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1996 Oscar nominations
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Picture: The English Patient (Producer: Saul Zaentz) Fargo (Producer: Ethan Coen) Jerry Maguire (Producers: James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe) Secrets & Lies (Producer: Simon Channing-Williams) Shine (Producer: Jane Scott) Actor: Geoffrey Rush for Shine Tom Cruise for Jerry Maguire Ralph Fiennes for The English Patient Woody Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt Billy Bob Thornton for Sling Blade Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies Diane Keaton for Marvin's Room Kristin Scott Thomas for The English Patient Emily Watson for Breaking the Waves Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire William H. Macy for Fargo Armin Mueller-Stahl for Shine Edward Norton for Primal Fear James Woods for Ghosts of Mississippi Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche for The English Patient Joan Allen for The Crucible Lauren Bacall for The Mirror Has Two Faces Barbara Hershey for The Portrait of a Lady Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Secrets & Lies Director: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient Joel Coen for Fargo Milos Forman for The People vs. Larry Flynt Scott Hicks for Shine Mike Leigh for Secrets & Lies Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for Fargo Cameron Crowe for Jerry Maguire John Sayles for Lone Star Mike Leigh for Secrets & Lies Jan Sardi, Scott Hicks for Shine Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Billy Bob Thornton for Sling Blade Arthur Miller for The Crucible Anthony Minghella for The English Patient Kenneth Branagh for Hamlet John Hodge for Trainspotting Cinematography: John Seale for The English Patient Darius Khondji for Evita Roger Deakins for Fargo Caleb Deschanel for Fly Away Home Chris Menges for Michael Collins Art Direction-Set Decoration: Stuart Craig; Aurelio Crugnola for The English Patient Robert W. Welch; Cheryl Carasik for The Birdcage Brian Morris; Philippe Turlure for Evita Tim Harvey for Hamlet Catherine Martin; Brigitte Broch for William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Costume Design: Ann Roth for The English Patient Paul Brown for Angels and Insects Ruth Myers for Emma Alexandra Byrne for Hamlet Janet Patterson for The Portrait of a Lady Sound: The English Patient Evita Independence Day The Rock Twister Film Editing: Walter Murch for The English Patient Gerry Hambling for Evita Roderick Jaynes for Fargo Joe Hutshing for Jerry Maguire Philippa Karmel for Shine Sound Effects Editing: The Ghost and the Darkness Daylight Eraser Visual Effects: Independence Day Dragonheart Twister Makeup: Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson for The Nutty Professor The Ghosts of Mississippi Michael Westmore for Star Trek: First Contact Music, Song: "You Must Love Me" (Evita), Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: Tim Rice "Because You Loved Me" (Up Close and Personal), Dianne Warren "For the First Time" (One Fine Day), James Newton Howard, Jud Friedman, Allan Rich "I've Finally Found Someone" (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, R.J. Lange, Bryan Adams "That Thing You Do!" (That Thing You Do!), Adam Schlesinger Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Rachel Portman for Emma Marc Shaiman for The First Wives Club Alan Menken for The Hunchback of Notre Dame Randy Newman for James and the Giant Peach Hans Zimmer for The Preacher's Wife Music, Original Dramatic Score: Gabriel Yared for The English Patient Patrick Doyle for Hamlet Elliot Goldenthal for Michael Collins David Hirschfelder for Shine John Williams for Sleepers Short Films, Animated Films: Quest Canhead La Salla Wat's Pig Short Films, Live Action: Dear Diary De tripas corazon Ernst & Lyset Esposados Wordless Documentary, Short Subjects: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Cosmic Voyage An Essay on Matisse Special Effects The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage Documentary, Features: When We Were Kings The Line King: Al Hirschfeld Mandela An Elusive Muse Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press Foreign Language Film: Kolya from Czech Republic Ridicule from France Les Mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux from Georgia The Other Side of Sunday from Norway Kavkazsky Plennik from Russia Honorary and Other Awards: Michael Kidd in recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the screen. 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. (Award of Commendation plaque) Burton "Bud" Stone for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy. (John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation) Volker Bahnemann for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy. (John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation) Special Achievement Awards: None. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Saul Zaentz Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: None. Gordon E. Sawyer Award: None. Academy Award of Merit (statuette): To 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 1985.) Scientific and Engineering Award (plaque): To John Schlag, Brian Knep, Zoran Kacic-Alesic and Thomas Williams for the development of the Viewpaint 3D Paint System for film production work. To William Reeves for the original concept and the development of particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures. To Jim Hourihan for the concept and design of the Dynamation software system for motion picture visual effects. To Jonathan Erland and Kay Beving Erland for the development of the Digital Series Traveling Matte Backing System used for composite photography in motion pictures. Technical Achievement Award (Academy certificate): To Perry Kivolowitz, for the primary design, and Dr. Garth Dickie for the development of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic Reality Special Effects System. To Ken Perlin for the development of Perlin Noise, a technique used to produce natural appearing textures on computer generated surfaces for motion picture visual effects. To Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein of the National Research Council of Canada for their pioneering work in the development of software techniques for Computer Assisted Key Framing for Character Animation. To Grant Loucks for the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director's Viewfinder. To Brian Knep, Craig Hayes, Rick Sayre and Thomas Williams for the creation and development of the Direct Input Device. To James Kajiya and Timothy Kay for their pioneering work in producing computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures. To Jeffrey Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson and Florian Kainz for the development of a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures. To Richard A. Prey and William N. Masten for the design and development of the Nite Sun II lighting crane and camera platform. |