66th Academy Awards (1994)

Highlights of 66th Academy Awards ceremony

The 66th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1993.
The award ceremony was held on 27th March 1995 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Whoopi Goldberg was the anchor of the show.
Schindler's List won the Best Picture award.
Tom Hanks won the Best Actor award for his role in Philadelphia.
Holly Hunter won the Best Actess award for her role in The Piano.
Steven Spielberg won the Best Director award for Schindler's List.
- WINNER

Best Picture

Schindler's List
The Piano
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Remains of the Day

Best Director

Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg
The Piano - Jane Campion
Short Cuts - Robert Altman
In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan
The Remains of the Day - James Ivory

Best Original Screenplay

The Piano - Jane Campion
Dave - Gary Ross
In the Line of Fire - Jeff Maguire
Philadelphia - Ron Nyswaner
Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

Best Adapted Screenplay

Schindler's List - Steven Zaillian
The Age of Innocence - Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan, Terry George
The Remains of the Day - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Shadowlands - William Nicholson

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Philadelphia - Tom Hanks
In the Name of the Father - Daniel Day-Lewis
The Remains of the Day - Anthony Hopkins
Schindler's List - Liam Neeson
What's Love Got to Do with It - Laurence Fishburne

Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Piano - Holly Hunter
What's Love Got to Do with It - Angela Bassett
The Remains of the Day - Emma Thompson
Shadowlands - Debra Winger
Six Degrees of Separation - Stockard Channing

Best Supporting Actor

The Fugitive - Tommy Lee Jones
In the Line of Fire - John Malkovich
In the Name of the Father - Pete Postlethwaite
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Leonardo DiCaprio
Schindler's List - Ralph Fiennes

Best Supporting Actress

The Piano - Anna Paquin
The Firm - Holly Hunter
Fearless - Rosie Perez
The Age of Innocence - Winona Ryder
In the Name of the Father - Emma Thompson

Best Art Direction

Schindler's List - Ewa Braun, Allan Starski
Addams Family Values - Ken Adam, Marvin March
The Age of Innocence - Dante Ferretti, Robert J. Franco
Orlando - Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs
The Remains of the Day - Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker

Best Cinematography

Schindler's List - Janusz Kaminski
Searching for Bobby Fischer - Conrad Hall
Farewell My Concubine - Gu Changwei
The Fugitive - Michael Chapman
The Piano - Stuart Dryburgh

Best Original Song

Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia"
Poetic Justice - Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis for "Again"
Philadelphia - Neil Young for "Philadelphia"
Sleepless in Seattle - Marc Shaiman, Ramsey McLean for "A Wink and a Smile"
Beethoven's 2nd - Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, Clif Magness for "The Day I Fall in Love"

Best Original Score

Schindler's List - John Williams
The Firm - Dave Grusin
The Age of Innocence - Elmer Bernstein
The Fugitive - James Newton Howard
The Remains of the Day - Richard Robbins

Best Sound Mixing

Jurassic Park - Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Ron Judkins, Shawn Murphy
Schindler's List - Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, Ron Judkins
Geronimo - An American Legend - Chris Carpenter, D.M. Hemphill, Bill Benton, Lee Orloff
Cliffhanger - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Tim Cooney
The Fugitive - Donald Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank Montano, Scott Smith

Best Sound Editing

Jurassic Park - Gary Rydstrom
The Fugitive - John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
Cliffhanger - Wylie Stateman, Gregg Baxter

Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park - Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri
Cliffhanger - Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, Pamela Easley
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw, Gordon Baker

Best Costume Design

The Age of Innocence - Gabriella Pescucci
Schindler's List - Anna Biedrzycka Sheppard
Orlando - Sandy Powell
The Piano - Janet Patterson
The Remains of the Day - Jenny Beavan, John Bright

Best Makeup

Mrs. Doubtfire - Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng, Greg Cannom
Philadelphia - Carl Fullerton, Alan D'Angerio
Schindler's List - Christina Smith, Matthew Mungle, Judy Alexander Cory

Best Animated Short Film

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers - Nick Park

Best Documentary Feature

I Am a Promise - The Children of Stanton Elementary School

Best Documentary Short Subject

Defending Our Lives

Best Foreign Language Film

Belle Epoque

Academy Honorary Award

Deborah Kerr

Best Live Action Short Film

Schwarzfahrer - Pepe Danquart

Best Film Editing

Schindler's List - Michael Kahn
In the Line of Fire - Anne Coates
The Fugitive - Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig
In the Name of the Father - Gerry Hambling
The Piano - Veronika Jenet

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Paul Newman
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