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* Outstanding Production - Selznick International Pictures * Special Award - Special Award * Writing (Screenplay) - Sidney Howard
The 12th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 29, 1940 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best in film for 1939 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Bob Hope, in his first of nineteen turns as host.
Independent producer David O. Selznick, who had produced the previous year's big winner Gone With The Wind (1939), also produced the Best Picture winner in 1940 - and campaigned heavily for its win. Selznick was the first to produce two consecutive winners of the Best Picture Oscar.
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and ...
Outstanding Production - Walter Wanger (production company) Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton Writing (Original Screenplay) - Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
Feb 5, 2014 · To Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films. SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class I)
Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 29, 1940. For films released in: 1939. 12th Overview. Results & Commentary. Other years: < 11th. 13th > Here is a complete list of nominations for the 12th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are: Outstanding Production. Dark Victory. Warner Bros.- First National. Gone with the Wind.
