It won four Academy Awards : for Best Cinematography ( shooting work on a movie ) , Best Original Score , Best Song ( Burt Bacharach 's `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ) and Best Original Screenplay ( William Goldman ) . It was also nominated for Best Picture , Best Director ( Hill ) and Best Sound . Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid also won numerous British Academy Film Awards , including Best Film , Best Direction , Best Screenplay , Best Cinematography , Best Actor ( won by Redford though Newman was also nominated ) , and Best Actress for Katharine Ross , among others .