1990 (63rd Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1990 (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

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune, Reversal Films Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Japan, UK)

Actress in a Leading Role

Kathy Bates in Misery, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Joe Pesci in Good Fellas, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount.

Directing

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Kevin Costner.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Art direction by Richard Sylbert; set decoration by Rick Simpson.

Cinematography

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Dean Semler.

Costume Design

Cyrano de Bergerac, Hachette Premiere/Camera One Production; Orion Classics. (France) Franca Squarciapino.

Documentary

(Feature)

American Dream, Cabin Creek Films. (USA, UK) Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers.

(Short Subject)

Days of Waiting, Mouchette Films Production. Steven Okazaki, Producer.

Film Editing

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Neil Travis.

Foreign Language Film

Journey of Hope, Catpics/Condor Features Production. (Switzerland, Turkey, UK, France)

Makeup

Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler.

Music

(Original Score)

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) John Barry.

(Original Song)

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)

Creature Comforts, Aardman Animations Limited Production. (UK) Nick Park.

(Live Action)

The Lunch Date, Adam Davidson Production. Adam Davidson.

Sound

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins and Russell Williams II.

Sound Effects Editing

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)

Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Michael Blake.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Ghost, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount. Bruce Joel Rubin.

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

Stefan Kudelski

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck

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 Dr. Fred Kolb, Jr. and Paul Preo for the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film.

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.