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Awards and honors
Gone with the Wind was the first film to get more than six Academy Awards nominations. Of the 17 competitive awards which given at the time, Gone with the Wind had 13 nominations. The Academy did not award Gone with the Wind Best Supporting Actor which was won by Thomas Mitchell and Best Music (Song)
It was the Winner of 10 Academy Awards. (8 regular, 1 honorary, 1 technical)
| Award | Won | Nomination | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Production |  Y | Selznick International Pictures (David O. Selznick, Producer) | |
| Best Director | Y | Victor Fleming | |
| Best Actor | Y | Clark Gable Winner was Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips | |
| Best Actress | Y | Vivien Leigh | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay | Y | Sidney Howard Awarded posthumously | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Y | Hattie McDaniel Received a miniature "Oscar" statuette on a plaque | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Y | Olivia de Havilland Winner was Hattie McDaniel - Gone with the Wind | |
| Best Cinematography, Color | Y | Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan This received the "Oscar" statuette | |
| Best Film Editing | Y | Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom Received a miniature "Oscar" statuette on a plaque, replaced with a regular statuette in 1962 | |
| Best Interior Decoration | Y | Lyle Wheeler | |
| Best Special Effects | Y | Fred Albin (Sound), Jack Cosgrove (Photographic), and Arthur Johns (Sound) Winners were Fred Sersen (Photographic) and E. H. Hansen (Sound) - The Rains Came | |
| Best Music, Original Score | Y | Max Steiner Winner was Herbert Stothart - The Wizard of Oz | |
| Best Sound Recording | Y | Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department) Winner was Bernard B. Brown (Universal Studio Sound Department) - When Tomorrow Comes |
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