47th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1975)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Tuesday, April 8, 1975
  • For films released in: 1974
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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
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