1969 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy - Hellman-Schlesinger, United Artists

Best Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy

Best Actor: John Wayne - True Grit

Best Actress: Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Best Supporting Actor : Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Best Supporting Actress : Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower

Best Foreign Language Film: Z, directed by Costa-Gavras, Algeria

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Anne of the Thousand Days

Best Actor: John Wayne - True Grit

Best Actress: Geneviève Bujold - Anne of the Thousand Days

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Best Actor: Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Best Actress: Patty Duke - Me, Natalie

Other

Best Director: Charles Jarrott - Anne of the Thousand Days

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Not awarded

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Zelimir Zilnik, Yugoslavia