Best Picture

WINNER

Titanic: James Cameron, Jon Landau

NOMINEES

As Good as It Gets: James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea

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The Full Monty: Uberto Pasolini

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Good Will Hunting: Lawrence Bender

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L.A. Confidential: Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael G. Nathanson

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

As Good as It Gets: Jack Nicholson

NOMINEES

Good Will Hunting: Matt Damon

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The Apostle: Robert Duvall

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Ulee's Gold: Peter Fonda

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Wag the Dog: Dustin Hoffman

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

As Good as It Gets: Helen Hunt

NOMINEES

The Wings of the Dove: Helena Bonham Carter

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Afterglow: Julie Christie

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Mrs Brown: Judi Dench

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Titanic: Kate Winslet

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Good Will Hunting: Robin Williams

NOMINEES

Jackie Brown: Robert Forster

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Amistad: Anthony Hopkins

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As Good as It Gets: Greg Kinnear

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Boogie Nights: Burt Reynolds

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

L.A. Confidential: Kim Basinger

NOMINEES

In & Out: Joan Cusack

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Good Will Hunting: Minnie Driver

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Boogie Nights: Julianne Moore

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Titanic: Gloria Stuart

Best Director

WINNER

Titanic: James Cameron

NOMINEES

The Full Monty: Peter Cattaneo

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The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

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L.A. Confidential: Curtis Hanson

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Good Will Hunting: Gus Van Sant

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER

Good Will Hunting: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

NOMINEES

As Good as It Gets: Mark Andrus (screenplay/story), James L. Brooks (screenplay)

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Boogie Nights: Paul Thomas Anderson

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Deconstructing Harry: Woody Allen

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The Full Monty: Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

WINNER

L.A. Confidential: Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson

NOMINEES

The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan

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The Wings of the Dove: Hossein Amini

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Wag the Dog: Hilary Henkin, David Mamet

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Donnie Brasco: Paul Attanasio

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Titanic: Russell Carpenter

NOMINEES

Amistad: Janusz Kaminski

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Kundun: Roger Deakins

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L.A. Confidential: Dante Spinotti

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The Wings of the Dove: Eduardo Serra

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Titanic: Peter Lamont (art director), Michael Ford (set decorator)

NOMINEES

Gattaca: Jan Roelfs (art director), Nancy Nye (set decorator)

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Kundun: Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)

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L.A. Confidential: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director), Jay Hart (set decorator)

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Men in Black: Bo Welch (art director), Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Titanic: Deborah Lynn Scott

NOMINEES

Amistad: Ruth E. Carter

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Kundun: Dante Ferretti

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Oscar and Lucinda: Janet Patterson

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The Wings of the Dove: Sandy Powell

Best Sound

WINNER

Titanic: Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano

NOMINEES

Air Force One: Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill, Keith A. Wester

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Con Air: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Art Rochester

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Contact: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan

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L.A. Confidential: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Titanic: Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris

NOMINEES

Air Force One: Richard Francis-Bruce

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As Good as It Gets: Richard Marks

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Good Will Hunting: Pietro Scalia

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L.A. Confidential: Peter Honess

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER

Titanic: Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes

NOMINEES

The Fifth Element: Mark A. Mangini

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Face/Off: Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER

Titanic: Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer

NOMINEES

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randy Dutra, Michael Lantieri

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Starship Troopers: Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson

Best Makeup

WINNER

Men in Black: Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson

NOMINEES

Mrs Brown: Lisa Westcott, Veronica McAleer, Beverley Binda

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Titanic: Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Titanic: James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)
For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by Céline Dion.

NOMINEES

Hercules: Alan Menken (music), David Zippel (lyrics)
For the song "Go The Distance".

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Con Air: Diane Warren
For the song "How Do I Live".

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Anastasia: Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
For the song "Journey To The Past".

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Good Will Hunting: Elliott Smith
For the song "Miss Misery".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER

Titanic: James Horner

NOMINEES

Amistad: John Williams

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Good Will Hunting: Danny Elfman

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Kundun: Philip Glass

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L.A. Confidential: Jerry Goldsmith

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

WINNER

The Full Monty: Anne Dudley

NOMINEES

Anastasia: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, David Newman

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As Good as It Gets: Hans Zimmer

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Men in Black: Danny Elfman

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My Best Friend's Wedding: James Newton Howard

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

Geri's Game: Jan Pinkava

NOMINEES

Famous Fred: Joanna Quinn

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The Old Lady and the Pigeons: Sylvain Chomet

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Mermaid: Aleksandr Petrov

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Redux Riding Hood: Steve Moore

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

Visas and Virtue: Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue

NOMINEES

Dance Lexie Dance: Pearse Moore, Tim Loane

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It's Good to Talk: Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz

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Skal vi være kærester?: Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm

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Wolfgang: Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

A Story of Healing: Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak

NOMINEES

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild: George Casey, Paul Novros

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Amazon: Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern

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Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride: Terri Randall

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Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies: Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund Nevins

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

The Long Way Home: Marvin Hier, Richard Trank

NOMINEES

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life: Michael Paxton

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Colors Straight Up: Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter

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4 Little Girls: Spike Lee, Samuel D. Pollard

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Waco: The Rules of Engagement: William Gazecki

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Character
The Netherlands.

NOMINEES

Secrets of the Heart
Spain.

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Beyond Silence
Germany.

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The Thief
Russia.

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Four Days in September
Brazil.

WINNER

Stanley Donen
In appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation (Oscar statuette).

WINNER

Peter Clark
For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.

WINNER

Gunnar P. Michelson
For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.

WINNERS

Eben Ostby, William Reeves, Sam Leffler, Tom Duff
For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System.

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Richard Shoup, Alvy Ray Smith, Thomas Porter
For their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production.

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Kirk Handley, Ray Meluch, Scott Robinson, Wilson Allen, John Neary
For the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor.

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Craig Reynolds
For his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production.

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John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok, Dave Springer
For the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator system.

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Dominique Boisvert, Rejean Gagne, Daniel Langlois, Richard Laperriere
For the development of the "Actor" animation component of the Softimage computer animation system.

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Bill Kovacs, Roy Hall
For the creative leadership (Kovacs) and the principal engineering (Hall) efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.

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Joel Johnson (O'Connor Laboratories)
For the unique design improvement in fluid-head counter-balancing techniques as used in the O'Connor Laboratories' Model 2575.

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Al Jensen (CEI Technology), Chuck Headley (CEI Technology), Jean Messner (CEI Technology), Hazem Nabulsi (CEI Technology)
For the production of a self-contained, flicker-free, Color Video-Assist Camera.

WINNERS

Clark F. Crites
For the design and development of the ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and storage system.

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Dan Leimeter, Bob Weitz
For the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies.

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Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson, Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin
For the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package.

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Jim Keating, Michael Wahrman, Richard E. Hollander
For their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.

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James M. Reilly (Rochester Institute of Technology), Douglas W. Nishimura (Rochester Institute of Technology), Monique C. Fisher (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.

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Phil Cory
For the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator.

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Jim Frazier, Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard
For the concept (Frazier) and the design and development (Neil/Gelbard) of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography.

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James F. Foley (UCISCO), Charles Converse (UCISCO), F. Edward Gardner (UCISCO), Bob Stoker, Matt Sweeney
For the development and realization of the Liquid Synthetic Air system.

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Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis, Carl Rosendahl
For the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System.

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James A. Cashin, Roger Hibbard, Larry Jacobson
For the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer.

WINNER

Don Iwerks