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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Daniel Day-Lewis
      Winner
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • My Left Foot
    • Kenneth Branagh
      • Kenneth Branagh
      • Henry V
    • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      • Tom Cruise
      • Born on the Fourth of July
    • Morgan Freeman
      • Morgan Freeman
      • Driving Miss Daisy
    • Robin Williams at an event for Happy Feet Two (2011)
      • Robin Williams
      • Dead Poets Society

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Denzel Washington
      Winner
      • Denzel Washington
      • Glory
    • Danny Aiello in Once Around (1991)
      • Danny Aiello
      • Do the Right Thing
    • Dan Aykroyd
      • Dan Aykroyd
      • Driving Miss Daisy
    • Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris (1972)
      • Marlon Brando
      • A Dry White Season
    • Martin Landau at an event for City of Ember (2008)
      • Martin Landau
      • Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Jessica Tandy in Still of the Night (1982)
      Winner
      • Jessica Tandy
      • Driving Miss Daisy
    • Isabelle Adjani
      • Isabelle Adjani
      • Camille Claudel
    • Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine (1989)
      • Pauline Collins
      • Shirley Valentine
    • Jessica Lange
      • Jessica Lange
      • Music Box
    • Michelle Pfeiffer at an event for Stardust (2007)
      • Michelle Pfeiffer
      • The Fabulous Baker Boys

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Brenda Fricker in The Field (1990)
      Winner
      • Brenda Fricker
      • My Left Foot
    • Anjelica Huston
      • Anjelica Huston
      • Enemies, A Love Story
    • Lena Olin
      • Lena Olin
      • Enemies, A Love Story
    • Julia Roberts at an event for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
      • Julia Roberts
      • Steel Magnolias
    • Dianne Wiest in In Treatment (2008)
      • Dianne Wiest
      • Parenthood

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Batman

      7.5 (423K)
      Anton Furst
      Peter Young
    • [object Object]

      The Abyss

      7.5 (204K)
      Leslie Dilley
      Anne Kuljian
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

      7.1 (59K)
      Dante Ferretti
      Francesca Lo Schiavo
    • [object Object]

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Bruno Rubeo
      Crispian Sallis
    • [object Object]

      Glory

      7.8 (150K)
      Norman Garwood
      Garrett Lewis

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Glory

      7.8 (150K)
      Freddie Francis
    • [object Object]

      The Abyss

      7.5 (204K)
      Mikael Salomon
    • [object Object]

      Blaze

      6.0 (4.4K)
      Haskell Wexler
    • [object Object]

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      Robert Richardson
    • [object Object]

      The Fabulous Baker Boys

      6.9 (27K)
      Michael Ballhaus

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Henry V

      7.5 (33K)
      Phyllis Dalton
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

      7.1 (59K)
      Gabriella Pescucci
    • [object Object]

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Elizabeth McBride
    • [object Object]

      Harlem Nights

      6.1 (26K)
      Joe I. Tompkins
    • [object Object]

      Valmont

      7.0 (15K)
      Theodor Pistek

    Best Director

    • Oliver Stone
      Winner
      • Oliver Stone
      • Born on the Fourth of July
    • Woody Allen at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
      • Woody Allen
      • Crimes and Misdemeanors
    • Kenneth Branagh
      • Kenneth Branagh
      • Henry V
    • Jim Sheridan at an event for Jarhead (2005)
      • Jim Sheridan
      • My Left Foot
    • Peter Weir
      • Peter Weir
      • Dead Poets Society

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

      8.1 (1.2K)
      Rob Epstein
      Bill Couturié
    • [object Object]

      Adam Clayton Powell

      7.0 (84)
      Richard Kilberg
      Yvonne Smith
    • [object Object]

      Crack USA: County Under Siege

      6.5 (80)
      Vince DiPersio
      Bill Guttentag
    • [object Object]

      For All Mankind

      8.1 (7K)
      Al Reinert
      Betsy Broyles Breier
    • [object Object]

      Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren

      7.2 (40)
      Judith Leonard
      Bill Jersey

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Johnstown Flood

      7.4 (153)
      Charles Guggenheim
    • [object Object]

      Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9

      6.9 (37)
      David Petersen
    • [object Object]

      Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

      6.4 (40)
      Ray Errol Fox

    Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

      8.2 (846K)
      Ben Burtt
      Richard Hymns
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      6.6 (63K)
      Milton C. Burrow
      William L. Manger
    • [object Object]

      Lethal Weapon 2

      7.3 (197K)
      Robert G. Henderson
      Alan Robert Murray

    Best Effects, Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Abyss

      7.5 (204K)
      Hoyt Yeatman
      Dennis Muren
      John Bruno
      Dennis Skotak
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

      7.1 (59K)
      Richard Conway
      Kent Houston
    • [object Object]

      Back to the Future Part II

      7.8 (604K)
      Ken Ralston
      Michael Lantieri
      John Bell
      Steve Gawley

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      David Brenner
      Joe Hutshing
    • [object Object]

      The Bear

      7.7 (20K)
      Noëlle Boisson
    • [object Object]

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Mark Warner
    • [object Object]

      The Fabulous Baker Boys

      6.9 (27K)
      William Steinkamp
    • [object Object]

