Best Picture Winner
Braveheart
Best Picture
Director: Mel Gibson
Studio: Paramount
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from English tyranny.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Braveheart— Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers
Winner
Apollo 13— Brian Grazer, Producer
Babe— George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller, Producers
Sense and Sensibility— Lindsay Doran, Producer
The Postman (Il Postino)— Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Anthony Hopkins— Nixon {"Richard Nixon"}
Massimo Troisi— The Postman (Il Postino) {"Mario"}
Richard Dreyfuss— Mr. Holland's Opus {"Glenn Holland"}
Sean Penn— Dead Man Walking {"Matthew Poncelet"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Brad Pitt— 12 Monkeys {"Jeffrey Goines"}
Ed Harris— Apollo 13 {"Gene Kranz"}
James Cromwell— Babe {"Farmer Hoggett"}
Tim Roth— Rob Roy {"Archibald Cunningham"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Elisabeth Shue— Leaving Las Vegas {"Sera"}
Emma Thompson— Sense and Sensibility {"Elinor Dashwood"}
Meryl Streep— The Bridges of Madison County {"Francesca Johnson"}
Sharon Stone— Casino {"Ginger McKenna"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Joan Allen— Nixon {"Pat Nixon"}
Kate Winslet— Sense and Sensibility {"Marianne Dashwood"}
Kathleen Quinlan— Apollo 13 {"Marilyn Lovell"}
Mare Winningham— Georgia {"Georgia"}
Directing
Babe— Chris Noonan
Dead Man Walking— Tim Robbins
Leaving Las Vegas— Mike Figgis
The Postman (Il Postino)— Michael Radford
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)
Sense and Sensibility— Emma Thompson
Winner
Apollo 13— William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert
Babe— George Miller, Chris Noonan
Leaving Las Vegas— Mike Figgis
The Postman (Il Postino)— Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
The Usual Suspects— Christopher McQuarrie
Winner
Braveheart— Randall Wallace
Mighty Aphrodite— Woody Allen
Nixon— Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
Toy Story— Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft
Cinematography
Braveheart— John Toll
Winner
A Little Princess— Emmanuel Lubezki
Batman Forever— Stephen Goldblatt
Sense and Sensibility— Michael Coulter
Shanghai Triad— Lu Yue
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
The Postman (Il Postino)— Luis Enrique Bacalov
Winner
Apollo 13— James Horner
Braveheart— James Horner
Nixon— John Williams
Sense and Sensibility— Patrick Doyle
Music (Original Musical Or Comedy Score)
Pocahontas— Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
Winner
Sabrina— John Williams
The American President— Marc Shaiman
Toy Story— Randy Newman
Unstrung Heroes— Thomas Newman
Music (Original Song)
"Colors Of The Wind" from Pocahontas— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Winner
"Dead Man Walkin'" from Dead Man Walking— Music and Lyric by Bruce Springsteen
"Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco— Music and Lyric by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange
"Moonlight" from Sabrina— Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
"You've Got A Friend In Me" from Toy Story— Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Art Direction
Restoration— Eugenio Zanetti
Winner
A Little Princess— Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
Apollo 13— Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
Babe— Art Direction: Roger Ford; Set Decoration: Kerrie Brown
Richard III— Tony Burrough
Visual Effects
Babe— Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
Winner
Apollo 13— Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney
Film Editing
Apollo 13— Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Winner
Babe— Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Braveheart— Steven Rosenblum
Crimson Tide— Chris Lebenzon
Seven— Richard Francis-Bruce
Sound
Apollo 13— Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan
Winner
Batman Forever— Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal
Braveheart— Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons
Crimson Tide— Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins, William B. Kaplan
Waterworld— Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Keith A. Wester
Sound Effects Editing
Braveheart— Lon Bender, Per Hallberg
Winner
Batman Forever— John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
Crimson Tide— George Watters II
Costume Design
Restoration— James Acheson
Winner
12 Monkeys— Julie Weiss
Braveheart— Charles Knode
Richard III— Shuna Harwood
Sense and Sensibility— Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Makeup
Braveheart— Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell
Winner
My Family, Mi Familia— Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez
Roommates— Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan
Documentary (Feature)
Anne Frank Remembered— Jon Blair
Winner
Fiddlefest--Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program— Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream— Mike Tollin, Fredric Golding
The Battle over Citizen Kane— Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern— Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
Documentary (Short Subject)
One Survivor Remembers— Kary Antholis
Winner
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls— Nancy Dine, Richard Stilwell
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper— Terry Sanders, Freida Lee Mock
The Living Sea— Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore
The Shadow of Hate— Charles Guggenheim
Short Film (Animated)
A Close Shave— Nick Park
Winner
Gagarin— Alexij Kharitidi
Runaway Brain— Chris Bailey
The Chicken from Outer Space— John R. Dilworth
the end— Chris Landreth, Robin Bargar
Short Film (Live Action)
Lieberman in Love— Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel
Winner
Brooms— Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Duke of Groove— Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell
Little Surprises— Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg
Tuesday Morning Ride— Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan
Foreign Language Film
Antonia's Line— The Netherlands
Winner
All Things Fair— Sweden
Dust of Life— Algeria
O Quatrilho— Brazil
The Star Maker— Italy
Honorary Award
To Kirk Douglas, for fifty years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
Winner
Donald C. Rogers
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
To Chuck Jones, for the creation of classic cartoons which have brought worldwide joy for more than half a century.
