1992 (65th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1992. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA) Stephen Woolley, Producer.

A Few Good Men, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, Producers.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Ismail Merchant, Producer.

Scent of a Woman, Universal Release/City Light Films Production; Universal. Martin Brest, Producer.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role

Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin, Carolco Production; TriStar. (UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA)

Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, Universal Release/City Light Films Production; Universal.

Stephen Rea in The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA)

Denzel Washington in Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary Cinema Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Japan)

Actress in a Leading Role

Catherine Deneuve in Indochine, Paradis Films/La Generale d’Images/BAC Films/Orly Films/Cine Cinq Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France)

Mary McDonnell in Passion Fish, Atchafalaya Films Production; Miramax Films.

Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field, Sanford/Pillsbury Production; Orion.

Susan Sarandon in Lorenzo’s Oil, Kennedy Miller Film Production; Universal.

Emma Thompson in Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA)

Gene Hackman in Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross, Stephanie Lynn Production; New Line.

David Paymer in Mr. Saturday Night, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.

Joan Plowright in Enchanted April, BBC Films Production in association with Greenpoint Films; Miramax Films. (UK)

Vanessa Redgrave in Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA)

Miranda Richardson in Damage, SKREBA/Damage/NEF/Le Studio Canal+ Production; New Line. (UK, France)

Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.

Directing

The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA) Neil Jordan.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) James Ivory.

The Player, Avenue Pictures Production; Fine Line Features. Robert Altman.

Scent of a Woman, Universal Release/City Light Films Production; Universal. Martin Brest.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Art direction by Thomas Sanders; set decoration by Garrett Lewis.

Chaplin, Carolco Production; TriStar. (UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA) Art direction by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Chris A. Butler.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Art direction by Luciana Arrighi; set decoration by Ian Whittaker.

Toys, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Art direction by Ferdinando Scarfiotti; set decoration by Linda DeScenna.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Henry Bumstead; set decoration by Janice Blackie-Goodine.

Cinematography

Hoffa, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Stephen H. Burum.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Tony Pierce-Roberts.

The Lover, Renn Production/Burrill Productions/Films A2; MGM/UA. (France, UK, Vietnam) Robert Fraisse.

A River Runs Through It, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Philippe Rousselot.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Jack N. Green.

Costume Design

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Eiko Ishioka.

Enchanted April, BBC Films Production in association with Greenpoint Films; Miramax Films. (UK) Sheena Napier.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Jenny Beavan and John Bright.

Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary Cinema Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Japan) Ruth Carter.

Toys, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Albert Wolsky.

Documentary

(Feature)

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Intrepid Production. David Haugland, Producer.

Fires of Kuwait, Black Sun Films, Ltd./IMAX Corporation Production. Sally Dundas, Producer.

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc. Production. William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Alternate Current Inc./Les Films d’Ici Production. (USA, UK, France) Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers.

The Panama Deception, Empowerment Project Production. (USA, UK) Barbara Trent and David Kasper, Producers.

(Short Subject)

At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai, Realis Pictures Inc. Production. (Canada, USA) Geoffrey O’Connor, Producer.

Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the “Little Review”, Wendy L. Weinberg Production. Wendy L. Weinberg, Producer.

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein, Imageries P.B. Ltd. Production in coproduction with the National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers.

Educating Peter, State of the Art, Inc. Production. Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers.

When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories, Concentric Media Production. Dorothy Fadiman, Producer.

Film Editing

Basic Instinct, Carolco Production; TriStar. (France, USA, UK) Frank J. Urioste.

The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA) Kant Pan.

A Few Good Men, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. Robert Leighton.

The Player, Avenue Pictures Production; Fine Line Features. Geraldine Peroni.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Joel Cox.

Foreign Language Film

Close to Eden, Camera One-Hachette premiere et Compagnie/UGC Images (France)/Studio Trite (URSS) Production. (France, Soviet Union)

Daens, Favourite Films/Films Derives/Titane & Shooting Star Filmcompany Production. (Belgium, France, Netherlands)

Indochine, Paradis Films/La Generale d’Images/BAC Films/Orly Films/Cine Cinq Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France)

A Place in the World, Adolfo Aristarain/Osvaldo Papaleo/Mirna Rosales Production. (Argentina, Spain, Uruguay) [NOTE: After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.]

