Best Picture Winner
Shakespeare in Love
Best Picture
Director: John Madden
Studio: Miramax
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short on cash, meets his ideal woman and finds the inspiration to write one of his most famous plays.
All Categories (28)
Best Picture
Shakespeare in Love— David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers
Winner
Elizabeth— Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
Life Is Beautiful— Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
Saving Private Ryan— Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
The Thin Red Line— Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers
Actor In A Leading Role
Edward Norton— American History X {"Derek"}
Ian McKellen— Gods and Monsters {"James Whale"}
Nick Nolte— Affliction {"Wade Whitehouse"}
Tom Hanks— Saving Private Ryan {"Captain Miller"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Billy Bob Thornton— A Simple Plan {"Jacob"}
Ed Harris— The Truman Show {"Christof"}
Geoffrey Rush— Shakespeare in Love {"Philip Henslowe"}
Robert Duvall— A Civil Action {"Jerome Facher"}
Actress In A Leading Role
Cate Blanchett— Elizabeth {"Queen Elizabeth I"}
Emily Watson— Hilary and Jackie {"Jacqueline du Pré"}
Fernanda Montenegro— Central Station {"Dora"}
Meryl Streep— One True Thing {"Kate Gulden"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Brenda Blethyn— Little Voice {"Mari"}
Kathy Bates— Primary Colors {"Libby"}
Lynn Redgrave— Gods and Monsters {"Hanna"}
Rachel Griffiths— Hilary and Jackie {"Hilary du Pré"}
Directing
Life Is Beautiful— Roberto Benigni
Shakespeare in Love— John Madden
The Thin Red Line— Terrence Malick
The Truman Show— Peter Weir
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published)
Gods and Monsters— Bill Condon
Winner
A Simple Plan— Scott B. Smith
Out of Sight— Scott Frank
Primary Colors— Elaine May
The Thin Red Line— Terrence Malick
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen)
Shakespeare in Love— Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Winner
Bulworth— Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
Life Is Beautiful— Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Saving Private Ryan— Robert Rodat
The Truman Show— Andrew Niccol
Cinematography
Saving Private Ryan— Janusz Kaminski
Winner
A Civil Action— Conrad L. Hall
Elizabeth— Remi Adefarasin
Shakespeare in Love— Richard Greatrex
The Thin Red Line— John Toll
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Life Is Beautiful— Nicola Piovani
Winner
Elizabeth— David Hirschfelder
Pleasantville— Randy Newman
Saving Private Ryan— John Williams
The Thin Red Line— Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Musical Or Comedy Score)
Shakespeare in Love— Stephen Warbeck
Winner
A Bug's Life— Randy Newman
Mulan— Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Patch Adams— Marc Shaiman
The Prince of Egypt— Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Song)
"When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt— Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Winner
"A Soft Place To Fall" from The Horse Whisperer— Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" from Armageddon— Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City— Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot— Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
Art Direction
Shakespeare in Love— Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
Winner
Elizabeth— Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
Pleasantville— Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
Saving Private Ryan— Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
What Dreams May Come— Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
Visual Effects
What Dreams May Come— Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack
Winner
Armageddon— Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
Mighty Joe Young— Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
Film Editing
Saving Private Ryan— Michael Kahn
Winner
Life Is Beautiful— Simona Paggi
Out of Sight— Anne V. Coates
Shakespeare in Love— David Gamble
The Thin Red Line— Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
Sound
Saving Private Ryan— Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
Winner
Armageddon— Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Shakespeare in Love— Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
The Mask of Zorro— Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
The Thin Red Line— Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat
Sound Effects Editing
Saving Private Ryan— Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
Winner
Armageddon— George Watters II
The Mask of Zorro— David McMoyler
Costume Design
Shakespeare in Love— Sandy Powell
Winner
Beloved— Colleen Atwood
Elizabeth— Alexandra Byrne
Pleasantville— Judianna Makovsky
Velvet Goldmine— Sandy Powell
Makeup
Elizabeth— Jenny Shircore
Winner
Saving Private Ryan— Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
Shakespeare in Love— Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner
Documentary (Feature)
The Last Days— James Moll, Ken Lipper
Winner
Dancemaker— Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth— Robert B. Weide
Regret to Inform— Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.— Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years— Keiko Ibi
Winner
A Place in the Land— Charles Guggenheim
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square— Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams
Short Film (Animated)
Bunny— Chris Wedge
Winner
Jolly Roger— Mark Baker
More— Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
The Canterbury Tales— Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
When Life Departs— Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
Short Film (Live Action)
Election Night (Valgaften)— Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Winner
Culture— Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Holiday Romance— Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
La Carte Postale (The Postcard)— Vivian Goffette
Victor— Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
Foreign Language Film
Life Is Beautiful— Italy
Winner
Central Station— Brazil
Children of Heaven— Iran
Tango— Argentina
The Grandfather— Spain
Honorary Award
To Elia Kazan in recognition of his indelible contributions to the art of motion picture direction.
