47th Academy Awards
Held in 1975 · 17 categories
Best Picture
- Winner The Godfather Part II
- Nominee Chinatown
- Nominee Lenny
- Nominee The Conversation
- Nominee The Towering Inferno
Best Actor
- Winner Harry and Tonto · Art Carney
- Nominee Chinatown · Jack Nicholson
- Nominee Lenny · Dustin Hoffman
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Albert Finney
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Al Pacino
Best Actress
- Winner Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Ellen Burstyn
- Nominee A Woman Under the Influence · Gena Rowlands
- Nominee Chinatown · Faye Dunaway
- Nominee Claudine · Diahann Carroll
- Nominee Lenny · Valerie Perrine
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Robert De Niro
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Michael V. Gazzo
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Lee Strasberg
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · Fred Astaire
- Nominee Thunderbolt and Lightfoot · Jeff Bridges
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Murder on the Orient Express · Ingrid Bergman
- Nominee Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Diane Ladd
- Nominee Blazing Saddles from Blazing Saddles · Madeline Kahn
- Nominee Day for Night · Valentina Cortese
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Talia Shire
Best Director
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Francis Ford Coppola
- Nominee A Woman Under the Influence · John Cassavetes
- Nominee Chinatown · Roman Polanski
- Nominee Day for Night · François Truffaut
- Nominee Lenny · Bob Fosse
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Chinatown · Robert Towne
- Nominee Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Robert Getchell
- Nominee Day for Night · François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
- Nominee Harry and Tonto · Josh Greenfeld, Paul Mazursky
- Nominee The Conversation · Francis Ford Coppola
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Nominee Lenny · Julian Barry
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Paul Dehn
- Nominee The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz · Lionel Chetwynd, Mordecai Richler
- Nominee Young Frankenstein · Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
Best International Feature Film
- Winner Amarcord
- Nominee Cats' Play
- Nominee Lacombe, Lucien
- Nominee The Deluge
- Nominee The Truce
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner Hearts and Minds · Bert Schneider, Peter Davis
- Nominee Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman · Jill Godmilow
- Nominee The 81st Blow · David Bergman, Jacques Ehrlich
- Nominee The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art · Herbert Kline
- Nominee The Wild and the Brave · Eugene S. Jones, Natalie R. Jones
Best Original Score
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Chinatown · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Phantom of the Paradise · George Aliceson Tipton, Paul Williams
- Nominee Shanks · Alex North
- Nominee The Little Prince · Alan Jay Lerner, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley, Frederick Loewe
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · John Williams
Best Original Song
- Winner We May Never Love Like This Again from The Towering Inferno · Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee Benji's Theme (I Feel Love) from Benji · Betty Box, Euel Box
- Nominee Blazing Saddles from Blazing Saddles · John Morris, Mel Brooks
- Nominee Little Prince from The Little Prince · Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
- Nominee Wherever Love Takes Me from Gold · Don Black, Elmer Bernstein
Best Cinematography
- Winner The Towering Inferno · Fred Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc
- Nominee Chinatown · John A. Alonzo
- Nominee Earthquake · Philip H. Lathrop
- Nominee Lenny · Bruce Surtees
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Geoffrey Unsworth
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Towering Inferno · Carl Kress, Harold F. Kress
- Nominee Blazing Saddles from Blazing Saddles · Danford B. Greene, John C. Howard
- Nominee Chinatown · Sam O'Steen
- Nominee Earthquake · Dorothy Spencer
- Nominee The Longest Yard · Michael Luciano
Best Production Design
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Angelo P. Graham, Dean Tavoularis, George R. Nelson
- Nominee Chinatown · Richard Sylbert, Ruby R. Levitt, W. Stewart Campbell
- Nominee Earthquake · Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy
- Nominee The Island at the Top of the World · Al Roelofs, Hal Gausman, John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw, Walter H. Tyler
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · Raphael Bretton, Ward Preston, William J. Creber
Best Costume Design
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Theoni V. Aldredge
- Nominee Chinatown · Anthea Sylbert
- Nominee Daisy Miller · John Furniss
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Tony Walton
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Theadora Van Runkle
Best Sound
- Winner Earthquake · Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Ronald Pierce
- Nominee Chinatown · Charles Grenzbach, Larry Jost
- Nominee The Conversation · Art Rochester, Walter Murch
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · Herman Lewis, Theodore Soderberg
- Nominee Young Frankenstein · Gene Cantamessa, Richard Portman