Best Picture Winner
Titanic
Best Picture
Director: James Cameron
Studio: Paramount / 20th Century Fox
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Titanic— James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
Winner
As Good as It Gets— James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, Producers
Good Will Hunting— Lawrence Bender, Producer
L.A. Confidential— Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, Producers
The Full Monty— Uberto Pasolini, Producer
Actor In A Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman— Wag the Dog {"Stanley Motss"}
Matt Damon— Good Will Hunting {"Will Hunting"}
Peter Fonda— Ulee's Gold {"Ulee Jackson"}
Robert Duvall— The Apostle {"The Apostle E.F."}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Anthony Hopkins— Amistad {"John Quincy Adams"}
Burt Reynolds— Boogie Nights {"Jack Horner"}
Greg Kinnear— As Good as It Gets {"Simon Bishop"}
Robert Forster— Jackie Brown {"Max Cherry"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Helena Bonham Carter— The Wings of the Dove {"Kate Croy"}
Judi Dench— Mrs. Brown {"Queen Victoria"}
Julie Christie— Afterglow {"Phyllis Mann"}
Kate Winslet— Titanic {"Rose DeWitt Bukater"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Gloria Stuart— Titanic {"Old Rose"}
Joan Cusack— In & Out {"Emily Montgomery"}
Julianne Moore— Boogie Nights {"Amber Waves"}
Minnie Driver— Good Will Hunting {"Skylar"}
Directing
Good Will Hunting— Gus Van Sant
L.A. Confidential— Curtis Hanson
The Full Monty— Peter Cattaneo
The Sweet Hereafter— Atom Egoyan
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)
L.A. Confidential— Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Winner
Donnie Brasco— Paul Attanasio
The Sweet Hereafter— Atom Egoyan
The Wings of the Dove— Hossein Amini
Wag the Dog— Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Good Will Hunting— Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Winner
As Good as It Gets— Screenplay by Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks; Story by Mark Andrus
Boogie Nights— Paul Thomas Anderson
Deconstructing Harry— Woody Allen
The Full Monty— Simon Beaufoy
Cinematography
Titanic— Russell Carpenter
Winner
Amistad— Janusz Kaminski
Kundun— Roger Deakins
L.A. Confidential— Dante Spinotti
The Wings of the Dove— Eduardo Serra
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Titanic— James Horner
Winner
Amistad— John Williams
Good Will Hunting— Danny Elfman
Kundun— Philip Glass
L.A. Confidential— Jerry Goldsmith
Music (Original Musical Or Comedy Score)
The Full Monty— Anne Dudley
Winner
Anastasia— Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman
As Good as It Gets— Hans Zimmer
Men in Black— Danny Elfman
My Best Friend's Wedding— James Newton Howard
Music (Original Song)
"My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic— Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings
Winner
"Go The Distance" from Hercules— Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by David Zippel
"How Do I Live" from Con Air— Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Journey To The Past" from Anastasia— Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyric by Lynn Ahrens
"Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting— Music and Lyric by Elliott Smith
Art Direction
Titanic— Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
Winner
Gattaca— Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
Kundun— Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
L.A. Confidential— Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay R. Hart
Men in Black— Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
Visual Effects
Titanic— Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
Winner
Starship Troopers— Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
The Lost World: Jurassic Park— Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra, Michael Lantieri
Film Editing
Titanic— Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Winner
Air Force One— Richard Francis-Bruce
As Good as It Gets— Richard Marks
Good Will Hunting— Pietro Scalia
L.A. Confidential— Peter Honess
Sound
Titanic— Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
Winner
Air Force One— Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D. M. Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
Con Air— Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Arthur Rochester
Contact— Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
L.A. Confidential— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
Sound Effects Editing
Titanic— Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
Winner
Face/Off— Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
The Fifth Element— Mark Mangini
Costume Design
Titanic— Deborah L. Scott
Winner
Amistad— Ruth E. Carter
Kundun— Dante Ferretti
Oscar and Lucinda— Janet Patterson
The Wings of the Dove— Sandy Powell
Makeup
Men in Black— Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
Winner
Mrs. Brown— Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverley Binda
Titanic— Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
Documentary (Feature)
The Long Way Home— Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
Winner
4 Little Girls— Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life— Michael Paxton
Colors Straight Up— Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
Waco: The Rules of Engagement— Dan Gifford, William Gazecki
Documentary (Short Subject)
A Story of Healing— Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
Winner
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild— George Casey, Paul Novros
Amazon— Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
Daughter of the Bride— Terri Randall
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies— Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund
Short Film (Animated)
Geri's Game— Jan Pinkava
Winner
Famous Fred— Joanna Quinn
La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons)— Sylvain Chomet
Redux Riding Hood— Steve Moore, Dan O'Shannon
The Mermaid— Alexander Petrov
Short Film (Live Action)
Visas and Virtue— Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
Winner
Dance Lexie Dance— Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
It's Good to Talk— Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
Sweethearts?— Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
Wolfgang— Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Foreign Language Film
Character— The Netherlands
Winner
Beyond Silence— Germany
Four Days in September— Brazil
Secrets of the Heart— Spain
The Thief— Russia
Honorary Award
To Stanley Donen in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation.
