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Best Picture
 ALFIE - Sheldrake, Paramount (British). Produced by Lewis Gilbert
 A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Won 6 Awards) - Highland, Columbia. Produced by Fred Zinnemann
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! - Mirisch, UA. Produced by Norman Jewison
THE SAND PEBBLES - Argyle-Solar, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Robert Wise
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Chenault, Warner Bros. Produced by Ernest Lehman
Actor
Alan Arkin in THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
Richard Burton in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Michael Caine in ALFIE
Steve McQueen in THE SAND PEBBLES
Paul Scofield in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Actress
Anouk Aimée in UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A MAN AND A WOMAN)
Ida Kaminska in OBCHOD NA KORZE (THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET)
Lynn Redgrave in GEORGY GIRL
Vanessa Redgrave in MORGAN!
Elizabeth Taylor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Supporting Actor
Mako in THE SAND PEBBLES
James Mason in GEORGY GIRL
Walter Matthau in THE FORTUNE COOKIE
George Segal in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Robert Shaw in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Supporting Actress
Sandy Dennis in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Dame Wendy Hiller in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Jocelyne LaGarde in HAWAII
Vivien Merchant in ALFIE
Geraldine Page in YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW
Director
Michelangelo Antonioni for BLOW-UP
Richard Brooks for THE PROFESSIONALS
Claude Lelouch for UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A MAN AND A WOMAN)
Mike Nichols for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Fred Zinnemann for A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Writing: Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra & Edward Bond - BLOW-UP
Billy Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond - THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Robert Ardrey - KHARTOUM
Claude Lelouch & Pierre Uytterhoeven - UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A MAN AND A WOMAN)
Clint Johnston & Don Peters - THE NAKED PREY
Writing: Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium
Bill Naughton - ALFIE
Robert Bolt - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Richard Brooks - THE PROFESSIONALS
William Rose - THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
Ernest Lehman - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Foreign Language Film
LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI (THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, Italy)
LÁSKY JEDNÉ PLAVOVLÁSKY (LOVES OF A BLONDE, Czechoslovakia)
UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A MAN AND A WOMAN, France) Claude Lelouch - Producer
FARAON (PHARAOH, Poland)
TRI (THREE, Yugoslavia)
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color)
Jack Martin Smith & Dale Hennesy - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott & Stuart A. Reiss - Set Decoration FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Alexander Golitzen & George C. Webb - Art Direction, John McCarthy, Jr. & John Austin - Set Decoration GAMBIT
Piero Gherardi - Art Direction GIULIETTA DEGLI SPIRITI (JULIET OF THE SPIRITS)
Hal Pereira & Arthur Lonergan - Art Direction, Robert R. Benton & James Payne - Set Decoration THE OSCAR
Boris Leven - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant & William R. Kiernan - Set Decoration THE SAND PEBBLES
Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White)
Robert Luthardt - Art Direction, Edward G. Boyle - Set Decoration THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Luigi Scaccianoce - Art Direction IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW)
Willy Holt, Marc Frederix & Pierre Guffroy - Art Direction PARIS BRÛLE-T-IL? (IS PARIS BURNING?)
George W. Davis & Paul Groesse - Art Direction, Henry Grace & Hugh Hunt - Set Decoration MISTER BUDDWING
Richard Sylbert - Art Direction, George James Hopkins - Set Decoration WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Cinematography (Color)
Ernest Laszlo - FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Russell Harlan - HAWAII
Ted Moore - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Conrad L. Hall - THE PROFESSIONALS
Joseph P. MacDonald - THE SAND PEBBLES
Cinematography (Black and White)
Joseph La Shelle - THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Ken Higgins - GEORGY GIRL
Marcel Grignon - PARIS BRÛLE-T-IL? (IS PARIS BURNING?)
James Wong Howe - SECONDS
Haskell Wexler - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Costume Design (Color)
Jean Louis - GAMBIT
Dorothy Jeakins - HAWAII
Piero Gherardi - GIULIETTA DEGLI SPIRITI (JULIET OF THE SPIRITS)
Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Edith Head - THE OSCAR
Costume Design (Black and White)
Danilo Donati - IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW)
Danilo Donati - LA MANDRAGOLA
Helen Rose - MISTER BUDDWING
Jocelyn Rickards - MORGAN!
