The thirty-sixth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, April 13, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) became the first African-American to win the award for best actor. Jack Lemmon hosted the event.
The 1963 Academy Award Winners
Picture: Tom JonesActor: Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field)
Actress: Patricia Neal (Hud)
Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas (Hud)
Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford (The V.I.P.s)
Director: Tony Richardson (Tom Jones)
Adapted Screenplay: John Osborne (Tom Jones)
Original Screenplay: James R. Webb (How the West Was Won)
Song: "Call Me Irresponsible" (Papa's Delicate Condition)
Score: Tom Jones (Original) / Irma La Douce (Adaptation)
Cinematography: Hud (Black and White) / Cleopatra (Color)
Costume Design: 8 1/2 (Black and White) / Cleopatra (Color)
Art / Set Decoration: America America (Black and White) / Cleopatra (Color)
Film Editing: How the West Was Won
Foreign Language Film: 8 1/2 (Italy)
Sound: How the West Was Won
Sound Effects: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Visual Effects: Cleopatra
Short Films: The Critic (Cartoons) / An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Live Action)
Documentaries: Chagall (Short) / Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World (Feature)
