Gone With the Wind

Major Awards

Academy Awards (1940)

• Best Picture: David O. Selznick
• Best Director: Victor Fleming
• Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel
• Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard
• Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
• Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
• Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
• Technical Achievement Award: Don Musgrave
  – for pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production of "Gone with the Wind."
• Honorary Award: William Cameron Menzies
  – for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of "Gone with the Wind" (plaque).