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A Man for All Seasons poster
Best PictureA Man for All Seasons

39th Academy Awards

The 1966 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.

Year 1966
Nominations 129
Categories Decided All 31
Top Winner A Man for All Seasons
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Ceremony at a glance

Best Picture went to A Man for All Seasons. The winning leader is A Man for All Seasons with 6 wins. The most nominated title is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with 13 nominations. 35 winners named across 31 categories.

Most awarded titles

  1. A Man for All Seasons 6 wins8 nominations
  2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5 wins13 nominations
  3. Grand Prix 3 wins3 nominations
  4. Fantastic Voyage 2 wins5 nominations
  5. A Man and a Woman 2 wins4 nominations

Best Picture Nominees

The major races

The 1966 ceremony centers on A Man for All Seasons. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.

Complete Ceremony Ledger

Every winner and nominee in every category, with film, person and review links.

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Ceremony Highlights

Categories in this ceremony

Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) ART DIRECTION (Color) Best Picture CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) COSTUME DESIGN (Color) Best Director DOCUMENTARY (Feature) DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) FILM EDITING HONORARY AWARD INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD MUSIC (Original Score) MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) MUSIC (Original Song) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II) SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III) SHORT FILM (Animated) SHORT FILM (Live Action) SOUND EDITING SOUND MIXING VISUAL EFFECTS WRITING (Adapted Screenplay) WRITING (Original Screenplay)

Winner Circle

Sortable ledger

Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.

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