The 63rd Academy Awards (1990): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 12
  • 7
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • Dances With Wolves
  • Dick Tracy
  • The Godfather, Part III
  • Good Fellas
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Ghost
  • Avalon
  • The Grifters
  • Awakenings
  • The Hunt for Red October
  • Reversal of Fortune
  • 7
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • Dances With Wolves
  • Dick Tracy
  • Ghost
  • American Dream
  • Creature Comforts
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Days of Waiting
  • Good Fellas
  • The Hunt for Red October
  • Journey of Hope
  • Lunch Date
  • Misery
  • Reversal of Fortune
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • Awakenings - Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
  • Dances With Wolves - Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
  • Ghost - Lisa Weinstein
  • The Godfather, Part III - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Good Fellas - Irwin Winkler

DIRECTING

  • Dances With Wolves - Kevin Costner
  • The Godfather, Part III - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Good Fellas - Martin Scorsese
  • The Grifters - Stephen Frears
  • Reversal of Fortune - Barbet Schroeder

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

  • Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
  • Robert De Niro - Awakenings
  • Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Richard Harris - The Field
  • Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

  • Kathy Bates - Misery
  • Anjelica Huston - The Grifters
  • Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
  • Meryl Streep - Postcards from the Edge
  • Joanne Woodward - Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Bruce Davison - Longtime Companion
  • Andy Garcia - The Godfather, Part III
  • Graham Greene - Dances With Wolves
  • Al Pacino - Dick Tracy
  • Joe Pesci - Good Fellas

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Annette Bening - The Grifters
  • Lorraine Bracco - Good Fellas
  • Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
  • Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart
  • Mary McDonnell - Dances With Wolves

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Alice - Woody Allen
  • Avalon - Barry Levinson
  • Ghost - Bruce Joel Rubin
  • Green Card - Peter Weir
  • Metropolitan - Whit Stillman

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

  • Awakenings - Steven Zaillian
  • Dances With Wolves - Michael Blake
  • Good Fellas - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
  • The Grifters - Donald E. Westlake
  • Reversal of Fortune - Nicholas Kazan

ORIGINAL SONG

  • "Blaze of Glory" - Young Guns II - Music, Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
  • "I'm Checkin' Out" - Postcards from the Edge - Music, Lyric by Shel Silverstein
  • "Promise Me You'll Remember" - The Godfather, Part III - Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
  • "Somewhere in My Memory" - Home Alone - Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
  • "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" - Dick Tracy - Music, Lyric by Stephen Sondheim

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Avalon - Randy Newman
  • Dances With Wolves - John Barry
  • Ghost - Maurice Jarre
  • Havana - David Grusin
  • Home Alone - John Williams

FILM EDITING

  • Dances With Wolves - Neil Travis
  • Ghost - Walter Murch
  • The Godfather, Part III - Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
  • Good Fellas - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • The Hunt for Red October - Dennis Virkler, John Wright

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Avalon - Allen Daviau
  • Dances With Wolves - Dean Semler
  • Dick Tracy - Vittorio Storaro
  • The Godfather, Part III - Gordon Willis
  • Henry & June - Philippe Rousselot

ART DIRECTION

  • Cyrano de Bergerac - Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
  • Dances With Wolves - Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
  • Dick Tracy - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
  • The Godfather, Part III - Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
  • Hamlet - Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

COSTUME DESIGN

  • Avalon - Gloria Gresham
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - Franca Squarciapino
  • Dances With Wolves - Elsa Zamparelli
  • Dick Tracy - Milena Canonero
  • Hamlet - Maurizio Millenotti

MAKEUP

  • Cyrano de Bergerac - Michle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne
  • Dick Tracy - John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler
  • Edward Scissorhands - Ve Neill, Stan Winston

SOUND

  • Dances With Wolves - Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
  • Days of Thunder - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
  • Dick Tracy - Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
  • The Hunt for Red October - Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
  • Total Recall - Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

  • Flatliners - Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
  • The Hunt for Red October - Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
  • Total Recall - Stephen H. Flick

VISUAL EFFECTS (Special Achievement Award)

  • Total Recall - Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Cyrano de Bergerac - France
  • Journey of Hope - Switzerland
  • Ju Dou - People's Republic of China
  • The Nasty Girl - Germany
  • Open Doors - Italy

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • American Dream - Barbara Kopple, Arthur Cohn
  • Berkeley in the Sixties - Mark Kitchell
  • Building Bombs - Mark Mori, Susan Robinson
  • Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - Judith Montell
  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey - Robert Hillmann, Eugene Corr

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • Burning Down Tomorrow - Kit Thomas
  • Chimps: So Like Us - Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
  • Days of Waiting - Steven Okazaki
  • Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn - Derek Bromhall
  • Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember - Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders

SHORT FILM (Animated)

  • Creature Comforts - Nick Park
  • A Grand Day Out - Nick Park
  • Grasshoppers (Cavallette) - Bruno Bozzetto

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

  • Bronx Cheers - Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
  • Dear Rosie - Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
  • The Lunch Date - Adam Davidson
  • Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) - Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
  • 12:01 PM - Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap

HONORARY AWARDS

  • To Myrna Loy, in recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime's worth of indelible performances.
  • 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.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

  • David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

  • Stefan Kudelski

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

  • To Don Trumbull in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  • To Geoffrey H. Williamson in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  • To Roderick T. Ryan in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (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. [Film]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ARNOLD & RICHTER for the continued design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model. [Camera]
  • 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. [Film]
  • 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. [Laboratory]
  • 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. [Laboratory]
  • To BRUCE WILTON and CARLOS ICINKOFF of Mechanical Concepts, Incorporated, for the development of the Mechanical Concepts Optical Printer Platform. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To DR. FRED KOLB, JR. and PAUL PREO for the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film. [Film]
  • 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. [Laboratory]
  • 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. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To DEDO WEIGERT of Dedo Weigert Film GmbH for the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture. [Lighting]
  • To PETER BALDWIN for the design; DR. PAUL KIANKHOOY and the LIGHTMAKER COMPANY for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI Ballast. [Lighting]
  • To RICHARD MULA and PETE ROMANO of HydroImage, Incorporated, for the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI Underwater Lamp. [Lighting]
  • 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. [Photography]
  • 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. [Stage Operations]
  • To JIM GRAVES of J&G Enterprises for the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments. [Stage Operations]
  • 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. [Systems]