Academy Awards 1996

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Best Picture

WINNER:
Braveheart: Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey

NOMINEES:
Apollo 13: Brian Grazer
Babe: George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller
Il Postino: The Postman: Gaetano Daniele, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Sense and Sensibility: Lindsay Doran

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Leaving Las Vegas: Nicolas Cage

NOMINEES:
Mr. Holland's Opus: Richard Dreyfuss
Nixon: Anthony Hopkins
Dead Man Walking: Sean Penn
Il Postino: The Postman: Massimo Troisi
Posthumously.

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Dead Man Walking: Susan Sarandon

NOMINEES:
Leaving Las Vegas: Elisabeth Shue
Casino: Sharon Stone
The Bridges of Madison County: Meryl Streep
Sense and Sensibility: Emma Thompson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Usual Suspects: Kevin Spacey

NOMINEES:
Babe: James Cromwell
Apollo 13: Ed Harris
Twelve Monkeys: Brad Pitt
Rob Roy: Tim Roth

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Mighty Aphrodite: Mira Sorvino

NOMINEES:
Nixon: Joan Allen
Apollo 13: Kathleen Quinlan
Georgia: Mare Winningham
Sense and Sensibility: Kate Winslet

Best Director

WINNER:
Braveheart: Mel Gibson

NOMINEES:
Babe: Chris Noonan
Dead Man Walking: Tim Robbins
Leaving Las Vegas: Mike Figgis
Il Postino: The Postman: Michael Radford

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
The Usual Suspects: Christopher McQuarrie

NOMINEES:
Braveheart: Randall Wallace
Mighty Aphrodite: Woody Allen
Nixon: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
Toy Story: Joss Whedon (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter (story), Pete Docter (story), Joe Ranft (story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
Sense and Sensibility: Emma Thompson

NOMINEES:
Apollo 13: William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert
Babe: George Miller, Chris Noonan
Leaving Las Vegas: Mike Figgis
Il Postino: The Postman: Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
The nomination for Massimo Troisi was posthumously.

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Braveheart: John Toll

NOMINEES:
Batman Forever: Stephen Goldblatt
A Little Princess: Emmanuel Lubezki
Sense and Sensibility: Michael Coulter
Shanghai Triad: Yue Lü

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
Restoration: Eugenio Zanetti

NOMINEES:
Apollo 13: Michael Corenblith, Merideth Boswell
Babe: Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown
A Little Princess: Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
Richard III: Tony Burrough

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
Restoration: James Acheson

NOMINEES:
Braveheart: Charles Knode
Richard III: Shuna Harwood
Sense and Sensibility: Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Twelve Monkeys: Julie Weiss

Best Sound

WINNER:
Apollo 13: Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan

NOMINEES:
Batman Forever: Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal
Braveheart: Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons
Crimson Tide: Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins, William B. Kaplan
Waterworld: Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Keith A. Wester

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Apollo 13: Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley

NOMINEES:
Babe: Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Braveheart: Steven Rosenblum
Crimson Tide: Chris Lebenzon
Se7en: Richard Francis-Bruce

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER:
Braveheart: Lon Bender, Per Hallberg

NOMINEES:
Batman Forever: John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
Crimson Tide: George Watters II

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER:
Babe: Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox

NOMINEE:
Apollo 13: Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney

Best Makeup

WINNER:
Braveheart: Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell

NOMINEES:
My Family: Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez
Roommates: Greg Cannom, Robert Laden, Colleen Callaghan

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Pocahontas: Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
For the song "Colors of the Wind".

NOMINEES:
Dead Man Walking: Bruce Springsteen
For the song "Dead Man Walking".
Don Juan DeMarco: Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange
For the song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman".
Sabrina: John Williams (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "Moonlight".
Toy Story: Randy Newman
For the song "You've Got a Friend".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER:
Il Postino: The Postman: Luis Bacalov

NOMINEES:
Apollo 13: James Horner
Braveheart: James Horner
Nixon: John Williams
Sense and Sensibility: Patrick Doyle

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

WINNER:
Pocahontas: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz

NOMINEES:
The American President: Marc Shaiman
Sabrina: John Williams
Toy Story: Randy Newman
Unstrung Heroes: Thomas Newman

