Best Picture Winner
Dances with Wolves
Best Picture
Director: Kevin Costner
Studio: Orion
A Union soldier assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost befriends wolves and Native Americans.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Dances With Wolves— Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
Winner
Awakenings— Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers
Ghost— Lisa Weinstein, Producer
Good Fellas— Irwin Winkler, Producer
The Godfather, Part III— Francis Ford Coppola, Producer
Actor In A Leading Role
Gerard Depardieu— Cyrano de Bergerac {"Cyrano de Bergerac"}
Kevin Costner— Dances With Wolves {"Lieutenant Dunbar"}
Richard Harris— The Field {"Bull McCabe"}
Robert De Niro— Awakenings {"Leonard Lowe"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Al Pacino— Dick Tracy {"Big Boy Caprice"}
Andy Garcia— The Godfather, Part III {"Vincent Mancini"}
Bruce Davison— Longtime Companion {"David"}
Graham Greene— Dances With Wolves {"Kicking Bird"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Anjelica Huston— The Grifters {"Lilly Dillon"}
Joanne Woodward— Mr. & Mrs. Bridge {"India Bridge"}
Julia Roberts— Pretty Woman {"Vivian Ward"}
Meryl Streep— Postcards from the Edge {"Suzanne Vale"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Annette Bening— The Grifters {"Myra Langtry"}
Diane Ladd— Wild at Heart {"Marietta Fortune"}
Lorraine Bracco— Good Fellas {"Karen Hill"}
Mary McDonnell— Dances With Wolves {"Stands With A Fist"}
Directing
Good Fellas— Martin Scorsese
Reversal of Fortune— Barbet Schroeder
The Godfather, Part III— Francis Ford Coppola
The Grifters— Stephen Frears
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
Dances With Wolves— Michael Blake
Winner
Awakenings— Steven Zaillian
Good Fellas— Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Reversal of Fortune— Nicholas Kazan
The Grifters— Donald E. Westlake
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Ghost— Bruce Joel Rubin
Winner
Alice— Woody Allen
Avalon— Barry Levinson
Green Card— Peter Weir
Metropolitan— Whit Stillman
Cinematography
Dances With Wolves— Dean Semler
Winner
Avalon— Allen Daviau
Dick Tracy— Vittorio Storaro
Henry & June— Philippe Rousselot
The Godfather, Part III— Gordon Willis
Music (Original Score)
Dances With Wolves— John Barry
Winner
Avalon— Randy Newman
Ghost— Maurice Jarre
Havana— David Grusin
Home Alone— John Williams
Music (Original Song)
"Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy— Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
Winner
"Blaze Of Glory" from Young Guns II— Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
"I'm Checkin' Out" from Postcards from the Edge— Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein
"Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather, Part III— Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
"Somewhere In My Memory" from Home Alone— Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Art Direction
Dick Tracy— Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
Winner
Cyrano de Bergerac— Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
Dances With Wolves— Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
Hamlet— Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Godfather, Part III— Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Film Editing
Dances With Wolves— Neil Travis
Winner
Ghost— Walter Murch
Good Fellas— Thelma Schoonmaker
The Godfather, Part III— Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
The Hunt for Red October— Dennis Virkler, John Wright
Sound
Dances With Wolves— Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
Winner
Days of Thunder— Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
Dick Tracy— Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
The Hunt for Red October— Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
Total Recall— Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
Sound Effects Editing
The Hunt for Red October— Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Winner
Flatliners— Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
Total Recall— Stephen H. Flick
Costume Design
Cyrano de Bergerac— Franca Squarciapino
Winner
Avalon— Gloria Gresham
Dances With Wolves— Elsa Zamparelli
Dick Tracy— Milena Canonero
Hamlet— Maurizio Millenotti
Makeup
Dick Tracy— John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler
Winner
Cyrano de Bergerac— Michèle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Edward Scissorhands— Ve Neill, Stan Winston
Documentary (Feature)
American Dream— Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers
Winner
Berkeley in the Sixties— Mark Kitchell, Producer
Building Bombs— Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, Producers
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade— Judith Montell, Producer
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey— Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Days of Waiting— Steven Okazaki, Producer
Winner
Burning Down Tomorrow— Kit Thomas, Producer
Chimps: So Like Us— Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers
Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn— Derek Bromhall, Producer
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember— Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Creature Comforts— Nick Park
Winner
A Grand Day Out— Nick Park
Grasshoppers (Cavallette)— Bruno Bozzetto
Short Film (Live Action)
The Lunch Date— Adam Davidson
Winner
12:01 PM— Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
Bronx Cheers— Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
Dear Rosie— Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)— Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
Foreign Language Film
Journey of Hope— Switzerland
Winner
Cyrano de Bergerac— France
Ju Dou— People's Republic of China
Open Doors— Italy
The Nasty Girl— Germany
Honorary Award
To Sophia Loren, one of the genuine treasures of world cinema who, in a career rich with memorable performances, has added permanent luster to our art form.
Winner
David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Stefan Kudelski
To Myrna Loy, in recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime's worth of indelible performances.
Medal Of Commendation
To Roderick T. Ryan in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winner
To Don Trumbull in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To Geoffrey H. Williamson in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Scientific Or Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the development of T-Grain technology and the introduction of EXR color negative films which utilize this technology. [Film]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To BRUCE WILTON and CARLOS ICINKOFF of Mechanical Concepts, Incorporated, for the development of the Mechanical Concepts Optical Printer Platform. [Special Photographic]
Winner
To JOHN W. LANG, WALTER HRASTNIK and CHARLES J. WATSON of Bell and Howell Company for the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer. [Laboratory]
To MANFRED G. MICHELSON of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute. [Laboratory]
To the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ARNOLD & RICHTER for the continued design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model. [Camera]
To the FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY, LIMITED, for the development and introduction of the F-Series of color negative films covering the range of film speeds from EI 64 to EI 500. [Film]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To WILLIAM L. BLOWERS of Belco Associates, Incorporated and THOMAS F. DENOVE for the development and manufacture of the Belco/Denove Cinemeter. This digital/analog exposure meter was specifically and uniquely designed for the cinematographer. [Photography]
Winner
To BENGT O. ORHALL, KENNETH LUND, BJORN SELIN and KJELL HOGBERG of AB Film-Teknik for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling. [Laboratory]
To CHRISTOPHER S. GILMAN and HARVEY HUBERT, JR. of the Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab for the development of the Actor Climate System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments. [Stage Operations]
To DEDO WEIGERT of Dedo Weigert Film GmbH for the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture. [Lighting]
To DR. FRED KOLB, JR. and PAUL PREO for the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film. [Film]
To IAIN NEIL for optical design; TAKUO MIYAGISHIMA for the mechanical design; and PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the concept and development of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]
To JIM GRAVES of J&G Enterprises for the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments. [Stage Operations]
To PETER BALDWIN for the design; DR. PAUL KIANKHOOY and the LIGHTMAKER COMPANY for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI Ballast. [Lighting]
To RICHARD MULA and PETE ROMANO of HydroImage, Incorporated, for the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI Underwater Lamp. [Lighting]
To the ALL-UNION CINEMA AND PHOTO RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NIKFI) for continuously improving and providing 3-D presentations to Soviet motion picture audiences for the last 25 years. [Systems]
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Total Recall— Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke
Winner