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The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra.

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

Achievement in Directing

  • Michael Curtiz - Captain Blood
  • John Ford - The Informer
  • Henry Hathaway - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty

    Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

  • Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Victor McLaglen - The Informer
  • Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty

    Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role

  • Elisabeth Bergner - Escape Me Never
  • Claudette Colbert - Private Worlds
  • Bette Davis - Dangerous
  • Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams
  • Miriam Hopkins - Becky Sharp
  • Merle Oberon - The Dark Angel

    Best Writing, Adaptation

  • Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings, and Carey Wilson - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Dudley Nichols (Refused) - The Informer

    Best Story

  • Moss Hart - Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Don Hartman and Stephen Avery - The Gay Deception
  • Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur - The Scoundrel

    Interior Decoration

  • Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase - Top Hat
  • Richard Day - The Dark Angel
  • Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    Achievement In Cinematography

  • Ray June - Barbary Coast
  • Victor Milner - The Crusades
  • Hal Mohr - A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Gregg Toland - Les Misérables Hal Mohr was a write-in candidate, and therefore isn't officially considered to have received a nomination, although he did receive the award.

    Sound Recording

  • Love Me Forever
  • Naughty Marietta
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • $1,000 a Minute
  • I Dream Too Much
  • Thanks a Million
  • The Dark Angel
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Captain Blood

    Assistant Director

  • Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Joseph Newman - David Copperfield
  • Eric Stacey - Les Misérables

    Short Subjects: Cartoons

  • The Calico Dragon
  • Three Orphan Kittens
  • Who Killed Cock Robin?

    Short Subjects: Comedy

  • How to Sleep
  • Oh, My Nerves
  • Tit for Tat

    Short Subjects: Novelty

  • Audioscopiks
  • Camera Thrills
  • Wings Over Everest

    Music: Best Song

  • "Cheek to Cheek" - Top Hat
  • "Lovely to Look At" - Roberta
  • "Lullaby of Broadway" - Gold Diggers of 1935

    Music: Best Score

  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Peter Ibbetson
  • The Informer
  • Captain Blood

    Film Editing

  • Margaret Booth - Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Ralph Dawson - A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • George Hively - The Informer
  • Ellsworth Hoagland - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Robert J. Kern - David Copperfield
  • Barbara McLean - Les Misérables

    Dance Direction

  • Busby Berkeley - Gold Diggers of 1935
  • Bobby Connolly - Broadway Hostess
  • Dave Gould - Broadway Melody of 1936 and Folies Bergere
  • Sammy Lee - King of Burlesque
  • Hermes Pan - Top Hat
  • LeRoy Prinz - All the King's Horses and The Big Broadcast of 1936
  • Benjamin Zemach - She This award was only given out for three years (1935-1937).

    Special Award

  • David Wark Griffith    
       

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