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Academy Awards, USA: 1995

Oscar

Date:	27 March
Host:	David Letterman
Location:	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Wendy Finerman; Steve Starkey; Steve Tisch
Other Nominees:
	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Duncan Kenworthy Pulp Fiction (1994) - Lawrence Bender Quiz Show (1994) - Michael Jacobs (II); Julian Krainin; Michael Nozik (I); Robert Redford (I) Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Niki Marvin

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Tom Hanks
Other Nominees:
	Madness of King George, The (1994) - Nigel Hawthorne Nobody's Fool (1994) - Paul Newman (I) Pulp Fiction (1994) - John Travolta Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Morgan Freeman (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Blue Sky (1994) - Jessica Lange
Other Nominees:
	Client, The (1994) - Susan Sarandon Little Women (1994) - Winona Ryder Nell (1994) - Jodie Foster Tom & Viv (1994) - Miranda Richardson (I)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Ed Wood (1994) - Martin Landau
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Chazz Palminteri Forrest Gump (1994) - Gary Sinise Pulp Fiction (1994) - Samuel L. Jackson Quiz Show (1994) - Paul Scofield (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Dianne Wiest
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Jennifer Tilly Madness of King George, The (1994) - Helen Mirren Pulp Fiction (1994) - Uma Thurman Tom & Viv (1994) - Rosemary Harris (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Robert Zemeckis
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Woody Allen Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino Quiz Show (1994) - Robert Redford (I) Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) - Krzysztof Kieslowski

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Woody Allen; Douglas McGrath Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Richard Curtis (I) Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Fran Walsh; Peter Jackson (I) Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) - Krzysztof Piesiewicz; Krzysztof Kieslowski

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Eric Roth (I)
Other Nominees:
	Madness of King George, The (1994) - Alan Bennett (I) Nobody's Fool (1994) - Robert Benton (I) Quiz Show (1994) - Paul Attanasio Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Frank Darabont

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Legends of the Fall (1994) - John Toll
Other Nominees:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Don Burgess Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Roger Deakins Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) - Piotr Sobocinski Wyatt Earp (1994) - Owen Roizman

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Madness of King George, The (1994) - Ken Adam; Carolyn Scott (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Santo Loquasto; Susan Bode Forrest Gump (1994) - Rick Carter (I); Nancy Haigh Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) - Dante Ferretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo Legends of the Fall (1994) - Lilly Kilvert; Dorree Cooper

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994) - Lizzy Gardiner; Tim Chappel
Other Nominees:
	Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Jeffrey Kurland Little Women (1994) - Colleen Atwood Maverick (1994) - April Ferry Reine Margot, La (1994) - Moidele Bickel

Best Sound


Winner:
	Speed (1994/I) - Gregg Landaker; Steve Maslow; Bob Beemer; David MacMillan (I)
Other Nominees:
	Clear and Present Danger (1994) - Donald O. Mitchell; Michael Herbick; Frank A. Monta�o; Art Rochester Forrest Gump (1994) - Randy Thom; Tom Johnson (I); Dennis S. Sands; William B. Kaplan Legends of the Fall (1994) - Paul Massey (I); David E. Campbell; Chris David (I); Douglas Ganton Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Robert J. Litt; Elliot Tyson; Michael Herbick; Willie D. Burton

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Arthur Schmidt (I)
Other Nominees:
	Hoop Dreams (1994) - Frederick Marx; Steve James (II); William Haugse Pulp Fiction (1994) - Sally Menke Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Richard Francis-Bruce Speed (1994/I) - John Wright (II)

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing


Winner:
	Speed (1994/I) - Stephen Hunter Flick
Other Nominees:
	Clear and Present Danger (1994) - Bruce Stambler; John Leveque Forrest Gump (1994) - Gloria S. Borders; Randy Thom

Best Effects, Visual Effects


Winner:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Ken Ralston (I); George Murphy (II); Stephen Rosenbaum; Allen Hall (II)
Other Nominees:
	Mask, The (1994) - Scott Squires; Steve 'Spaz' Williams; Tom Bertino (I); Jon Farhat True Lies (1994) - John Bruno (I); Thomas L. Fisher; Jacques Stroweis; Pat McClung

Best Makeup


Winner:
	Ed Wood (1994) - Rick Baker (I); Ve Neill; Yolanda Toussieng
Other Nominees:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Daniel C. Striepeke; Hallie D'Amore; Judith A. Cory Frankenstein (1994) - Daniel Parker (II); Paul Engelen; Carol Hemming

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Lion King, The (1994) - Elton John (music); Tim Rice (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".
Other Nominees:
	Junior (1994) - Carole Bayer Sager; James Newton Howard; James Ingram (I); Patty Smyth - For the song "Look What Love Has Done". Lion King, The (1994) - Elton John (music); Tim Rice (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Circle of Life". Lion King, The (1994) - Elton John (music); Tim Rice (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Hakuna Matata". Paper, The (1994) - Randy Newman (I) - For the song "Make Up Your Mind".

