1993 Oscars 65th Academy Awards |
Trivia
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1993 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood, producer (WINNER) 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: Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven (WINNER) Neil Jordan – The Crying Game James Ivory – Howards End Robert Altman – The Player Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman |
| Best Actor: Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (WINNER) Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven as William “Will” Munny Stephen Rea – The Crying Game as Fergus Denzel Washington – Malcolm X as Malcolm X |
| Best Actress: Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel (WINNER) Catherine Deneuve – Indochine as Éliane Devries Mary McDonnell – Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane Michelle Pfeiffer – Love Field as Lurene Hallett Susan Sarandon – Lorenzo’s Oil as Michaela Odone |
| Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman – Unforgiven as Little Bill Daggett (WINNER) Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game as Dil Jack Nicholson – A Few Good Men as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma David Paymer – Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Young |
| Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito (WINNER) Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives as Sally Wainwright Joan Plowright – Enchanted April as Mrs. Fisher Vanessa Redgrave – Howards End as Ruth Wilcox Miranda Richardson – Damage as Ingrid Fleming |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: The Crying Game – Neil Jordan (WINNER) 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: Howards End – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by E.M. Forster (WINNER) Enchanted April – Peter Barnes based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim The Player – Michael Tolkin based on his novel A River Runs Through It – Richard Friedenberg based upon the story by Norman Maclean Scent of a Woman – Bo Goldman based on the previous film Profumo di donna by Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi and the novel Il Buio E Il Miele by Giovanni Arpino |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Indochine (France) in French – Régis Wargnier, director (WINNER) Close to Eden (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director Daens (Belgium) in Dutch – Stijn Coninx, director Schtonk! (Germany) in German – Helmut Dietl, director |
| Best Documentary Feature: The Panama Deception – Barbara Trent and David Kasper (WINNER) Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker – David Haugland Fires of Kuwait – Sally Dundas Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II – Bill Miles and Nina Rosenblum Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann – Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin (posthumous award) and Gerardine Wurzburg (WINNER) At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai – Geoffrey O’Connor Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the ‘Little Review’ – Wendy L. Weinberg The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein – Richard Elson and Sally Bochner When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories – Dorothy Fadiman |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Omnibus – Sam Karmann (WINNER) 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 Film: Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase – Joan C. Gratz (WINNER) Adam – Peter Lord Reci, reci, reci – Michaela Pavlátová The Sandman – Paul Berry Screen Play – Barry Purves |
| Best Original Score: Aladdin – Alan Menken (WINNER) Basic Instinct – Jerry Goldsmith Chaplin – John Barry Howards End – Richard Robbins A River Runs Through It – Mark Isham |
| Best Original Song: “A Whole New World” from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice (WINNER) “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination) “I Have Nothing” from The Bodyguard – Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Linda Thompson “Run to You” from The Bodyguard – Music by Jud Friedman; Lyrics by Allan Rich “Beautiful Maria of My Soul” from The Mambo Kings – Music by Robert Kraft; Lyrics by Arne Glimcher |
| Best Sound Effects Editing: Bram Stoker’s Dracula – David E. Stone and Tom McCarthy (WINNER) Aladdin – Mark Mangini Under Siege – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler |
| Best Sound: The Last of the Mohicans – Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye (WINNER) Aladdin – Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane A Few Good Men – Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline and Robert Eber Under Siege – Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith Unforgiven – Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young |
| Best Art Direction: Howards End – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker (WINNER) Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Art Direction: Thomas E. 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 |
| Best Cinematography: A River Runs Through It – Philippe Rousselot (WINNER) Hoffa – Stephen H. Burum Howards End – Tony Pierce-Roberts The Lover – Robert Fraisse Unforgiven – Jack N. Green |
| Best Makeup: Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle (WINNER) Batman Returns – Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston Hoffa – Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake |
| Best Costume Design: Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Eiko Ishioka (WINNER) Enchanted April – Sheena Napier Howards End – Jenny Beavan and John Bright Malcolm X – Ruth E. Carter Toys – Albert Wolsky |
| Best Film Editing: Unforgiven – Joel Cox (WINNER) Basic Instinct – Frank J. Urioste The Crying Game – Kant Pan A Few Good Men – Robert Leighton The Player – Geraldine Peroni |
| Best Visual Effects: Death Becomes Her – Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (WINNER) Alien³ – Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs Batman Returns – Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak |
| Academy Honorary Award: Federico Fellini – In recognition of his place as one of the screen’s master storytellers. |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards: The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry. Audrey Hepburn (posthumous award) Elizabeth Taylor |
