36th Academy Awards

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36th Academy Awards
Date Sunday, April 13, 1964
Site Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California
Host Jack Lemmon
Producer Richard Dunlap (ABC)
George Sidney
Director Richard Dunlap

The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Jack Lemmon.

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[edit] Major winners and nominees

This is a breakdown of major winners only.

[edit] Feature Films

Category Winner Producers/Country
Best motion picture of the year Tom Jones Tony Richardson
Best foreign language film Federico Fellini's 8½ Italy
Best documentary feature Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World Robert Hughes
Best documentary short subject Chagall Simon Schiffrin

[edit] Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading role Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field
Best actress in a leading role Patricia Neal Hud
Best actor in a supporting role Melvyn Douglas Hud
Best actress in a supporting role Margaret Rutherford The V.I.P.s

[edit] Writing

Category Winner Movie
Original screenplay James R. Webb How the West Was Won
Adapted screenplay John Osborne Tom Jones

[edit] Directing

[edit] Special honors