1997 (70th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1997. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar. James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, Producers.

The Full Monty, Redwave Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA) Uberto Pasolini, Producer.

Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Lawrence Bender, Producer.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, Producers.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films.

Robert Duvall in The Apostle, Butcher’s Run Production; October Films.

Peter Fonda in Ulee’s Gold, Nunez-Gowan/Clinica Estetico Production; Orion.

Dustin Hoffman in Wag the Dog, New Line Cinema Production; New Line.

Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar.

Actress in a Leading Role

Helena Bonham Carter in The Wings of the Dove, Renaissance Film Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)

Julie Christie in Afterglow, Moonstone Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Classics.

Judi Dench in Mrs. Brown, Ecosse Films Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Ireland, USA)

Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar.

Kate Winslet in Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert Forster in Jackie Brown, Mighty, Mighty Afrodite Production; Miramax Films.

Anthony Hopkins in Amistad, DreamWorks Film Production; DreamWorks.

Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar.

Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema Production; New Line.

Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Basinger in L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros.

Joan Cusack in In & Out, Scott Rudin Production; Paramount in association with Spelling Films.

Minnie Driver in Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films.

Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema Production; New Line.

Gloria Stuart in Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount.

Directing

The Full Monty, Redwave Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA) Peter Cattaneo.

Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Gus Van Sant.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Curtis Hanson.

The Sweet Hereafter, Ego Film Arts Production; Fine Line Features. (Canada) Atom Egoyan.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. James Cameron.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Gattaca, Jersey Films Production; Columbia. Art direction by Jan Roelfs; set decoration by Nancy Nye.

Kundun, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Monaco, Morocco) Art direction by Dante Ferretti; set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Jeannine Oppewall; set decoration by Jay R. Hart.

Men in Black, Amblin Entertainment Production; Columbia. Art direction by Bo Welch; set decoration by Cheryl Carasik.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Art direction by Peter Lamont; set decoration by Michael Ford.

Cinematography

Amistad, DreamWorks Film Production; DreamWorks. Janusz Kaminski.

Kundun, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Monaco, Morocco) Roger Deakins.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Dante Spinotti.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Russell Carpenter.

The Wings of the Dove, Renaissance Film Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Eduardo Serra.

Costume Design

Amistad, DreamWorks Film Production; DreamWorks. Ruth E. Carter.

Kundun, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Monaco, Morocco) Dante Ferretti.

Oscar and Lucinda, Dalton Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, Australia, UK) Janet Patterson.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Deborah L. Scott.

The Wings of the Dove, Renaissance Film Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Sandy Powell.

Documentary

(Feature)

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, A G Media Corporation Limited Production; Strand Releasing. Michael Paxton.

Colors Straight Up, Echo Pictures Production. Michele Ohayon and Julia Schachter.

4 Little Girls, HBO Documentary Film/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production. Spike Lee and Sam Pollard.

The Long Way Home, Moriah Films Production at the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Seventh Art. Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank.

Waco: The Rules of Engagement, SomFord Entertainment/Fifth Estate Production. Dan Gifford and William Gazecki.

(Short Subject)

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild, Graphic Films Corporation. George Casey and Paul Novros.

Amazon, Ogden Entertainment Production. Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern.

Daughter of the Bride, Terri Randall Film and Video Production. Terri Randall.

Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, Little Apple Film Production. Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund.

A Story of Healing, Dewey-Obenchain Films Production. Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak.

Film Editing

Air Force One, Beacon Pictures and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. (USA, Germany) Richard Francis-Bruce.

As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar. Richard Marks.

Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Pietro Scalia.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Peter Honess.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris.

Foreign Language Film

Beyond Silence, Claussen + Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH/Roxy-Film GmbH Production; Miramax Films. (Germany)

Character, First Floor Features Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Netherlands, Belgium)

Four Days in September, Producoes Cinematograficas L.C. Barreto Ltda./Filmes do Equador Ltda. Production; Miramax Films. (Brazil, USA)

Secrets of the Heart, Aiete Films/Ariane Films Production. (France, Portugal, Spain)

The Thief, NTV-Profit (Russia)/Productions le Pont (France)/Roissy Films (France) Production; Stratosphere Releasing. (Russia, France)

Makeup

Men in Black, Amblin Entertainment Production; Columbia. Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson.

Mrs. Brown, Ecosse Films Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Ireland, USA) Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson.

Music

(Original Dramatic Score)

Amistad, DreamWorks Film Production; DreamWorks. John Williams.

Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Danny Elfman.

Kundun, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Monaco, Morocco) Philip Glass.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Jerry Goldsmith.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. James Horner.

(Original Musical or Comedy Score)

Anastasia, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. Music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; orchestral score by David Newman.

As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar. Hans Zimmer.

The Full Monty, Redwave Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA) Anne Dudley.

Men in Black, Amblin Entertainment Production; Columbia. Danny Elfman.

