46th Academy Awards 46th Academy Awards 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. "The Sting" won 7 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for George Roy Hill. "The Exorcist" and "The Way We Were" were the only other films to win multiple awards. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (). The 46th Academy Awards ceremony is perhaps best remembered as the ceremony in which a streaker named
Academy Awards were honored for a specific performance in a single film. For the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. At the 29th ceremony, held on 27 March 1957, the Best Foreign Language Film category was introduced. Until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award. The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies have ended with the Academy Award for Best Picture. Traditionally, the previous year's winner for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor present the awards for Best Actress