Year, Category, Nominee, Additional Info, Won an Oscar?
1972 (45th), Actor - Leading Role, Marlon Brando, The Godfather {'Don Vito Corleone'}, YES
1972 (45th), Actor - Leading Role, Michael Caine, Sleuth {'Milo Tindale'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Leading Role, Laurence Olivier, Sleuth {'Andrew Wyke'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Leading Role, Peter O'Toole, "The Ruling Class {'Jack, 14th Earl of Gurney'}", NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Leading Role, Paul Winfield, Sounder {'Nathan Lee Morgan'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Supporting Role, Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid {'Mr. Corcoran'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Supporting Role, James Caan, The Godfather {'Sonny Corleone'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Supporting Role, Robert Duvall, The Godfather {'Tom Hagen'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actor - Supporting Role, Joel Grey, Cabaret {'The Master of Ceremonies'}, YES
1972 (45th), Actor - Supporting Role, Al Pacino, The Godfather {'Michael Corleone'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Leading Role, Liza Minnelli, Cabaret {'Sally Bowles'}, YES
1972 (45th), Actress - Leading Role, Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues {'Billie Holiday'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Leading Role, Maggie Smith, Travels with My Aunt {'Aunt Augusta'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Leading Role, Cicely Tyson, Sounder {'Rebecca Morgan'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Leading Role, Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants {'Kristina'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Supporting Role, Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid {'Lila'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Supporting Role, Eileen Heckart, Butterflies Are Free {'Mrs. Baker'}, YES
1972 (45th), Actress - Supporting Role, Geraldine Page, Pete 'n' Tillie {'Gertrude'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Supporting Role, Susan Tyrrell, Fat City {'Oma'}, NO
1972 (45th), Actress - Supporting Role, Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure {'Belle Rosen'}, NO
1972 (45th), Art Direction, Cabaret, "Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel", YES
1972 (45th), Art Direction, Lady Sings the Blues, Art Direction: Carl Anderson; Set Decoration: Reg Allen, NO
1972 (45th), Art Direction, The Poseidon Adventure, Art Direction: William Creber; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton, NO
1972 (45th), Art Direction, Travels with My Aunt, "Art Direction: John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing", NO
1972 (45th), Art Direction, Young Winston, "Art Direction: Geoffrey Drake, Don Ashton, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson; Set Decoration: Peter James", NO
1972 (45th), Cinematography, Butterflies Are Free, Charles B. Lang, NO
1972 (45th), Cinematography, Cabaret, Geoffrey Unsworth, YES
1972 (45th), Cinematography, The Poseidon Adventure, Harold E. Stine, NO
1972 (45th), Cinematography, 1776, "Harry Stradling, Jr.", NO
1972 (45th), Cinematography, Travels with My Aunt, Douglas Slocombe, NO
1972 (45th), Costume Design, The Godfather, Anna Hill Johnstone, NO
1972 (45th), Costume Design, Lady Sings the Blues, "Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch", NO
1972 (45th), Costume Design, The Poseidon Adventure, Paul Zastupnevich, NO
1972 (45th), Costume Design, Travels with My Aunt, Anthony Powell, YES
1972 (45th), Costume Design, Young Winston, Anthony Mendleson, NO
1972 (45th), Directing, Cabaret, Bob Fosse, YES
1972 (45th), Directing, Deliverance, John Boorman, NO
1972 (45th), Directing, The Emigrants, Jan Troell, NO
1972 (45th), Directing, The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, NO
1972 (45th), Directing, Sleuth, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Feature), Ape and Super-Ape, "Bert Haanstra, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Feature), Malcolm X, "Marvin Worth and Arnold Perl, Producers", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Feature), Manson, "Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick, Producers", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Feature), Marjoe, "Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, Producers", YES
1972 (45th), Documentary (Feature), The Silent Revolution, "Eckehard Munck, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Short Subject), Hundertwasser's Rainy Day, "Peter Schamoni, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Short Subject), K-Z, "Giorgio Treves, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Short Subject), Selling Out, "Tadeusz Jaworski, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Documentary (Short Subject), This Tiny World, "Charles Huguenot van der Linden and Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers", YES
1972 (45th), Documentary (Short Subject), The Tide of Traffic, "Humphrey Swingler, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Film Editing, Cabaret, David Bretherton, YES
1972 (45th), Film Editing, Deliverance, Tom Priestley, NO
1972 (45th), Film Editing, The Godfather, "William Reynolds, Peter Zinner", NO
1972 (45th), Film Editing, The Hot Rock, "Frank P. Keller, Fred W. Berger", NO
1972 (45th), Film Editing, The Poseidon Adventure, Harold F. Kress, NO
1972 (45th), Foreign Language Film, The Dawns Here Are Quiet, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, NO
1972 (45th), Foreign Language Film, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, France, YES
1972 (45th), Foreign Language Film, I Love You Rosa, Israel, NO
1972 (45th), Foreign Language Film, My Dearest Señorita, Spain, NO
1972 (45th), Foreign Language Film, The New Land, Sweden, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), The Godfather, Nino Rota, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Images, John Williams, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Limelight, "Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell", YES