Winner
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Norman Jewison
Scientific And Technical Award (Academy Award Of Merit)
To AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing. The Avid Film Composer is a digital, non-linear, 24 frame-per-second editing machine usinig compression algorithms, that has revolutionized the art of film editing. Shots can be stored, recalled, manipulated and played back instantaneously, allowing the film editor unprecedented creative freedom and the ability to realize a film more fully than before. [Editorial and Pre-production]
Winner
Scientific And Technical Award (Scientific And Engineering Award)
To DR. THOMAS G. STOCKHAM, JR. and ROBERT B. INGEBRETSEN for their pioneering work in the areas of waveform editing, crossfades and cut-and-paste techniques for digital audio editing. The foundation of current digital audio editing equipment for motion pictures has its roots in the late seventies work of these digital pioneers. [Sound]
Winner
To ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK and the CARL ZEISS COMPANY for the concept and optical design of the Carl Zeiss/Arriflex Variable Prime Lenses. This series of variable prine lenses opens many creative possibilities, since any focal length can be continuously selected throughout the entire range. They offer sharp, high-contrast, high-resolution images with minimized vignetting, superior to many prime lenses. [Lenses and Filters]
To ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK, and ARRI USA, INC. for the concept and engineering of the Arriflex 435 Camera System. The 435 enhances the creative process via its programmability and reliability, and provides the camera operator with the widest feature and performance capability of any MOS camera in use today. [Camera]
To COLIN MOSSMAN, HANS LEISINGER and GEORGE JOHN ROWLAND of Deluxe Laboratories for the concept and design of the Deluxe High Speed Spray Film Cleaner. This innovative and effective high speed film cleaning machine is unique in its use of spray technology, providing the flexibility to use alternative solvents, and to anticipate changes in environmental legislation. [Laboratory]
To DEREK C. LIGHTBODY of OpTex for the design and development of Aurasoft Luminaires. The Aurasoft offers a radical new type of reflector design for the production of soft, very even and relatively shadowless light, with superior coverage and significantly higher intensity than existing softlights. [Lighting]
To GARY TREGASKIS for the primary design; and to DOMINIQUE BOISVERT, PHILIPPE PANZINI and ANDRÉ LeBLANC for the development and implementation of the Flame and Inferno software. The Inferno System, and its predecessor, Flame, provide high-speed, efficient integrated digital compositing and visual effects tools. [Special Photographic]
To IAIN NEIL for the 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. The Primo Series of lenses for 35mm cinematography represents a thorough and comprehensive approach to prime lens design, development and manufacture. This family of lenses has a wide range of focal lengths, all color matched, with improved modulation transfer function characteristics. [Lenses and Filters]
To JAMES A. MOORER for his pioneering work in the design of digital signal processing and its application to audio editing for film. This early work in systems architecture and software has had a significant impact on the digital creation of sound effects and the editing of audio for motion picture sound tracks. [Sound]
To MARK ROBERTS, RONAN CARROLL, ASSAFF RAWNER, PAUL BARTLETT and SIMON WAKLEY for the creation of the Milo Motion-Control Crane. This radically original and effective solution to the problems of high-speed camera motion was achieved with the combination of novel geometry and dedicated 3-dimensional control software. [Camera Cranes]
To MICHAEL SORENSEN and RICHARD ALEXANDER of Sorensen Designs International, and DONALD TRUMBULL for advancing the state-of-the-art of real-time motion-control, as exemplified in the Gazelle and Zebra camera dolly systems. Over the past decade, Sorensen, Alexander and Trumbull have improved the speed, repeatability and portability of robotic camera platforms through novel engineering concepts and the pioneering use of composite materials. [Camera Cranes]
