Academy Awards archive

The French Connection Oscar Nominations & Wins

The French Connection has 8 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 5 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 8 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.

The French Connection: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1971Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientGene Hackman

Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle

Win recorded
Film year1971Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientRoy Scheider

Buddy Russo

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Last Picture ShowSam the Lion
Ben Johnson
Film year1971Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientOwen Roizman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryFiddler on the Roof
Oswald Morris
Film year1971Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Friedkin
Win recorded
Film year1971Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientJerry Greenberg
Win recorded
Film year1971Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientPhilip D'Antoni, Producer
Win recorded
Film year1971Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientTheodore Soderberg, Christopher Newman
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryFiddler on the Roof
Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard
Film year1971Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientErnest Tidyman
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare The French Connection 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 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Best Actor winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Cinematography 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Cinematography winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Best Director 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Best Director winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Film Editing 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Film Editing winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Best Picture 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Best Picture winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1971 film year · Ceremony 44
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1971 film-year results
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