Best Picture Winner
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Picture
Director: Jonathan Demme
Studio: Orion
A young FBI cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to catch another serial killer.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs— Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers
Winner
Beauty and the Beast— Don Hahn, Producer
Bugsy— Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, Producers
JFK— A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
The Prince of Tides— Barbra Streisand and Andrew Karsch, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Nick Nolte— The Prince of Tides {"Tom Wingo"}
Robert De Niro— Cape Fear {"Max Cady"}
Robin Williams— The Fisher King {"Parry"}
Warren Beatty— Bugsy {"Bugsy Siegel"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Ben Kingsley— Bugsy {"Meyer Lansky"}
Harvey Keitel— Bugsy {"Mickey Cohen"}
Michael Lerner— Barton Fink {"Jack Lipnick"}
Tommy Lee Jones— JFK {"Clay Shaw"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Bette Midler— For the Boys {"Dixie Leonard"}
Geena Davis— Thelma & Louise {"Thelma"}
Laura Dern— Rambling Rose {"Rose"}
Susan Sarandon— Thelma & Louise {"Louise"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Diane Ladd— Rambling Rose {"Mother"}
Jessica Tandy— Fried Green Tomatoes {"Ninny Threadgoode"}
Juliette Lewis— Cape Fear {"Danielle Bowden"}
Kate Nelligan— The Prince of Tides {"Lila Wingo Newbury"}
Directing
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)
The Silence of the Lambs— Ted Tally
Winner
Europa Europa— Agnieszka Holland
Fried Green Tomatoes— Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
JFK— Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
The Prince of Tides— Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Thelma & Louise— Callie Khouri
Winner
Boyz N the Hood— John Singleton
Bugsy— James Toback
Grand Canyon— Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
The Fisher King— Richard LaGravenese
Cinematography
JFK— Robert Richardson
Winner
Bugsy— Allen Daviau
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Adam Greenberg
The Prince of Tides— Stephen Goldblatt
Thelma & Louise— Adrian Biddle
Music (Original Score)
Beauty and the Beast— Alan Menken
Winner
Bugsy— Ennio Morricone
JFK— John Williams
The Fisher King— George Fenton
The Prince of Tides— James Newton Howard
Music (Original Song)
"Beauty And The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Winner
"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves— Music by Michael Kamen; Lyric by Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange
"Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"Belle" from Beauty and the Beast— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"When You're Alone" from Hook— Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Art Direction
Bugsy— Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Winner
Barton Fink— Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Hook— Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
The Fisher King— Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
The Prince of Tides— Art Direction: Paul Sylbert; Set Decoration: Caryl Heller
Visual Effects
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak
Winner
Backdraft— Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
Hook— Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri
Film Editing
JFK— Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
Winner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
The Commitments— Gerry Hambling
The Silence of the Lambs— Craig McKay
Thelma & Louise— Thom Noble
Sound
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff
Winner
Backdraft— Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom, Glenn Williams
Beauty and the Beast— Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
JFK— Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod A. Maitland
The Silence of the Lambs— Tom Fleischman, Christopher Newman
Sound Effects Editing
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders
Winner
Backdraft— Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country— George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
Costume Design
Bugsy— Albert Wolsky
Winner
Barton Fink— Richard Hornung
Hook— Anthony Powell
Madame Bovary— Corinne Jorry
The Addams Family— Ruth Myers
Makeup
Terminator 2: Judgment Day— Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn
Winner
Hook— Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country— Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell
Documentary (Feature)
In the Shadow of the Stars— Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
Winner
Death on the Job— Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Doing Time: Life inside the Big House— Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
The Restless Conscience— Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
Wild by Law— Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment— Debra Chasnoff, Producer
Winner
A Little Vicious— Immy Humes, Producer
Birdnesters of Thailand (aka 'Shadow Hunters')— Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers— Bill Couturié and Bernard Edelman, Producers
The Mark of the Maker— David McGowan, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Manipulation— Daniel Greaves
Winner
Blackfly— Christopher Hinton
Strings— Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
Session Man— Seth Winston, Rob Fried
Winner
Birch Street Gym— Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
Last Breeze of Summer— David M. Massey
Foreign Language Film
Mediterraneo— Italy
Winner
Children of Nature— Iceland
Raise the Red Lantern— Hong Kong
The Elementary School— Czechoslovakia
The Ox— Sweden
Award Of Commendation
To Pete Comandini, Richard T. Dayton, Donald Hagans and Richard T. Ryan of YCM Laboratories for the creation and development of a motion picture film restoration process using liquid gate and registration correction on a contact printer.
Winner
Honorary Award
To Satyajit Ray, in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.
Winner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
George Lucas
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Ray Harryhausen
Medal Of Commendation
To Richard J. Stumpf for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winner
To Joseph Westheimer for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Scientific Or Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To IAIN NEIL for the optical design; ALBERT SAIKI for the mechanical design; and PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the concept and development of the Primo Zoom Lens for 35mm cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To FAZ FAZAKAS, BRIAN HENSON, DAVE HOUSMAN, PETER MILLER and JOHN STEPHENSON for the development of the Henson Performance Control System. [Systems]
To GEORG THOMA for the design; HEINZ FEIERLEIN and the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF SACHTLER AG for the development of a range of fluid tripod heads. [Stage Operations]
To GEORGE WORRALL for the design, development and manufacture of the Worrall geared camera head for motion picture production. [Stage Operations]
To GUIDO CARTONI for his pioneering work in developing the technology to achieve selectable and repeatable viscous drag modules in fluid tripod heads. [Stage Operations]
To HARRY J. BAKER for the design and development of the first full fluid-action tripod head with adjustable degrees of viscous drag. [Stage Operations]
To MARIO CELSO for his pioneering work in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for carbon arc and xenon power supplies and igniters used in motion picture projection. [Lighting]
To RANDY CARTWRIGHT, DAVID B. COONS, LEM DAVIS, THOMAS HAHN, JAMES HOUSTON, MARK KIMBALL, DYLAN W. KOHLER, PETER NYE, MICHAEL SHANTZIS, DAVID F. WOLF and the WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT for the design and development of the "CAPS" production system for feature film animation. [Systems]
To RAY FEENEY, RICHARD KEENEY and RICHARD J. LUNDELL for the software development and adaptation of the Solitaire Film Recorder that provides a flexible, cost-effective film recording system. [Systems]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To ROBERT W. STOKER, JR., for the design and development of a cobweb gun, for applying non-toxic cobweb effects on motion picture sets with both safety and ease of operation. [Stage Operations]
Winner
To CENTURY PRECISION OPTICS for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
To DICK CAVDEK, STEVE HAMERSKI and OTTO NEMENZ INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
To JAMES DOYLE for the design and development of the Dry Fogger, which uses liquid nitrogen to produce a safe, dense, low-hanging fog effects. [Stage Operations]
To KEN ROBINGS and CLAIRMONT CAMERA for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Clairmont Camera Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]