1989 (62nd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1989. 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
Born on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan Production; Universal. A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers.Dead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, Producers.Driving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros. Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers.Field of Dreams, Gordon Company Production; Universal. Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Kenneth Branagh in Henry V, Renaissance Films Production in association with BBC; Samuel Goldwyn Company. (UK)Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista.Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel, Films Christian Fechner/Lilith Films/Gaumont/A2 TV France/Films A2/DD Production; Orion Classics. (France)Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys, Gladden Entertainment Presentation of a Mirage Production; 20th Century Fox.Actor in a Supporting Role
Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Paula Weinstein Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Dead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Peter Weir.Henry V, Renaissance Films Production in association with BBC; Samuel Goldwyn Company. (UK) Kenneth Branagh.Art Direction-Set Decoration
The Abyss, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. Art direction by Leslie Dilley; set decoration by Anne Kuljian.The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prominent Features & Laura Film Production; Columbia. (UK, West Germany) Art direction by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo.Batman, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Art direction by Anton Furst; set decoration by Peter Young.Driving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Bruno Rubeo; set decoration by Crispian Sallis.Glory, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Art direction by Norman Garwood; set decoration by Garrett Lewis.Cinematography
Blaze, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Haskell Wexler.The Fabulous Baker Boys, Gladden Entertainment Presentation of a Mirage Production; 20th Century Fox. Michael Ballhaus.Costume Design
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prominent Features & Laura Film Production; Columbia. (UK, West Germany) Gabriella Pescucci.Henry V, Renaissance Films Production in association with BBC; Samuel Goldwyn Company. (UK) Phyllis Dalton.Documentary
(Feature)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Telling Pictures and The Couturie Company Production. Robert Epstein and Bill Couturie, Producers.Crack USA: County Under Siege, Half-Court Productions, Ltd. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.For All Mankind, Apollo Associates/FAM Productions Inc. Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers.Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren, Quest Production. Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers.(Short Subject)
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future, Ray Errol Fox Production. Ray Errol Fox, Producer.Film Editing
Born on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan Production; Universal. David Brenner and Joe Hutshing.The Fabulous Baker Boys, Gladden Entertainment Presentation of a Mirage Production; 20th Century Fox. William Steinkamp.Foreign Language Film
Camille Claudel, Films Christian Fechner/Lilith Films/Gaumont/A2 TV France/Films A2/DD Production; Orion Classics. (France)Cinema Paradiso, Cristaldifilm/Films Ariane Production. (Italy, France)Jesus of Montreal, Max Films/Gerard Mital Production. (Canada, France)Waltzing Regitze, Nordisk Film/Danish Film Institute Production. (Denmark)What Happened to Santiago, Dios los Cria Producciones/Pedro Muniz Production. (Puerto Rico)Makeup
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prominent Features & Laura Film Production; Columbia. (UK, West Germany) Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza.Driving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros. Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney.Music
(Original Score)
The Fabulous Baker Boys, Gladden Entertainment Presentation of a Mirage Production; 20th Century Fox. David Grusin.The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Alan Menken.(Original Song)
After All from Chances Are, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Music by Tom Snow; lyric by Dean Pitchford.The Girl Who Used to Be Me from Shirley Valentine, Lewis Gilbert/Willy Russell Production; Paramount. (UK, USA) Music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.I Love to See You Smile from Parenthood, Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. Music and lyric by Randy Newman.Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.Short Films
(Animated)
Balance, Lauenstein Production. (Germany, West Germany) Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein.The Cow, The “Pilot” Co-op Animated Film Studio with VPTO Videofilm. (Soviet Union) Alexander Petrov.(Live Action)
Sound
The Abyss, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Lee Orloff.Black Rain, Jaffe/Lansing Production in association with Michael Douglas; Paramount. (USA, Japan) Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester.Born on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan Production; Universal. Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman and Tod A. Maitland.Glory, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy and Tony Dawe.Sound Effects Editing
Black Rain, Jaffe/Lansing Production in association with Michael Douglas; Paramount. (USA, Japan) Milton C. Burrow and William L. Manger.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns.Visual Effects
The Abyss, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak.The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prominent Features & Laura Film Production; Columbia. (UK, West Germany) Richard Conway and Kent Houston.Back to the Future Part II, Universal/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell and Steve Gawley.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Born on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan Production; Universal. Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic.My Left Foot, Ferndale/Granada Production; Miramax Films. (Ireland, UK) Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Dead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Tom Schulman.Honorary Award
To Akira Kurosawa, for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world. [ [Statuette]]The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors commends the contributions of the members of the Engineering Committees of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). By establishing industry standards, they have greatly contributed to making film a primary form of international communication. [ [Special Commendation]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 3, 1990, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Scientific or Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To James Ketcham of JSK Engineering, for the excellence in engineering and the broad adaptability of the SDA521B Advance/Retard system for magnetic film sound dubbing.To J. Noxon Leavitt, for the invention of, and Istec, Incorporated, for the continuing development of the Wescam Stabilized Camera System.To Geoffrey H. Williamson of Wilcam Photo Research, Incorporated, for the design and development, and to Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and development of the Wilcam W-7 200 frames-per-second VistaVision Rotating Mirror Reflex Camera.To J. L. Fisher of J. L. Fisher, Incorporated, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile motion picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly.To Klaus Resch for the design, Erich Fitz and FGV Schmidle & Fitz for the development of the Super Panther MS-180 Camera Dolly.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Dr. Leo Catozzo for the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo Self-Perforating Adhesive Tape Film Splicer.To Magna-Tech Electronic Company for the introduction of the first remotely controlled Advance/Retard function for magnetic film sound dubbing.NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 3, 1990, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.