Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola, producer
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
Towering Inferno
Best Director
Winner
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II
John Cassavetes— A Woman Under the Influence
Bob Fosse— Lenny
Roman Polanski— Chinatown
Francois Truffaut— Day for Night
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
Dustin Hoffman— Lenny
Jack Nicholson— Chinatown
Al Pacino— The Godfather Part II
Jack Nicholson— Chinatown
Best Actress
Winner
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll— Claudine
Faye Dunaway— Chinatown
Valerie Perrine— Lenny
Gena Rowlands— A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Robert De Niro
The Godfather Part II
Fred Astaire— The Towering Inferno
Jeff Bridges— Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Michael V. Gazzo— The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Ingrid Bergman
Murder on the Orient Express
Talia Shire— The Godfather Part II
Valentina Cortese— Day for Night
Madeline Kahn— Blazing Saddles
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Robert Towne
Chinatown
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Godfather Part II
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
The Godfather Part II
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Nelson Riddle
The Great Gatsby
Best Original Song
Winner
"We May Never Love Like This Again" — Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
The Towering Inferno
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
The Towering Inferno
Best Film Editing
Winner
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
The Towering Inferno
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, George R. Nelson
The Godfather Part II
Best Costume Design
Winner
Theoni V. Aldredge
The Great Gatsby
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe Sr.
Earthquake
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Earthquake
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Closed Mondays
Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner — first clay animation Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Hearts and Minds
Peter Davis — Vietnam War documentary
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Amarcord
Italy — Federico Fellini