Best Picture Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Best Picture
Director: Bruce Beresford
Studio: Warner Bros.
An elderly Jewish widow and her African-American chauffeur develop an unlikely friendship over the course of decades.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Driving Miss Daisy— Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July— A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
Dead Poets Society— Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, Producers
Field of Dreams— Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, Producers
My Left Foot— Noel Pearson, Producer
Actor In A Leading Role
Kenneth Branagh— Henry V {"Henry V"}
Morgan Freeman— Driving Miss Daisy {"Hoke Colburn"}
Robin Williams— Dead Poets Society {"John Keating"}
Tom Cruise— Born on the Fourth of July {"Ron Kovic"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Dan Aykroyd— Driving Miss Daisy {"Boolie Werthan"}
Danny Aiello— Do the Right Thing {"Sal"}
Marlon Brando— A Dry White Season {"McKenzie"}
Martin Landau— Crimes and Misdemeanors {"Judah Rosenthal"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Isabelle Adjani— Camille Claudel {"Camille Claudel"}
Jessica Lange— Music Box {"Ann Talbot"}
Michelle Pfeiffer— The Fabulous Baker Boys {"Susie Diamond"}
Pauline Collins— Shirley Valentine {"Shirley Valentine"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Anjelica Huston— Enemies, A Love Story {"Tamara"}
Dianne Wiest— Parenthood {"Helen"}
Julia Roberts— Steel Magnolias {"Shelby Eatenton"}
Lena Olin— Enemies, A Love Story {"Masha"}
Directing
Crimes and Misdemeanors— Woody Allen
Dead Poets Society— Peter Weir
Henry V— Kenneth Branagh
My Left Foot— Jim Sheridan
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Driving Miss Daisy— Alfred Uhry
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July— Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
Enemies, A Love Story— Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky
Field of Dreams— Phil Alden Robinson
My Left Foot— Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Dead Poets Society— Tom Schulman
Winner
Crimes and Misdemeanors— Woody Allen
Do the Right Thing— Spike Lee
When Harry Met Sally...— Nora Ephron
sex, lies, and videotape— Steven Soderbergh
Cinematography
Glory— Freddie Francis
Winner
Blaze— Haskell Wexler
Born on the Fourth of July— Robert Richardson
The Abyss— Mikael Salomon
The Fabulous Baker Boys— Michael Ballhaus
Music (Original Score)
The Little Mermaid— Alan Menken
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July— John Williams
Field of Dreams— James Horner
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade— John Williams
The Fabulous Baker Boys— David Grusin
Music (Original Song)
"Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Winner
"After All" from Chances Are— Music by Tom Snow; Lyric by Dean Pitchford
"I Love To See You Smile" from Parenthood— Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"The Girl Who Used To Be Me" from Shirley Valentine— Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Art Direction
Batman— Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy— Art Direction: Bruno Rubeo; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
Glory— Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
The Abyss— Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen— Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Visual Effects
The Abyss— John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
Winner
Back to the Future Part II— Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen— Richard Conway, Kent Houston
Film Editing
Born on the Fourth of July— David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy— Mark Warner
Glory— Steven Rosenblum
The Bear— Noëlle Boisson
The Fabulous Baker Boys— William Steinkamp
Sound
Glory— Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
Winner
Black Rain— Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Born on the Fourth of July— Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, Tod A. Maitland
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade— Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe
The Abyss— Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff
Sound Effects Editing
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade— Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Winner
Black Rain— Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
Lethal Weapon 2— Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
Costume Design
Henry V— Phyllis Dalton
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy— Elizabeth McBride
Harlem Nights— Joe I. Tompkins
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen— Gabriella Pescucci
Valmont— Theodor Pistek
Makeup
Driving Miss Daisy— Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
Winner
Dad— Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen— Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza
Documentary (Feature)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt— Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
Winner
Adam Clayton Powell— Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers
Crack USA: County under Siege— Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
For All Mankind— Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren— Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Johnstown Flood— Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Winner
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9— David Petersen, Producer
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future— Ray Errol Fox, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Balance— Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Winner
The Cow— Alexander Petrov
The Hill Farm— Mark Baker
Short Film (Live Action)
Work Experience— James Hendrie
Winner
Amazon Diary— Robert Nixon
The Childeater— Jonathan Tammuz
Foreign Language Film
Cinema Paradiso— Italy
Winner
Camille Claudel— France
Jesus of Montreal— Canada
Waltzing Regitze— Denmark
What Happened to Santiago— Puerto Rico
Award Of Commendation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors commends the contributions of the members of the engineering committees of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). By establishing industry standards, they have greatly contributed to making film a primary form of international communication.
Winner
Honorary Award
To Akira Kurosawa for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.
Winner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Pierre Angenieux
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Howard W. Koch
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To JAMES KETCHAM of JSK Engineering, for the excellence in engineering and the broad adaptability of the SDA521B Advance/Retard system for magnetic film sound dubbing. [Sound]
Winner
To GEOFFREY H. WILLIAMSON of Wilcam Photo Research, Incorporated, for the design and development, and to ROBERT D. AUGUSTE for the electronic design and development of the Wilcam W-7 200 frames-per-second VistaVision Rotating Mirror Reflex Camera. [Camera]
To J. L. FISHER of J. L. Fisher, Incorporated, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly. [Camera Cranes]
To J. NOXON LEAVITT, for the invention of, and ISTEC, INCORPORATED, for the continuing development of the Wescam Stabilized Camera System. [Camera]
To KLAUS RESCH for the design, ERICH FITZ and FGV SCHMIDLE & FITZ for the development of the Super Panther MS-180 Camera Dolly. [Camera Cranes]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To DR. LEO CATOZZO for the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo Self-Perforating Adhesive Tape Film Splicer. [Editorial]
Winner
To MAGNA-TECH ELECTRONIC COMPANY for the introduction of the first remotely controlled Advance/Retard function for magnetic film sound dubbing. [Sound]