The 41st Oscars
105 nominations in 22 categories.
The night's big films
5 of 11
1 of 8
3 of 7- 0 of 7
2 of 4
1 of 4
Every category
Best Picture
John Woolf, Producer
Ray Stark, Producer- Paul Newman, Producer
Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne, Producers
Martin Poll, Producer
Best Director
Best Actor
- Cliff Robertson · Charly Gordon
- Alan Bates · Yakov Bok
- Peter O'Toole · King Henry II
Best Actress
- Barbra Streisand · Fanny Brice
NOTE: A tie. The other winner in this category was Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter).
- Katharine Hepburn · Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
NOTE: A tie. The other winner in this category was Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl).
- Vanessa Redgrave · Isadora Duncan
- Joanne Woodward · Rachel Cameron
- Patricia Neal · Nettie Cleary
Best Supporting Actor
- Jack Albertson · John Cleary
- Seymour Cassel · Chet
- Daniel Massey · Noel Coward
- Gene Wilder · Leo Bloom
Best Supporting Actress
- Ruth Gordon · Minnie Castevet
- Lynn Carlin · Maria Forst
- Kay Medford · Rose Brice
- Estelle Parsons · Calla Mackie
- Sondra Locke · Mick Kelly
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best International Feature
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
France- Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Best Documentary Feature
- Bill McGaw, Producer
NOTE: At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.
- William Cayton, Producer
- David H. Sawyer, Producer
- Robert Cohn and Alex Grasshoff, Producers
NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award. The first runner-up, Journey into Self, was awarded the statuette on May 8, 1969.
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design

Art Direction: Tony Masters, Harry Lange, Ernie Archer
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score

- Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
Adaptation score by Walter Scharf- Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
Best Original Song
The Thomas Crown Affair · The Windmills Of Your Mind
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang · Chitty Chitty Bang BangMusic and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman- For Love of Ivy · For Love Of IvyMusic by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
Funny Girl · Funny GirlMusic by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill- Star! · Star!Music by Jimmy Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Best Sound
Shepperton Studio Sound Department
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
Columbia Studio Sound Department- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Best Visual Effects
Best Documentary Short
- Saul Bass, Producer
- Lee R. Bobker, Producer
Best Animated Short
- John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
Best Live Action Short
- National Film Board of Canada
- John Astin, Producer
Honorary and special awards
Honorary Award


To John Chambers for his outstanding makeup achievement for Planet of the Apes.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Martha Raye