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Academy Awards

36th edition

  • April 3, 1964
  • United States

The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964, hosted by Jack Lemmon at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This ceremony introduced the category for Best Sound Effects, with It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World being the first film to win the award.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Tom Jones Tony Richardson - as producer(s) Winner
America America Elia Kazan - as producer(s)
Cleopatra Walter Wanger - as producer(s)
How the West Was Won Bernard Smith - as producer(s)
Lilies of the Field Ralph Nelson - as producer(s)
Best Director
Tom Jones Tony Richardson Winner
Federico Fellini
America America Elia Kazan
The Cardinal Otto Preminger
Hud Martin Ritt
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Lilies of the Field Sidney Poitier Winner
Tom Jones Albert Finney
This Sporting Life Richard Harris
Cleopatra Rex Harrison
Hud Paul Newman
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Hud Patricia Neal Winner
The L-Shaped Room Leslie Caron
Irma la Douce Shirley MacLaine
This Sporting Life Rachel Roberts
Love with the Proper Stranger Natalie Wood
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Hud Melvyn Douglas Winner
Twilight of Honor Nick Adams
Captain Newman, M.D. Bobby Darin
Tom Jones Hugh Griffith
The Cardinal John Huston
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The V.I.P.s Margaret Rutherford Winner
Tom Jones Diane Cilento
Tom Jones Edith Evans
Tom Jones Joyce Redman
Lilies of the Field Lilia Skala
Best Original Screenplay
How the West Was Won James R. Webb Winner
Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
America America Elia Kazan
The Four Days of Naples Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini
Love with the Proper Stranger Arnold Schulman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Tom Jones John Osborne Winner
Captain Newman, M.D. Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Hud Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Lilies of the Field James Poe
Sundays and Cybele Antoine Tudal, Serge Bourguignon
Best International Feature Film
Winner
Knife in the Water
The Red Lanterns
Los Tarantos
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Best Documentary Feature Film
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World Winner
The Link and the Chain
The Yanks Are Coming
Best Original Score
Tom Jones John Addison Winner
55 Days at Peking Dimitri Tiomkin
Cleopatra Alex North
How the West Was Won Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Ernest Gold
Best Cinematography (Black and White)
Hud James Wong Howe Winner
The Balcony George J. Folsey
The Caretakers Lucien Ballard
Lilies of the Field Ernest Haller
Love with the Proper Stranger Milton Krasner
Best Cinematography (Color)
Cleopatra Leon Shamroy Winner
The Cardinal Leon Shamroy
How the West Was Won William Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Joseph LaShelle
Irma la Douce Joseph LaShelle
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Ernest Laszlo
Scoring of a Musical Picture - Original or Adaptation
Irma la Douce André Previn Winner
Bye Bye Birdie Johnny Green
A New Kind of Love Leith Stevens
Sundays and Cybele Maurice Jarre
The Sword in the Stone George Bruns
Best Film Editing
How the West Was Won Harold F. Kress Winner
Cleopatra Dorothy Spencer
The Cardinal Louis R. Loeffler
The Great Escape Ferris Webster
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Frederic Knudtson, Robert C. Jones, Gene Fowler Jr.
Best Sound
How the West Was Won Franklin Milton Winner
Bye Bye Birdie Charles Rice
Captain Newman, M.D. Waldon O. Watson
Cleopatra James Corcoran, Fred Hynes
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Gordon E. Sawyer
Best Original Song
Papa's Delicate Condition Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn - "Call Me Irresponsible" Winner
Charade Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer - "Charade"
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Ernest Gold, Mack David - "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"
Mondo Cane Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell - "More"
55 Days at Peking Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster - "So Little Time"
Best Sound Editing
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Walter Elliott Winner
A Gathering of Eagles Robert Bratton
Best Production Design (Black and White)
America America Gene Callahan Winner
Piero Gherardi
Hud Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Robert R. Benton
Love with the Proper Stranger Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, Grace Gregory
Twilight of Honor George Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
Best Production Design (Color)
Cleopatra John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer Winner
The Cardinal Lyle R. Wheeler, Gene Callahan
Come Blow Your Horn Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer, James W. Payne
How the West Was Won George Davis, William Ferrari, and Addison Hehr, Henry Grace, Don Greenwood Jr., Jack Mills
Tom Jones Ralph W. Brinton, Ted Marshall, Jocelyn Herbert, Josie MacAvin
Best Costume Design (Black and White)
Piero Gherardi Winner
Love with the Proper Stranger Edith Head
The Stripper Travilla
Toys in the Attic Bill Thomas
Wives and Lovers Edith Head
Best Costume Design (Color)
Cleopatra Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renié Winner
The Cardinal Donald Brooks
How the West Was Won Walter Plunkett
The Leopard Piero Tosi
A New Kind of Love Edith Head
Best Special Effects
Cleopatra Emil Kosa Jr. Winner
The Birds Ub Iwerks
Best Short Film (Live Action)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Winner
The Home-Made Car
The Six-Sided Triangle
That's Me
Best Documentary Short Film
Chagall Winner
The Five Cities of June
The Spirit of America
Thirty Million Letters
To Live Again
Best Animated Short Film
The Critic Winner
Automania 2000
My Financial Career
Pianissimo
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Sam Spiegel Winner
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Cleopatra 4
  • Tom Jones 4
  • How the West Was Won 3
  • Hud 3
  • 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Tom Jones 10
  • Cleopatra 9
  • How the West Was Won 8
  • Hud 7
  • The Cardinal 6
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 6
  • 5
  • Lilies of the Field 5
  • Love with the Proper Stranger 5
  • America America 4
  • Captain Newman, M.D. 3
  • Irma la Douce 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Tom Jones 4 / 10
  • The Cardinal 0 / 6
  • Cleopatra 4 / 9
  • How the West Was Won 3 / 8
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1 / 6
  • Love with the Proper Stranger 0 / 5
  • Hud 3 / 7
  • Lilies of the Field 1 / 5
  • 2 / 5
  • America America 1 / 4
  • Captain Newman, M.D. 0 / 3
  • Irma la Douce 1 / 3

Only one nomination

37 movies:
  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  • Automania 2000
  • The Balcony
  • The Birds
  • The Caretakers
  • Chagall
  • Charade
  • Come Blow Your Horn
  • The Critic
  • The Five Cities of June
  • The Four Days of Naples
  • A Gathering of Eagles
  • The Great Escape
  • The Home-Made Car
  • Knife in the Water
  • The L-Shaped Room
  • The Leopard
  • The Link and the Chain
  • Los Tarantos
  • Mondo Cane
  • My Financial Career
  • Papa's Delicate Condition
  • Pianissimo
  • The Red Lanterns
  • Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
  • The Six-Sided Triangle
  • The Spirit of America
  • The Stripper
  • The Sword in the Stone
  • That's Me
  • Thirty Million Letters
  • To Live Again
  • Toys in the Attic
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto
  • The V.I.P.s
  • Wives and Lovers
  • The Yanks Are Coming

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