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1974 Oscars:
The 1974 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | Chinatown, Robert Evans, producer (Paramount) |
| The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola, producer (Paramount) |
| The Godfather Part II, Francis Ford Coppola, producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, co-producers (Paramount) |
| Lenny, Marvin Worth, producer (United Artists) | | The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox/Warner Bros.) |
| Best Actor | Art Carney, Harry and Tonto |
| Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Dustin Hoffman, Lenny |
| Jack Nicholson, Chinatown | | Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II |
| Best Actress | Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| Diahann Carroll, Claudine |
| Faye Dunaway, Chinatown |
| Valerie Perrine, Lenny | | Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno |
| Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot |
| Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II |
| Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II |
| Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II | |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Valentina Cortese, Day for Night |
| Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles |
| Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | | Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II |
| Directing | John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence |
| Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II |
| Bob Fosse, Lenny |
| Roman Polanski, Chinatown | | François Truffaut, Day for Night |
| Writing |
| Original Screenplay | Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation |
| Robert Getchell, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld, Harry and Tonto |
| Robert Towne, Chinatown | | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman, Day for Night |
| Screenplay Adapted From Other Material | Julian Barry, Lenny |
| Paul Dehn, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, The Godfather Part II |
| Mordecai Richler, screenplay; Lionel Chetwynd, adaptation, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | | Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein | |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo, Chinatown |
| Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc, The Towering Inferno |
| Philip Lathrop, Earthquake |
| Bruce Surtees, Lenny | | Geoffrey Unsworth, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Art Direction | William Creber and Ward Preston, art direction; Raphael Bretton, set decoration, The Towering Inferno |
| Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler and Al Roelofs, art direction; Hal Gausman, set decoration, The Island at the Top of the World |
| Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames, art direction; Frank McKelvy, set decoration, Earthquake |
| Richard Sylbert and W. Stewart Campbell, art direction; Ruby Levitt, set decoartion, Chinatown | | Dean Tavoularis and Angelo Graham, art direction; George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Godfather Part II |
| Sound | Bud Grenzbach and Larry Jost, Chinatown |
| Walter Murch and Arthur Rochester, The Conversation |
| Ronald Pierce and Melvin Metcalfe, Sr., Earthquake |
| Richard Portman and Gene Cantamessa, Young Frankenstein | | Theodore Soderberg and Herman Lewis, The Towering Inferno |
| Music |
| Song | “Benji's Theme” (I Feel Love), Benji, Euel Box, music; Betty Box, lyrics |
| “Blazing Saddles,” Blazing Saddles, John Morris, music; Mel Brooks, lyrics |
| “Little Prince,” The Little Prince, Frederick Loewe, music; Alan Jay Lerner, Iyrics |
| “We May Never Love Like This Again,” The Towering Inferno, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, music and Iyrics | | “Wherever Love Takes Me,” Gold, Elmer Bernstein, music; Don Black, Iyrics |
| Original Dramatic Score | Richard Rodney Bennett, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown |
| Alex North, Shanks |
| Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola, The Godfather Part II | | John Williams, The Towering Inferno |
| Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, song; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley, adaptation, The Little Prince |
| Nelson Riddle, adaptation, The Great Gatsby | | Paul Williams, song; George Aliceson Tipton and Paul Williams, adaptation, Phantom of the Paradise | |
| Film Editing | John C. Howard and Danford Greene, Blazing Saddles |
| Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress, The Towering Inferno |
| Michael Luciano, The Longest Yard |
| Sam O'Steen, Chinatown | | Dorothy Spencer, Earthquake |
| Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge, The Great Gatsby |
| John Furness, Daisy Miller |
| Anthea Sylbert, Chinatown |
| Theadora Van Runkle, The Godfather Part II | | Tony Walton, Murder on the Orient Express |
| Short Films |
| Animated | Closed Mondays (Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, producers; Lighthouse Productions) |
| The Family That Dwelt Apart (Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
| Hunger (Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
| Voyage to Next (Faith Hubley and John Hubley, producers; Hubley Studios) | | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Wolfgang Reitherman, producer; Walt Disney Productions) |
| Live Action | Climb (Dewitt Jones, producer; Dewitt Jones Productions) |
| The Concert (Julian and Claude Chagrin, producers; The Black and White Colour Film Company, Ltd.) |
| One-Eyed Men Are Kings (Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, producers; C.A.P.A.C. Productions) |
| Planet Ocean (George V. Casey, producer; Graphic Films) | | The Violin (Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, producers; Sincinkin, Ltd.) | |
| Documentary |
| Short Subject | City Out of Wilderness (Francis Thompson, producer; Francis Thompson Inc.) |
| Don't (Robin Lehman, producer; R. A. Films) |
| Exploratorium (Jon Boorstin, producer; Jon Boorstin Production) |
| John Muir's High Sierra (Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, producers; Dewitt Jones Productions) | | Naked Yoga (Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, producers; Filmshop Production) |
| Feature | Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, producers; Rocky Mountain Productions) |
| The Challenge…A Tribute to Modern Art (Herbert Kline, producer; World View Production) |
| The 81st Blow (Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, producers; Ghetto Fighters House Film) |
| Hearts and Minds (Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation) | | The Wild and the Brave (E.S.J. Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. and Jones/Howard Ltd.) | |
| Foreign Language Film | Amarcord, Italy |
| Cats' Play, Hungary |
| The Deluge, Poland |
| Lacombe, Lucien, France | | The Truce, Argentina |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Arthur B. Krim |
| Honorary Awards | To Howard Hawks, a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema | | To Jean Renoir, a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration |
| Special Achievement Award |
| Visual Effects | Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock, Earthquake | |
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