43rd Academy Awards
Held in 1971 · 18 categories
Best Picture
- Winner Patton
- Nominee Airport
- Nominee Five Easy Pieces
- Nominee Love Story
- Nominee MASH
Best Actor
- Winner Patton · George C. Scott
- Nominee Five Easy Pieces · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee I Never Sang for My Father · Melvyn Douglas
- Nominee Love Story · Ryan O'Neal
- Nominee The Great White Hope · James Earl Jones
Best Actress
- Winner Women in Love · Glenda Jackson
- Nominee Diary of a Mad Housewife · Carrie Snodgress
- Nominee Love Story · Ali MacGraw
- Nominee Ryan's Daughter · Sarah Miles
- Nominee The Great White Hope · Jane Alexander
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner Ryan's Daughter · John Mills
- Nominee I Never Sang for My Father · Gene Hackman
- Nominee Little Big Man · Chief Dan George
- Nominee Love Story · John Marley
- Nominee Lovers and Other Strangers · Richard S. Castellano
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Airport · Helen Hayes
- Nominee Airport · Maureen Stapleton
- Nominee Five Easy Pieces · Karen Black
- Nominee MASH · Sally Kellerman
- Nominee The Landlord · Lee Grant
Best Director
- Winner Patton · Franklin J. Schaffner
- Nominee Love Story · Arthur Hiller
- Nominee MASH · Robert Altman
- Nominee Satyricon · Federico Fellini
- Nominee Women in Love · Ken Russell
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Patton · Edmund H. North, Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee Five Easy Pieces · Bob Rafelson, Carole Eastman
- Nominee Joe · Norman Wexler
- Nominee Love Story · Erich Segal
- Nominee My Night at Maud's · Éric Rohmer
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner MASH · Ring Lardner Jr.
- Nominee Airport · George Seaton
- Nominee I Never Sang for My Father · Robert Anderson
- Nominee Lovers and Other Strangers · David Zelag Goodman, Joseph Bologna
- Nominee Women in Love · Larry Kramer
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
- Nominee First Love
- Nominee Hoa-Binh
- Nominee Peace in the Fields
- Nominee Tristana
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Woodstock · Bob Maurice
- Nominee Chariots of the Gods · Harald Reinl
- Nominee Jack Johnson · Jimmy Jacobs
- Nominee King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · Ely Landau
- Nominee Say Goodbye · David H. Vowell
Best Original Score
- Winner Let It Be · George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
- Winner Love Story · Francis Lai
- Nominee A Boy Named Charlie Brown · Al Shean, Bill Melendez, John Scott Trotter, Rod McKuen, Vince Guaraldi
- Nominee Airport · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Cromwell · Frank Cordell
- Nominee Darling Lili · Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee Patton · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Scrooge · Herbert W. Spencer, Ian Fraser, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Sunflower · Henry Mancini
- Nominee The Baby Maker · Fred Karlin
Best Original Song
- Winner For All We Know from Lovers and Other Strangers · Fred Karlin, Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer
- Nominee Pieces of Dreams from Pieces of Dreams · Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
- Nominee Thank You Very Much from Scrooge · Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Till Love Touches Your Life from Madron · Arthur Hamilton, Riz Ortolani
- Nominee Whistling Away the Dark from Darling Lili · Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Best Cinematography
- Winner Ryan's Daughter · F. A. Young
- Nominee Airport · Ernest Laszlo
- Nominee Patton · Fred Koenekamp
- Nominee Tora! Tora! Tora! · Charles F. Wheeler, Masamichi Satō, Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda
- Nominee Women in Love · Billy Williams
Best Film Editing
- Winner Patton · Hugh S. Fowler
- Nominee Airport · Stuart Gilmore
- Nominee MASH · Danford B. Greene
- Nominee Tora! Tora! Tora! · Chikaya Inoue, James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring
- Nominee Woodstock · Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Production Design
- Winner Patton · Antonio Mateos, Gil Parrondo, Pierre-Louis Thévenet, Urie McCleary
- Nominee Airport · Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Jack Dehm Moore, Mickey S. Michaels
- Nominee Scrooge · Pamela Cornell, Robert Cartwright, Terence Marsh
- Nominee The Molly Maguires · Darrell Silvera, Tambi Larsen
- Nominee Tora! Tora! Tora! · Carl Biddiscombe, Jack Martin Smith, Norman Rockett, Richard Day, Taizô Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, Yoshirō Muraki
Best Costume Design
- Winner Cromwell · Vittorio Nino Novarese
- Nominee Airport · Edith Head
- Nominee Darling Lili · Donald Brooks, Jack Bear
- Nominee Scrooge · Margaret Furse
- Nominee The Hawaiians · Bill Thomas
Best Sound
- Winner Patton · Don Bassman, Douglas Williams
- Nominee Airport · David H. Moriarty, Ronald Pierce
- Nominee Ryan's Daughter · Gordon McCallum, John Bramall
- Nominee Tora! Tora! Tora! · Herman Lewis, Murray Spivack
- Nominee Woodstock · Dan Wallin, Larry Johnson
Best Visual Effects
- Winner Tora! Tora! Tora! · A. D. Flowers, L. B. Abbott
- Nominee Patton · Alex Weldon