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Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Bert Glennon Directing - John Ford Film Editing - Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer Outstanding Production - Walter Wanger (production company)
From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and black-and-white cinematography. After Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), the most recent black-and-white films to win since then are Schindler's List (1993), Roma (2018) and Mank (2020).
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.
Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Gregg Toland Film Editing - Sherman Todd Music (Original Score) - Richard Hageman Outstanding Production - Argosy-Wanger Special Effects - Photographic Effects by R. T. Layton, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
Mar 28, 2021 · By the 1940s, two full Academy Awards were given out for cinematography each year, divided into black & white and color. This would continue until 1967 when color and black & white films would finally be judged against each other for a single Best Achievement in Cinematography award.
Rebecca won two Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Cinematography; and was nominated for nine more: It is the only film since 1936 (when awards for actors in supporting roles were first introduced) that, despite winning Best Picture, received no Academy Award for acting, directing or writing.
In the 9th through 11th ceremonies (1936–38), a special award was given for color cinematography, and from the 12th to the 39th ceremonies (1939–66), except for the 30th ceremony (1957), separate Academy Awards were given for color and black-and-white cinematography.
