The 69th Academy Awards (1996): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
12 7 7 5 5 5 4	The English Patient Fargo Shine Evita Jerry Maguire Secrets & Lies Hamlet	9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The English Patient Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Dear Diary Emma Evita Fargo The Ghost and the Darkness Independence Day Jerry Maguire Kolya The Nutty Professor Quest Shine Sling Blade When We Were Kings
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• The English Patient - Saul Zaentz
• Fargo - Ethan Coen
• Jerry Maguire - James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Cameron Crowe
• Secrets & Lies - Simon Channing-Williams
• Shine - Jane Scott

DIRECTING

• The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
• Fargo - Joel Coen
• The People vs. Larry Flynt - Milos Forman
• Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
• Shine - Scott Hicks

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
• Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
• Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Geoffrey Rush - Shine
• Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
• Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room
• Frances McDormand - Fargo
• Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
• Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire
• William H. Macy - Fargo
• Armin Mueller-Stahl - Shine
• Edward Norton - Primal Fear
• James Woods - Ghosts of Mississippi

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Joan Allen - The Crucible
• Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
• Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets & Lies

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
• Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe
• Lone Star - John Sayles
• Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
• Shine - Screenplay by Jan Sardi; Story by Scott Hicks

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• The Crucible - Arthur Miller
• The English Patient - Anthony Minghella
• Hamlet - Kenneth Branagh
• Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton
• Trainspotting - John Hodge

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Because You Loved Me" - Up Close and Personal - Music, Lyric by Diane Warren
• "For the First Time" - One Fine Day - Music, Lyric by James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich
• "I Finally Found Someone" - The Mirror Has Two Faces - Music, Lyric by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams, Robert 'Mutt' Lange
• "That Thing You Do!" - That Thing You Do! - Music, Lyric by Adam Schlesinger
• "You Must Love Me" - Evita - Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim Rice

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE

• The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
• Hamlet - Patrick Doyle
• Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
• Shine - David Hirschfelder
• Sleepers - John Williams

ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE

• Emma - Rachel Portman
• The First Wives Club - Marc Shaiman
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
• James and the Giant Peach - Randy Newman
• The Preacher's Wife - Hans Zimmer

FILM EDITING

• The English Patient - Walter Murch
• Evita - Gerry Hambling
• Fargo - Roderick Jaynes
• Jerry Maguire - Joe Hutshing
• Shine - Pip Karmel

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The English Patient - John Seale
• Evita - Darius Khondji
• Fargo - Roger Deakins
• Fly Away Home - Caleb Deschanel
• Michael Collins - Chris Menges

ART DIRECTION

• The Birdcage - Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
• The English Patient - Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• Evita - Art Direction: Brian Morris; Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure
• Hamlet - Tim Harvey
• William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet - Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch

COSTUME DESIGN

• Angels and Insects - Paul Brown
• Emma - Ruth Myers
• The English Patient - Ann Roth
• Hamlet - Alex Byrne
• The Portrait of a Lady - Janet Patterson

MAKEUP

• Ghosts of Mississippi - Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver
• The Nutty Professor - Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
• Star Trek: First Contact - Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber

SOUND

• The English Patient - Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman
• 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

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

• Daylight - Richard L. Anderson, David A. Whittaker
• Eraser - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
• The Ghost and the Darkness - Bruce Stambler

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Dragonheart - Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West
• Independence Day - Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joseph Viskocil
• Twister - Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry La Bounta

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• A Chef in Love - Georgia
• Kolya - Czech Republic
• The Other Side of Sunday - Norway
• Prisoner of the Mountains - Russia
• Ridicule - France

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story - Susan W. 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
• When We Were Kings - Leon Gast, David Sonenberg

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien - Jessica Yu
• Cosmic Voyage - Jeffrey Marvin, Bayley Silleck
• An Essay on Matisse - Perry Wolff
• Special Effects - Susanne Simpson, Ben Burtt
• The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage - Paul Seydor, Nick Redman

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Canhead - Timothy Hittle, Chris Peterson
• Quest - Tyron Montgomery, Thomas Stellmach
• La Salla - Richard Condie
• Wat's Pig - Peter Lord

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• De Tripas, Corazon - Antonio Urrutia
• Dear Diary - David Frankel, Barry Jossen
• Ernst & Lyset - Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
• Esposados - Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
• Wordless - Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Michael Kidd in recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the screen.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Saul Zaentz

JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To Burton 'Bud' Stone in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• To Volker W. Bahnemann in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

AWARD OF COMMENDATION

• To 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.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To IMAX CORPORATION for the method of filming and exhibiting high-fidelity, large-format, wide-angle motion pictures. [Systems]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To JIM HOURIHAN for the primary design and development of the interactive language-based control of partical systems as embodied in the Dynamation software package. [Special Photographic]
• To JOHN SCHLAG, BRIAN KNEP, ZORAN KACIC-ALESIC and THOMAS WILLIAMS for the development of the Viewpaint 3D Paint System for film production work. [Special Photographic]
• 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. [Special Photographic]
• To WILLIAM REEVES for the original concept and the development of particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To RICHARD A. PREY and WILLIAM N. MASTEN for the design and development of the Nite Sun II lighting crane and camera platform. [Camera Cranes]
• 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. [Cartoon Process]
• To GRANT LOUCKS for the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director's Viewfinder. [Photography]
• To BRIAN KNEP, CRAIG HAYES, RICK SAYRE and THOMAS WILLIAMS for the creation and development of the Direct Input Device. [Special Photographic]
• To JAMES KAJIYA and TIMOTHY KAY for their pioneering work in producing computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures. [Special Photographic]
• 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. [Special Photographic]
• 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. [Special Photographic]
• To PERRY KIVOLOWITZ, for the primary design, and DR. GARTH A. DICKIE for the development of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic Reality Special Effects System. [Special Photographic]