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Academy Awards, USA: 1996

Oscar

Date:25 March
Host:Whoopi Goldberg
Location:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - Brian Grazer
  • Babe (1995) - George Miller (II); Doug Mitchell (I); Bill Miller (II)
  • Postino, Il (1994) - Gaetano Daniele; Mario Cecchi Gori; Vittorio Cecchi Gori
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Lindsay Doran

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Dead Man Walking (1995) - Sean Penn (I)
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - Richard Dreyfuss
  • Nixon (1995) - Anthony Hopkins
  • Postino, Il (1994) - Massimo Troisi
    - Posthumously.

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Bridges of Madison County, The (1995) - Meryl Streep
  • Casino (1995) - Sharon Stone (I)
  • Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Elisabeth Shue
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Emma Thompson (I)

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - Ed Harris (I)
  • Babe (1995) - James Cromwell (I)
  • Rob Roy (1995) - Tim Roth (I)
  • Twelve Monkeys (1995) - Brad Pitt

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - Kathleen Quinlan
  • Georgia (1995) - Mare Winningham
  • Nixon (1995) - Joan Allen (I)
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Kate Winslet

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Babe (1995) - Chris Noonan
  • Dead Man Walking (1995) - Tim Robbins (I)
  • Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Mike Figgis
  • Postino, Il (1994) - Michael Radford

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Braveheart (1995) - Randall Wallace
  • Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - Woody Allen
  • Nixon (1995) - Stephen J. Rivele; Christopher Wilkinson (I); Oliver Stone (I)
  • Toy Story (1995) - Joss Whedon (screenplay); Andrew Stanton (I) (screenplay/story); Joel Cohen (I) (screenplay); Alec Sokolow (screenplay); John Lasseter (story); Pete Docter (story); Joe Ranft (story)

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - William Broyles Jr.; Al Reinert
  • Babe (1995) - George Miller (II); Chris Noonan
  • Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Mike Figgis
  • Postino, Il (1994) - Anna Pavignano; Michael Radford; Furio Scarpelli; Giacomo Scarpelli; Massimo Troisi
    - The nomination for Massimo Troisi was posthumously.

  • Best Cinematography
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Batman Forever (1995) - Stephen Goldblatt (I)
  • Little Princess, A (1995) - Emmanuel Lubezki
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Michael Coulter (I)
  • Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (1995) - Yue Lu

  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - Michael Corenblith; Merideth Boswell
  • Babe (1995) - Roger Ford (I); Kerrie Brown
  • Little Princess, A (1995) - Bo Welch; Cheryl Carasik
  • Richard III (1995) - Tony Burrough

  • Best Costume Design
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Braveheart (1995) - Charles Knode
  • Richard III (1995) - Shuna Harwood
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Jenny Beavan; John Bright (II)
  • Twelve Monkeys (1995) - Julie Weiss

  • Best Sound
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Batman Forever (1995) - Donald O. Mitchell; Frank A. Montaño; Michael Herbick; Petur Hliddal
  • Braveheart (1995) - Andy Nelson (I); Scott Millan; Anna Behlmer; Brian Simmons (I)
  • Crimson Tide (1995) - Kevin O'Connell (II); Rick Kline; Gregory H. Watkins; William B. Kaplan
  • Waterworld (1995) - Steve Maslow; Gregg Landaker; Keith A. Wester

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Babe (1995) - Marcus D'Arcy; Jay Friedkin
  • Braveheart (1995) - Steven Rosenblum
  • Crimson Tide (1995) - Chris Lebenzon
  • Se7en (1995) - Richard Francis-Bruce

  • Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Batman Forever (1995) - John Leveque; Bruce Stambler
  • Crimson Tide (1995) - George Watters II

  • Best Effects, Visual Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - Robert Legato; Michael Kanfer; Leslie Ekker; Matt Sweeney (I)

  • Best Makeup
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • My Family (1995) - Ken Diaz; Mark Sanchez (I)
  • Roommates (1995) - Greg Cannom; Robert Laden; Colleen Callaghan

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Dead Man Walking (1995) - Bruce Springsteen
    - For the song "Dead Man Walking".
  • Don Juan DeMarco (1995) - Michael Kamen; Bryan Adams (I); Robert John Lange
    - For the song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman".
  • Sabrina (1995) - John Williams (I) (music); Alan Bergman (I) (lyrics); Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
    - For the song "Moonlight".
  • Toy Story (1995) - Randy Newman (I)
    - For the song "You've Got a Friend".

