1990 (63rd Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1990. 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
Awakenings, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France)Actress in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Set Decoration
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France) Art direction by Ezio Frigerio; set decoration by Jacques Rouxel.Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Art direction by Jeffrey Beecroft; set decoration by Lisa Dean.Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Art direction by Richard Sylbert; set decoration by Rick Simpson.The Godfather, Part III, Zoetrope Studios Production; Paramount. Art direction by Dean Tavoularis; set decoration by Gary Fettis.Hamlet, Icon Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK, France) Art direction by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo.Cinematography
Costume Design
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France) Franca Squarciapino.Documentary
(Feature)
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Judith Montell Production. Judith Montell, Producer.Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey, Waldo Productions, Inc. Production. Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers.(Short Subject)
Chimps: So Like Us, Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production. Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers.Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn, ABC/Kane Productions International, Inc. Production. Derek Bromhall, Producer.Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember, Sanders & Mock Productions and American Film Foundation. (USA, Canada) Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers.Film Editing
The Godfather, Part III, Zoetrope Studios Production; Paramount. Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman and Walter Murch.The Hunt for Red October, Mace Neufeld/Jerry Sherlock Production; Paramount. Dennis Virkler and John Wright.Foreign Language Film
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France)Journey of Hope, Catpics/Condor Features Production. (Switzerland, Turkey, UK, France)Ju Dou, China Film Co-Production Corporation/Tokuma Shoten Publishing Production. (China, Japan)The Nasty Girl, Sentana Filmproduktion. (West Germany)Open Doors, Erre Produzioni/Istituto Luce Production. (Italy)Makeup
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France) Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne.Music
(Original Score)
(Original Song)
Blaze of Glory from Young Guns II, Morgan Creek Production; 20th Century Fox. Music and lyric by Jon Bon Jovi.I’m Checkin’ Out from Postcards from the Edge, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Music and lyric by Shel Silverstein.Promise Me You’ll Remember from The Godfather, Part III, Zoetrope Studios Production; Paramount. Music by Carmine Coppola; lyric by John Bettis.Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Music by John Williams; lyric by Leslie Bricusse.Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music and lyric by Stephen Sondheim.Short Films
(Animated)
(Live Action)
Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?), The American Film Institute. (South Africa) Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas.Sound
Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins and Russell Williams II.Days of Thunder, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell and Charles Wilborn.Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill and Thomas Causey.The Hunt for Red October, Mace Neufeld/Jerry Sherlock Production; Paramount. Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary and Richard Bryce Goodman.Total Recall, Carolco Pictures Production; Tri-Star. (USA, Mexico) Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Nelson Stoll.Sound Effects Editing
Flatliners, Stonebridge Entertainment Production; Columbia. Charles L. Campbell and Richard Franklin.The Hunt for Red October, Mace Neufeld/Jerry Sherlock Production; Paramount. Cecelia Hall and George Watters II.Special Achievement Award
(Visual Effects)
Total Recall, Carolco Pictures Production; Tri-Star. (USA, Mexico) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Alice, Green Card Company Production; Buena Vista. (Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, UK, West Germany) Woody Allen.Honorary Award
To Sophia Loren, one of the genuine treasures of world cinema who, in a career rich with memorable performances, has added permanent luster to our art form. [ [Statuette]]To Myrna Loy, in recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime’s worth of indelible performances. [ [Statuette]]To Roderick T. Ryan, Don Trumbull, and Geoffrey H. Williamson, in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [Medal of Commendation]]Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 2, 1991, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific or Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Eastman Kodak Company for the development of T-Grain technology and the introduction of EXR color negative films which utilize this technology.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
TO Bruce Wilton and Carlos Icinkoff of Mechanical Concepts, Incorporated, for the development of the Mechanical Concepts Optical Printer Platform.To THE Engineering Department of Arnold & Richter for the continued design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model.To THE Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited, for the development and introduction of the F-Series of color negative films covering the range of film speeds from EI 64 to EI 500.To Manfred G. Michelson of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute.To John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik and Charles J. Watson of Bell and Howell Company for the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer.(Technical Achievement Award)
To William L. Blowers of Belco Associates, Incorporated and Thomas F. Denove for the development and manufacture of the Belco/Denove Cinemeter. This digital/analog exposure meter was specifically and uniquely designed for the cinematographer.To Iain Neil for optical design; Takuo Miyagishima for the mechanical design; and Panavision, Incorporated, for the concept and development of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography.To Christopher S. Gilman and Harvey Hubert, Jr. of the Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab for the development of the Actor Climate System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.To Jim Graves of J&G Enterprises for the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.To Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling.To Richard Mula and Pete Romano of HydroImage, Incorporated, for the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI Underwater Lamp.To Dedo Weigert of Dedo Weigert Film GmbH for the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture.To Peter Baldwin for the design; Dr. Paul Kiankhooy and THE Lightmaker Company for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI Ballast.To the All-Union Cinema and Photo Research Institute (NIKFI) for continuously improving and providing 3-D presentations to Soviet motion picture audiences for the last 25 years.NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 2, 1991, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.