47th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1975)
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- Date of Ceremony: Tuesday, April 8, 1975
- For films released in: 1974
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 47th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Chinatown
Robert Evans [Producer] - The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola [Producer] and Fred Roos [Co-Producer] - The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola [Producer], Gray Frederickson [Co-Producer] and Fred Roos [Co-Producer] - Lenny
Marvin Worth [Producer] - The Towering Inferno
Irwin Allen [Producer]
Best Directing
- Chinatown
Roman Polanski - Day for Night
Francois Truffaut - The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola - Lenny
Bob Fosse - A Woman under the Influence
John Cassavetes
Best Actor
- Chinatown
Jack Nicholson - The Godfather Part II
Al Pacino - Harry and Tonto
Art Carney - Lenny
Dustin Hoffman - Murder on the Orient Express
Albert Finney
Best Actress
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Ellen Burstyn - Chinatown
Faye Dunaway - Claudine
Diahann Carroll - Lenny
Valerie Perrine - A Woman under the Influence
Gena Rowlands
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Godfather Part II
Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II
Michael V. Gazzo - The Godfather Part II
Lee Strasberg - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Jeff Bridges - The Towering Inferno
Fred Astaire
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Diane Ladd - Blazing Saddles
Madeline Kahn - Day for Night
Valentina Cortese - The Godfather Part II
Talia Shire - Murder on the Orient Express
Ingrid Bergman
Best Foreign Language Film
- Amarcord
- Cats' Play
- The Deluge
- Lacombe, Lucien
- The Truce
Best Art Direction
- Chinatown
Richard Sylbert [Art Direction], W. Stewart Campbell [Art Direction] and Ruby Levitt [Set Decoration] - Earthquake
Alexander Golitzen [Art Direction], E. Preston Ames [Art Direction] and Frank R. McKelvy [Set Decoration] - The Godfather Part II
Dean Tavoularis [Art Direction], Angelo Graham [Art Direction] and George R. Nelson [Set Decoration] - The Island at the Top of the World
Peter Ellenshaw [Art Direction], John B. Mansbridge [Art Direction], Walter Tyler [Art Direction], Al Roelofs [Art Direction] and Hal Gausman [Set Decoration] - The Towering Inferno
William Creber [Art Direction], Ward Preston [Art Direction] and Raphael Bretton [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- Chinatown
John A. Alonzo - Earthquake
Philip Lathrop - Lenny
Bruce Surtees - Murder on the Orient Express
Geoffrey Unsworth - The Towering Inferno
Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc
Best Costume Design
- Chinatown
Anthea Sylbert - Daisy Miller
John Furness - The Godfather Part II
Theodora Van Runkle - The Great Gatsby
Theoni V. Aldredge - Murder on the Orient Express
Tony Walton
Best Documentary (Feature)
- The 81st Blow
Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri - Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow - The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art
Herbert Kline - Hearts and Minds
Peter Davis and Bert Schneider - The Wild and the Brave
Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- City Out of Wilderness
Francis Thompson - Don't
Robin Lehman - Exploratorium
Jon Boorstin - John Muir's High Sierra
Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster - Naked Yoga
Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd
Best Film Editing
- Blazing Saddles
John C. Howard and Danford Greene - Chinatown
Sam O'Steen - Earthquake
Dorothy Spencer - The Longest Year
Michael Luciano - The Towering Inferno
Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress
Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)
- Chinatown
Jerry Goldsmith - The Godfather Part II
Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola - Murder on the Orient Express
Richard Rodney Bennett - Shanks
Alex North - The Towering Inferno
John Williams
Best Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
- The Great Gatsby
Nelson Riddle [Adaptation Score by] - The Little Prince
Alan Jay Lerner [Song Score by], Frederick Loewe [Song Score by], Angela Morley [Adaptation Score by] and Douglas Gamley [Adaptation Score by] - Phantom of the Paradise
Paul Williams [Song and Adaptation Score by] and George Aliceson Tipton [Adaptation Score by]
Best Music (Song)
- Benji "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)"
Euel Box [Music by] and Betty Box [Lyrics by] - Blazing Saddles "Blazing Saddles"
John Morris [Music by] and Mel Brooks [Lyrics by] - Gold "Wherever Love Takes Me"
Elmer Bernstein [Music by] and Don Black [Lyrics by] - The Little Prince "Little Prince"
Frederick Loewe [Music by] and Alan Jay Lerner [Lyrics by] - The Towering Inferno "We May Never Love Like This Again"
Al Kasha [Music and Lyrics by] and Joel Hirschhorn [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Film (Animated)
- Closed Mondays
Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner - The Family That Dwelt Apart
Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall - Hunger
Peter Foldes and René Jodoin - Voyage to Next
Faith Hubley and John Hubley - Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Wolfgang Reitherman
Best Short Film (Live Action)
- Climb
Dewitt Jones - The Concert
Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin - One-Eyed Men Are Kings
Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan - Planet Ocean
George V. Casey - The Violin
Andrew Welsh and George Pastic
Best Sound
- Chinatown
Bud Grenzbach and Lawrence O. Jost - The Conversation
Walter Murch and Arthur Rochester - Earthquake
Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe Sr. - The Towering Inferno
Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis - Young Frankenstein
Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa
Best Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler [Screenplay by] and Lionel Chetwynd [Adaptation by] - The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo - Lenny
Julian Barry - Murder on the Orient Express
Paul Dehn - Young Frankenstein
Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Robert Getchell - Chinatown
Robert Towne - The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola - Day for Night
Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman - Harry and Tonto
Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld