Academy Awards 1997

Best Picture

WINNER
The English Patient: Saul Zaentz

NOMINEES
Fargo: Ethan Coen
Jerry Maguire: James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
Secrets & Lies: Simon Channing Williams
Shine: Jane Scott

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER
Shine: Geoffrey Rush

NOMINEES
Jerry Maguire: Tom Cruise
The English Patient: Ralph Fiennes
The People vs. Larry Flynt: Woody Harrelson
Sling Blade: Billy Bob Thornton

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER
Fargo: Frances McDormand

NOMINEES
Secrets & Lies: Brenda Blethyn
Marvin's Room: Diane Keaton
The English Patient: Kristin Scott Thomas
Breaking the Waves: Emily Watson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER
Jerry Maguire: Cuba Gooding Jr.

NOMINEES
Fargo: William H. Macy
Shine: Armin Mueller-Stahl
Primal Fear: Edward Norton
Ghosts of Mississippi: James Woods

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER
The English Patient: Juliette Binoche

NOMINEES
The Crucible: Joan Allen
The Mirror Has Two Faces: Lauren Bacall
The Portrait of a Lady: Barbara Hershey
Secrets & Lies: Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Best Director

WINNER
The English Patient: Anthony Minghella

NOMINEES
Fargo: Joel Coen
The People vs. Larry Flynt: Milos Forman
Shine: Scott Hicks
Secrets & Lies: Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER
Fargo: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

NOMINEES
Jerry Maguire: Cameron Crowe
Lone Star: John Sayles
Secrets & Lies: Mike Leigh
Shine: Jan Sardi (screenplay), Scott Hicks (story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

WINNER
Sling Blade: Billy Bob Thornton

NOMINEES
The Crucible: Arthur Miller
The English Patient: Anthony Minghella
Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh
Trainspotting: John Hodge

Best Cinematography

WINNER
The English Patient: John Seale

NOMINEES
Evita: Darius Khondji
Fargo: Roger Deakins
Fly Away Home: Caleb Deschanel
Michael Collins: Chris Menges

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER
The English Patient: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

NOMINEES
The Birdcage: Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
Evita: Brian Morris, Philippe Turlure
Hamlet: Tim Harvey
Romeo + Juliet: Catherine Martin, Brigitte Broch

Best Costume Design

WINNER
The English Patient: Ann Roth

NOMINEES
Angels and Insects: Paul Brown
Emma: Ruth Myers
Hamlet: Alexandra Byrne
The Portrait of a Lady: Janet Patterson

Best Sound

WINNER
The English Patient: Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Christopher Newman

NOMINEES
Evita: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ken Weston
Independence Day: Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler
The Rock: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Twister: Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell, Geoffrey Patterson

Best Film Editing

WINNER
The English Patient: Walter Murch

NOMINEES
Evita: Gerry Hambling
Fargo: Ethan Coen (as Roderick Jaynes), Joel Coen (as Roderick Jaynes)
Jerry Maguire: Joe Hutshing
Shine: Pip Karmel

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER
The Ghost and the Darkness: Bruce Stambler

NOMINEES
Daylight: Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker
Eraser: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER
Independence Day: Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joe Viskocil

NOMINEES
DragonHeart: Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West
Twister: Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta

Best Makeup

WINNER
The Nutty Professor: Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson

NOMINEES
Ghosts of Mississippi: Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver
Star Trek: First Contact: Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER
Evita: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
For the song "You Must Love Me".

NOMINEES
Up Close & Personal: Diane Warren
For the song "Because You Loved Me".
One Fine Day: James Newton Howard, Jud Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich
For the song "For the First Time".
The Mirror Has Two Faces: Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange, Bryan Adams
For the song "I've Finally Found Someone".
That Thing You Do!: Adam Schlesinger
For the song "That Thing You Do!".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

WINNER
The English Patient: Gabriel Yared

NOMINEES
Hamlet: Patrick Doyle
Michael Collins: Elliot Goldenthal
Shine: David Hirschfelder
Sleepers: John Williams

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

WINNER
Emma: Rachel Portman

NOMINEES
The First Wives Club: Marc Shaiman
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
James and the Giant Peach: Randy Newman
The Preacher's Wife: Hans Zimmer

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER
Quest: Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach

NOMINEES
Canhead: Timothy Hittle
La Salla: Richard Condie
Wat's Pig: Peter Lord

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER
Dear Diary: David Frankel, Barry Jossen

NOMINEES
De tripas, corazón: Antonio Urrutia
Ernst & lyset: Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Linked: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Senza parole: Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien: Jessica Yu

NOMINEES
Cosmic Voyage: Jeffrey Marvin, Bayley Silleck
An Essay on Matisse: Perry Wolff
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen: Susanne Simpson, Ben Burtt
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage: Paul Seydor, Nick Redman

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER
When We Were Kings: Leon Gast, David Sonenberg

NOMINEES
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story: Susan Warms Dryfoos
Mandela: Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse: Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press: Rick Goldsmith

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER
Kolya: Jan Sverák
Czech Republic.

NOMINEES
The Other Side of Sunday: Berit Nesheim
Norway.
A Chef in Love: Nana Dzhordzhadze
Georgia.
Ridicule: Patrice Leconte
France.
Prisoner of the Mountains: Sergey Bodrov
Russia.

Honorary Award

WINNER
Michael Kidd
In recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the screen.

Medal of Commendation

WINNERS
Bud Stone
For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.
Volker Bahnemann
For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.

Award of Commendation

WINNER
Joe Lombardi
In celebration of 50 years in the motion picture industry. His knowledge and leadership in the field of pyrotechnics and special effects along with his uncompromising promotion of safety on the set have established the standard for today's special effects technicians (plaque).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER
Saul Zaentz

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER
(Imax Systems Corporation)
For the method of filming and exhibiting high-fidelity, large-format, wide-angle motion pictures.
(Upgrade from Scientific and Engineering Award in 1986.)

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS
John Schlag, Brian Knep, Zoran Kacic-Alesic, Tom Williams
For the development of the Viewpaint 3D Paint System for film production work.
William Reeves
For the original concept and the development of particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures.
Jim Hourihan
For the concept and design of the Dynamation software system for motion picture visual effects.
Jonathan Erland, Kay Beving Erland
For the development of the Digital Series Traveling Matte Backing System used for composite photography in motion pictures.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS
Perry Kivolowitz, Garth Dickie
For the primary design (Perry Kivolowitz) and for the development
(Garth Dickie) of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic Reality Special Effects System.
Kenneth Perlin
For the development of Perlin Noise, a technique used to produce natural appearing textures on computer generated surfaces for motion picture visual effects.
Nestor Burtnyk (National Research Council of Canada), Marceli Wein (National Research Council of Canada)
For their pioneering work in the development of software techniques for Computer Assisted Key Framing for Character Animation.
Grant Loucks
For the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director's Viewfinder.
Brian Knep, Craig Hayes, Rick Sayre, Tom Williams
For the creation and development of the Direct Input Device.
James Kajiya, Timothy Kay
For their pioneering work in producing computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures.
Jeffery Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson, Florian Kainz
For the development of a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures.
Richard A. Prey, William N. Masten
For the design and development of the Nite Sun II lighting crane and camera platform.

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