Directed by george roy hill.
8 oscars the sting.
Julia phillips became the first female producer to win the best picture category.
Best director george roy hill.
The 46th academy awards were presented on tuesday april 2 1974 at the dorothy chandler pavilion in los angeles california the ceremonies were presided over by burt reynolds diana ross john huston and david niven.
Showing all 18 wins and 6 nominations.
Henry bumstead and james payne win the oscar for art direction for the sting at the 46th academy awards.
Paul winfield and sylvia sidney present the award.
Academy awards usa 1974 winner oscar.
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Edith head october 28 1897 october 24 1981 was an american costume designer who won a record eight academy awards for best costume design between 1949 and 1973.
The sting 1973 awards.
Ward the story was inspired by real life cons.
Many apologies the sting was a fun film that didn t really fit in with the other best pic.
The cinematographer is robert surtees not richard surtees.
The film was directed by george roy hill who had directed newman and redford in the western butch cassidy and the sundance kid created by screenwriter david s.
After studying at the chouinard art institute in los angeles head was hired as a costume sketch artist at paramount.
Born and raised in california head started her career as a spanish teacher but was interested in design.
Awards nominations and wins.
With paul newman robert redford robert shaw charles durning.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance film festival toronto int l film festival awards central festival central all events.
But the sting is the most purely enjoyable film in oscar history and that i think puts it in the most valuable american film making tradition of all.
The exorcist and the way we were were the only other films to win multiple awards.
The sting is a 1973 american caper film set in september 1936 involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters paul newman and robert redford to con a mob boss robert shaw.
The sting won 7 awards including best picture and best director for george roy hill.