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Academy Awards, USA 1976

Event held on 29 March 1976 in Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Oscar

Best Picture

Won

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas

Nominated

Barry Lyndon (1975), Stanley Kubrick

Nominated

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand

Nominated

Jaws (1975), Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

Nominated

Nashville (1975), Robert Altman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Won

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Jack Nicholson

Nominated

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Al Pacino

Nominated

Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975), James Whitmore

Nominated

The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Maximilian Schell

Nominated

The Sunshine Boys (1975), Walter Matthau

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Won

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Louise Fletcher

Nominated

Hedda (1975), Glenda Jackson

Nominated

Hester Street (1975), Carol Kane

Nominated

The Story of Adele H (1975), Isabelle Adjani

Nominated

Tommy (1975), Ann-Margret

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Won

The Sunshine Boys (1975), George Burns

Nominated

The Day of the Locust (1975), Burgess Meredith

Nominated

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Chris Sarandon

Nominated

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Brad Dourif

Nominated

Shampoo (1975), Jack Warden

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Won

Shampoo (1975), Lee Grant

Nominated

Farewell, My Lovely (1975), Sylvia Miles

Nominated

Once Is Not Enough (1975), Brenda Vaccaro

Nominated

Nashville (1975), Ronee Blakley

Nominated

Nashville (1975), Lily Tomlin

Best Director

Won

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Milos Forman

Nominated

Amarcord (1973), Federico Fellini

Nominated

Barry Lyndon (1975), Stanley Kubrick

Nominated

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Sidney Lumet

Nominated

Nashville (1975), Robert Altman

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Won

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Frank Pierson

Nominated

Amarcord (1973), Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra

Nominated

Lies My Father Told Me (1975), Ted Allan

Nominated

Shampoo (1975), Robert Towne, Warren Beatty

Nominated

And Now My Love (1974), Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven

Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

Won

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman

Nominated

Barry Lyndon (1975), Stanley Kubrick

Nominated

The Man Who Would Be King (1975), John Huston, Gladys Hill

Nominated

Scent of a Woman (1974), Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi

Nominated

The Sunshine Boys (1975), Neil Simon

Best Cinematography

Won

Barry Lyndon (1975), John Alcott

Nominated

The Day of the Locust (1975), Conrad L. Hall

Nominated

Funny Lady (1975), James Wong Howe

Nominated

The Hindenburg (1975), Robert Surtees

Nominated

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Won

Barry Lyndon (1975), Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon

Nominated

The Hindenburg (1975), Edward C. Carfagno, Frank R. McKelvy

Nominated

The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James

Nominated

Shampoo (1975), Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell, George Gaines

Nominated

The Sunshine Boys (1975), Albert Brenner, Marvin March

Best Costume Design

Won

Barry Lyndon (1975), Ulla-Britt Söderlund, Milena Canonero

Nominated

The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky

Nominated

Funny Lady (1975), Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie

Nominated

The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Edith Head

Nominated

The Magic Flute (1975), Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine

Best Sound

Won

Jaws (1975), Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, John R. Carter

Nominated

Bite the Bullet (1975), Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, Al Overton Jr.

Nominated

Funny Lady (1975), Richard Portman, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell, Jack Solomon

Nominated

The Hindenburg (1975), Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr., John L. Mack, Don Sharpless

Nominated

The Wind and the Lion (1975), Harry W. Tetrick, Aaron Rochin, William L. McCaughey, Roy Charman

Best Film Editing

Won

Jaws (1975), Verna Fields

Nominated

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Dede Allen

Nominated

The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Russell Lloyd

Nominated

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn

Nominated

Three Days of the Condor (1975), Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice

Best Music, Original Song

Won

Nashville (1975), Keith Carradine

Nominated

Funny Lady (1975), Fred Ebb, John Kander

Nominated

Mahogany (1975), Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin

Nominated

The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel

Nominated

Whiffs (1975), George Barrie, Sammy Cahn

Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

Won

Barry Lyndon (1975), Leonard Rosenman

Nominated

Funny Lady (1975), Peter Matz

Nominated

Tommy (1975), Pete Townshend

Best Music, Original Score

Won

Jaws (1975), John Williams

Nominated

Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1974), Gerald Fried

Nominated

Bite the Bullet (1975), Alex North

Nominated

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Jack Nitzsche

Nominated

The Wind and the Lion (1975), Jerry Goldsmith

Best Short Film, Animated

Won

Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975), Bob Godfrey

Nominated

Kick Me (1975), Robert Swarthe

Nominated

Monsieur Pointu (1976), Bernard Longpré, André Leduc

Nominated

Sisyphus (1974), Marcell Jankovics

Best Short Film, Live Action

Won

Angel and Big Joe (1975), Bert Salzman

Nominated

Conquest of Light (1975), Louis Marcus

Nominated

Dawn Flight (1976), Larry Lansburgh, Brian Lansburgh

Nominated

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo (1975), Barry J. Spinello

Nominated

Doubletalk (1975), Alan Beattie

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Won

The End of the Game (1975), Claire Wilbur, Robin Lehman

Nominated

Arthur and Lillie (1975), Jon Else, Steven Kovacs, Kristine Samuelson

Nominated

Millions of Years Ahead of Man (1975), Manfred Baier

Nominated

Probes in Space (1975), George Casey

Nominated

Whistling Smith (1975), Barrie Howells, Michael Scott

Best Documentary, Features

Won

The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975), F.R. Crawley, James Hager, Dale Hartleben

Nominated

The California Reich (1975), Walter F. Parkes, Keith Critchlow

Nominated

Fighting for Our Lives (1975), Glen Pearcy

Nominated

The Incredible Machine (1975), Irwin Rosten

Nominated

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975), Shirley MacLaine

Best Foreign Language Film

Won

Deruzu uzâra (1975)

Nominated

Actas de Marusia (1976)

Nominated

Scent of a Woman (1974)

Nominated

Sandakan 8 (1974)

Nominated

The Promised Land (1975)

Special Achievement Award

Won

The Hindenburg (1975), Peter Berkos

Honorary Award

Won

Mary Pickford

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Won

Mervyn LeRoy

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Won

Jules C. Stein

Academy Award of Merit

Won

Scientific and Engineering Award

Won

Technical Achievement Award

Won

Lawrence W. Butler, Roger Banks

Won

John Dolan, Richard Dubois

Won

Joseph Westheimer

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