My Best Friend’s Wedding, Jerry Zucker/Predawn Production; TriStar. James Newton Howard.

(Original Song)

Go the Distance from Hercules, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by David Zippel.

How Do I Live from Con Air, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music and lyric by Diane Warren.

Journey to the Past from Anastasia, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. Music by Stephen Flaherty; lyric by Lynn Ahrens.

Miss Misery from Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Music and lyric by Elliott Smith.

My Heart Will Go On from Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Music by James Horner; lyric by Will Jennings.

Short Films

(Animated)

Famous Fred, TVC London Production for Channel 4 and S4C. (UK) Joanna Quinn.

Geri’s Game, Pixar Animation Studios Production. Jan Pinkava.

La vieille dame et les pigeons (The Old Lady and the Pigeons), Productions Pascal Blais/Les Armateurs/Odec Kid Cartoons Production. (Canada, France, Belgium, UK) Sylvain Chomet.

The Mermaid, Film Company “DAGO”/“SHAR” School-Studio/Studio “PANORAMA”, Yaroslavl Production. (Russia) Alexander Petrov.

Redux Riding Hood, Walt Disney Television Animation Production. Steve Moore and Dan O’Shannon.

(Live Action)

Dance Lexie Dance, Raw Nerve Production for Northern Lights. (UK) Pearse Moore and Tim Loane.

It’s Good to Talk, Feasible Films Production. (UK) Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz.

Sweethearts?, Metronome Productions/Victoria Film Production. (Denmark) Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm.

Visas and Virtue, Cedar Grove Production. Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue.

Wolfgang, M & M Production for Dansk Novellefilm. (Denmark) Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen.

Sound

Air Force One, Beacon Pictures and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. (USA, Germany) Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D. M. Hemphill and Keith A. Wester.

Con Air, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Arthur Rochester.

Contact, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano.

Sound Effects Editing

Face/Off, Douglas/Reuther Production, WCG Production, David Permut Production; Paramount and Touchstone. Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg.

The Fifth Element, Gaumont Production; Columbia. (France) Mark Mangini.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes.

Visual Effects

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri.

Starship Troopers, TriStar Pictures and Touchstone Pictures Production; TriStar. Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson.

Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Donnie Brasco, Mandalay Entertainment Production; TriStar. Paul Attanasio.

L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson.

The Sweet Hereafter, Ego Film Arts Production; Fine Line Features. (Canada) Atom Egoyan.

Wag the Dog, New Line Cinema Production; New Line. Hilary Henkin and David Mamet.

The Wings of the Dove, Renaissance Film Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Hossein Amini.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar. Screenplay by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks; story by Mark Andrus.

Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema Production; New Line. Paul Thomas Anderson.

Deconstructing Harry, Jean Doumanian Production; Fine Line Features. Woody Allen.

The Full Monty, Redwave Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA) Simon Beaufoy.

Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

Honorary Award

To Stanley Donen in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation. [ [Statuette]]

To Pete Clark, 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]]

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Don Iwerks

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

To Gunnar P. Michelson for the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To William Kovacs for his creative leadership and Roy Hall for his principal engineering efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.

To John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok and Dave Springer for the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator System.

To Dominique Boisvert, Réjean Gagné, Daniel Langlois and Richard Laperrière for the development of the “Actor” animation component of the Softimage computer animation system.

To Eben Ostby, William Reeves, Samuel J. Leffler and Tom Duff for the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System.

To Craig W. Reynolds for his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production.

To Richard Shoup, Alvy Ray Smith and Thomas Porter for their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production.

To Kirk Handley, Ray Meluch, Scott Robinson, Wilson H. Allen and John Neary for the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor.

To Joel W. Johnson of the O’Connor Laboratories for the unique design improvement in fluid head counter-balancing techniques as used in their Model 2575.

To Al Jensen, Chuck Headley, Jean Messner and Hazem Nabulsi of CEI Technology for the production of a self-contained, flicker-free, Color Video-Assist Camera.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Clark F. Crites for the design and development of the Christie ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and Storage System.

To Dan Leimeter and Robert Weitz for the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies.

To Philip C. Cory for the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator.

To James M. Reilly, Douglas W. Nishimura and Monique C. Fischer of the Rochester Institute of Technology for the creation of A-D Strips, a diagnostic tool for the detection of the presence of vinegar syndrome in processed acetate-based motion picture film.

To Jim Frazier, for the design concept, and Iain Neil and Rick Gelbard for the further design and development of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography.

To James F. Foley, Charles E. Converse and F. Edward Gardner of UCISCO; and to Robert W. Stoker, Jr. and Matt Sweeney for the development and realization of Liquid Synthetic Air.

To Jack Cashin, Roger Hibbard and Larry Jacobson for the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer.

To Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis and Carl Rosendahl for the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System.

To Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson, Mark Elendt and Paul H. Breslin for the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package.

To James J. Keating, Michael Wahrman and Richard Hollander for their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.