To ROBERT PREDOVICH, JOHN SCOTT, MOHAMED KEN T. HUSAIN and CAMERON SHEARER for the design and implementation of the Soundmaster Integrated Operations Nucleus operating environment. The Soundmaster system provides motion picture audio post production facilities with a completely integrated capability for synchronization of audio and picture elements with the numerous methods of synchronization in use today. [Sound]
To RONALD E. UHLIG, THOMAS F. POWERS and FRED M. FUSS of the Eastman Kodak Company for the design and development of KeyKode latent-image barcode key numbers. KeyKode numbers are machine-readable bar codes on camera negative films that exactly replicate the human-readable key numbers. Together with an appropriate reader and database software, they reduce errors and speed important post-production operations, leading to significant cost savings. [Laboratory]
To ROY B. FERENCE, STEVEN R. SCHMIDT, RICHARD J. FEDERICO, ROCKWELL YARID and MICHAEL E. McCRACKAN for the design and development of the Kodak Lightning Laser Recorder. The Kodak Lightning laser recorder system established higher operational and quality standards and achieved wide industry acceptance for digital film recording onto intermediate film stock. [Special Photographic]
To STEPHEN J. KAY of K-Tec Corporation for the design and development of the Shock Block. This specially designed ground fault interrupter eliminates the electric shock hazard when working in water, wet conditions or from an accidentally exposed power line. [Lighting]
Scientific And Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
To GARRETT BROWN and JERRY HOLWAY for the creation of the Skyman flying platform for Steadicam operators. This cable-driven, manned camera platform allows the operator to spin 360 degrees for unimpeded pans while controlling the downhill speed via brakes. As a device for achieving otherwise impossible shots, Skyman has had a definite influence on later cable-suspended camera systems. [Camera Cranes]
Winner
JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
To BARRY WALTON, BILL SCHULTZ, CHRIS BARKER and DAVID CORNELIUS of Sony Pictures Imageworks for the creation of an advanced motion-controlled, silent camera dolly. This extensive modification to the Panther dolly allows high-speed moves to be silent, smooth and stable. [Camera Cranes]
To BRUCE WILTON and CARLOS ICINKOFF of Mechanical Concepts for their modular system of motion-control rotators and movers for use in motion-control. These components have become the de facto industry standard for use in precision motion control equipment. [Camera Cranes]
To CARY PHILLIPS for the design and development of the "Caricature" Animation System at Industrial Light & Magic. By integrating existing tools into a powerful interactive system, and adding an expressive multi-target shape interpolation-based freeform animation system, the "Caricature" system provides a degree of subtlety and refinement not possible with other systems. [Special Photographic]
To DAVID DiFRANCESCO, BALA S. MANIAN and THOMAS L. NOGGLE for their pioneering efforts in the development of laser film recording technology. This pioneering laser film recorder, designed and used for motion pictures, demonstrated the potential of this technology for recording digital data onto intermediate film stock. [Special Photographic]
To DR. A. TULSI RAM, RICHARD C. SEHLIN, DR. CARL F. HOLTZ and DAVID F. KOPPERL of the Eastman Kodak Company for the research and development of the concept of molecular sieves applied to improve the archival properties of processed photographic film. The use of zeolite crystals as molecular sieves to absorb moisture, acetic acid, methylene chloride and a variety of solvents created an effective deterrent to the effects of vinegar syndrome in stored film stock. [Laboratory]
To DR. DOUGLAS R. ROBLE for his contribution to tracking technology and for the design and implementation of the TRACK system for camera position calculation and scene reconstruction. The TRACK system is an integrated software tool that uses computer-vision techniques to extract critical 2D and 3D information about a scene and the camera used to film it. [Special Photographic]
To DR. MITCHELL J. BOGDANOWICZ of the Eastman Kodak Company, and JIM MEYER and STAN MILLER of Rosco Laboratories, Inc. for the design of the CalColor Calibrated Color Effects Filters. Designed to correspond to the spectral sensitivity of color negative film stocks, these filters provide for improved color control in motion picture lighting. [Lenses and Filters]
