Academy Awards 1965
Overview of all award-winning films
◄◄ | ◄ | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | Academy Awards 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | ► | ►►
Other events
The 1965 Academy Awards were held on April 5, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica . It was the 37th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, awards are always given to films from the previous year, in this case the films from 1964.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
||
Movie | N | S. |
---|---|---|
Mary Poppins | 13 | 5 |
My fair lady | 12 | 8th |
Becket | 12 | 1 |
Alexis Sorbas | 7th | 3 |
Lullaby for a corpse | 7th | 0 |
Gold digger Molly | 6th | 0 |
The night of the iguana | 5 | 1 |
Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb | 4th | 0 |
The big wolf is calling | 3 | 1 |
Always with someone else | 2 | 0 |
For officers only | 2 | 0 |
Seven against Chicago | 2 | 0 |
Seven days in May | 2 | 0 |
Yeah yeah yeah | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards.
Winners and nominations
Best movie
presented by Gregory Peck
- Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek) - Michael Cacoyannis
- Becket - Hal B. Wallis
- Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) - Stanley Kubrick
- Mary Poppins - Walt Disney , Bill Walsh
Best director
presented by Joan Crawford
- Michael Cacoyannis - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Peter Glenville - Becket
- Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
- Robert Stevenson - Mary Poppins
Best Actor
presented by Audrey Hepburn
- Richard Burton - Becket
- Anthony Quinn - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Peter O'Toole - Becket
- Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Best main actress
presented by Sidney Poitier
- Anne Bancroft - Bedroom dispute (The Pumpkin Eater)
- Sophia Loren - Wedding in Italian (Matrimonio all'italiana)
- Debbie Reynolds - Gold Digger-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Kim Stanley - On a gloomy afternoon (Séance on a Wet Afternoon)
Best supporting actor
presented by Angela Lansbury
- John Gielgud - Becket
- Stanley Holloway - My Fair Lady
- Edmond O'Brien - Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
- Lee Tracy - The Candidate (The Best Man)
The best supporting actress
presented by Karl Malden
Lila Kedrova - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Gladys Cooper - My Fair Lady
- Edith Evans - The Chalk Garden (The Chalk Garden)
- Grayson Hall - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Agnes Moorehead - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
Best adapted script
presented by Deborah Kerr
- Michael Cacoyannis - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Don DaGradi , Bill Walsh - Mary Poppins
- Peter George , Stanley Kubrick , Terry Southern - Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to love the bomb (or Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
- Alan Jay Lerner - My Fair Lady
Best original script
presented by Deborah Kerr
SH Barnett , Peter Stone , Frank Tarloff - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
- Daniel Boulanger , Philippe de Broca , Ariane Mnouchkine , Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Adventure in Rio (L'Homme de Rio)
- Orville H. Hampton , Raphael Hayes - Don't Shout Too Loud (One Potato, Two Potato)
- Agenore Incrocci , Mario Monicelli , Furio Scarpelli - The whip in the neck (I Compagni)
- Alun Owen - Yeah Yeah Yeah (A Hard Day's Night)
Best camera (black and white film)
presented by Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons
Walter Lassally - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Joseph F. Biroc - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Gabriel Figueroa - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Milton R. Krasner - Slayer of Death (Fate Is the Hunter)
- Philip H. Lathrop - For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
Best camera (color film)
presented by Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons
Harry Stradling Sr. - My Fair Lady
- William H. Clothier - Cheyenne (Cheyenne Autumn)
- Edward Colman - Mary Poppins
- Daniel L. Fapp - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Geoffrey Unsworth - Becket
Best production design (black and white film)
presented by Elizabeth Ashley and Macdonald Carey
Vassilis Photopoulos - Alexis Sorbas (Zorba the Greek)
- Robert R. Benton , George W. Davis , Hans O. Peters , Elliot Scott - For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
- Edward G. Boyle , Cary Odell - Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May)
- Raphael Bretton , William Glasgow - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Stephen B. Grimes - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
Best production design (color film)
presented by Elizabeth Ashley and Macdonald Carey
Gene Allen , Cecil Beaton , George James Hopkins - My Fair Lady
- E. Preston Ames , George W. Davis , Henry Grace , Hugh Hunt - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- John Bryan , Maurice Carter , Robert Cartwright , Patrick McLoughlin - Becket
- Carroll Clark , Hal Gausman , Emile Kuri , William H. Tuntke - Mary Poppins
- Ted Haworth , Stuart A. Reiss , Walter M. Scott , Jack Martin Smith - Always with someone else (What a Way to Go!)
