Academy Awards 1966 Nominations

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Best Picture	Best Director
Best Leading Actor	Best Leading Actress
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Best International Film	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
Best Original Song	Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing	Best Production Design
Best Cinematography	Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score, Musical or Comedy	Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

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Best Picture

• A Thousand Clowns
• Darling
• Doctor Zhivago
• Ship of Fools
• The Sound of Music

Best Director

• Darling (John Schlesinger)
• Doctor Zhivago (David Lean)
• The Collector (William Wyler)
• The Sound of Music (Robert Wise)

Best Leading Actor

• Cat Ballou (Lee Marvin)
• Othello (Laurence Olivier)
• Ship of Fools (Oskar Werner)
• The Pawnbroker (Rod Steiger)
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (Richard Burton)

Best Leading Actress

• A Patch of Blue (Elizabeth Hartman)
• Darling (Julie Christie)
• Ship of Fools (Simone Signoret)
• The Collector (Samantha Eggar)
• The Shop on Main Street (Ida Kaminska)
• The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews)

Best Supporting Actor

• A Thousand Clowns (Martin Balsam)
• Doctor Zhivago (Tom Courtenay)
• Othello (Frank Finlay)
• Ship of Fools (Michael Dunn)
• The Flight of the Phoenix (Ian Bannen)

Best Supporting Actress

• A Patch of Blue (Shelley Winters)
• Inside Daisy Clover (Ruth Gordon)
• Othello (Maggie Smith)
• Othello (Joyce Redman)
• The Sound of Music (Peggy Wood)

Best Original Screenplay

• Casanova 70
• Darling
• The Train
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25h 11min

Best Adapted Screenplay

• A Thousand Clowns
• Cat Ballou
• Doctor Zhivago
• Ship of Fools
• The Collector

Best International Film

• Blood on the Land (Greece)
• Dear John (Sweden)
• Kwaidan (Japan)
• The Shop on Main Street (Czechoslovakia)

Best Documentary Feature

• Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
• The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
• The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
• The Forth Road Bridge
• To Die in Madrid

Best Documentary Short

• Mural on Our Street
• Ouverture
• Point of View
• To Be Alive!
• Yeats Country

Best Live Action Short

• Fortress of Peace
• Le poulet
• Skaterdater
• Snow
• Time Piece

Best Animated Short Film

• Clay or the Origin of Species
• La gazza ladra
• The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Best Original Score

• A Patch of Blue
• Doctor Zhivago
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Greatest Story Ever Told

Best Original Song

• Cat Ballou ("The Ballad of Cat Ballou")
• The Great Race ("The Sweetheart Tree")
• The Sandpiper ("The Shadow of Your Smile")
• What's New Pussycat ("What's New, Pussycat?")

Best Sound Editing

• The Great Race
• Von Ryan's Express

Best Sound Mixing

• Doctor Zhivago
• Shenandoah
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Great Race
• The Sound of Music

Best Production Design

• Doctor Zhivago
• Inside Daisy Clover
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• The Sound of Music

Best Cinematography

• Doctor Zhivago
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Great Race
• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• The Sound of Music

Best Costume Design

• Doctor Zhivago
• Inside Daisy Clover
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• The Sound of Music

Best Film Editing

• Cat Ballou
• Doctor Zhivago
• The Flight of the Phoenix
• The Great Race
• The Sound of Music

Best Visual Effects

• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• Thunderball

Best Original Score, Musical or Comedy

• A Thousand Clowns
• Cat Ballou
• The Pleasure Seekers
• The Sound of Music

Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

• A Patch of Blue
• King Rat
• Ship of Fools
• The Slender Thread
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

• A Patch of Blue
• In Harm's Way
• King Rat
• Morituri
• Ship of Fools

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

• A Rage to Live
• Darling
• Morituri
• Ship of Fools
• The Slender Thread