To David W. Gray in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
To ED ZWANEVELD and FREDERICK GASOI of the National Film Board of Canada, and MIKE LAZARIDIS and DALE BRUBACHER-CRESSMAN of Research in Motion for the design and development of the DigiSync Film KeyKode Reader. The DigiSync Film KeyKode Reader provides a fast, accurate and user-friendly means of utilizing the KeyKode information on film, expediting the editorial and post-production processes. [Laboratory]
To EDMUND M. DI GIULIO and JAMES BARTELL of Cinema Products for the design of the KeyKode Sync Reader. The KeyKode Sync Reader provides a fast, accurate and user-friendly means of utilizing the KeyKode information on film, thereby expediting the editorial and post-production processes. [Laboratory]
To IVAN KRUGLAK for his commitment to the development of a wireless transmission system for video-assisted images for the motion picture industry. Through years of persistent effort, Mr. Kruglak has commercialized and popularized a technique of great utility for motion picture camera operations. By introducing diversity antennas and a time code insertion accessory, he has optimized camera wireless video-assist components. [Camera]
To IVAN KRUGLAK for his pioneering concept and the development of the Coherent Time Code Slate. Time code slates have had significant impact on the filmmaking process by simplifying post-production. This development makes the synchronization process faster and more precise, particularly when multiple cameras are used. [Editorial and Pre-production]
To JAMES RODNUNSKY, JAMES WEBBER and BOB WEBBER of Cablecam Systems, and TROU BAYLISS for the design and engineering of Cablecam. This radio-controlled, cable-driven camera platform with its ultra-smooth synthetic cables and powerful hydraulic motors, enables runs in excess of 3000 feet with quick return to start. Operating unmanned, it can function at speeds and through perils that would be unsafe for on-board operators. [Camera Cranes]
To MANFRED N. KLEMME and DONALD E. WETZEL for the design and development of the K-Tek Microphone Boom Pole and accessories for on-set motion picture sound recording. The K-TEK series microphone boom pole provides production recording personnel with a self-lubricated, light-weight, sturdy pole with multiple accessories. [Sound]
To MICHAEL MacKENZIE, MIKE BOLLES, UDO PAMPEL and JOSEPH FULMER of Industrial Light & Magic for their pioneering work in motion-controlled, silent camera dollies. This silent, high-speed motion control modification of a Panther dolly makes it possible to film moving camera composite shots of actors while recording live dialogue. [Camera Cranes]
To MIKE DENECKE for refining and further developing electronic time code slates. Due to their features and simplified operational procedures, the Denecke slates have had significant impact on the motion picture industry and have become the standard for electronic time code slates. [Editorial and Pre-production]
To NICK FOSTER for his software development in the field of water simulation systems. This software technique provides an efficient and flexible method for the creation of flowing streams, oceans, tidal waves and turbulence for motion picture visual effects. [Special Photographic]
To REMY SMITH for the software and electronic design and development; and JAMES K. BRANCH and NASIR J. ZAIDI for the design and development of the Spectra Professional IV-A digital exposure meter. The design and execution of the Spectra Professional IV-A meter has resulted in a practical and successful tool for the film production community. [Photography]
To TAKUO MIYAGISHIMA and ALBERT K. SAIKI of Panavision, Inc. for the design and development of the Eyepiece Leveler. This leveler keeps the camera eyepiece at the same level, regardless of whether the camera position is tilted up or down, enabling the camera operator to concentrate on the composition of the image. [Camera]
To THADDEUS BEIER for the design and implementation of ras_track, a system for 2D tracking, stabilization, and 3D camera and object tracking. Ras_track allows the user to determine the postiton and location of the camera and objects in a scene by tracking points in a scanned sequence. [Special Photographic]