British Academy Film Awards 1976
The 29th British Academy Film Awards · Held March 17, 1976 · 18 categories · everything in 1976
Best Film
- Winner Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Sidney Lumet
- Nominee Jaws · Steven Spielberg
Best Direction
- Winner Stanley Kubrick · Barry Lyndon
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Dog Day Afternoon
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Jaws
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Al Pacino · Dog Day Afternoon
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Ellen Burstyn · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Valerie Perrine · Lenny
- Nominee Liv Ullmann · Scenes from a Marriage
- Nominee Anne Bancroft · The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Fred Astaire · The Towering Inferno
- Nominee Jack Warden · Shampoo
- Nominee Burgess Meredith · The Day of the Locust
- Nominee Martin Balsam · The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Diane Ladd · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Lelia Goldoni · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Ronee Blakley · Nashville
- Nominee Gwen Welles · Nashville
Best Screenplay
- Winner Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Robert Getchell
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Frank Pierson
- Nominee Jaws · Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb
- Nominee Nashville · Joan Tewkesbury
Best Documentary
- Winner The Early Americans
- Nominee Seven Green Bottles
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Valerie Perrine · Lenny
- Nominee Alfred Lutter · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Nominee Lily Tomlin · Nashville
- Nominee Robert De Niro · The Godfather Part II
Best Original Music
- Winner Jaws · John Williams
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Nino Rota
- Nominee The Taking of Pelham One Two Three · David Shire
- Nominee The Wind and the Lion · Jerry Goldsmith
Best Cinematography
- Winner Barry Lyndon · John Alcott
- Nominee Rollerball · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Oswald Morris
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · Fred Koenekamp
Best Editing
- Winner Dog Day Afternoon · Dede Allen
- Nominee Jaws · Verna Fields
- Nominee Rollerball · Antony Gibbs
- Nominee The Godfather Part II · Peter Zinner, Barry Malkin, Richard Marks
Best Production Design
- Winner Rollerball · John Box
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Ken Adam
- Nominee The Day of the Locust · Richard Macdonald
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · William J. Creber
Best Costume Design
- Winner The Day of the Locust · Ann Roth
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Ulla-Britt Söderlund, Milena Canonero
- Nominee The Four Musketeers · Yvonne Blake
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Edith Head
Best Sound
- Winner Nashville · Jim Webb, Richard Portman
- Nominee Dog Day Afternoon · Stephen A. Rotter, Dick Vorisek
- Nominee Jaws · John Carter, Robert Hoyt
- Nominee Rollerball · Les Wiggins, Derek Ball, Gordon McCallum
Best British Short Animation
- Winner Great · Bob Godfrey
- Nominee The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend · Caroline Leaf
Best Specialised Film
- Winner The Curiosity That Kills The Cat
- Nominee How an Aeroplane Flies: Part 1
- Nominee The Oil in Your Engine
United Nations Award
- Winner Conrack · Martin Ritt