Best Picture Winner
Unforgiven
Best Picture
Director: Clint Eastwood
Studio: Warner Bros.
Retired gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, confronting the violent world he left behind.
All Categories (30)
Best Picture
Unforgiven— Clint Eastwood, Producer
Winner
A Few Good Men— David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, Producers
Howards End— Ismail Merchant, Producer
Scent of a Woman— Martin Brest, Producer
The Crying Game— Stephen Woolley, Producer
Actor In A Leading Role
Clint Eastwood— Unforgiven {"Bill Munny"}
Denzel Washington— Malcolm X {"Malcolm X"}
Robert Downey Jr.— Chaplin {"Charles Chaplin"}
Stephen Rea— The Crying Game {"Fergus"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Al Pacino— Glengarry Glen Ross {"Ricky Roma"}
David Paymer— Mr. Saturday Night {"Stan"}
Jack Nicholson— A Few Good Men {"Col. Nathan R. Jessep"}
Jaye Davidson— The Crying Game {"Dil"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Catherine Deneuve— Indochine {"Eliane"}
Mary McDonnell— Passion Fish {"May-Alice"}
Michelle Pfeiffer— Love Field {"Lurene Hallett"}
Susan Sarandon— Lorenzo's Oil {"Michaela Odone"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Joan Plowright— Enchanted April {"Mrs. Fisher"}
Judy Davis— Husbands and Wives {"Sally"}
Miranda Richardson— Damage {"Ingrid"}
Vanessa Redgrave— Howards End {"Ruth Wilcox"}
Directing
Howards End— James Ivory
Scent of a Woman— Martin Brest
The Crying Game— Neil Jordan
The Player— Robert Altman
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)
Howards End— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Winner
A River Runs through It— Richard Friedenberg
Enchanted April— Peter Barnes
Scent of a Woman— Bo Goldman
The Player— Michael Tolkin
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
The Crying Game— Neil Jordan
Winner
Husbands and Wives— Woody Allen
Lorenzo's Oil— George Miller, Nick Enright
Passion Fish— John Sayles
Unforgiven— David Webb Peoples
Cinematography
A River Runs through It— Philippe Rousselot
Winner
Hoffa— Stephen H. Burum
Howards End— Tony Pierce-Roberts
The Lover— Robert Fraisse
Unforgiven— Jack N. Green
Music (Original Score)
Aladdin— Alan Menken
Winner
A River Runs through It— Mark Isham
Basic Instinct— Jerry Goldsmith
Chaplin— John Barry
Howards End— Richard Robbins
Music (Original Song)
"A Whole New World" from Aladdin— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Tim Rice
Winner
"Beautiful Maria Of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings— Music by Robert Kraft; Lyric by Arne Glimcher
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard— Music by David Foster; Lyric by Linda Thompson
"Run To You" from The Bodyguard— Music by Jud Friedman; Lyric by Allan Rich
Art Direction
Howards End— Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Winner
Bram Stoker's Dracula— Art Direction: Thomas Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Chaplin— Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler
Toys— Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Unforgiven— Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine
Visual Effects
Death Becomes Her— Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Winner
Alien 3— Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr., George Gibbs
Batman Returns— Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak
Film Editing
Unforgiven— Joel Cox
Winner
A Few Good Men— Robert Leighton
Basic Instinct— Frank J. Urioste
The Crying Game— Kant Pan
The Player— Geraldine Peroni
Sound
The Last of the Mohicans— Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye
Winner
A Few Good Men— Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Bob Eber
Aladdin— Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
Under Siege— Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart, Scott Smith
Unforgiven— Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, Rob Young
Sound Effects Editing
Bram Stoker's Dracula— Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone
Winner
Aladdin— Mark Mangini
Under Siege— John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
Costume Design
Bram Stoker's Dracula— Eiko Ishioka
Winner
Enchanted April— Sheena Napier
Howards End— Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Malcolm X— Ruth Carter
Toys— Albert Wolsky
Makeup
Bram Stoker's Dracula— Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle
Winner
Batman Returns— Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston
Hoffa— Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake
Documentary (Feature)
The Panama Deception— Barbara Trent and David Kasper, Producers
Winner
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker— David Haugland, Producer
Fires of Kuwait— Sally Dundas, Producer
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II— William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann— Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Educating Peter— Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers
Winner
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai— Geoffrey O'Connor, Producer
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review'— Wendy L. Weinberg, Producer
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein— Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories— Dorothy Fadiman, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase— Joan C. Gratz
Winner
Adam— Peter Lord
Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words)— Michaela Pavlátová
Screen Play— Barry J.C. Purves
The Sandman— Paul Berry
Short Film (Live Action)
Omnibus— Sam Karmann
Winner
Contact— Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel
Cruise Control— Matt Palmieri
Swan Song— Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt
The Lady in Waiting— Christian M. Taylor
Foreign Language Film
Indochine— France
Winner
A Place in the World— Uruguay
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.
Close to Eden— Russia
Daens— Belgium
Schtonk!— Germany
Award Of Commendation
To The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in recognition of the indispensable contributions of its members, who represent the full spectrum of artists, technicians and craftspeople, to the art of motion pictures on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Alliance's founding.
Winner
Honorary Award
To Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers.
Winner
Erich Kaestner
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Audrey Hepburn
Winner
The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 12, 1993. Ms. Hepburn passed away on January 20th, and the award was accepted on her behalf by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer.
Elizabeth Taylor
Medal Of Commendation
To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To CHADWELL O'CONNOR of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography. [Stage Operations]
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To LOREN CARPENTER, ROB COOK, ED CATMULL, TOM PORTER, PAT HANRAHAN, TONY APODACA and DARWYN PEACHEY for the development of "RenderMan" software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance. [Special Photographic]
Winner
To AL MAYER for the camera design; IAIN NEIL and GEORGE KRAEMER for the optical design; HANS SPIRAWSKI and BILL ESLICK for the opto-mechanical design; and DON EARL for technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
To ARNOLD & RICHTER, OTTO BLASCHEK and the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ARRI, AUSTRIA for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
To CLAUS WIEDEMANN and ROBERT ORBAN for the design and DOLBY LABORATORIES for the development of the Dolby Labs 'Container.' [Sound]
To DOUGLAS TRUMBULL for the concept; GEOFFREY H. WILLIAMSON for the movement design; ROBERT D. AUGUSTE for the electronic design and EDMUND M. DI GIULIO for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
To KEN BATES for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls. [Stage Operations]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To IRA TIFFEN of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To IAIN NEIL for the optical design and KAZ FUDANO for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
To ROBERT R. BURTON of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner. [Sound]
To TOM BRIGHAM for the original concept and pioneering work; and DOUGLAS SMYTHE and the COMPUTER GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC for the development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the "MORF" system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images. [Special Photographic]