Best Picture

WINNER

Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood

NOMINEES

The Crying Game: Stephen Woolley

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A Few Good Men: David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman

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Howards End: Ismail Merchant

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Scent of a Woman: Martin Brest

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Scent of a Woman: Al Pacino

NOMINEES

Chaplin: Robert Downey Jr.

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Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood

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The Crying Game: Stephen Rea

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Malcolm X: Denzel Washington

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Howards End: Emma Thompson

NOMINEES

Indochine: Catherine Deneuve

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Passion Fish: Mary McDonnell

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Love Field: Michelle Pfeiffer

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Lorenzo's Oil: Susan Sarandon

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Unforgiven: Gene Hackman

NOMINEES

The Crying Game: Jaye Davidson

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A Few Good Men: Jack Nicholson

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Glengarry Glen Ross: Al Pacino

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Mr. Saturday Night: David Paymer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

My Cousin Vinny: Marisa Tomei

NOMINEES

Husbands and Wives: Judy Davis

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Enchanted April: Joan Plowright

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Howards End: Vanessa Redgrave

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Damage: Miranda Richardson

Best Director

WINNER

Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood

NOMINEES

The Player: Robert Altman

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Scent of a Woman: Martin Brest

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Howards End: James Ivory

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The Crying Game: Neil Jordan

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER

The Crying Game: Neil Jordan

NOMINEES

Husbands and Wives: Woody Allen

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Lorenzo's Oil: George Miller, Nick Enright

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Passion Fish: John Sayles

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Unforgiven: David Webb Peoples

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

WINNER

Howards End: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was not present at the awards ceremony. Co-presenters Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman accepted the award on her behalf.

NOMINEES

Enchanted April: Peter Barnes

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The Player: Michael Tolkin

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A River Runs Through It: Richard Friedenberg

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Scent of a Woman: Bo Goldman

Best Cinematography

WINNER

A River Runs Through It: Philippe Rousselot

NOMINEES

Hoffa: Stephen H. Burum

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Howards End: Tony Pierce-Roberts

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The Lover: Robert Fraisse

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Unforgiven: Jack N. Green

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Howards End: Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker

NOMINEES

Dracula: Thomas E. Sanders, Garrett Lewis

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Chaplin: Stuart Craig, Chris Butler

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Toys: Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Linda DeScenna

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Unforgiven: Henry Bumstead, Janice Blackie-Goodine

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Dracula: Eiko Ishioka

NOMINEES

Enchanted April: Sheena Napier

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Howards End: Jenny Beavan, John Bright

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Malcolm X: Ruth E. Carter

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Toys: Albert Wolsky

Best Sound

WINNER

The Last of the Mohicans: Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye

NOMINEES

Aladdin: Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane

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A Few Good Men: Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Robert Eber

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Under Siege: Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart, Scott D. Smith

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Unforgiven: Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Rick Alexander (as Dick Alexander), Rob Young

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Unforgiven: Joel Cox

NOMINEES

Basic Instinct: Frank J. Urioste

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The Crying Game: Kant Pan

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A Few Good Men: Robert Leighton

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The Player: Geraldine Peroni

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER

Dracula: Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone

NOMINEES

Aladdin: Mark A. Mangini

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Under Siege: John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER

Death Becomes Her: Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.

NOMINEES

Alien³: Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., George Gibbs

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Batman Returns: Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak

Best Makeup

WINNER

Dracula: Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle

NOMINEES

Batman Returns: Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston

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Hoffa: Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Aladdin: Alan Menken (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
For the song "A Whole New World"

NOMINEES

The Mambo Kings: Robert Kraft (music), Arne Glimcher (lyrics)
For the song "Beautiful Maria of My Soul"

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Aladdin: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics)
For the song "Friend Like Me." Howard Ashman's nomination was posthumous.

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The Bodyguard: David Foster (music), Linda Thompson (lyrics)
For the song "I Have Nothing"

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The Bodyguard: Jud Friedman (music), Allan Dennis Rich (lyrics)
For the song "Run to You"

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER

Aladdin: Alan Menken

NOMINEES

Basic Instinct: Jerry Goldsmith

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Chaplin: John Barry

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Howards End: Richard Robbins

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A River Runs Through It: Mark Isham

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase: Joan C. Gratz

NOMINEES

Adam: Peter Lord

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Words, Words, Words: Michaela Pavlátová

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The Sandman: Paul Berry

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Screen Play: Barry Purves

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

Omnibus: Sam Karmann

NOMINEES

Contact: Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel

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Cruise Control: Matt Palmieri

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The Lady in Waiting: Christian Taylor

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Swan Song: Kenneth Branagh

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

Educating Peter: Thomas C. Goodwin, Gerardine Wurzburg

NOMINEES

At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai: Geoffrey O'Connor

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Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review': Wendy L. Weinberg

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The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein: Richard Elson, Sally Bochner

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When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories: Dorothy Fadiman

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

The Panama Deception: Barbara Trent, David Kasper

NOMINEES

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker: David Haugland

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Fires of Kuwait: Sally Dundas

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Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II: William Miles, Nina Rosenblum

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Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann: Margaret Smilow, Roma Baran

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Indochine
France.

NOMINEES

Daens
Belgium.

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Schtonk!
Germany.

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A Place in the World
Uruguay. [withdrawn: actually Argentina]

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Close to Eden
Russia.

WINNER

Federico Fellini
In recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences.

WINNER

Petro Vlahos
In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

WINNERS

Elizabeth Taylor

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Audrey Hepburn
The award, which was voted prior to her death, was presented posthumously. Her son Sean H. Ferrer accepted the award at the ceremony.

WINNER

Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories)
For the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera-head for motion picture photography.

WINNERS

Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Anthony A. Apodaca, Darwyn Peachey
For development of "RenderMan" software providing the means to digitally create scenes or elements that may be composited with other footage.

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Claus Wiedemann, Robert Orban (Dolby Laboratories)
For the design (Wiedemann/Orban) and the development, of the Dolby
"Container," a stereo five-band audio processor that limits signals in selected bands, then removes resulting harmonics, allowing creative use of an analog soundtrack with increased dynamic range.

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Kenny Bates
For the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System, which provides a means for significantly increasing the safety of very high stunt falls.

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Al Mayer, Iain Neil, George Kraemer, Hans Spirawski, Bill Eslick, Don Earl
For camera design (Mayer), the optical design (Kraemer/Spirawski), the opto-mechanical design (Eslick) and the technical support (Earl) in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography.

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Douglas Trumbull, Geoffrey Williamson, Robert Auguste, Edmund DiGiulio
For concept, (Trumball), the movement design (Williamson), the electronic design (Auguste) and the camera system (DiGuilio) of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography (first modern 65mm camera developed in 25 years).

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Otto Blaschek (Arriflex Corp., Engineering department of ARRI, Austria)
For the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.

WINNERS

Ira Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing)
For production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography, which provides a graded range of contrast reduction filters with excellent consistency over the entire frame area.

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Robert R. Burton (Audio Rents Inc.)
For development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner, a method of processing soundtrack by allowing the sound mixer to work on separate bands of the audio spectrum.

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Iain Neil, Kaz Fudano
For optical design (Neil) and mechanical design (Fudano) of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens, which allows for the focus plane to be tipped and rotated so that near and far objects can be simultaneously brought into focus.

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Tom Brigham, Douglas Smythe (Computer graphics department of Industrial Light & Magic)
For the original concept and pioneering work (Brigham) and development and first implementation in feature motion pictures of the MORF system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images. The MORF system made practical the creation of metamorphosis and transformation effects for films.

WINNER

Erich Kaestner