Date: April 2, 1974

Best Picture

• The Sting

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Jack Lemmon for Save the Tiger

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• John Houseman for The Paper Chase

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Tatum O’Neal for Paper Moon
  • At age 10, the youngest ever winner in a competitive category.

Best Director

• George Roy Hill for The Sting

Best Original or Factual Story & Screenplay

• David S. Ward for The Sting

Best Adapted Screenplay

• William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist

Best Cinematography

• Sven Nykvist for Cries & Whispers

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

• Henry Bumstead & James W. Payne for The Sting

Best Costume Design

• Edith Head for The Sting

Best Sound

• Robert Knudson & Christopher Newman for The Exorcist

Best Film Editing

• William Reynolds for The Sting

Best Original Song

• Marvin Hamlisch (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) for “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were

Best Original Dramatic Score

• Marvin Hamlisch for The Way We Were

Best Scoring Adaptation and/or Original Song Score

• Marvin Hamlisch for The Sting

Best Short Subject, Live-Action

• Allan Miller & William Fertik for The Bolero

Best Short Subject, Animated Films

• Frank Mouris for Frank Film

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

• Julian Krainin & DeWitt Sage for Princeton: A Search for Answers

Best Documentary, Features

• Kieth Merrill for The Great American Cowboy

Best Foreign Language Film

• Day for Night (France)

Honourary Award

• Henri Langlois
• Groucho Marx