Special Achievement Award
To John Lasseter, for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film.
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To ARNOLD AND RICHTER CINE TECHNIK for the development of the Arriflex 535 Series of Cameras for motion picture cinematography. [Camera]
Winner
To ALVY RAY SMITH, ED CATMULL, THOMAS PORTER and TOM DUFF for their pioneering inventions in Digital Image Compositing. [Special Photographic]
To COLIN MOSSMAN, JOE WARY, HANS LEISINGER, GERALD PAINTER and DELUXE LABORATORIES for the design and development of the Deluxe Quad Format Digital Sound Printing Head. [Sound]
To DAVID GILMARTIN, JOHANNES BORGGREBE, JEAN-PIERRE GAGNON, FRANK RICOTTA and TECHNICOLOR, INC. for the design and development of the Technicolor Contact Printer Sound Head. [Sound]
To DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS for the design and development of the DTS Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]
To DOLBY LABORATORIES for the design and development of the SR-D Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]
To HOWARD FLEMMING and RONALD UHLIG for their pioneering work leading to motion picture digital sound. [Sound]
To IAIN NEIL for the optical design; RICK GELBARD for the mechanical design; ERIC DUBBERKE for the engineering and PANAVISION INTERNATIONAL, L.P., for the development of the Primo 3:1 Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
To MARTIN S. MUELLER for the design and development of the MSM 9801 IMAX 65mm/15 perf production motion picture camera. [Camera]
To RONALD C. GOODMAN, ATTILA SZALAY, STEVEN SASS and SPACECAM SYSTEMS, INC. for the design of the SpaceCam gyroscopically stabilized Camera System. [Photography]
To SONY CORPORATION for the design and development of the SDDS Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To PASCAL CHEDEVILLE for the design of the L.C. Concept Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]
Winner
To AL JENSEN, CHUCK HEADLEY, JEAN MESSNER and HAZEM NABULSI of CEI Technology for producing a self-contained, flicker-free Color Video-Assist Camera. [Camera]
To BHP, INCORPORATED for their pioneering efforts developing Digital Sound Printing Heads for motion pictures. [Sound]
To CLAY DAVIS and JOHN CARTER of Todd-AO for their pioneering efforts in creating an Automated Patchbay System for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations. [Sound]
To DAVID PRINGLE and YAN ZHONG FANG for the design and development of "Lightning Strikes," a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect system. [Stage Operations]
To DOUGLAS SMYTHE, LINCOLN HU, DOUGLAS S. KAY and INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the ILM Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]
To GARY DEMOS, DAVID RUHOFF, DAN CAMERON and MICHELLE FERAUD for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]
To INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE for the concept; KODAK PATHE CTP CINE for the prototype; and ECLAIR LABORATORIES and MARTINEAU INDUSTRIES for the development and further implementation of the Toulouse Electrolytic Silver Recovery Cell. [Laboratory]
To JAMES DEAS of the Warner Bros. Studio Facility for the design and subsequent development of an Automated Patchbay and Metering System for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations. [Sound]
To JOE FINNEGAN (a.k.a. Joe Yrigoyen) for his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects. [Stage Operations]
To PETER DENZ of Präzisions-Entwicklung Denz for developing a flicker-free Color Video-Assist Camera. [Camera]
To the COMPUTER FILM COMPANY for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the CFC Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]