38th Academy Awards


The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
The ceremony was broadcast on the ABC network and was the first to be broadcast live in color.
The two most nominated films were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each with ten nominations and five wins. The winner of Best Picture was 20th Century Fox's and Robert Wise's The Sound of Music, adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical. Both movies are in the top 10 inflation-adjusted commercially successful films ever made, and both would appear 33 years later on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century.
The Sound of Music was the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since Hamlet; it would be the last until Titanic at the 70th Academy Awards. Othello became the third film to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture.
Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended the Academy Awards presentation and was escorted by actor George Hamilton.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface
Best PictureBest Director

  • Robert Wise – The Sound of Music
  • * William WylerThe Collector
  • * John SchlesingerDarling
  • * David LeanDoctor Zhivago
  • * Hiroshi TeshigaharaWoman in the Dunes
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Lee MarvinCat Ballou as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
  • * Richard BurtonThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Alec Leamas
  • * Laurence OlivierOthello as Othello
  • * Rod SteigerThe Pawnbroker as Sol Nazerman
  • * Oskar WernerShip of Fools as Dr. Wilhelm "Willi" Schumann
  • Julie ChristieDarling as Diana Scott
  • * Julie AndrewsThe Sound of Music as Maria von Trapp
  • * Samantha EggarThe Collector as Miranda Grey
  • * Elizabeth HartmanA Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcey
  • * Simone SignoretShip of Fools as La Condesa
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Martin BalsamA Thousand Clowns as Arnold Burns
  • * Ian BannenThe Flight of the Phoenix as "Ratbags" Crow
  • * Tom CourtenayDoctor Zhivago as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov
  • * Michael DunnShip of Fools as Carl Glocken
  • * Frank FinlayOthello as Iago
  • Shelley WintersA Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
  • * Ruth GordonInside Daisy Clover as Lucile Clover
  • * Joyce RedmanOthello as Emilia
  • * Maggie SmithOthello as Desdemona
  • * Peggy WoodThe Sound of Music as the Mother Abbess
  • Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenBest Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  • DarlingFrederic Raphael
  • * Casanova 70Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi d'Amico
  • * Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesJack Davies and Ken Annakin
  • * The Train – Franklin Coen and Frank Davis
  • * The Umbrellas of CherbourgJacques Demy
  • Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
  • * Cat BallouWalter Newman and Frank Pierson from The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor
  • * The CollectorStanley Mann and John Kohn from The Collector by John Fowles
  • * Ship of FoolsAbby Mann from Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
  • * A Thousand ClownsHerb Gardner from A Thousand Crowns by Herb Gardner
  • Best Foreign Language FilmBest Song
  • The Shop on Main Street
  • * Blood on the Land
  • * Dear John
  • * Kwaidan
  • * Marriage Italian Style
  • "The Shadow of Your Smile" from The Sandpiper – Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
  • * "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" from Cat Ballou – Music by Jerry Livingston; Lyrics by Mack David
  • * "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy
  • * "The Sweetheart Tree" from The Great Race – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • * "What's New Pussycat?" from What's New Pussycat? – Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
  • Best Documentary FeatureBest Documentary Short Subject
  • The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
  • * The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
  • * The Forth Road Bridge
  • * '
  • * To Die in Madrid
  • To Be Alive!
  • * Mural on Our Street
  • * Nyitany
  • * Point of View
  • * Yeats Country
  • Best Short Subject, Live ActionBest Short Subject, Cartoons
  • The Chicken – Claude Berri
  • * Fortress of Peace – Lothar Wolff
  • * Skaterdater
  • * Snow
  • * Time PieceJim Henson
  • The Dot and the Line
  • * Clay or the Origin of Species
  • * The Thieving Magpie
  • Best Music Score - Substantially OriginalBest Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment
  • Doctor ZhivagoMaurice Jarre
  • * The Agony and the EcstasyAlex North
  • * The Greatest Story Ever ToldAlfred Newman
  • * A Patch of BlueJerry Goldsmith
  • * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy
  • The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
  • * Cat BallouFrank De Vol
  • * The Pleasure SeekersLionel Newman and Alexander Courage
  • * A Thousand ClownsDon Walker
  • * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
  • Best Sound EffectsBest Sound
  • The Great RaceTreg Brown
  • * Von Ryan's ExpressWalter Rossi
  • The Sound of MusicJames Corcoran and Fred Hynes
  • * The Agony and the Ecstasy – James Corcoran
  • * Doctor Zhivago – A. W. Watkins and Franklin Milton
  • * The Great RaceGeorge Groves
  • * Shenandoah – Waldon O. Watson
  • Best Art Direction, Black-and-WhiteBest Art Direction, Color
  • Ship of Fools – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish
  • * King Rat – Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
  • * A Patch of Blue – Art Direction: George Davis and Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson
  • * The Slender Thread – Art Direction: Hal Pereira and Jack Poplin; Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton and Joseph Kish
  • * The Spy Who Came In from the Cold – Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen and Ted Marshall; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
  • Doctor Zhivago – Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
  • * The Agony and the Ecstasy – Art Direction: John DeCuir and Jack Martin Smith; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni
  • * The Greatest Story Ever Told – Art Direction: Richard Day, William J. Creber and David S. Hall ; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean and Norman Rockett
  • * Inside Daisy Clover – Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
  • * The Sound of Music – Art Direciton: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott and Ruby Levitt
  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteBest Cinematography, Color
  • Ship of FoolsErnest Laszlo
  • * In Harm's WayLoyal Griggs
  • * King RatBurnett Guffey
  • * MorituriConrad Hall
  • * A Patch of BlueRobert Burks
  • Doctor Zhivago – Freddie Young
  • * The Agony and the EcstasyLeon Shamroy
  • * The Great RaceRussell Harlan
  • * The Greatest Story Ever Told – William C. Mellor and Loyal Griggs
  • * The Sound of Music – Ted D. McCord
  • Best Costume Design, Black-and-WhiteBest Costume Design, Color
  • DarlingJulie Harris
  • * MorituriMoss Mabry
  • * A Rage to LiveHoward Shoup
  • * Ship of FoolsJean Louis and Bill Thomas
  • * The Slender ThreadEdith Head
  • Doctor Zhivago – Phyllis Dalton
  • * The Agony and the EcstasyVittorio Nino Novarese
  • * The Greatest Story Ever ToldMarjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese
  • * Inside Daisy Clover – Edith Head and Bill Thomas
  • * The Sound of MusicDorothy Jeakins
  • Best Film EditingBest Special Visual Effects
  • The Sound of Music – William H. Reynolds
  • * Cat BallouCharles Nelson
  • * Doctor ZhivagoNorman Savage
  • * The Flight of the PhoenixMichael Luciano
  • * The Great Race – Ralph E. Winters
  • Thunderball – John Stears'
  • * The Greatest Story Ever Told'' – J. McMillan Johnson
  • Honorary Award

  • Bob Hope "for unique and distinguished service to our industry and the Academy".

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

  • William Wyler

    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • Edmond L. DePatie

    Multiple nominations and awards

  • These films had multiple nominations:
    The following films received multiple awards.
    The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

    Presenters

    Performers