1996 (69th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1996 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners from that year.

Best Picture

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Saul Zaentz, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role

Geoffrey Rush in Shine, Momentum Films Production; Fine Line Features. (Australia)

Actress in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand in Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Jerry Maguire, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Juliette Binoche in The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)

Directing

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Anthony Minghella.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Art direction by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Stephenie McMillan.

Cinematography

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) John Seale.

Costume Design

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Ann Roth.

Documentary

(Feature)

When We Were Kings, DASFilms Ltd. Production; Gramercy Pictures. Leon Gast and David Sonenberg.

(Short Subject)

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien, Inscrutable Films/Pacific News Service Production. Jessica Yu.

Film Editing

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Walter Murch.

Foreign Language Film

Kolya, Biograf Jan Sverak/Portobello Pictures/Ceska Televize/Pandora Cinema Production; Miramax Films. (Czech Republic, UK, France)

Makeup

The Nutty Professor, Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal. Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson.

Music

(Original Dramatic Score)

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Gabriel Yared.

(Original Musical or Comedy Score)

Emma, Matchmaker Films/Haft Entertainment Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA) Rachel Portman.

(Original Song)

You Must Love Me from Evita, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Production; Buena Vista. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyric by Tim Rice.

Short Films

(Animated)

Quest, Thomas Stellmach Animation Production. (Germany) Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach.

(Live Action)

Dear Diary, DreamWorks SKG Production. David Frankel and Barry Jossen.

Sound

The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman.

Sound Effects Editing

The Ghost and the Darkness, Douglas/Reuther Production; Paramount. (Germany, USA) Bruce Stambler.

Visual Effects

Independence Day, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Volker Engle, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Sling Blade, Shooting Gallery Production; Miramax Films. Billy Bob Thornton.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

Honorary Award

To Michael Kidd in recognition of his services to the art of the dance in the art of the screen. [ [Statuette]]

To Volker W. Bahnemann and Burton “Bud” Stone in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]

To Joe Lombardi in celebration of fifty years in the motion picture industry. His knowledge and leadership in the field of pyrotechnics and special effects along with his uncompromising promotion of safety on the set have established the standard for today’s special effects technicians. [ [Award of Commendaton Plaque]]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Saul Zaentz

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

To IMAX Corporation for the method of filming and exhibiting high-fidelity, large-format, wide-angle motion pictures.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To John Schlag, Brian Knep, Zoran Kačić-Alesić and Thomas Williams for the development of the Viewpaint 3D Paint System for film production work.

To William Reeves for the original concept and the development of particle systems used to create computer generated visual effects in motion pictures.

To Jim Hourihan for the primary design and development of the interactive language-based control of particle systems as embodied in the Dynamation software package.

To Jonathan Erland and Kay Beving Erland for the development of the Digital Series Traveling Matte Backing System used for composite photography in motion pictures.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Perry Kivolowitz, for the primary design, and Dr. Garth A. Dickie for the development of the algorithms, for the shape-driven warping and morphing subsystem of the Elastic Reality Special Effects System.

To Ken Perlin for the development of Perlin Noise, a technique used to produce natural appearing textures on computer generated surfaces for motion picture visual effects.

To Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein of the National Research Council of Canada for their pioneering work in the development of software techniques for Computer Assisted Key Framing for Character Animation.

To Grant Loucks for the concept and specifications of the Mark V Director’s Viewfinder.

To Brian Knep, Craig Hayes, Rick Sayre and Thomas Williams for the creation and development of the Direct Input Device.

To James Kajiya and Timothy Kay for their pioneering work in producing computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures.

To Jeffrey Yost, Christian Rouet, David Benson and Florian Kainz for the development of a system to create and control computer generated fur and hair in motion pictures.

To Richard A. Prey and William N. Masten for the design and development of the Nite Sun II lighting crane and camera platform.