
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Fortune Cookie Walter Matthau Winner
The Sand Pebbles Mako
Georgy Girl James Mason
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Segal
A Man for All Seasons Robert Shaw
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sandy Dennis Winner
A Man for All Seasons Wendy Hiller
Hawaii Jocelyne LaGarde
Alfie Vivien Merchant
You're a Big Boy Now Geraldine Page
Best Original Screenplay
A Man and a Woman Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven Winner
Blow-Up Michelangelo Antonioni, Edward Bond, Tonino Guerra
The Fortune Cookie Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Khartoum Robert Ardrey
The Naked Prey Clint Johnston, Don Peters
Best Adapted Screenplay
A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Winner
Alfie Bill Naughton
The Professionals Richard Brooks
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! William Rose
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ernest Lehman
Best International Feature Film
A Man and a Woman Winner
The Battle of Algiers
Loves of a Blonde
Pharaoh
Three
Best Documentary Feature Film
The War Game Winner
The Face of Genius
Helicopter Canada
The Really Big Family
The Forbidden Volcano
Best Original Score
Born Free Edmond A. Levy, John Barry Winner
The Bible: In the Beginning... Toshiro Mayuzumi
Hawaii Elmer Bernstein
The Sand Pebbles Jerry Goldsmith
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Alex North
Best Cinematography (Black and White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Haskell Wexler Winner
The Fortune Cookie Joseph LaShelle
Georgy Girl Kenneth Higgins
Is Paris Burning? Marcel Grignon
Seconds James Wong Howe
Best Cinematography (Color)
A Man for All Seasons Ted Moore Winner
Fantastic Voyage Ernest Laszlo
Hawaii Russell Harlan
The Professionals Conrad Hall
The Sand Pebbles Joseph MacDonald
Scoring of a Musical Picture - Original or Adaptation
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Ken Thorne Winner
The Gospel According to Matthew Luis Bacalov
Return of the Seven Elmer Bernstein
The Singing Nun Harry Sukman
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off Al Ham
Best Film Editing
Grand Prix Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo Winner
Fantastic Voyage William B. Murphy
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
The Sand Pebbles William H. Reynolds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sam O'Steen
Best Sound
Grand Prix Franklin Milton Winner
Gambit Waldon O. Watson
Hawaii Gordon E. Sawyer
The Sand Pebbles James Corcoran
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Groves
Best Original Song
Born Free John Barry, Don Black - "Born Free" Winner
Alfie Burt Bacharach, Hal David - "Alfie"
Georgy Girl Tom Springfield, Jim Dale - "Georgy Girl"
Hawaii Elmer Bernstein, Mack David - "My Wishing Doll"
An American Dream Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster - "A Time for Love"
Best Sound Editing
Grand Prix Gordon Daniel Winner
Fantastic Voyage Walter Rossi
Best Production Design (Black and White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins Winner
The Fortune Cookie Robert Luthardt, Edward G. Boyle
The Gospel According to Matthew Luigi Scaccianoce
Is Paris Burning? Willy Holt, Marc Frédérix, Pierre Guffroy
Mister Buddwing George Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Best Production Design (Color)
Fantastic Voyage Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss Winner
Gambit Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb, John P. Austin, John McCarthy Jr.
Juliet of the Spirits Piero Gherardi
The Oscar Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan, Robert R. Benton, James W. Payne
The Sand Pebbles Boris Leven, Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan
Best Costume Design (Black and White)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Irene Sharaff Winner
The Gospel According to Matthew Danilo Donati
The Mandrake Danilo Donati
Mister Buddwing Helen Rose
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment Jocelyn Rickards
Best Costume Design (Color)
A Man for All Seasons Joan Bridge, Elizabeth Haffenden Winner
Gambit Jean Louis
Hawaii Dorothy Jeakins
Juliet of the Spirits Piero Gherardi
The Oscar Edith Head
Best Special Effects
Fantastic Voyage Art Cruickshank Winner
Hawaii Linwood G. Dunn
Honorary Award
Y. Frank Freeman - for unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood. Winner
Yakima Canutt - for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere. Winner
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Bagnall Winner
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Robert Wise Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • A Man for All Seasons 6
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5
  • Grand Prix 3
  • Born Free 2
  • Fantastic Voyage 2
  • A Man and a Woman 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 13
  • A Man for All Seasons 8
  • The Sand Pebbles 8
  • Hawaii 7
  • Alfie 5
  • Fantastic Voyage 5
  • The Fortune Cookie 4
  • Georgy Girl 4
  • A Man and a Woman 4
  • The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 4
  • Gambit 3
  • The Gospel According to Matthew 3
  • Grand Prix 3
  • The Professionals 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5 / 13
  • The Sand Pebbles 0 / 8
  • Hawaii 0 / 7
  • Alfie 0 / 5
  • Georgy Girl 0 / 4
  • The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! 0 / 4
  • Fantastic Voyage 2 / 5
  • The Fortune Cookie 1 / 4
  • Gambit 0 / 3
  • The Gospel According to Matthew 0 / 3
  • The Professionals 0 / 3
  • A Man for All Seasons 6 / 8
  • A Man and a Woman 2 / 4

Only one nomination

21 movies:
  • An American Dream
  • The Battle of Algiers
  • The Bible: In the Beginning...
  • The Face of Genius
  • The Forbidden Volcano
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Helicopter Canada
  • Khartoum
  • Loves of a Blonde
  • The Mandrake
  • The Naked Prey
  • Pharaoh
  • The Really Big Family
  • Return of the Seven
  • Seconds
  • The Shop on Main Street
  • The Singing Nun
  • Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
  • Three
  • The War Game
  • You're a Big Boy Now

Updated at