Winner
Don Iwerks
GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To GUNNAR P. MICHELSON for the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines. [Laboratory]
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To WILLIAM KOVACS for his creative leadership and ROY HALL for his principal engineering efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system. [Special Photographic]
Winner
To AL JENSEN, CHUCK HEADLEY, JEAN MESSNER and HAZEM NABULSI of CEI Technology for the production of a self-contained, flicker-free, Color Video-Assist Camera. [Camera]
To CRAIG W. REYNOLDS for his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production. [Special Photographic]
To DOMINIQUE BOISVERT, RÉJEAN GAGNÉ, DANIEL LANGLOIS and RICHARD LAPERRIERE for the development of the "Actor" animation component of the Softimage computer animation system. [Special Photographic]
To EBEN OSTBY, WILLIAM REEVES, SAMUEL J. LEFFLER and TOM DUFF for the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System. [Special Photographic]
To JOEL W. JOHNSON of the O'Connor Laboratories for the unique design improvement in fluid head counter-balancing techniques as used in their Model 2575. [Stage Operations]
To JOHN GIBSON, ROB KRIEGER, MILAN NOVACEK, GLEN OZYMOK and DAVE SPRINGER for the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator System. [Special Photographic]
To KIRK HANDLEY, RAY MELUCH, SCOTT ROBINSON, WILSON H. ALLEN and JOHN NEARY for the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor. [Sound]
To RICHARD SHOUP, ALVY RAY SMITH and THOMAS PORTER for their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production. [Special Photographic]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To CLARK F. CRITES for the design and development of the Christie ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and Storage System. [Projection]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To DAN LEIMETER and ROBERT WEITZ for the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies. [Sound]
To GREG HERMANOVIC, KIM DAVIDSON, MARK ELENDT and PAUL H. BRESLIN for the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package. [Special Photographic]
To JACK CASHIN, ROGER HIBBARD and LARRY JACOBSON for the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer. [Projection]
To JAMES F. FOLEY, CHARLES E. CONVERSE and F. EDWARD GARDNER of UCISCO; and to ROBERT W. STOKER, JR. and MATT SWEENEY for the development and realization of Liquid Synthetic Air. [Stage Operations]
To JAMES J. KEATING, MICHAEL WAHRMAN and RICHARD HOLLANDER for their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system. [Special Photographic]
To JAMES M. REILLY, DOUGLAS W. NISHIMURA and MONIQUE C. FISCHER of the Rochester Institute of Technology for the creation of A-D Strips, a diagnostic tool for the detection of the presence of vinegar syndrome in processed acetate-based motion picture film. [Laboratory]
To JIM FRAZIER, for the design concept, and IAIN NEIL and RICK GELBARD for the further design and development of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
To PHILIP C. CORY for the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator. [Stage Operations]
To Pete Clark in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To RICHARD CHUANG, GLENN ENTIS and CARL ROSENDAHL for the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System. [Special Photographic]