1971 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 103 Academy Award records for the 1971 film year, covering 49 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
- ★ The French ConnectionPhilip D'Antoni, 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.
- The French Connection
5 wins from 8 award records
- Fiddler on the Roof
3 wins from 8 award records
- The Last Picture Show
2 wins from 8 award records
- Nicholas and Alexandra
2 wins from 6 award records
- Sentinels of Silence
2 wins from 2 award records
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The French Connection — Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
- ★ The Last Picture Show — Sam the Lion
- ★ Klute — Bree Daniel
- ★ The Last Picture Show — Ruth Popper
- ★ Shaft — Theme From Shaft
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 103 of 103 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The French Connection IMDB — Philip D'Antoni, Producer
- A Clockwork Orange IMDB — Stanley Kubrick, Producer
- Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — Norman Jewison, Producer
- The Last Picture Show IMDB — Stephen J. Friedman, Producer
- Nicholas and Alexandra IMDB — Sam Spiegel, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ The French Connection IMDB — Gene HackmanJimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
- Sunday Bloody Sunday IMDB — Peter FinchDr. Daniel Hirsh
- Kotch IMDB — Walter MatthauJoseph P. Kotcher
- The Hospital IMDB — George C. ScottDr. Herbert Bock
- Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — TopolTevye
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ The Last Picture Show IMDB — Ben JohnsonSam the Lion
- The Last Picture Show IMDB — Jeff BridgesDuane Jackson
- Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — Leonard FreyMotel
- Sometimes a Great Notion IMDB — Richard JaeckelJoe Ben Stamper
- The French Connection IMDB — Roy ScheiderBuddy Russo
Best Actress
- ★ Klute IMDB — Jane FondaBree Daniel
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller IMDB — Julie ChristieMrs. Constance Miller
- Sunday Bloody Sunday IMDB — Glenda JacksonAlex Greville
- Mary, Queen of Scots IMDB — Vanessa RedgraveMary, Queen of Scots
- Nicholas and Alexandra IMDB — Janet SuzmanAlexandra
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Last Picture Show IMDB — Cloris LeachmanRuth Popper
- Carnal Knowledge IMDB — Ann-MargretBobbie
- The Last Picture Show IMDB — Ellen BurstynLois Farrow
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me? IMDB — Barbara HarrisAllison
- The Go-Between IMDB — Margaret LeightonMrs. Maudsley
Art Direction
- ★ Nicholas and Alexandra IMDB — Art Direction: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon
- The Andromeda Strain IMDB — Art Direction: Boris Leven, William Tuntke; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks IMDB — Art Direction: John B. Mansbridge, Peter Ellenshaw; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman
- Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — Art Direction: Robert Boyle, Michael Stringer; Set Decoration: Peter Lamont
- Mary, Queen of Scots IMDB — Art Direction: Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
Cinematography
Costume Design
- ★ Nicholas and Alexandra IMDB — Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks IMDB — Bill Thomas
- Death in Venice IMDB — Piero Tosi
- Mary, Queen of Scots IMDB — Margaret Furse
- What's the Matter with Helen? IMDB — Morton Haack
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The Hellstrom Chronicle IMDB — Walon Green, Producer
- Alaska Wilderness Lake IMDB — Alan Landsburg, Producer
- On Any Sunday IMDB — Bruce Brown, Producer
- The RA Expeditions IMDB — Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl, Producers
- The Sorrow and the Pity IMDB — Marcel Ophuls, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Sentinels of Silence IMDB — Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers
- Adventures in Perception IMDB — Han van Gelder, Producer
- Art Is... IMDB — Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
- The Numbers Start with the River IMDB — Donald Wrye, Producer
- Somebody Waiting IMDB — Hal Riney, Dick Snider and Sherwood Omens, Producers
Film Editing
- ★ The French Connection IMDB — Jerry Greenberg
- The Andromeda Strain IMDB — Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes
- A Clockwork Orange IMDB — Bill Butler
- Kotch IMDB — Ralph E. Winters
- Summer of '42 IMDB — Folmar Blangsted
International Feature Film
- ★ The Garden of the Finzi Continis IMDB — Italy
- Dodes'ka-Den IMDB — Japan
- The Emigrants IMDB — Sweden
- The Policeman IMDB — Israel
- Tchaikovsky IMDB — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Shaft IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Isaac HayesTheme From Shaft
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. ShermanThe Age Of Not Believing
- Sometimes a Great Notion IMDB — Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn BergmanAll His Children
- Bless the Beasts & Children IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.Bless The Beasts & Children
- Kotch IMDB — Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny MercerLife Is What You Make It
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — Adaptation Score by John Williams
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks IMDB — Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
- The Boy Friend IMDB — Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies and Peter Greenwell
- Tchaikovsky IMDB — Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory IMDB — Song Score by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Crunch Bird IMDB — Ted Petok, Producer
- Evolution IMDB — Michael Mills, Producer
- The Selfish Giant IMDB — Peter Sander and Murray Shostak, Producers
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Sentinels of Silence IMDB — Manuel Arango and Robert Amram, Producers
- Good Morning IMDB — Denny Evans and Ken Greenwald, Producers
- The Rehearsal IMDB — Stephen F. Verona, Producer
Sound Mixing
- ★ Fiddler on the Roof IMDB — Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard
- Diamonds Are Forever IMDB — Gordon K. McCallum, John Mitchell, Alfred J. Overton
- The French Connection IMDB — Theodore Soderberg, Christopher Newman
- Kotch IMDB — Richard Portman, Jack Solomon
- Mary, Queen of Scots IMDB — Bob Jones, John Aldred
Visual Effects
- ★ Bedknobs and Broomsticks IMDB — Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth IMDB — Jim Danforth, Roger Dicken
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The French Connection IMDB — Ernest Tidyman
- A Clockwork Orange IMDB — Stanley Kubrick
- The Conformist IMDB — Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Garden of the Finzi Continis IMDB — Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli
- The Last Picture Show IMDB — Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
Original Screenplay
- ★ The Hospital IMDB — Paddy Chayefsky
- Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion IMDB — Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
- Klute IMDB — Andy Lewis, Dave Lewis
- Summer of '42 IMDB — Herman Raucher
- Sunday Bloody Sunday IMDB — Penelope Gilliatt
Nominated films and other recorded entries
49 films represented in the 1971 archive selection.
- A Clockwork Orange
- Adventures in Perception
- Alaska Wilderness Lake
- Art Is...
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Bless the Beasts & Children
- Carnal Knowledge
- Death in Venice
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Dodes'ka-Den
- Evolution
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Good Morning
- Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion
- Klute
- Kotch
- Mary, Queen of Scots
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- On Any Sunday
- Sentinels of Silence
- Shaft
- Somebody Waiting
- Sometimes a Great Notion
- Straw Dogs
- Summer of '42
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Tchaikovsky
- The Andromeda Strain
- The Boy Friend
- The Conformist
- The Crunch Bird
- The Emigrants
- The French Connection
- The Garden of the Finzi Continis
- The Go-Between
- The Hellstrom Chronicle
- The Hospital
- The Last Picture Show
- The Numbers Start with the River
- The Policeman
- The RA Expeditions
- The Rehearsal
- The Selfish Giant
- The Sorrow and the Pity
- What's the Matter with Helen?
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me?
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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.
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