Oscars 1966 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
Darling
Ship of Fools
The Sound of Music
A Thousand Clowns

Best Director!

Winner: David Lean, Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
William Wyler - The Collector
John Schlesinger - Darling
Robert Wise - The Sound of Music
Hiroshi Teshigahara - The Woman in the Dunes

Best Actor!

Winner: Omar Sharif, Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
Laurence Olivier - Othello
Rod Steiger - The Pawnbroker

Best Actress!

Winner: Julie Christie, Darling!

Nominees:
Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music
Samantha Eggar - The Collector
Elizabeth Hartman - A Patch of Blue
Simone Signoret - Ship of Fools

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Rod Steiger, Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
Martin Balsam - A Thousand Clowns
Ian Bannen - The Flight of the Phoenix
Tom Courtenay - Doctor Zhivago
Frank Finlay - Othello

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue!

Nominees:
Ruth Gordon - Inside Daisy Clover
Joyce Redman - Othello
Maggie Smith - Othello
Peggy Wood - The Sound of Music

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Frederic Rafael, Darling!

Nominees:
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi d'Amico - Casanova 70
Jack Davis and Ken Annakin - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Franklin Coen and Frank Davis - The Train
Jacques Demy - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Robert Bolt, Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
Walter Newman and Frank Pierson - Cat Ballou
Stanley Mann and John Kohn - The Collector
Abby Mann - Ship of Fools
Herb Gardner - A Thousand Clowns

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: The Shop on Main Street!

Nominees:
Blood on the Land
Dear John
Kwaidan
Marriage Italian-Style

Best Original Song!

Winner: Burt Bacharach and Hal David - What's New Pussycat?, What's New Pussycat?

Nominees:
Jerry Livingston and Mack David - The Ballad of Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy - I Will Wait for You, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster - The Shadow of Your Smile, The Sandpiper
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer - The Sweetheart Tree, The Great Race

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: The Eleanor Roosevelt Story!

Nominees:
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
The Forth Road Bridge
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
Mourir a Madrid

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: To Be Alive!

Nominees:
Mural on Our Street
Nyitany
Point of View
Yeats Country

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: The Chicken!

Nominees:
Fortress of Peace
Skaterdater
Snow
Time Pierce

Best Animated Short!

Winner: The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics!

Nominees:
Clay or the Origin of Species
The Thieving Magpie

Best Original Score!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
A Patch of Blue
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Adaptation or Treatment Score!

Winner: The Sound of Music!

Nominees:
Cat Ballou
The Pleasure Seekers
A Thousand Clowns
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Best Sound Editing!

Winner: The Great Race!

Nominees:
Von Ryan's Express

Best Sound Mixing!

Winner: The Sound of Music!

Nominees:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Doctor Zhivago
The Great Race
Shenandoah

Best Art Direction - Black and White!

Winner: Ship of Fools!

Nominees:
King Rat
A Patch of Blue
The Slender Thread
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Best Art Direction - Color!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Inside Daisy Clover
The Sound of Music

Best Cinematography - Black and White!

Winner: Ship of Fools!

Nominees:
In Harm's Way
King Rat
Morituri
A Patch of Blue

Best Cinematography - Color!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Great Race
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Sound of Music

Best Costume Design - Black and White!

Winner: Darling!

Nominees:
Morituri
A Rage to Live
Ship of Fools
The Slender Thread

Best Costume Design - Color!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Inside Daisy Clover
The Sound of Music

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Doctor Zhivago!

Nominees:
Cat Ballou
The Flight of the Phoenix
The Great Race
The Sound of Music

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Thunderball!

Nominees:
The Greatest Story Ever Told