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	Lion King, The (1994) - Hans Zimmer
Other Nominees:
	Forrest Gump (1994) - Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) - Elliot Goldenthal Little Women (1994) - Thomas Newman (I) Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Thomas Newman (I)

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Bob's Birthday (1993) - Alison Snowden; David Fine (I)
Other Nominees:
	Big Story, The (1994) - Tim Watts (I); David Stoten Janitor, The (1993) - Vanessa Schwartz Moine et le poisson, Le (1994) - Michael Dudok de Wit Triangle (1994) - Erica Russell (I)

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winners:
	Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) - Peter Capaldi; Ruth Kenley-Letts Trevor (1994) - Peggy Rajski; Randy Stone (I)
Other Nominees:
	Kangaroo Court (1994) - Sean Astin; Christine Astin On Hope (1994) - JoBeth Williams; Michele McGuire Syrup (1993) - Paul Unwin; Nick Vivian (I)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Time for Justice, A (1994) - Charles Guggenheim
Other Nominees:
	89 mm od Europy (1993) - Marcel Lozinski Blues Highway (1994) - Vince DiPersio; Bill Guttentag School of the Americas Assassins (1994) - Robert Richter (I) Straight from the Heart (1994) - Dee Mosbacher; Frances Reid (II)

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994) - Freida Lee Mock; Terry Sanders (I)
Other Nominees:
	"American Experience, The" (1988) {D-Day Remembered (#6.8)} - Charles Guggenheim Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1994) - Deborah Hoffmann (I) Freedom on My Mind (1994) - Connie Field; Marilyn Mulford Great Day in Harlem, A (1994) - Jean Bach (I)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994) - Russia.
Other Nominees:
	Before the Rain (1994) - Macedonia. Farinelli (1994) - Belgium. Fresa y chocolate (1994) - Cuba. Yin shi nan nu (1994) - Taiwan.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Michelangelo Antonioni

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	John A. Bonner - In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Clint Eastwood

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Quincy Jones

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	4 March
Host:	Jamie Lee Curtis
Location:	Ballroom, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winners:
	Eastman Kodak Co. - For the development of EXR Color Intermediate Film 5244. Petro Vlahos; Paul Vlahos - For the conception and development of the Ultimatte blue screen compositing process for motion pictures.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Paul Bamborough; Nick Pollack (II); Arthur Wright (V); Neil Harris (VI); Duncan MacLean (II) - For the concept (Bamborough), the hardware development (Pollack/Wright) and the software development (Harris/MacLean) of the digital Lightworks Editor for motion editing. Gary Demos (Information Int'l.); Dan Cameron (II) (Information Int'l.); David DiFrancesco (Pixar); Gary Starkweather (Pixar); Scott Squires (ILM) - For their pioneering work in the field of film input scanning. Ray Feeney (RFX Inc.); Will McCown (RFX Inc.); Bill Bishop (II) (RFX Inc.); Les Dittert (Pacific Data Images) - For their development work with area array CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning systems. Lincoln Hu (ILM); Mike MacKenzie (I) (ILM); Glenn Kennel (Eastman Kodak); Mike Davis (III) (Eastman Kodak) - For joint development work on a linear array CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning system. James Ketcham (JSK Engineering) - For the concept and design of the MC211 microprocessor-based motion controller for synchronizing sprocketed film with time-code based machines. Iain Neil; Albert K. Saiki - For the optical design (Neil) and for the mechanical design (Saiki) of the Panavision 11:1 Primo Zoom lens for motion picture photography. George Sauve; Bill Bishop (II); Arpag Dadourian; Ray Feeney; Richard Patterson (II) - For the Cinefusion software implementation of the Ultimatte Blue Screen compositing technology. William A. Warner; Technical staff of Avid Technology - For the concept (Warner) and the development (Avid) of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Audio Tracks Inc. - For the design and development of the ADE (Advanced Data Encoding) system, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound "dailies." David A. Addleman; Lloyd A. Addleman - For the development of Cyberware 3030 3D Digitizer. Mike Boudry (Computer Film Company) - For his pioneering work in the field of film input scanning. Colin Broad (CB Electronics) - For the design and development of the EDL (Edit Decision List) Lister, which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the transfer of the production sound "dailies." Clay Davis (Todd AO); John Carter (XX) (Todd AO) - For the pioneering effort of computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement). Art Fritzen (California Fritzen Propeller Company) - As designer and sole manufacturer of the Eight-Bladed Ritter Fan Propellers. Stephen Greenfield (Screenplay Systems); Chris Huntley (II) (Screenplay Systems) - For development of the "Scriptor" software. B. Russell Hessey (Special Effects Spectacular Inc.); Vincent T. Kelton; George Jackman (De La Mare Engineering Inc.) - For the hardware design (Hessey/Kelton) and the pyrotechnic development (Jackman) which together comprise the non-gun safety blank firing system. Frieder Hocheim; Gary H. Swink; Joe Zhou; Don Northrop - For the development of the Kino Flo Portable, Flicker Free, High Output Fluorescent Lighting System for motion picture set illumination. Stephen W. Potter (LarTec Systems); John Asman (LarTec Systems); Charles Pell (LarTec Systems); Richard Larson (I) (LarTec Systems) - For the advancement and refinement of the computer-controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) system via the LarTech ADR System that has established itself as a standard of the industry. Emanuel Previnaire (Flying-Cam) - For his pioneering concept and for the development of mounting a motion picture camera on a remotely-controlled miniature helicopter. Jacques Sax (Sonosax) - For the design and development of the Sonosax SX-S portable audio mixer. Mark R. Schneider; Herbert R. Jones; Christopher D. Conover; John R.B. Brown - For the development of the Polhemus 3 Space Digitizing System. Jack Smith; Michael Crichton; Emil Safier - For pioneering computerized motion picture budgeting and scheduling. Dieter Sturm (I) (Sturm's Special Effects Int'l.) - For the creation and development of the Bio-Snow 2 Flake.