8th Academy Awards nominees and winners

List of nominees and winners of the 8th Academy Awards. They were given out on March 5, 1936.

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

Mutiny on the Bounty
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Misérables
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat

Achievement In Direction

John Ford - The Informer
Michael Curtiz - Captain Blood (write-in candidate)
Henry Hathaway - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty

Best Assistant Director

Clem Beauchamp and Paul Wing - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Joseph Newman (assistant director) - David Copperfield
Sherry Shourds - A Midsummer Night's Dream (write-in candidate)
Eric Stacey - Les Misérables

Best Performance By An Actor

Victor McLaglen - The Informer
Clark Gable - Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni - Black Fury (write-in candidate)
Franchot Tone - Mutiny on the Bounty

Best Performance By An Actress

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

Best Writing, Original

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur - The Scoundrel
Moss Hart - Broadway Melody of 1936
Don Hartman and Stephen Avery - The Gay Deception
Gregory Rogers - G-Men (write-in candidate)

Best Writing, Adaptation

Dudley Nichols - The Informer
Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston and Waldemar Young, screenplay; Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings, and Carey Wilson - Mutiny on the Bounty
Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Casey Robinson - Captain Blood (write-in candidate)

Achievement In Cinematography

Hal Mohr - A Midsummer Night's Dream (write-in candidate)
Ray June - Barbary Coast
Victor Milner - The Crusades
Gregg Toland - Les Misérables

Achievement In Art Direction

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

Best Film Editing

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

Achievement in Sound, Recording

MGM Studio Sound Department - Naughty Marietta
Columbia Studio Sound Department - Love Me Forever
Paramount Studio Sound Department - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Republic Studio Sound Department - $1,000 a Minute
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department - I Dream Too Much
Twentieth Century Fox Studio Sound Department - Thanks a Million
United Artists Studio Sound Department - The Dark Angel
Universal Studio Sound Department - The Bride of Frankenstein
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department - Captain Blood

Best Music, Original Song

Harry Warren and Al Dublin - "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935
Irving Berlin - "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat
Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh - "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta

Best Music, Original Score

RKO Radio Music Department - The Informer
MGM Studio Music Department - Mutiny on the Bounty
Paramount Studio Music Department - Peter Ibbetson
Warner Bros. Music Department - Captain Blood

Best Dance Direction

Dave Gould, “I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling” - Broadway Melody of 1936
Dave Gould, “Straw Hat” - Folies Bergere
Busby Berkeley, “Lullaby of Broadway” and “The Words Are in My Heart,” Gold Diggers of 1935
Bobby Connolly, “Latin From Manhattan” - Go Into Your Dance
Bobby Connolly, “Playboy From Paree” - Broadway Hostess
Sammy Lee, “Lovely Lady” and “Too Good to Be True” - King of Burlesque
Hermes Pan, “Piccolino” and “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails” - Top Hat
LeRoy Prinz, “It's the Animal in Me ” - Big Broadcast of 1936
LeRoy Prinz, “Viennese Waltz” - All the King's Horses
Benjamin Zemach, “Hall of Kings” - She

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

Walt Disney - The Orphan Kitties
MGM - The Calico Dragon
Walt Disney - Who Killed Cock Robin?

Best Short Subject, Comedy

Jack Chertok - How to Sleep
Jules White - Oh, My Nerves
Hal Roach - Tit for Tat

Best Short Subject, Novelty

Skibo Productions - Wings Over Mt. Everest
MGM - Audioscopiks
Universal - Camera Thrills