Best costume design (black and white film)
presented by Greer Garson and Dick Van Dyke
Dorothy Jeakins - The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
- Edith Head - Madame P. and her girls (A House Is Not a Home)
- René Hubert - The visit (The visit)
- Norma Koch - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Howard Shoup - My husband, the "First Lady" (Kisses for My President)
Best costume design (color film)
presented by Greer Garson and Dick Van Dyke
- Margaret Furse - Becket
- Morton Haack - Goldminer Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Edith Head , Moss Mabry - Always with someone else (What a Way to Go!)
- Tony Walton - Mary Poppins
Best original music
presented by Debbie Reynolds
Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman - Mary Poppins
- Frank De Vol - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther)
- Laurence Rosenthal - Becket
- Dimitri Tiomkin - The Fall of the Roman Empire (The Fall of the Roman Empire)
Best adapted music
presented by Debbie Reynolds
- Robert Armbruster , Léo Arnaud , Jack Elliott , Jack Hayes , Calvin Jackson , Leo Shuken - Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Irwin Kostal - Mary Poppins
- George Martin - Yeah Yeah Yeah (A Hard Day's Night)
- Nelson Riddle - Seven Against Chicago (Robin and the 7 Hoods)
Best song
presented by Fred Astaire
" Chim Chim Cher-ee " from Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman
- "Dear Heart" from the woman he loves (Dear Heart) - Ray Evans , Jay Livingston , Henry Mancini
- " Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte " from Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte) - Mack David , Frank De Vol
- " My Kind of Town " from Seven Against Chicago (Robin and the 7 Hoods) - Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen
- " Where Love Has Gone " from Where the love leads (Where Love Has Gone) - Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen
Best cut
presented by Richard Chamberlain and Vince Edwards
Cotton Warburton - Mary Poppins
- Anne V. Coates - Becket
- Ted J. Kent - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
- Michael Luciano - Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- William H. Ziegler - My Fair Lady
Best tone
presented by Claudia Cardinale , Angie Dickinson and Steve McQueen
- Robert O. Cook - Mary Poppins
- John Cox - Becket
- Franklin Milton - Gold Digger-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Waldon O. Watson - The Big Wolf Calls (Father Goose)
Best sound effects
presented by Claudia Cardinale , Angie Dickinson and Steve McQueen
- Robert L. Bratton - A Daredevil Daredevil (The Lively Set)
Best visual effects
presented by Alain Delon
Peter Ellenshaw , Hamilton Luske , Eustace Lycett - Mary Poppins
- Jim Danforth - The Mysterious Dr. Lao (7 Faces of Dr. Lao)
Best short film
presented by Merle Oberon
Casals Conducts: 1964 - Edward Schreiber
Best cartoon
presented by Merle Oberon
The Pink Phink (The Pink Phink) - David H. DePatie , Friz Freleng
- Christmas Cracker - National Film Board of Canada
- How to Avoid Friendship - William L. Snyder
- Nudnik # 2 - William L. Snyder
Best Documentary (Short Film)
presented by Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye
Nine from Little Rock - Guggenheim Productions
- Breaking the Habit - Henry Jacobs , John Korty
- Children Without - Guggenheim Productions
- Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak - National Film Board of Canada
- One Hundred and Forty Days Under the World - Oxley Hughan , Geoffrey Scott
Best documentary
presented by Jimmy Durante and Martha Raye
World without the sun (Le Monde sans soleil) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Four Days in November - Mel Stuart
- Night over Europe: 14–18 (14-18) - Jean Aurel
- The Finest Hours - Jack Levin
- Twelve million (Alleman) - Bert Haanstra
Best foreign language film
presented by Rex Harrison
Yesterday, today and tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) by Vittorio De Sica - Italy
- The Rabenviertel (Kvarteret Korpen) from Bo Widerberg - Sweden
- The woman in the dunes ´ (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara - Japan
- The Cherbourg umbrellas (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy - France
- Sallah - or: Exchange daughter for apartment (Sallah Shabati) of Ephraim Kishon - Israel
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
- William Tuttle for the make-up in The Mysterious Dr. Lao ( 7 Faces of Dr. Lao )
Academy Award of Merit
Scientific and Engineering Award
Technical Achievement Award
- Milton Forman , Richard B. Glickman , Daniel J. Pearlman
- Stewart Filmscreen Corp.
- Anthony Paglia
- Edward H. Reichard , Carl W. Hauge
- Leonard L. Sokolov
- Nelson Tyler
Web links
- Academy Awards 1965 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The 37th Academy Awards | 1965. In: Oscars.org. (English).