Academy Awards 1995

Best Picture

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch

NOMINEES:
Four Weddings and a Funeral: Duncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction: Lawrence Bender
Quiz Show: Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik, Robert Redford
The Shawshank Redemption: Niki Marvin

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Tom Hanks

NOMINEES:
The Shawshank Redemption: Morgan Freeman
The Madness of King George: Nigel Hawthorne
Nobody's Fool: Paul Newman
Pulp Fiction: John Travolta

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Blue Sky: Jessica Lange

NOMINEES:
Nell: Jodie Foster
Tom & Viv: Miranda Richardson
Little Women: Winona Ryder
The Client: Susan Sarandon

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Ed Wood: Martin Landau

NOMINEES:
Pulp Fiction: Samuel L. Jackson
Bullets Over Broadway: Chazz Palminteri
Quiz Show: Paul Scofield
Forrest Gump: Gary Sinise

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Bullets Over Broadway: Dianne Wiest

NOMINEES:
Tom & Viv: Rosemary Harris
The Madness of King George: Helen Mirren
Pulp Fiction: Uma Thurman
Bullets Over Broadway: Jennifer Tilly

Best Director

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Robert Zemeckis

NOMINEES:
Bullets Over Broadway: Woody Allen
Three Colours: Red: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Quiz Show: Robert Redford
Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

NOMINEES:
Bullets Over Broadway: Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath
Four Weddings and a Funeral: Richard Curtis
Heavenly Creatures: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
Three Colours: Red: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Eric Roth

NOMINEES:
The Madness of King George: Alan Bennett
Nobody's Fool: Robert Benton
Quiz Show: Paul Attanasio
The Shawshank Redemption: Frank Darabont

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Legends of the Fall: John Toll

NOMINEES:
Forrest Gump: Don Burgess
The Shawshank Redemption: Roger Deakins
Three Colours: Red: Piotr Sobocinski
Wyatt Earp: Owen Roizman

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
The Madness of King George: Ken Adam, Carolyn Scott

NOMINEES:
Bullets Over Broadway: Santo Loquasto, Susan Bode
Forrest Gump: Rick Carter, Nancy Haigh
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Legends of the Fall: Lilly Kilvert, Dorree Cooper

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel

NOMINEES:
Bullets Over Broadway: Jeffrey Kurland
Little Women: Colleen Atwood
Maverick: April Ferry
La reine Margot: Moidele Bickel

Best Sound

WINNER:
Speed: Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David MacMillan

NOMINEES:
Clear and Present Danger: Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Art Rochester
Forrest Gump: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
Legends of the Fall: Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David, Douglas Ganton
The Shawshank Redemption: Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Arthur Schmidt

NOMINEES:
Hoop Dreams: Frederick Marx, Steve James, William Haugse
Pulp Fiction: Sally Menke
The Shawshank Redemption: Richard Francis-Bruce
Speed: John Wright

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER:
Speed: Stephen Hunter Flick

NOMINEES:
Clear and Present Danger: Bruce Stambler, John Leveque
Forrest Gump: Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER:
Forrest Gump: Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall

NOMINEES
The Mask: Scott Squires, Steve 'Spaz' Williams, Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat
True Lies: John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Pat McClung

Best Makeup

WINNER:
Ed Wood: Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng

NOMINEES:
Forrest Gump: Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, Judith A. Cory
Frankenstein: Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen, Carol Hemming

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
The Lion King: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

NOMINEES:
The Lion King: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
For the song "Circle of Life".
The Lion King: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
For the song "Hakuna Matata".
Junior: Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Patty Smyth
For the song "Look What Love Has Done".
The Paper: Randy Newman
For the song "Make Up Your Mind".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
The Lion King: Hans Zimmer

NOMINEES:
Forrest Gump: Alan Silvestri
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles: Elliot Goldenthal
Little Women: Thomas Newman
The Shawshank Redemption: Thomas Newman

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Bob's Birthday: Alison Snowden, David Fine

NOMINEES:
The Big Story: Tim Watts, David Stoten
The Janitor: Vanessa Schwartz
Le moine et le poisson: Michael Dudok de Wit
Triangle: Erica Russell

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNERS:
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life: Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts
Tied with Trevor.
Trevor: Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone
Tied with _Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993)_ .