Irene Sharaff - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Documentary (Features)
Alfred R. Kelman - Producer THE FACE OF GENIUS
Peter Jones & Tom Daly - Producers HELICOPTER CANADA
Haroun Tazieff - Producer LE VOLCAN INTERDIT
Alex Grasshoff - Producer THE REALLY BIG FAMILY
Peter Watkins - Producer THE WAR GAME
Documentary (Shorts)
Marin Karmitz & Vladimir Forgency - Producers ADOLESCENCE
Michael Ahnemann & Gary Schlosser - Producers COWBOY
Lee R. Bobker & Helen Kristt Radin - Producers THE ODDS AGAINST
MAFILM - SAINT MATTHEW'S PASSION
Edmond A. Levy - Producer A YEAR TOWARD TOMORROW
Film Editing
William B. Murphy - FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder & Frank Santillo - GRAND PRIX
Hal Ashby & J. Terry Williams - THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
William H. Reynolds - THE SAND PEBBLES
Sam O'Steen - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Music: Original Music Score
Toshiro Mayuzumi - THE BIBLE
John Barry - BORN FREE
Elmer Bernstein - HAWAII
Jerry Goldsmith - THE SAND PEBBLES
Alex North - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Music: Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment
Ken Thorne - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Luis Enrique Bacalov - IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW)
Elmer Bernstein - RETURN OF THE SEVEN
Harry Sukman - THE SINGING NUN
Al Ham - STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF
Music: Song
Burt Bacharach - Music, Hal David - Lyric ALFIE "Alfie"
John Barry - Music, Don Black - Lyric BORN FREE "Born Free" 
Tom Springfield - Music, Jim Dale - Lyric GEORGY GIRL "Georgy Girl"
Johnny Mandel - Music, Paul Francis Webster - Lyric AN AMERICAN DREAM "A Time for Love"
Elmer Bernstein - Music, Mack David - Lyric HAWAII "My Wishing Doll"
Short Subjects (Cartoons)
Wolf Koenig & Robert Verrall - Producers DRAG
John Hubley & Faith Hubley - Producers HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS DOUBLE FEATURE
David H. DePatie & Friz Freleng - Producer THE PINK BLUEPRINT
Short Subjects (Live Action Subjects)
Derek Williams - Producer TURKEY THE BRIDGE
Edgar Anstey - Producer WILD WINGS
Leslie Winik - Producer THE WINNING STRAIN
Sound
Waldon O. Watson (Universal City Studio Sound Department) GAMBIT
Franklin E. Milton (MGM Studio Sound Department) GRAND PRIX
Gordon E. Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department) HAWAII
James P. Corcoran (20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department) THE SAND PEBBLES
George R. Groves (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department) WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Sound Effects
Walter A. Rossi - FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Gordon Daniel - GRAND PRIX
Special Visual Effects
Art Cruickshank - FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Linwood G. Dunn - HAWAII
Scientific Or Technical
Class I (Statuette):
No award given for 1966.
Class II (Plaque):
 Mitchell Camera Corporation - For the design and development of the Mitchell Mark II 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.
Arnold & Richter KG - For the design and development of the Arriflex 35mm Portable Motion Picture Reflex Camera.
Class III (Citation):
 Panavision Incorporated - For the design of the Panatron Power Inverter and its application to motion picture camera operation.
Carroll Knudson - For the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.
Ruby Raksin - For the production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.
Honorary and Other Awards
Y. Frank Freeman - For unusual and outstanding service to the Academy during his thirty years in Hollywood. Winner presented a Statuette.
Yakima Canutt - For achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Robert Wise
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
George Bagnall
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FIRSTS
· Alan Arkin, Mako, Jocelyn Lagarde, Vivien Merchant and director Mike Nichols nominated for film debuts.
· Nominees Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were married at the time.
· Nominees Lynn and Vanessa Redgrave were -- and still are -- sisters.
· Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'s principal cast were all nominated for Acting Awards.
· The Fortune Cookie was the first pairing of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
RULE CHANGES
"Music Score - Substantially Original" becomes "Original Music Score."
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Blow-Up, Georgy Girl
Song: "Darlin' Be Home Soon"
Foreign Film: Persona (Sweden)
ROLE REVERSALS
Bette Davis fought hard to win the role of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, with her dream co-star Henry Fonda as George.
ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID...
Richard Burton's failed nomination for Virginia Woolf made it 0 for 5.
UNMENTIONABLES
· Elizabeth Taylor and Lynn Redgrave each gained weight for their nominated roles; Liz put on 20+ and Lynn added 18.
· The year's biggest grosser was The Bible, with no Academy Award nominations. When director John Huston couldn't get Charles Chaplin to play Noah, he took the role himself.
· Life noted that Alan Arkin had been heralded as "the new Peter Sellers, the new Buster Keaton, the new Marx Brothers." The 32-year-old actor said, "I don't want to be the new anybody."
· Walter Matthau asked Jack Lemmon why he took a costarring role in The Fortune Cookie when all he'd be doing was feeding him straight lines, and Lemmon said, "It was about time somebody fed you some decent lines."
· The MPAA gave its seal to the profanity in Virginia Woolf on the grounds that it was artistic. The head of the old Legion of Decency did not condemn the film either. He admitted, "I've never heard those words on a screen before, but I've heard them at Coney Island."
· Similarly, the abortion scene in Alfie gained MPAA approval.
· Jack Valenti, head of the MPAA, came up with a new Code that asked for restraint when profanity, sex and nudity were depicted.
· However, Valenti could find no "restraint" in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up, and it was released without the MPAA seal.
· The film that restored everyone's faith in the decency of the system was A Man for All Seasons. But, it was contemporary enough to have the controversial Vanessa Redgrave in it - she had a cameo as Anne Boleyn.
· The Redgrave sisters did not buy into the hype about their nominations, but they did provide social notes: Vanessa divorced 1963's Best Director Tony Richardson shortly after the nominations were announced, and Lynn married actor John Clark a week before the Awards.
· Anouk Aimèe, in Hollywood to attend the Golden Globes, was pinned against a garage with her husband's car. She recovered in time for the Oscar® ceremonies.
· Awards show producer Joe Pasternak thought it would be fun to have Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine hand out an Award, since their 1941 sibling rivalry had its echoes in this year's Best Actress race. De Havilland agreed to fly in from Paris, but Fontaine claimed flying back and forth to L.A. from New York in 24 hours would be too wearying.
· Thirteen days before the show, AFTRA went on strike against ABC, and it looked like there might not be a show. This would mean no $700,000 to the Academy from the network. ABC agreed to reimburse the Academy for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in putting on the show. But, on the morning of the Awards it didn't look good. However, the strike was settled 3 hours before showtime.
· Ronald Reagan made his first appearance at the Awards since being elected governor of California the previous November. To avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, Reagan had resigned from the Academy the day he was sworn in.
· Presenting the Sound Award, Dean Jones told Raquel Welch, "You open the envelope, my eyes are busy."
· Walter Matthau accepted his Supporting Actor Award with his arm in a cast and bruises on his face; he'd been injured in a bicycling accident.
· Veteran cinematographer Hal Mohr - the 1935 write-in winner - accepted the Award for All Seasons's Ted Moore by saying, "I'm terribly sorry to be the wrong Mohr."
· Patricia Neal, two years after her stroke, walked out to present the Foreign Film Award and received a standing ovation. She told the crowd, "I'm sorry I've been away so long."
· After the show, Pasternak was furious that so many nominees chose not to attend the ceremony. "It's an obligation the nominees owe the Awards. After all, people can make it from Europe or anywhere in the US in one day." He lauded Shelley Winters for chartering a plane just to be a presenter.
· Warner Bros. was so upset that Taylor and Burton had chosen to remain in Paris that they refused to send their Best Actress a congratulatory telegram.
· Taylor was so angry that Burton had lost for the 5th time that she refused to thank the Academy for her own Award.
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