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave: Nick Park

NOMINEES:
The Chicken from Outer Space: John Dilworth
The End: Chris Landreth, Robin Barger
Gagarin: Alexij Kharitidi
Runaway Brain: Chris Bailey

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Lieberman in Love: Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel

NOMINEES:
Brooms: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Duke of Groove: Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell
Little Surprises: Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg
Tuesday Morning Ride: Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
One Survivor Remembers: Kary Antholis

NOMINEES:
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls: Nancy Dine, Richard Stilwell
The Living Sea: Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper: Terry Sanders, Freida Lee Mock
The Shadow of Hate: Charles Guggenheim

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Anne Frank Remembered: Jon Blair

NOMINEES:
The American Experience: Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
For episode "The Battle Over Citizen Kane (#8.7)".
Small Wonders: Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream: Michael Tollin, Fredric Golding
The American Experience: Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
For episode "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (#7.6)".

Best Foreign Language Film:

WINNER:
Antonia
Netherlands

NOMINEES:
All Things Fair
Sweden
Poussières de vie
Algeria
O Quatrilho
Brazil
L'uomo delle stelle
Italy

Special Achievement Award

WINNER:
Toy Story: John Lasseter
For the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
Kirk Douglas
For 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
Chuck Jones
For the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than a half century.

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
(Arnold and Richter Cine Technik)
For the development of the Arriflex 535 Series cameras.
(Digital Theater Systems)
For the design and development of the DTS digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
(Dolby Laboratories)
For the design and development of the SR-D digital sound system
(Sony Corp.)
For the design and development of the SDDS digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
Howard Flemming, Ronald Uhlig
For their pioneering work leading to motion picture digital sound.
Ron Goodman, Attila Szalay, Steve Sass (SpaceCam Systems Inc.)
For the design of the SpaceCam gyroscopically stabilized camera system.
Colin Mossman, Joe Wary, Hans Leisinger, Gerry Painter (Deluxe Laboratories)
For the design and development of the Deluxe QuadFormat digital sound printing head.
Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard, Eric Dubberke (Panavision International L.P.)
For the optical design, mechanical design, engineering and development of the Primo 3:1 zoom lens.
Martin Müller
For the design and development of the MSM 9801 IMAX 65mm/15 perf production motion picture camera.
Alvy Ray Smith, Ed Catmull, Thomas Porter, Tom Duff
For their pioneering inventions in digital image compositing.

NOMINEE:
David Gilmartin, Johannes Borggrebe, Jean-Pierre Gagnon, Frank Ricotta (Technicolor Inc.)
For the design and development of the Technicolor Contact Printer sound head.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Pascal Chedeville
For the design of the L.C. Concept digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
Jim Deas (Warner Bros. Studio Facility)
For the design and subsequent development of an automated patchbay and metering system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations.
Clay Davis (Todd AO), John Carter (Todd AO)
For their pioneering efforts in creating an automated patchbay system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations.
Al Jensen (CEI Technology), Chuck Headley (CEI Technology), Jean Messner (CEI Technology), Hazem Nabulsi (CEI Technology)
For producing a self-contained, flicker-free color video-assist camera.
Peter Denz (Praezisions-Entwicklung Denz)
For developing a flicker-free color video-assist camera.
David Pringle, Zhang Yan
For the design and development of Lightning Strikes, a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect system.
(BHP Inc.)
For their pioneering efforts developing digital sound printing heads for motion pictures.
Joe Finnegan
For his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects.
Gary Demos, David Ruhoff, Can Cameron, Michelle Feraud
For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions digital film compositing system.
Douglas Smythe, Lincoln Hu, Douglas S. Kay (Industrial Light and Magic, Inc.)
For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the ILM digital film compositing system.
(Computer Film Co.)
For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the CFC digital film compositing system.
(Toulouse U Genie Des Systemes, Kodak Pathe CTP CINE, Eclair Laboratories)
For the concept (Toulouse U), prototype (Kodak), developement and further implementation (Eclair) of the Toulouse Electrolytic Silver Recovery Cell.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Donald C. Rogers
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