1967 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

52 films were recognised at the 1967 Academy Awards, across 26 categories. 12 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was A Man for All Seasons, with 6 awards, ahead of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with 5. The categories below run from Actor, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Actor

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Paul Scofield
Winner
Alfie(1966)
Michael Caine
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!(1966)
Alan Arkin
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Steve McQueen
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Richard Burton

Actor in a Supporting Role

The Fortune Cookie(1966)
Walter Matthau
Winner
A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Robert Shaw
Georgy Girl(1966)
James Mason
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Mako
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
George Segal

Actress

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Elizabeth Taylor
Winner
A Man and a Woman(1966)
Anouk Aimee
Georgy Girl(1966)
Lynn Redgrave
Morgan!(1966)
Vanessa Redgrave
The Shop on Main Street(1965)
Ida Kaminska

Actress in a Supporting Role

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Sandy Dennis
Winner
A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Wendy Hiller
Alfie(1966)
Vivien Merchant
Hawaii(1966)
Jocelyne Lagarde
You're a Big Boy Now(1966)
Geraldine Page

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Winner
Is Paris Burning?(1966)
Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
Mister Buddwing(1966)
Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
The Fortune Cookie(1966)
Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
The Gospel According to St. Matthew(1964)
Luigi Scaccianoce

Art Direction (Color)

Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Winner
Gambit(1966)
Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
Juliet of the Spirits(1965)
Piero Gherardi
The Oscar(1966)
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan

Best Picture

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Fred Zinnemann, Producer
Winner
Alfie(1966)
Lewis Gilbert, Producer
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!(1966)
Norman Jewison, Producer
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Robert Wise, Producer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Ernest Lehman, Producer

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Haskell Wexler
Winner
Georgy Girl(1966)
Ken Higgins
Is Paris Burning?(1966)
Marcel Grignon
Seconds(1966)
James Wong Howe
The Fortune Cookie(1966)
Joseph LaShelle

Cinematography (Color)

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Ted Moore
Winner
Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Ernest Laszlo
Hawaii(1966)
Russell Harlan
The Professionals(1966)
Conrad Hall
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Joseph MacDonald

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Irene Sharaff
Winner
Mister Buddwing(1966)
Helen Rose
Morgan!(1966)
Jocelyn Rickards
The Gospel According to St. Matthew(1964)
Danilo Donati
The Mandrake (Mandragola)(1965)
Danilo Donati

Costume Design (Color)

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
Winner
Gambit(1966)
Jean Louis
Hawaii(1966)
Dorothy Jeakins
Juliet of the Spirits(1965)
Piero Gherardi
The Oscar(1966)
Edith Head

Directing

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Fred Zinnemann
Winner
A Man and a Woman(1966)
Claude Lelouch
Blow-Up(1966)
Michelangelo Antonioni
The Professionals(1966)
Richard Brooks
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Mike Nichols

Documentary (Short Subject)

A Year Towards Tomorrow (A Year toward Tomorrow)(1966)
Edmond A. Levy, Producer
Winner
Adolescence(1966)
Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers
Cowboy(1966)
Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers
Saint Matthew Passion(1966)
Mafilm Studio
The Odds Against(1966)
Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers

Film Editing

Grand Prix(1966)
Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
Winner
Fantastic Voyage(1966)
William B. Murphy
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!(1966)
Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
William Reynolds
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Sam O'Steen

International Feature Film

A Man and a Woman(1966)
France
Winner
Loves of a Blonde(1965)
Czechoslovakia
Pharaoh(1966)
Poland
The Battle of Algiers(1966)
Italy
Three(1965)
Yugoslavia

Music (Original Music Score)

Born Free(1966)
John Barry
Winner
Hawaii(1966)
Elmer Bernstein
The Bible: In the Beginning...(1966)
Toshiro Mayuzumi
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Jerry Goldsmith
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Alex North

Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)
Ken Thorne
Winner
Return of the Seven(1966)
Elmer Bernstein
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off(1966)
Al Ham
The Gospel According to St. Matthew(1964)
Luis Enrique Bacalov
The Singing Nun(1966)
Harry Sukman

Music (Song)

Born Free(1966)
Born Free in "Born Free" Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black
Winner
Alfie(1966)
Alfie in "Alfie" Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
An American Dream(1966)
A Time For Love in "An American Dream" Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Georgy Girl(1966)
Georgy Girl in "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
Hawaii(1966)
My Wishing Doll in "Hawaii" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David

Sound

Grand Prix(1966)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Winner
Gambit(1966)
Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
Hawaii(1966)
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director

Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Robert Bolt
Winner
Alfie(1966)
Bill Naughton
The Professionals(1966)
Richard Brooks
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!(1966)
William Rose
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Ernest Lehman

Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)

A Man and a Woman(1966)
Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Winner
Blow-Up(1966)
Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
Khartoum(1966)
Robert Ardrey
The Fortune Cookie(1966)
Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
The Naked Prey(1965)
Clint Johnston, Don Peters

Documentary (Feature)

The War Game(1966)
Peter Watkins, Producer
Winner
Helicopter Canada(1966)
Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
The Face of Genius(1966)
Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
The Really Big Family(1967)
Alex Grasshoff, Producer

Short Subject (Cartoon)

A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature(1966)
John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Winner
The Drag(1966)
Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers
The Pink Blueprint(1966)
David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers

Short Subject (Live Action)

Wild Wings(1965)
Edgar Anstey, Producer
Winner
The Winning Strain(1966)
Leslie Winik, Producer
Turkey: The Bridge(1966)
Derek Williams, Producer

Sound Effects

Grand Prix(1966)
Gordon Daniel
Winner
Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Walter Rossi

Special Visual Effects

Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Art Cruickshank
Winner
Hawaii(1966)
Linwood G. Dunn