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Napoleon and Samantha, Buddy Baker, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), The Poseidon Adventure, John Williams, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Sleuth, John Addison, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Cabaret, Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns, YES
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Lady Sings the Blues, Adaptation Score by Gil Askey, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Scoring), Man of La Mancha, Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Song), Ben, Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Song), The Little Ark, Music by Fred Karlin; Lyrics by Marsha Karlin, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Song), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Music by Maurice Jarre; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman, NO
1972 (45th), Music (Song), The Poseidon Adventure, Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, YES
1972 (45th), Music (Song), The Stepmother, Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, NO
1972 (45th), Best Picture, Cabaret, "Cy Feuer, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Best Picture, Deliverance, "John Boorman, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Best Picture, The Emigrants, "Bengt Forslund, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Best Picture, The Godfather, "Albert S. Ruddy, Producer", YES
1972 (45th), Best Picture, Sounder, "Robert B. Radnitz, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Short Film (Animated), A Christmas Carol, "Richard Williams, Producer", YES
1972 (45th), Short Film (Animated), Kama Sutra Rides Again, "Bob Godfrey, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Short Film (Animated), Tup Tup, "Nedeljko Dragic, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Short Film (Live Action), Frog Story, "Ron Satlof and Ray Gideon, Producers", NO
1972 (45th), Short Film (Live Action), Norman Rockwell's World...An American Dream, "Richard Barclay, Producer", YES
1972 (45th), Short Film (Live Action), Solo, "David Adams, Producer", NO
1972 (45th), Sound, Butterflies Are Free, "Arthur Piantadosi, Charles Knight", NO
1972 (45th), Sound, Cabaret, "Robert Knudson, David Hildyard", YES
1972 (45th), Sound, The Candidate, "Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa", NO
1972 (45th), Sound, The Godfather, "Bud Grenzbach, Richard Portman, Christopher Newman", NO
1972 (45th), Sound, The Poseidon Adventure, "Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis", NO
1972 (45th), Visual Effects, The Poseidon Adventure, "L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers", YES
1972 (45th), Writing, Cabaret, Jay Allen, NO
1972 (45th), Writing, The Emigrants, "Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund", NO
1972 (45th), Writing, The Godfather, "Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola", YES
1972 (45th), Writing, Pete 'n' Tillie, Julius J. Epstein, NO
1972 (45th), Writing, Sounder, "Lonne Elder, III", NO
1972 (45th), Writing, The Candidate, Jeremy Larner, YES
1972 (45th), Writing, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Story and Screenplay by Luis Buñuel; in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière, NO
1972 (45th), Writing, Lady Sings the Blues, "Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe", NO
1972 (45th), Writing, Murmur of the Heart, Louis Malle, NO
1972 (45th), Writing, Young Winston, Carl Foreman, NO
1972 (45th), Special Achievement Award, The Poseidon Adventure, "L. B. Abbott, A. D. Flowers", YES
1972 (45th), Honorary Award, "To Charles S. Boren, Leader for 38 years of the industry's enlightened labor relations and architect of its policy of non-discrimination. With the respect and affection of all who work in films.", YES
1972 (45th), Honorary Award, "To Edward G. Robinson who achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen...in sum, a Renaissance man. From his friends in the industry he loves.[NOTE: The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 6, 1973. Mr. Robinson passed away on January 26th, and the award was accepted on his behalf by his wife.]", YES
1972 (45th), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Rosalind Russell, YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award), To JOSEPH E. BLUTH for research and development in the field of electronic photography and transfer of video tape to motion picture film. [Laboratory], YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award), "To EDWARD H. REICHARD and HOWARD T. LA ZARE of Consolidated Film Industries, and EDWARD EFRON of IBM for the engineering of a computerized light valve monitoring system for motion picture printing. [Laboratory]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Scientific and Engineering Award), "To PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the development and engineering of the Panaflex motion picture camera. [Camera]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To PHOTO RESEARCH, A DIVISION OF KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION, and PSC TECHNOLOGY INC., ACME PRODUCTS DIVISION, for the Spectra Film Gate Photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To CARTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. and RAMTRONICS for the RAMtronics light-valve photometer for motion picture printers. [Laboratory]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To DAVID DEGENKOLB, HARRY LARSON, MANFRED MICHELSON and FRED SCOBEY of DeLuxe General Incorporated for the development of a computerized motion picture printer and process control system. [Laboratory]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To JIRO MUKAI and RYUSHO HIROSE of Canon, Inc., and WILTON R. HOLM of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Canon Macro Zoom Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To PHILIP V. PALMQUIST and LEONARD L. OLSON of the 3M Company, and FRANK P. CLARK of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography. [Props]", YES
1972 (45th), Scientific and Technical (Technical Achievement Award), "To E. H. GEISSLER and G. M. BERGGREN of Wil-Kin Inc., for engineering of the Ultra-Vision Motion Picture Theater Projection System. [Projection]", YES