1966 in film



The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Events
Entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, best known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, breakthroughs in the field of animation and theme park design and other achievements, died on 15 December 1966 at the age of 65. He died while he was producing The Jungle Book, The Happiest Millionaire, and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day; the last three films under his personal supervision.

Awards
Academy Awards:
 * Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons - Highland, Columbia
 * Best Director: Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons
 * Best Actor: Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons
 * Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 * Best Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau - The Fortune Cookie
 * Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 * Best Foreign Language Film: A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by Claude Lelouch, France

BAFTA Film Awards:


 * Best Film from any Source: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 * Best British film: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons
 * Best Actor: Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons
 * Best Actress: Anouk Aimée – A Man and a Woman


 * Musical or comedy:
 * Best Picture: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
 * Best Actor: Alan Arkin – The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
 * Best Actress: Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl


 * Other
 * Best Director: Fred Zinnemann – A Man for All Seasons

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), directed by Claude Lelouch, France
 * Signore & Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), directed by Pietro Germi, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria / Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Cul-de-sac, directed by Roman Polanski, United Kingdom

Christmas films released in 1966

 * 1) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!