NOMINEES:
Kangaroo Court: Sean Astin, Christine Astin
On Hope: JoBeth Williams, Michele McGuire
Syrup: Paul Unwin, Nick Vivian

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
A Time for Justice: Charles Guggenheim

NOMINEES:
Blues Highway: Vince DiPersio, Bill Guttentag
89 mm od Europy: Marcel Lozinski
School of the Americas Assassins: Robert Richter
Straight from the Heart: Dee Mosbacher, Frances Reid

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision: Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders

NOMINEES:
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter: Deborah Hoffmann
The American Experience: Charles Guggenheim
For episode "D-Day Remembered (#6.7)".
Freedom on My Mind: Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford
A Great Day in Harlem: Jean Bach

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Burnt by the Sun
Russia.

NOMINEES:
Before the Rain
Macedonia.
Eat Drink Man Woman
Taiwan.
Farinelli
Belgium.
Fresa y chocolate
Cuba.

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Michelangelo Antonioni

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 and Sciences.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
Clint Eastwood

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER:
Quincy Jones

Academy Award of Merit

WINNERS:
Petro Vlahos, Paul Vlahos
For the conception and development of the Ultimatte blue screen compositing process for motion pictures.
(Eastman Kodak Co.)
For the development of EXR Color Intermediate Film 5244.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS
George Sauve, Bill Bishop, Arpag Dadourian, Ray Feeney, Richard Patterson
For the Cinefusion software implementation of the Ultimatte Blue Screen compositing technology.
Lincoln Hu (ILM), Mike MacKenzie (ILM), Glenn Kennel (Eastman Kodak), Mike Davis (Eastman Kodak)
For joint development work on a linear array CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning system.
Ray Feeney (RFX Inc.), Will McCown (RFX Inc.), Bill Bishop (RFX Inc.), Les Dittert (Pacific Data Images)
For their development work with area array CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning systems.
Gary Demos (Information Int'l.), Dan Cameron (Information Int'l.), David DiFrancesco (Pixar), Gary Starkweather (Pixar), Scott Squires (ILM)
For their pioneering work in the field of film input scanning.
Iain Neil, Albert K. Saiki
For the optical design (Neil) and for the mechanical design (Saiki) of the Panavision 11:1 Primo Zoom lens for motion picture photography.
William A. Warner (Technical staff of Avid Technology)
For the concept (Warner) and the development (Avid) of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.
Paul Bamborough, Nick Pollack, Arthur Wright, Neil Harris, Duncan MacLean
For the concept (Bamborough), the hardware development (Pollack/Wright and the software development (Harris/MacLean) of the digital Lightworks Editor for motion editing.
James Ketcham (JSK Engineering)
For the concept and design of the MC211 microprocessor-based motion controller for synchronizing sprocketed film with time-code based machines.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
(Audio Tracks Inc.)
For the design and development of the ADE (Advanced Data Encoding system, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound "dailies."
Colin Broad (CB Electronics)
For the design and development of the EDL (Edit Decision List Lister, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the transfer of the production sound "dailies."
B. Russell Hessey (Special Effects Spectacular Inc.), Vincent T. Kelton, George Jackman (De La Mare Engineering Inc.)
For the hardware design (Hessey/Kelton) and the pyrotechnic development
(Jackman) which together comprise the non-gun safety blank firing system.
Emanuel Previnaire (Flying-Cam)
For his pioneering concept and for the development of mounting a motion picture camera on a remotely-controlled miniature helicopter.
Jacques Sax (Sonosax)
For the design and development of the Sonosax SX-S portable audio mixer.
Dieter Sturm (Sturm's Special Effects Int'l.)
For the creation and development of the Bio-Snow 2 Flake.
David A. Addleman, Lloyd A. Addleman
For the development of Cyberware 3030 3D Digitizer.
Mark R. Schneider, Herbert R. Jones, Christopher D. Conover, John R.B. Brown
For the development of the Polhemus 3 Space Digitizing System.
Jack Smith, Michael Crichton, Emil Safier
For pioneering computerized motion picture budgeting and scheduling.
Stephen Greenfield (Screenplay Systems), Chris Huntley (Screenplay Systems)
For development of the "Scriptor" software.
Frieder Hocheim, Gary H. Swink, Joe Zhou, Don Northrop
For the development of the Kino Flo Portable, Flicker Free, High Output Fluorescent Lighting System for motion picture set illumination.
Clay Davis (Todd AO), John Carter (Todd AO)
For the pioneering effort of computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement).
Stephen W. Potter (LarTec Systems), John Asman (LarTec Systems), Charles Pell (LarTec Systems), Richard Larson (LarTec Systems)
For the advancement and refinement of the computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) system via the LarTech ADR System that has established itself as a standard of the industry.
Art Fritzen (California Fritzen Propeller Company)
As designer and sole manufacturer of the Eight-Bladed Ritter Fan Propellers.
Mike Boudry (Computer Film Company)
For his pioneering work in the field of film input scanning.