1964 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 122 Academy Award records for the 1964 film year, covering 57 films and including 27 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ My Fair LadyJack L. Warner, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- My Fair Lady
8 wins from 12 award records
- Mary Poppins
5 wins from 13 award records
- Zorba the Greek
3 wins from 7 award records
- Becket
1 win from 12 award records
- The Night of the Iguana
1 win from 4 award records
- Father Goose
1 win from 3 award records
Category winners
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- ★ My Fair Lady — Professor Henry Higgins
- ★ Topkapi — Arthur Simpson
- ★ Mary Poppins — Mary Poppins
- ★ Zorba the Greek — Madame Hortense
- ★ Mary Poppins — Chim Chim Cher-ee
- ★ Becket
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 122 of 122 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Jack L. Warner, Producer
- Becket IMDB — Hal B. Wallis, Producer
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb IMDB — Stanley Kubrick, Producer
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers
- Zorba the Greek IMDB — Michael Cacoyannis, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Rex HarrisonProfessor Henry Higgins
- Becket IMDB — Richard BurtonThomas Becket
- Becket IMDB — Peter O'TooleKing Henry II
- Zorba the Greek IMDB — Anthony QuinnAlexis Zorba
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb IMDB — Peter SellersGroup Captain Lionel Mandrake/President Muffley/Dr. Strangelove
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Topkapi IMDB — Peter UstinovArthur Simpson
- Becket IMDB — John GielgudKing Louis VII of France
- My Fair Lady IMDB — Stanley HollowayAlfred P. Doolittle
- Seven Days in May IMDB — Edmond O'BrienSenator Raymond Clark
- The Best Man IMDB — Lee TracyArt Hockstader
Best Actress
- ★ Mary Poppins IMDB — Julie AndrewsMary Poppins
- The Pumpkin Eater IMDB — Anne BancroftJo Armitage
- Marriage Italian Style IMDB — Sophia LorenFilomena Marturano
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDB — Debbie ReynoldsMolly Brown
- Seance on a Wet Afternoon IMDB — Kim StanleyMyra Savage
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Zorba the Greek IMDB — Lila KedrovaMadame Hortense
- My Fair Lady IMDB — Gladys CooperMrs. Higgins
- The Chalk Garden IMDB — Dame Edith EvansMrs. St. Maugham
- The Night of the Iguana IMDB — Grayson HallJudith Fellowes
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte IMDB — Agnes MooreheadVelma Cruther
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ Zorba the Greek IMDB — Vassilis Fotopoulos
- The Americanization of Emily IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Hans Peters, Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Robert R. Benton
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte IMDB — Art Direction: William Glasgow; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
- The Night of the Iguana IMDB — Stephen Grimes
- Seven Days in May IMDB — Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Art Direction: Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
- Becket IMDB — Art Direction: John Bryan, Maurice Carter; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin, Robert Cartwright
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Art Direction: Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDB — Art Direction: George W. Davis, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
- What a Way to Go! IMDB — Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Costume Design (Color)
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Cecil Beaton
- Becket IMDB — Margaret Furse
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Tony Walton
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDB — Morton Haack
- What a Way to Go! IMDB — Edith Head, Moss Mabry
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun IMDB — Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
- The Finest Hours IMDB — Jack Le Vien, Producer
- Four Days in November IMDB — Mel Stuart, Producer
- The Human Dutch IMDB — Bert Haanstra, Producer
- Over There, 1914-18 IMDB — Jean Aurel, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Nine from Little Rock IMDB — Charles Guggenheim, Producer
- Breaking the Habit IMDB — Henry Jacobs and John Korty, Producers
- Children Without IMDB — Charles Guggenheim, Producer
- Kenojuak IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
- 140 Days under the World IMDB — Geoffrey Scott and Oxley Hughan, Producers
Film Editing
Honorary Award
- ★ 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. IMDB — William Tuttle
Source context
To William Tuttle for his outstanding make-up achievement for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
International Feature Film
- ★ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow IMDB — Italy
- Raven's End IMDB — Sweden
- Sallah IMDB — Israel
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg IMDB — France
- Woman in the Dunes IMDB — Japan
Original Score
- ★ Mary Poppins IMDB — Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- Becket IMDB — Laurence Rosenthal
- The Fall of the Roman Empire IMDB — Dimitri Tiomkin
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte IMDB — Frank DeVol
- The Pink Panther IMDB — Henry Mancini
Original Song
- ★ Mary Poppins IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. ShermanChim Chim Cher-ee
- Dear Heart IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray EvansDear Heart
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte IMDB — Music by Frank DeVol; Lyrics by Mack DavidHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Robin and the 7 Hoods IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy CahnMy Kind Of Town
- Where Love Has Gone IMDB — Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy CahnWhere Love Has Gone
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Andre Previn
- A Hard Day's Night IMDB — George Martin
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Irwin Kostal
- Robin and the 7 Hoods IMDB — Nelson Riddle
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDB — Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Pink Phink IMDB — David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
- Christmas Cracker IMDB — National Film Board of Canada
- How to Avoid Friendship IMDB — William L. Snyder, Producer
- Nudnik #2 IMDB — William L. Snyder, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Casals Conducts: 1964 IMDB — Edward Schreiber, Producer
- Help! My Snowman's Burning Down IMDB — Carson Davidson, Producer
- The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes IMDB — Robert Clouse, Producer
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
- ★ My Fair Lady IMDB — Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
- Becket IMDB — Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
- Father Goose IMDB — Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
Visual Effects
- ★ Mary Poppins IMDB — Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, Hamilton Luske
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao IMDB — Jim Danforth
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Becket IMDB — Edward Anhalt
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb IMDB — Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, Terry Southern
- Mary Poppins IMDB — Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
- My Fair Lady IMDB — Alan Jay Lerner
- Zorba the Greek IMDB — Michael Cacoyannis
Original Screenplay
- ★ Father Goose IMDB — Story by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
- A Hard Day's Night IMDB — Alun Owen
- One Potato, Two Potato IMDB — Story by Orville H. Hampton; Screenplay by Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
- The Organizer IMDB — Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli
- That Man from Rio IMDB — Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Nominated films and other recorded entries
57 films represented in the 1964 archive selection.
- 140 Days under the World
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
- A Hard Day's Night
- A House Is Not a Home
- Becket
- Breaking the Habit
- Casals Conducts: 1964
- Cheyenne Autumn
- Children Without
- Christmas Cracker
- Dear Heart
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Fate Is the Hunter
- Father Goose
- Four Days in November
- Goldfinger
- Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
- How to Avoid Friendship
- Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
- Kenojuak
- Kisses for My President
- Marriage Italian Style
- Mary Poppins
- My Fair Lady
- Nine from Little Rock
- Nudnik #2
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Over There, 1914-18
- Raven's End
- Robin and the 7 Hoods
- Sallah
- Seance on a Wet Afternoon
- Seven Days in May
- That Man from Rio
- The Americanization of Emily
- The Best Man
- The Chalk Garden
- The Fall of the Roman Empire
- The Finest Hours
- The Human Dutch
- The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
- The Lively Set
- The Night of the Iguana
- The Organizer
- The Pink Panther
- The Pink Phink
- The Pumpkin Eater
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- The Visit
- Topkapi
- What a Way to Go!
- Where Love Has Gone
- Woman in the Dunes
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Zorba the Greek
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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