Academy Awards archive

Chinatown Oscar Nominations & Wins

Chinatown has 11 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 11 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.

Chinatown: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1974Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientJack Nicholson

J. J. Gittes

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryHarry and TontoHarry
Art Carney
Film year1974Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientFaye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreAlice Hyatt
Ellen Burstyn
Film year1974Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Godfather Part II
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Film year1974Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientJohn A. Alonzo
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Towering Inferno
Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
Film year1974Costume Design
Credited nominee / recipientAnthea Sylbert
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Great Gatsby
Theoni V. Aldredge
Film year1974Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientRoman Polanski
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
Film year1974Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientSam O'Steen
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Towering Inferno
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Film year1974Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientJerry Goldsmith
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Godfather Part II
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
Film year1974Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Evans, Producer
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
Film year1974Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientBud Grenzbach, Larry Jost
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryEarthquake
Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
Film year1974Original Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Towne
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Chinatown 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 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Best Actor winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Best Actress 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Best Actress winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Art Direction 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
  • Chinatown This film
    Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
    Nominee
  • Earthquake
    Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
    Nominee
  • The Godfather Part II
    Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
    ★ Winner
  • The Island at the Top of the World
    Art Direction: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
    Nominee
  • The Towering Inferno
    Art Direction: William Creber, Ward Preston; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
    Nominee
Art Direction winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Cinematography 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Cinematography winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Costume Design 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Costume Design winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Best Director 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Best Director winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Film Editing 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Film Editing winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Original Score 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Original Score winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Best Picture 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
  • Chinatown This film
    Robert Evans, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Conversation
    Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Co-Producer
    Nominee
  • The Godfather Part II
    Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
    ★ Winner
  • Lenny
    Marvin Worth, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Towering Inferno
    Irwin Allen, Producer
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
Original Screenplay 1974 film year · Ceremony 47
Original Screenplay winner historyAll 1974 film-year results
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