1993 (66th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1993. 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
In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK) Jim Sheridan, Producer.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Jan Chapman, Producer.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Mike Nichols, John Calley and Ismail Merchant, Producers.Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK)Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK)Actress in a Leading Role
Holly Hunter in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK)Actor in a Supporting Role
John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.Pete Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK)Actress in a Supporting Role
Anna Paquin in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)Emma Thompson in In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK)Directing
In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK) Jim Sheridan.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Jane Campion.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) James Ivory.Art Direction-Set Decoration
Addams Family Values, Scott Rudin Production; Paramount. Art direction by Ken Adam; set decoration by Marvin March.The Age of Innocence, Cappa/De Fina Production; Columbia. Art direction by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Robert J. Franco.Orlando, Adventures Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands) Ben Van Os and Jan Roelfs.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Art direction by Luciana Arrighi; set decoration by Ian Whittaker.Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Art direction by Allan Starski; set decoration by Ewa Braun.Cinematography
Farewell My Concubine, Tomson (HK) Films Company Ltd. Production; Miramax Films. (China, Hong Kong) Gu Changwei.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Stuart Dryburgh.Costume Design
Orlando, Adventures Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands) Sandy Powell.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Janet Patterson.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Jenny Beavan and John Bright.Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard.Documentary
(Feature)
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/HBO Films Production. (Canada) David Paperny and Arthur Ginsberg.I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, Verité Films Production. Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond.The War Room, R. J. Cutler/Wendy Ettinger/Frazer Pennebacker Production. D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.(Short Subject)
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, Moving Target Production. Steven Cantor and Peter Spirer.Chicks in White Satin, University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Elaine Holliman and Jason Schneider.Defending Our Lives, Cambridge Documentary Films Production. Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich.Film Editing
The Fugitive, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig.In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Anne V. Coates.In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK) Gerry Hambling.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Veronika Jenet.Foreign Language Film
Belle Epoque, Fernando Trueba P.C. (Madrid)/Lola Films (Barcelona)/Animatografo (Lisbon)/French Production (Paris) Production. (Spain, Portugal, France)Farewell My Concubine, Tomson (HK) Films Company Ltd. Production; Miramax Films. (China, Hong Kong)Hedd Wyn, Pendefig Cyf Production. (UK)The Scent of Green Papaya, Les Productions Lazennec (Paris)/Giai Phong Film Studio (Ho Chi Minh City) Production. (France, Vietnam)The Wedding Banquet, Central Motion Pictures Corporation Production. (Taiwan, USA)Makeup
Mrs. Doubtfire, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Greg Cannom, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng.Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Christina Smith, Matthew Mungle and Judy Alexander Cory.Music
(Original Score)
The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Richard Robbins.(Original Song)
Again from Poetic Justice, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Music and lyric by Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis.The Day I Fall in Love from Beethoven’s 2nd, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Music and lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram and Clif Magness.Philadelphia from Philadelphia, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Music and lyric by Neil Young.Streets of Philadelphia from Philadelphia, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Music and lyric by Bruce Springsteen.A Wink and a Smile from Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Music by Marc Shaiman; lyric by Ramsey McLean.Short Films
(Animated)
The Mighty River, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada Production. (Canada) Frédéric Back and Hubert Tison.(Live Action)
The Dutch Master, Regina Ziegler Film Production. (Germany, USA) Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett.Sound
Cliffhanger, Cliffhanger B.V. Production; TriStar. (USA, Italy, France) Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Tim Cooney.The Fugitive, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Scott D. Smith.Geronimo: An American Legend, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Chris Carpenter, D. M. Hemphill, Bill W. Benton and Lee Orloff.Jurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins.Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and Ron Judkins.Sound Effects Editing
Cliffhanger, Cliffhanger B.V. Production; TriStar. (USA, Italy, France) Wylie Stateman and Gregg Baxter.Visual Effects
Cliffhanger, Cliffhanger B.V. Production; TriStar. (USA, Italy, France) Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno and Pamela Easley.Jurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri.The Nightmare Before Christmas, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw and Gordon Baker.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK) Terry George and Jim Sheridan.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Jeff Maguire.The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Jane Campion.Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Screenplay by Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, and Jeff Arch; story by Jeff Arch.Honorary Award
To Deborah Kerr in appreciation for a full career’s worth of elegant and beautifully crafted performances. [ [Statuette]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on February 26, 1994, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Scientific and Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Panavision for the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens.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 speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Mark Leather, Les Dittert, Douglas Smythe and George Joblove for the concept and development of the Digital Motion Picture Retouching System for removing visible rigging and dirt/damage artifacts from original motion picture imagery.To Fritz Gabriel Bauer for the design, development and manufacture of the Moviecam Compact Modular 35mm motion picture camera system.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Wally Mills for the concept; and Gary Stadler and Gustave Parada for the design of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System.To Gary Nuzzi, David Johnsrud and William Blethen for the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System.To Harry J. Baker for the design and development of the Ronford-Baker Metal Tripods for motion picture photography.To Michael Dorrough for the design and development of the compound meter known as the Dorrough Audio Level Meter.To David Degenkolb for the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System to eliminate hazardous waste (silver ion) in wash water and allow recycling of this water.NOTE: The Scientific and Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on February 26, 1994, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.