Winner 47th Academy Awards
The 1974 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Year
1974
Nominations
114
Categories Decided
All 26
Top Winner
The Godfather Part II
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to The Godfather Part II. The winning leader is The Godfather Part II with 6 wins. The most nominated title is The Godfather Part II with 11 nominations. 32 winners named across 26 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Godfather Part II 6 wins11 nominations
- The Towering Inferno 3 wins8 nominations
- Earthquake 2 wins5 nominations
- The Great Gatsby 2 wins2 nominations
- Chinatown 1 win11 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
The 1974 ceremony centers on The Godfather Part II. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
Best Picture Winner
- Chinatown Robert Evans
- Lenny Marvin Worth
- The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola | Fred Roos
- The Towering Inferno Irwin Allen
Best Director Winner
Best Actor Winner
Best Actress Winner
Complete Ceremony Ledger
Every winner and nominee in every category, with film, person and review links.
21 categories114 records32 winners
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Chinatown
Credit: Robert Evans
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Lenny
Credit: Marvin Worth
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The Towering Inferno
Credit: Irwin Allen
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Chinatown
Credit: Roman Polanski
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Day for Night
Credit: Francois Truffaut
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Chinatown
Credit: Robert Towne
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The Conversation
Credit: Francis Ford Coppola
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Amarcord
Credit: Italy
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Cats' Play
Credit: Hungary
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Lacombe, Lucien
Credit: France
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The Deluge
Credit: Poland
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The Truce
Credit: Argentina
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Chinatown
Credit: Jerry Goldsmith
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Shanks
Credit: Alex North
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The Towering Inferno
Credit: John Williams
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The Great Gatsby
Credit: Theoni V. Aldredge
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Chinatown
Credit: Anthea Sylbert
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Daisy Miller
Credit: John Furness
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Chinatown
Credit: John A. Alonzo
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Earthquake
Credit: Philip Lathrop
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Lenny
Credit: Bruce Surtees
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Chinatown
Credit: Sam O'Steen
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Earthquake
Credit: Dorothy Spencer
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The Longest Yard
Credit: Michael Luciano
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Don't
Credit: Robin Lehman
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Exploratorium
Credit: Jon Boorstin
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Naked Yoga
Credit: Ronald S. KassMervyn Lloyd
1 winner3 records
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Climb
Credit: Dewitt Jones
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Planet Ocean
Credit: George V. Casey
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The Violin
Credit: Andrew WelshGeorge Pastic
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Ceremony Highlights
Winner Harry and Tonto
Winner Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Winner Murder on the Orient Express
Winner The Great Gatsby
Winner Hearts and Minds
Winner Don't
Winner Amarcord
Winner Closed Mondays
Winner One-Eyed Men Are Kings
Winner Earthquake
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
A Woman under the Influence
Claudine
Categories in this ceremony
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
ART DIRECTION
Best Picture
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
Best Director
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
FILM EDITING
HONORARY AWARD
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
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 MIXING
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (Visual Effects)
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
Winner Circle
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
Ellen Burstyn
Art Carney
Ingrid Bergman
Robert De Niro
Chinatown
The Godfather Part II
Amarcord
The Godfather Part II
We May Never Love Like This Again
Theoni V. Aldredge
Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
Robin Lehman, Producer
Howard Hawks
Jean Renoir
JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Arthur B. Krim
Nelson Riddle
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
JOSEPH D. KELLY
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
Quad-Eight Sound Corporation
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
Samuel Goldwyn Studios
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
The Burbank Studios
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class II)
Waldon O. Watson, Richard J. Stumpf, Robert J. Leonard and Universal City Studios
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
LOUIS AMI
SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)
The Elemack Company
Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers
Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers
Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.