Academy Awards 1994

Best Picture

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig

NOMINEES:
The Fugitive: Arnold Kopelson
In the Name of the Father: Jim Sheridan
The Piano: Jan Chapman
The Remains of the Day: Mike Nichols, John Calley, Ismail Merchant

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Philadelphia: Tom Hanks

NOMINEES:
In the Name of the Father: Daniel Day-Lewis
What's Love Got to Do with It: Laurence Fishburne
The Remains of the Day: Anthony Hopkins
Schindler's List: Liam Neeson

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
The Piano: Holly Hunter

NOMINEES:
What's Love Got to Do with It: Angela Bassett
Six Degrees of Separation: Stockard Channing
The Remains of the Day: Emma Thompson
Shadowlands: Debra Winger

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Fugitive: Tommy Lee Jones

NOMINEES:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Leonardo DiCaprio
Schindler's List: Ralph Fiennes
In the Line of Fire: John Malkovich
In the Name of the Father: Pete Postlethwaite

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Piano: Anna Paquin

NOMINEES:
The Firm: Holly Hunter
Fearless: Rosie Perez
The Age of Innocence: Winona Ryder
In the Name of the Father: Emma Thompson

Best Director

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Steven Spielberg

NOMINEES:
Short Cuts: Robert Altman
The Piano: Jane Campion
The Remains of the Day: James Ivory
In the Name of the Father: Jim Sheridan

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
The Piano: Jane Campion

NOMINEES:
Dave: Gary Ross
In the Line of Fire: Jeff Maguire
Philadelphia: Ron Nyswaner
Sleepless in Seattle: Nora Ephron (screenplay), David S. Ward (screenplay), Jeff Arch (screenplay/story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Steven Zaillian

NOMINEES
The Age of Innocence: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese
In the Name of the Father: Terry George, Jim Sheridan
The Remains of the Day: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Shadowlands: William Nicholson

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Janusz Kaminski

NOMINEES:
Farewell My Concubine: Changwei Gu
The Fugitive: Michael Chapman
The Piano: Stuart Dryburgh
Searching for Bobby Fischer: Conrad L. Hall

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Allan Starski, Ewa Braun

NOMINEES:
Addams Family Values: Ken Adam, Marvin March
The Age of Innocence: Dante Ferretti, Robert J. Franco
Orlando: Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs
The Remains of the Day: Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
The Age of Innocence: Gabriella Pescucci

NOMINEES:
Orlando: Sandy Powell
The Piano: Janet Patterson
The Remains of the Day: Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Schindler's List: Anna B. Sheppard

Best Sound

WINNER:
Jurassic Park: Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins

NOMINEES:
Cliffhanger: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Tim Cooney
The Fugitive: Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Scott D. Smith
Geronimo: An American Legend: Chris Carpenter, Doug Hemphill, Bill W. Benton, Lee Orloff
Schindler's List: Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, Ron Judkins

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Schindler's List: Michael Kahn

NOMINEES:
The Fugitive: Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig
In the Line of Fire: Anne V. Coates
In the Name of the Father: Gerry Hambling
The Piano: Veronika Jenet

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER:
Jurassic Park: Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns

NOMINEES:
Cliffhanger: Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter
The Fugitive: John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER:
Jurassic Park: Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri

NOMINEES:
Cliffhanger: Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, Pamela Easley
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Gordon Baker

Best Makeup:

WINNER:
Mrs. Doubtfire: Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng

NOMINEES:
Philadelphia: Carl Fullerton, Alan D'Angerio
Schindler's List: Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, Judith A. Cory

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Philadelphia: Bruce Springsteen
For the song "Streets of Philadelphia".

NOMINEES:
Poetic Justice: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
For the song "Again".
Beethoven's 2nd: Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, Clif Magness
For the song "The Day I Fall in Love".
Philadelphia: Neil Young
For the song "Philadelphia".
Sleepless in Seattle: Marc Shaiman (music), Ramsey McLean (lyrics)
For the song "A Wink and a Smile".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
Schindler's List: John Williams

NOMINEES:
The Age of Innocence: Elmer Bernstein
The Firm: Dave Grusin
The Fugitive: James Newton Howard
The Remains of the Day: Richard Robbins

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers: Nick Park

NOMINEES:
Blindscape: Stephen Palmer
Le fleuve aux grandes eaux: Frédéric Back, Hubert Tison
Small Talk: Bob Godfrey, Kevin Baldwin
The Village: Mark Baker

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Schwarzfahrer: Pepe Danquart

NOMINEES:
Down on the Waterfront: Stacy Title, Jonathan Penner
The Dutch Master: Susan Seidelman, Jonathan Brett
Partners: Peter Weller, Jana Sue Memel
La vis: Didier Flamand

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Defending Our Lives: Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich

NOMINEES:
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann: Steven Cantor, Peter Spirer
Chicks in White Satin: Elaine Holliman, Jason Schneider

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School: Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond

NOMINEES:
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter: David Paperny, Arthur Ginsberg
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family: Susan Todd, Andrew Young
For Better or for Worse: David Collier, Betsy Thompson
The War Room: D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Belle epoque
Spain

NOMINEES:
Farewell My Concubine
Hong Kong
Hedd Wyn
UK
Mùi du du xanh - L'odeur de la papaye verte
Vietnam
The Wedding Banquet
Taiwan

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Deborah Kerr
An artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance.

Medal of Commendation

WINNER:
John A. Bonner
In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER:
Paul Newman

Academy Award of Merit

WINNERS:
(Panavision, Inc.)
For the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens that substantially reduces photographic lateral distortion and improves close-up quality.
Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems Inc.)
For the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print processors which permits transport speed in excess of 600 feet per minute.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Mark Leather, Les Dittert, Douglas Smythe, George H. Joblove
For the concept and development of the Digital Motion Picture Retouching System for removing visible rigging and dirt from original motion picture imagery.
Fritz Gabriel Bauer
For the design, development and manufacture of the Moviecam Compact Modular 35mm motion picture camera system, which features quiet operation, light weight and versatility.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Wally Mills, Gary Stadler, Gustave Parada
For the concept (Mills) and the design (Stadler/Parada) of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System, which provides a process that prevents the early failure of 20-kilowatt lamps by maintaining essentially uniform current flow to the lamp filament as it heats and changes resistance.
Gary Nuzzi, David Johnsrud, William Blethen
For the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System, a high-speed system that generates a high-intensity light pulse with a duration of only one-100,000th of a second, the effect of which is to freeze an object moving at a high rate of speed so it can be photographed with extraordinary sharpness.
David Degenkolb
For the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System to eliminate hazardous silver ion waste in development wash water and allow recycling of the water.

NOMINEES:
Harry J. Baker
For the design and development of Ronford-Baker Metal Tripods for motion picture photography, which have proven to be more rigid, durable and trouble-free than the wooden tripods previously used.
Michael Dorrough
For the design and development of the compound meter known as the Dorrough Audio Level Meter, which provides a single scale presentation of peak levels and energy content with a high correlation between the complex signals present and the acoustic output.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Petro Vlahos