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Which Academy Awards did The Sound of Music win?
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Robert Wise
Robert Wise.
The 1965 film The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise, received 10 Academy Award nominations and won five awards. The categories in which the film won are as follows:
- Best Picture1
- Best Director (Robert Wise)21
- Best Film Editing1
- Best Sound1
- Best Music (Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment)1
While the film was highly successful, Julie Andrews was nominated for Best Actress but did not win for this specific role.31