38th Academy Awards
Held in 1966 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner The Sound of Music
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns
- Nominee Darling · Joseph Janni
- Nominee Doctor Zhivago
- Nominee Q1166360
- Nominee Ship of Fools
Best Actor
- Winner Cat Ballou · Lee Marvin
- Nominee Othello · Laurence Olivier
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Oskar Werner
- Nominee The Pawnbroker · Rod Steiger
- Nominee The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · Richard Burton
Best Actress
- Winner Darling · Julie Christie
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Elizabeth Hartman
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Simone Signoret
- Nominee The Collector · Samantha Eggar
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Julie Andrews
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner A Thousand Clowns · Martin Balsam
- Nominee Doctor Zhivago · Tom Courtenay
- Nominee Othello · Frank Finlay
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Michael Dunn
- Nominee The Flight of the Phoenix · Ian Bannen
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner A Patch of Blue · Shelley Winters
- Nominee Inside Daisy Clover · Ruth Gordon
- Nominee Othello · Maggie Smith
- Nominee Othello · Joyce Redman
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Peggy Wood
Best Director
- Winner The Sound of Music · Robert Wise
- Nominee Darling · John Schlesinger
- Nominee Doctor Zhivago · David Lean
- Nominee The Collector · William Wyler
- Nominee The Woman in the Dunes · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Darling · Frederic Raphael
- Nominee Casanova 70 · Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Giorgio Salvioni, Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Tonino Guerra
- Nominee The Train · Frank Davis, Franklin Coen
- Nominee The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · Jacques Demy
- Nominee Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines · Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Robert Bolt
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns · Herb Gardner
- Nominee Cat Ballou · Frank Pierson, Walter Newman
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Abby Mann
- Nominee The Collector · John Kohn, Stanley Mann
Best International Feature Film
- Winner The Shop on Main Street
- Nominee Blood on the Land
- Nominee Dear John
- Nominee Kwaidan
- Nominee Marriage Italian-Style
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner The Eleanor Roosevelt Story · Sidney Glazier
- Nominee Let My People Go: The Story of Israel · Marshall Flaum
- Nominee The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles · Laurence E. Mascott
- Nominee The Forth Road Bridge · Peter Woosnam-Mills
- Nominee To Die in Madrid · Frédéric Rossif
Best Original Score
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Maurice Jarre
- Winner The Sound of Music · Irwin Kostal
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns · Don Walker
- Nominee Cat Ballou · Frank De Vol
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · Alex North
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Pleasure Seekers · Alexander Courage, Lionel Newman
- Nominee The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
Best Original Song
- Winner The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper · Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
- Nominee I Will Wait for You from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel
- Nominee The Ballad of Cat Ballou from Cat Ballou · Jerry Livingston, Mack David
- Nominee The Sweetheart Tree from The Great Race · Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee What's New Pussycat? from What's New Pussycat? · Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Best Cinematography
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · F. A. Young
- Winner Ship of Fools · Ernest Laszlo
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Robert Burks
- Nominee In Harm's Way · Loyal Griggs
- Nominee King Rat · Burnett Guffey
- Nominee Morituri · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · Leon Shamroy
- Nominee The Great Race · Russell Harlan
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · Loyal Griggs, William C. Mellor, posthumous nomination
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Ted D. McCord
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Sound of Music · William H. Reynolds
- Nominee Cat Ballou · Charles Nelson
- Nominee Doctor Zhivago · Norman Savage
- Nominee The Flight of the Phoenix · Michael Luciano
- Nominee The Great Race · Ralph E. Winters
Best Production Design
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Dario V. Simoni, John Box, Terence Marsh
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Charles Thompson, George Davis, Henry Grace, Urie McCleary
- Nominee Inside Daisy Clover · George Hopkins, Joseph Kish, Robert Clatworthy
- Nominee King Rat · Frank Tuttle, Robert Emmet Smith
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · Dario V. Simoni, Jack Martin Smith, John DeCuir, Sr.
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · David S. Hall, Fred M. MacLean, Norman Rockett, Ray Moyer, Richard Day, William J. Creber, posthumous nomination
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Boris Leven, Ruby R. Levitt, Walter M. Scott
- Nominee The Spy Who Came in from the Cold · Hal Pereira, Jack Poplin, Joseph Kish, Josie MacAvin, Robert R. Benton, Tambi Larsen, Ted Marshall
Best Costume Design
- Winner Darling · Julie Harris
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Phyllis Dalton
- Nominee A Rage to Live · Howard Shoup
- Nominee Inside Daisy Clover · Bill Thomas, Edith Head
- Nominee Morituri · Moss Mabry
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Bill Thomas, Jean Louis
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · Vittorio Nino Novarese
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · Marjorie Best, Vittorio Nino Novarese
- Nominee The Sound of Music · Dorothy Jeakins
Best Sound
- Winner The Sound of Music · Fred Hynes, James Corcoran
- Nominee Doctor Zhivago · A. W. Watkins, Franklin Milton
- Nominee Shenandoah · Waldon O. Watson
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · James Corcoran
- Nominee The Great Race · George Groves
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Thunderball · John Stears
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · Joseph McMillan Johnson