65th Academy Awards | ||||
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Date | March 29, 1993 | |||
Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California | |||
Host | Billy Crystal | |||
Highlights | ||||
Best Picture | Unforgiven | |||
Most wins | Unforgiven (4) | |||
Most nominations | Howard's End and Unforgiven (9) | |||
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The 65th Academy Awards ceremony, which honored the best achievements in film in 1992, was held on March 29, 1993 at Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fourth consecutive year. In related events, during a ceremony held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on March 6, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Sharon Stone.
Unforgiven won four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director for Clint Eastwood and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman. Best Director winner Clint Eastwood became the seventh person nominated for lead acting and directing for the same film. Best Actor winner Al Pacino was the sixth performer to receive nominations in the lead and supporting categories in the same year. He also became the first person to win in the lead acting category after achieving the aforementioned feat. By virtue of his second straight win in both music categories, Alan Menken became the third person to win two Oscars in two consecutive years.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 66th Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1993. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 29, 1993.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Unforgiven — Clint Eastwood, producer
- Nominees
- The Crying Game — Stephen Woolley, producer
- A Few Good Men — David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, producers
- Howards End — Ismail Merchant, producer
- Scent of a Woman — Martin Brest, producer
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Unforgiven — Clint Eastwood
- Nominees
- The Crying Game — Neil Jordan
- Howards End — James Ivory
- The Player — Robert Altman
- Scent of a Woman — Martin Brest
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Al Pacino — Scent of a Woman
- Nominees
- Robert Downey Jr. — Chaplin
- Clint Eastwood — Unforgiven
- Stephen Rea — The Crying Game
- Denzel Washington — Malcolm X
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Emma Thompson — In the Name of the Father
- Nominees
- Catherine Deneuve — Indochine
- Mary McDonnell — Passion Fish
- Michelle Pfeiffer — Love Field
- Susan Surandon — Lorenzo's Oil
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Gene Hackman — Unforgiven
- Nominees
- Jaye Davidson — The Crying Game
- Jack Nicholson — A Few Good Men
- Al Pacino — Glengarry Glen Ross
- David Paymer — Mr. Saturday Night
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Marisa Tomei — My Cousin Vinny
- Nominees
- Judy Davis — Husbands and Wives
- Joan Plowright — Enchanted April
- Vanessa Redgrave — Howards End
- Miranda Richardson — Damage
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- The Crying Game — Neil Jordan
- Nominees
- Husbands and Wives — Woody Allen
- Lorenzo's Oil — George Miller and Nick Enright
- Passion Fish — John Sayles
- Unforgiven — David Webb Peoples
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Howards End — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominees
- Enchanted April — Peter Barnes
- The Player — Michael Tolkien
- A River Runs Through It — Richard Friedenberg
- Scent of a Woman — Bo Goldman
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Indochine from France — Régis Wargnier
- Nominees
- Close to Eden from Russia — Nikita Mikhalkov
- Daens from Belgium — Stijn Coninx
- A Place in the World from Uruguay — Adolfo Aristarain
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. 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! from Germany — Helmut Dietl
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- The Panama Deception — Barbara Trent and David Kasper, producers
- Nominees
- Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker — David Haugland, producer
- Fires of Kuwait — Sally Dundas, producer
- Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II — William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, producers
- Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann — Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, producers
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Educating Peter — Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, producers
- Nominees
- At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai — Geoffrey O'Connor, producer
- Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' — Wendy L. Weinberg, producer
- The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein — Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, producers
- When Abortian Was Illegal: Untold Stories — Dorothy Fadiman, producer
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Omnibus — Sam Karmann
- Nominees
- Contact — Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel
- Cruise Control — Matt Palmieri
- The Lady in Waiting — Christian M. Taylor
- Swan Song — Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase — Joan C. Gratz
- Nominees
- Adam — Peter Lord
- Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words) — Michaela Pavlatova
- The Sandman — Paul Berry
- Screen Play — Barry J.C. Purves
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Aladdin — Alan Menken
- Nominees
- Basic Instinct — Jerry Goldsmith
- Chaplin — John Barry
- Howards End — Richard Robbins
- A River Runs Through It — Mark Isham
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "A Whole New World" from Aladdin — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Tim Rice
- Nominees
- "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from Mambo Kings — Music by Robert Kraft; Lyric by Arne Glimcher
- "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
- "I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard — Music by David Foster; Lyric by Linda Thompson
- "Run To You" from The Bodyguard — Music by Jud Friedman; Lyric by Allan Rich
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- A River Runs Through It — Philippe Rousselot
- Nominees
- Hoffa — Stephen H. Burum
- Howards End — Tony Pierce-Roberts
- The Lover — Robert Fraisse
- Unforgiven — Jack N. Green
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Howards End — Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
- Nominees
- Bram Stoker's Dracula — Art Direction: Thomas Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
- Chaplin — Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler
- Toys — Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
- Unforgiven — Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine
Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Bram Stoker's Dracula — Eiko Ishioka
- Nominees
- Enchanted April — Sheena Napier
- Howards End — Jenny Beavan and John Bright
- Malcolm X — Ruth Carter
- Toys — Albert Wolsky
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Bram Stoker's Dracula — Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle
- Nominees
- Batman Returns — Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston
- Hoffa — Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Unforgiven — Joel Cox
- Nominees
- Basic Instinct — Frank J. Urioste
- The Crying Game — Kant Pan
- A Few Good Men — Robert Leighton
- The Player — Geraldine Peroni
Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- The Last of the Mohicans — Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye
- Nominees
- Aladdin — Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane
- A Few Good Men — Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and Bob Eber
- Under Siege — Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith
- Unforgiven — Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young
Best Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- Bram Stoker's Dracula — Tom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone
- Nominees
- Aladdin — Mark Mangini
- Under Siege — John Leveque and Bruce Stambler
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Death Becomes Her — Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.
- Nominees
- Alien 3 — Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and George Gibbs
- Batman Returns — Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak
Honorary Awards[]
- Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]
- Audrey Hepburn award posthumously
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
- Erich Kaestner
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD[]
- Chadwell O'Connor of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography.
- 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.
- Clause Wiedemann and Robert Orban for the design and Dolby Laboratories for the development of the Dolby Labs 'Container.'
- 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.
- 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.
- Doublas Trumbull for the concept, Geoffrey H. Williamson for the movement design, Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and Edmund M. Guilio for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.
- Arnold & Richter, Otto Blascheck and the Engineering Department of Arri, Austria for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.
- Ira Tiffen of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography.
- Robert R. Burton of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner.
- Ianin Neil for the optical design and Kaz Fudano for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography.
- Tom Brigham for the original concept and pioneering work and Douglas Smythe and the Computer Graphics Department of Industrial Light & Magic for the development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the "MORF" system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images.
AWARD 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.
MEDAL OF COMMENDATION[]
- Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.