Schtonk, Bavaria Film GmbH Production. (Germany)

Makeup

Batman Returns, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle.

Hoffa, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake.

Music

(Original Score)

Aladdin, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Alan Menken.

Basic Instinct, Carolco Production; TriStar. (France, USA, UK) Jerry Goldsmith.

Chaplin, Carolco Production; TriStar. (UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA) John Barry.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Richard Robbins.

A River Runs Through It, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Mark Isham.

(Original Song)

Beautiful Maria of My Soul from The Mambo Kings, Northwest Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA) Music by Robert Kraft; lyric by Arne Glimcher.

Friend Like Me from Aladdin, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.

I Have Nothing from The Bodyguard, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Music by David Foster; lyric by Linda Thompson.

Run to You from The Bodyguard, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Music by Jud Friedman; lyric by Allan Rich.

A Whole New World from Aladdin, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Tim Rice.

Short Films

(Animated)

Adam, Aardman Animations Limited Production. (UK) Peter Lord.

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase, Joan C. Gratz Production. Joan C. Gratz.

Řeči, Řeči, Řeči . . . (Words, Words, Words), Krátký Film Production. (Czechoslovakia) Michaela Pavlátová.

The Sandman, Batty Berry Mackinnon Production. (UK) Paul Berry.

Screen Play, Bare Boards Film Production. (UK) Barry J. C. Purves.

(Live Action)

Contact, Chanticleer Films. Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel.

Cruise Control, Palmieri Pictures Production. Matt Palmieri.

The Lady in Waiting, Taylor Made Films Production. Christian M. Taylor.

Omnibus, Lezennec tout court/Le C.R.R.A.V. Production. (France) Sam Karmann.

Swan Song, Renaissance Film PLC Production. (UK) Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt.

Sound

Aladdin, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane.

A Few Good Men, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline and Bob Eber.

The Last of the Mohicans, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye.

Under Siege, Northwest Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA) Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Rick Hart and Scott Smith.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young.

Sound Effects Editing

Aladdin, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Mark Mangini.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Tom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone.

Under Siege, Northwest Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA) John Leveque and Bruce Stambler.

Visual Effects

Alien³, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and George Gibbs.

Batman Returns, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak.

Death Becomes Her, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Enchanted April, BBC Films Production in association with Greenpoint Films; Miramax Films. (UK) Peter Barnes.

Howards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

The Player, Avenue Pictures Production; Fine Line Features. Michael Tolkin.

A River Runs Through It, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Richard Friedenberg.

Scent of a Woman, Universal Release/City Light Films Production; Universal. Bo Goldman.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA) Neil Jordan.

Husbands and Wives, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Woody Allen.

Lorenzo’s Oil, Kennedy Miller Film Production; Universal. George Miller and Nick Enright.

Passion Fish, Atchafalaya Films Production; Miramax Films. John Sayles.

Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. David Webb Peoples.

Honorary Award

To Federico Fellini, in recognition of his place as one of the screen’s master storytellers. [ [Statuette]]

To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [Medal of Commendation]]

To THE International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in recognition of the indispensable contributions of its members, who represent the full spectrum of artists, technicians and craftspeople, to the art of motion pictures on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Alliance’s founding. [ [Special Plaque]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Audrey Hepburn

Elizabeth Taylor

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Erich Kastner

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

To Chadwell O’Connor of the O’Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Tom Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca and Darwyn Peachey for the development of “RenderMan” software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance.

To Claus Wiedemann and Robert Orban for the design and Dolby Laboratories for the development of the Dolby Labs “Container”.

To Ken Bates for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls.

To Al Mayer for the camera design; Iain Neil and George Kraemer for the optical design; Hans Spirawski and Bill Eslick for the opto-mechanical design and Don Earl for technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography.

To Douglas Trumbull for the concept; Geoffrey H. Williamson for the movement design; Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and Edmund M. DiGiulio for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.

To Arnold and Richter, Otto Blaschek and the Engineering Department of Arri, Austria for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Ira Tiffen of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography.

To Robert R. Burton of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner.

To Iain Neil for the optical design and Kaz Fudano for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography.

To Tom Brigham for the original concept and pioneering work; and Douglas Smythe and the Computer Graphics Department of Industrial Light & Magic for development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the “MORF” system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images.