1972 Academy Awards

1.
Honorary Award
1972
2.
Oscar
1972
Walter Matthau
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Kotch (1971)
Nominated  
3.
Oscar
1972
Gene Hackman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Won  
4.
Oscar
1972
George C. Scott
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Hospital (1971)
Nominated  
5.
Oscar
1972
Peter Finch
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated  
6.
Oscar
1972
Roy Scheider
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated  
7.
Oscar
1972
Ben Johnson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Won  
8.
Oscar
1972
Jeff Bridges
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated  
9.
Oscar
1972
Vanessa Redgrave
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated  
10.
Oscar
1972
Julie Christie
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated  
11.
Oscar
1972
Jane Fonda
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Klute (1971)
Won  
12.
Oscar
1972
Cloris Leachman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Won  
13.
Oscar
1972
Ann Margret
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated  
14.
Oscar
1972
Ellen Burstyn
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated  
15.
Oscar
1972
William Friedkin
Best Director
Won  
16.
Oscar
1972
Stanley Kubrick
Best Director
Nominated  
17.
Oscar
1972
Peter Bogdanovich
Best Director
Nominated  
18.
Oscar
1972
Isaac Hayes
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
Shaft (1971)
Nominated  
19.
Oscar
1972
Isaac Hayes
Best Music, Original Song
Shaft (1971)
Won  
20.
Oscar
1972
John Williams
Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
Won  
21.
Oscar
1972
Stanley Kubrick
Best Picture
Nominated  
22.
Oscar
1972
Larry McMurtry
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Nominated  
23.
Oscar
1972
Stanley Kubrick
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Nominated  
24.
Oscar
1972
Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Nominated  
25.
Oscar
1972
Peter Bogdanovich
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Nominated  
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