1969 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 103 Academy Award records for the 1969 film year, covering 45 films and including 22 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
- ★ Midnight CowboyJerome Hellman, 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.
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
4 wins from 7 award records
- Hello, Dolly!
3 wins from 7 award records
- Midnight Cowboy
3 wins from 7 award records
- Z
2 wins from 5 award records
- Anne of the Thousand Days
1 win from 10 award records
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1 win from 9 award records
Category winners
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- ★ True Grit — Rooster Cogburn
- ★ They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Rocky
- ★ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie — Miss Jean Brodie
- ★ Cactus Flower — Toni Simmons
- ★ Z
- ★ Z
- ★ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- ★ Marooned
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 103 of 103 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Jerome Hellman, Producer
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Hal B. Wallis, Producer
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDB — John Foreman, Producer
- Hello, Dolly! IMDB — Ernest Lehman, Producer
- Z IMDB — Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ True Grit IMDB — John WayneRooster Cogburn
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Richard BurtonKing Henry VIII
- Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Dustin HoffmanRatso Rizzo
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips IMDB — Peter O'TooleArthur Chipping
- Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Jon VoightJoe Buck
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Gig YoungRocky
- The Reivers IMDB — Rupert CrosseNed McCaslin
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice IMDB — Elliott GouldTed Henderson
- Easy Rider IMDB — Jack NicholsonGeorge Hanson
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Anthony QuayleCardinal Wolsey
Best Actress
- ★ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie IMDB — Maggie SmithMiss Jean Brodie
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Genevieve BujoldAnne Boleyn
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Jane FondaGloria Beatty
- The Sterile Cuckoo IMDB — Liza MinnelliPookie Adams
- The Happy Ending IMDB — Jean SimmonsMary Wilson
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Cactus Flower IMDB — Goldie HawnToni Simmons
- Last Summer IMDB — Catherine BurnsRhoda
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice IMDB — Dyan CannonAlice Henderson
- Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Sylvia MilesCass
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Susannah YorkAlice
Art Direction
- ★ Hello, Dolly! IMDB — Art Direction: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Art Direction: Maurice Carter, Lionel Couch; Set Decoration: Patrick McLoughlin
- Gaily, Gaily IMDB — Art Direction: Robert Boyle, George B. Chan; Set Decoration: Edward Boyle, Carl Biddiscombe
- Sweet Charity IMDB — Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Art Direction: Harry Horner; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life IMDB — Bernard Chevry, Producer
- Before the Mountain Was Moved IMDB — Robert K. Sharpe, Producer
- In the Year of the Pig IMDB — Emile de Antonio, Producer
- The Olympics in Mexico IMDB — Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada
- The Wolf Men IMDB — Irwin Rosten, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Czechoslovakia 1968 IMDB — Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco, Producers
- An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer IMDB — Donald Wrye, Producer
- Jenny Is a Good Thing IMDB — Joan Horvath, Producer
- Leo Beuerman IMDB — Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser, Producers
- The Magic Machines IMDB — Joan Keller Stern, Producer
Film Editing
- ★ Z IMDB — Françoise Bonnot
- Hello, Dolly! IMDB — William Reynolds
- Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Hugh A. Robertson
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria IMDB — William Lyon, Earle Herdan
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Fredric Steinkamp
International Feature Film
- ★ Z IMDB — Algeria
- Ådalen '31 IMDB — Sweden
- The Battle of Neretva IMDB — Yugoslavia
- The Brothers Karamazov IMDB — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- My Night at Maud's IMDB — France
Source context
NOTE: Film received its 1969 nomination under the title My Night with Maud. It had no US distributor at the time.
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDB — Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal DavidRaindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- The Sterile Cuckoo IMDB — Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Dory PrevinCome Saturday Morning
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuenJean
- True Grit IMDB — Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don BlackTrue Grit
- The Happy Ending IMDB — Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanWhat Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Hello, Dolly! IMDB — Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips IMDB — Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams
- Paint Your Wagon IMDB — Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle
- Sweet Charity IMDB — Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — Adaptation score by John Green and Albert Woodbury
Animated Short Film
- ★ It's Tough to Be a Bird IMDB — Ward Kimball, Producer
- Of Men and Demons IMDB — John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
- Walking IMDB — Ryan Larkin, Producer
Live Action Short Film
- ★ The Magic Machines IMDB — Joan Keller Stern, Producer
- Blake IMDB — Doug Jackson, Producer
- People Soup IMDB — Marc Merson, Producer
Sound Mixing
- ★ Hello, Dolly! IMDB — Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — John Aldred
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDB — William Edmondson, David Dockendorf
- Gaily, Gaily IMDB — Robert Martin, Clem Portman
- Marooned IMDB — Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi
Visual Effects
- ★ Marooned IMDB — Robbie Robertson
- Krakatoa, East of Java IMDB — Eugene Lourie, Alex Weldon
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Midnight Cowboy IMDB — Waldo Salt
- Anne of the Thousand Days IMDB — Screenplay by John Hale, Bridget Boland; Adaptation by Richard Sokolove
- Goodbye, Columbus IMDB — Arnold Schulman
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDB — James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
- Z IMDB — Jorge Semprun, Costa-Gavras
Original Screenplay
- ★ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDB — William Goldman
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice IMDB — Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
- The Damned IMDB — Story by Nicola Badalucco; Screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
- Easy Rider IMDB — Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
- The Wild Bunch IMDB — Story by Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah
Nominated films and other recorded entries
45 films represented in the 1969 archive selection.
- Ådalen '31
- Alice's Restaurant
- An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
- Anne of the Thousand Days
- Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life
- Before the Mountain Was Moved
- Blake
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Cactus Flower
- Czechoslovakia 1968
- Easy Rider
- Gaily, Gaily
- Goodbye, Columbus
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Hello, Dolly!
- In the Year of the Pig
- It's Tough to Be a Bird
- Jenny Is a Good Thing
- Krakatoa, East of Java
- Last Summer
- Leo Beuerman
- Marooned
- Midnight Cowboy
- My Night at Maud's
- Of Men and Demons
- Paint Your Wagon
- People Soup
- Sweet Charity
- The Battle of Neretva
- The Brothers Karamazov
- The Damned
- The Happy Ending
- The Magic Machines
- The Olympics in Mexico
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- The Reivers
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria
- The Sterile Cuckoo
- The Wild Bunch
- The Wolf Men
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- True Grit
- Walking
- Z
About these award records
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