Academy Awards 1998

Best Picture

WINNER:
Titanic: James Cameron, Jon Landau

NOMINEES:
As Good as It Gets: James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
The Full Monty: Uberto Pasolini
Good Will Hunting: Lawrence Bender
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
The Apostle: Robert Duvall
Ulee's Gold: Peter Fonda
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
Afterglow: Julie Christie
Mrs Brown: Judi Dench
Titanic: Kate Winslet

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Good Will Hunting: Robin Williams

NOMINEES:
Jackie Brown: Robert Forster
Amistad: Anthony Hopkins
As Good as It Gets: Greg Kinnear
Boogie Nights: Burt Reynolds

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
L.A. Confidential: Kim Basinger

NOMINEES:
In & Out: Joan Cusack
Good Will Hunting: Minnie Driver
Boogie Nights: Julianne Moore
Titanic: Gloria Stuart

Best Director

WINNER:
Titanic: James Cameron

NOMINEES:
The Full Monty: Peter Cattaneo
The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan
L.A. Confidential: Curtis Hanson
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)
Boogie Nights: Paul Thomas Anderson
Deconstructing Harry: Woody Allen
The Full Monty: Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
L.A. Confidential: Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson

NOMINEES:
Donnie Brasco: Paul Attanasio
The Sweet Hereafter: Atom Egoyan
Wag the Dog: Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
The Wings of the Dove: Hossein Amini

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Titanic: Russell Carpenter

NOMINEES
Amistad: Janusz Kaminski
Kundun: Roger Deakins
L.A. Confidential: Dante Spinotti
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)
Kundun: Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)
L.A. Confidential: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director), Jay Hart (set decorator)
Men in Black: Bo Welch (art director), Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
Titanic: Deborah Lynn Scott

NOMINEES:
Amistad: Ruth E. Carter
Kundun: Dante Ferretti
Oscar and Lucinda: Janet Patterson
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
Con Air: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Art Rochester
Contact: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
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
As Good as It Gets: Richard Marks
Good Will Hunting: Pietro Scalia
L.A. Confidential: Peter Honess

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER:
Titanic: Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes

NOMINEES:
Face/Off: Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
The Fifth Element: Mark A. Mangini

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
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
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".
Con Air: Diane Warren
For the song "How Do I Live".
Anastasia: Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
For the song "Journey To The Past".
Good Will Hunting: Elliott Smith
For the song "Miss Misery".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER:
Titanic: James Horner

NOMINEES:
Amistad: John Williams
Good Will Hunting: Danny Elfman
Kundun: Philip Glass
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
As Good as It Gets: Hans Zimmer
Men in Black: Danny Elfman
My Best Friend's Wedding: James Newton Howard

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Geri's Game: Jan Pinkava

NOMINEES:
Famous Fred: Joanna Quinn
La vieille dame et les pigeons: Sylvain Chomet
Mermaid: Aleksandr Petrov
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
It's Good to Talk: Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
Skal vi være kærester?: Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
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
Amazon: Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride: Terri Randall
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies: Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
The Long Way Home: Marvin Hier, Richard Trank

NOMINEES:
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life: Michael Paxton
Colors Straight Up: Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
4 Little Girls: Spike Lee, Samuel D. Pollard
Waco: The Rules of Engagement: William Gazecki

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Character
The Netherlands.

NOMINEES:
Four Days in September
Brazil.
Jenseits der Stille
Germany.
Vor
Russia.
Secretos del corazón
Spain.

Honorary Award

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

Medal of Commendation

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

Academy Award of Merit

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.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Eben Ostby, William Reeves, Sam Leffler, Tom Duff
For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System.
Richard Shoup, Alvy Ray Smith, Thomas Porter
For their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production.
Kirk Handley, Ray Meluch, Scott Robinson, Wilson Allen, John Neary
For the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor.
Craig Reynolds
For his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production.
John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok, Dave Springer
For the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator system.
Dominique Boisvert, Rejean Gagne, Daniel Langlois, Richard Laperriere
For the development of the "Actor" animation component of the Softimage computer animation system.
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.
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.
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.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Clark F. Crites
For the design and development of the ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and storage system.
Dan Leimeter, Bob Weitz
For the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies.
Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson, Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin
For the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package.
Jim Keating, Michael Wahrman, Richard E. Hollander
For their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.
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.
Phil Cory
For the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator.
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.
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.
Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis, Carl Rosendahl
For the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System.
James A. Cashin, Roger Hibbard, Larry Jacobson
For the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Don Iwerks