  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Apollo 13 (1995) - James Horner
  • Braveheart (1995) - James Horner
  • Nixon (1995) - John Williams (I)
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Patrick Doyle (I)

  • Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • American President, The (1995) - Marc Shaiman
  • Sabrina (1995) - John Williams (I)
  • Toy Story (1995) - Randy Newman (I)
  • Unstrung Heroes (1995) - Thomas Newman (I)

  • Best Short Film, Animated
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Chicken from Outer Space, The (1995) - John Dilworth
  • End, The (1995) - Chris Landreth (I); Robin Barger
  • Gagarin (1995) - Alexij Kharitidi
  • Runaway Brain (1995) - Chris Bailey (I)

  • Best Short Film, Live Action
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Brooms (1995) - Luke Cresswell; Steve McNicholas
  • Duke of Groove (1996) (TV) - Griffin Dunne; Thom Colwell
  • Little Surprises (1995) (TV) - Jeff Goldblum; Tikki Goldberg
  • Tuesday Morning Ride (1995) - Dianne Houston; Joy Ryan

  • Best Documentary, Short Subjects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls (1995) - Nancy Dine; Richard Stilwell (I)
  • Living Sea, The (1995) - Greg MacGillivray; Alec Lorimore
  • Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper (1995) - Terry Sanders (I); Freida Lee Mock
  • Shadow of Hate, The (1995) - Charles Guggenheim

  • Best Documentary, Features
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • "American Experience, The" (1988) {The Battle Over Citizen Kane (#8.7)} - Thomas Lennon (II); Michael Epstein (I)
  • "American Experience, The" (1988) {Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern} - Jeanne Jordan; Steven Ascher
  • Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995) - Michael Tollin
  • Small Wonders (1995) - Allan Miller (II); Walter Scheuer

  • Best Foreign Language Film
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Lust och fägring stor (1995)
    - Sweden
  • Poussières de vie (1995)
    - Algeria
  • Quatrilho, O (1995)
    - Brazil
  • Uomo delle stelle, L' (1995)
    - Italy

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Kirk Douglas (I)
      - For 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
    • Chuck Jones (I)
      - 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.

    Special Achievement Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • Toy Story (1995) - John Lasseter
      - For the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.

    Academy Award of Merit

    Date:2 March
    Location:Ballroom, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

      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 (I); 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.
    • Martin Müller (VI)
      - For the design and development of the MSM 9801 IMAX 65mm/15 perf production motion picture camera.
    • 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.
    • Alvy Ray Smith; Ed Catmull; Thomas Porter (I); Tom Duff
      - For their pioneering inventions in digital image compositing.
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 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:
     
    • BHP Inc.
      - For their pioneering efforts developing digital sound printing heads for motion pictures.
    • 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.
    • Pascal Chedeville
      - For the design of the L.C. Concept digital sound system for motion picture exhibition.
    • Clay Davis (Todd AO); John Carter (XI) (Todd AO)
      - For their pioneering efforts in creating an automated patchbay system for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations.
    • 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.
    • Gary Demos; David Ruhoff; Can Cameron; Michelle Feraud
      - For their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions digital film compositing system.
    • Peter Denz (Praezisions-Entwicklung Denz)
      - For developing a flicker-free color video-assist camera.
    • Joe Finnegan (I)
      - For his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects.
    • 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.
    • David Pringle (I); Zhang Yan
      - For the design and development of Lightning Strikes, a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect 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.

    Gordon E. Sawyer Award

      Awarded to: