Academy Awards archive

Gone with the Wind Oscar Nominations & Wins

Gone with the Wind has 15 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 10 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)

F. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK, the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY, MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY, CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY, the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, WINTON HOCH, TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP., DON MUSGRAVE, SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES INC.

Special Photographic

1939 film year

All 15 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Gone with the Wind: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1939Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientClark Gable

Rhett Butler

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGoodbye, Mr. ChipsMr. Chips
Robert Donat
Film year1939Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientVivien Leigh

Scarlett O'Hara

Win recorded
Film year1939Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientOlivia de Havilland

Melanie Hamilton

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGone with the WindMammy
Hattie McDaniel
Film year1939Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientHattie McDaniel

Mammy

Win recorded
Film year1939Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientLyle Wheeler
Win recorded
Film year1939Cinematography (Color)
Credited nominee / recipientErnest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Win recorded
Film year1939Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientVictor Fleming
Win recorded
Film year1939Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientHal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Win recorded
Film year1939Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientMax Steiner
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Wizard of Oz
Herbert Stothart
Film year1939Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientSelznick International Pictures
Win recorded
Film year1939Sound Recording
Credited nominee / recipientSamuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryWhen Tomorrow Comes
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Film year1939Visual Effects
Credited nominee / recipientJohn R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Rains Came
Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen
Film year1939Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientSidney Howard
Win recorded
Film year1939Special Award
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Cameron Menzies
Source context

To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind.

Win recorded
Film year1939Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)
Credited nominee / recipientF. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK, the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY, MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY, CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY, the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, WINTON HOCH, TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP., DON MUSGRAVE, SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES INC.

Special Photographic

Source context

For important contributions in cooperative development of new improved Process Projection Equipment: F. R. ABBOTT, HALLER BELT, ALAN COOK and the BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY for faster projection lenses; The MITCHELL CAMERA COMPANY for a new type process projection head; MOLE-RICHARDSON COMPANY for a new type automatically controlled projection arc lamp; CHARLES HANDLEY, DAVID JOY and the NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY for improved and more stable high-intensity carbons; WINTON HOCH and the TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP. for an auxiliary optical system; DON MUSGRAVE and SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, INC. for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production, Gone with the Wind.

Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Gone with the Wind with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Best Actor winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Best Actress 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Best Actress winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Art Direction 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Art Direction winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Best Director 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Best Director winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Film Editing 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Film Editing winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Original Score 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Original Score winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Best Picture 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Best Picture winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Sound Recording 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
  • Balalaika
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Gone with the Wind This film
    Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    Denham Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Great Victor Herbert
    Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Man of Conquest
    Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • Of Mice and Men
    Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
    Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • The Rains Came
    20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
    Nominee
  • When Tomorrow Comes
    Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
    ★ Winner
Sound Recording winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Visual Effects 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Visual Effects winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1939 film year · Ceremony 12
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1939 film-year results
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