      Glory

      7.8 (150K)
      Steven Rosenblum

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cinema Paradiso

      8.5 (305K)
      Italy
    • [object Object]

      Camille Claudel

      7.3 (7.8K)
      France
    • [object Object]

      Jesus of Montreal

      7.5 (7.8K)
      Canada
    • [object Object]

      What Happened to Santiago

      7.1 (303)
      Puerto Rico
    • [object Object]

      Memories of a Marriage

      7.1 (833)
      Denmark

    Best Makeup

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Manlio Rocchetti
      Lynn Barber
      Kevin Haney
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

      7.1 (59K)
      Maggie Weston
      Fabrizio Sforza
    • [object Object]

      Dad

      6.3 (5.5K)
      Dick Smith
      Ken Diaz
      Greg Nelson

    Best Music, Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Little Mermaid

      7.6 (305K)
      Alan Menken
    • [object Object]

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Fabulous Baker Boys

      6.9 (27K)
      Dave Grusin
    • [object Object]

      Field of Dreams

      7.5 (136K)
      James Horner
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

      8.2 (846K)
      John Williams

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Little Mermaid

      7.6 (305K)
      Alan Menken(music)
      Howard Ashman(lyrics)
      For the song "Under the Sea"
    • [object Object]

      Chances Are

      6.5 (15K)
      Tom Snow(music)
      Dean Pitchford(lyrics)
      For the song "After All"
    • [object Object]

      Shirley Valentine

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Marvin Hamlisch(music)
      Alan Bergman(lyrics)
      Marilyn Bergman(lyrics)
      For the song "The Girl Who Used to Be Me"
    • [object Object]

      Parenthood

      7.1 (57K)
      Randy Newman
      For the song "I Love to See You Smile"
    • [object Object]

      The Little Mermaid

      7.6 (305K)
      Alan Menken(music)
      Howard Ashman(lyrics)
      For the song "Kiss the Girl"

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Richard D. Zanuck
      Lili Fini Zanuck
    • [object Object]

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      A. Kitman Ho
      Oliver Stone
    • [object Object]

      Dead Poets Society

      8.1 (604K)
      Steven Haft
      Paul Junger Witt
      Tony Thomas
    • [object Object]

      Field of Dreams

      7.5 (136K)
      Lawrence Gordon
      Charles Gordon
    • [object Object]

      My Left Foot

      7.8 (83K)
      Noel Pearson

    Best Short Film, Animated

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Balance

      7.9 (5.9K)
      Christoph Lauenstein
      Wolfgang Lauenstein
    • [object Object]

      The Cow

      7.4 (1.1K)
      Aleksandr Petrov
    • [object Object]

      The Hill Farm

      6.6 (360)
      Mark Baker

    Best Short Film, Live Action

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Work Experience

      6.6 (148)
      James Hendrie
    • [object Object]

      Amazon Diary

      Robert Nixon
    • [object Object]

      The Child Eater

      6.6 (57)
      Jonathan Tammuz

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Glory

      7.8 (150K)
      Donald O. Mitchell
      Gregg Rudloff
      Elliot Tyson
      Russell Williams II
    • [object Object]

      The Abyss

      7.5 (204K)
      Don J. Bassman
      Kevin F. Cleary
      Richard Overton
      Lee Orloff
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      6.6 (63K)
      Donald O. Mitchell
      Kevin O'Connell
      Greg P. Russell
      Keith A. Wester
    • [object Object]

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      Michael Minkler
      Gregory H. Watkins
      Wylie Stateman
      Tod A. Maitland
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

      8.2 (846K)
      Ben Burtt
      Gary Summers
      Shawn Murphy
      Tony Dawe

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Driving Miss Daisy

      7.3 (122K)
      Alfred Uhry
    • [object Object]

      Born on the Fourth of July

      7.2 (122K)
      Oliver Stone
      Ron Kovic
    • [object Object]

      Enemies, A Love Story

      6.6 (2.8K)
      Roger L. Simon
      Paul Mazursky
    • [object Object]

      Field of Dreams

      7.5 (136K)
      Phil Alden Robinson
    • [object Object]

      My Left Foot

      7.8 (83K)
      Jim Sheridan
      Shane Connaughton

    Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dead Poets Society

      8.1 (604K)
      Tom Schulman
    • [object Object]

      Crimes and Misdemeanors

      7.8 (62K)
      Woody Allen
    • [object Object]

      Do the Right Thing

      8.0 (120K)
      Spike Lee
    • [object Object]

      Sex, Lies, and Videotape

      7.2 (63K)
      Steven Soderbergh
    • [object Object]

      When Harry Met Sally...

      7.7 (258K)
      Nora Ephron

    Honorary Award

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    • Akira Kurosawa
      Winner
      • Akira Kurosawa
      For cinematic accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained worldwide audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.

    Special Commendation

    Edit
    • Winner
        For continuing contributions of its members toward making film a primary form of international communication.

      Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

      Edit
      • Winner
        • Howard W. Koch

      Academy Award of Merit

      Edit
      • Winner
          Not awarded.

        Scientific and Engineering Award

        Edit
        • Winner
            For the invention of (Leavitt) and for the continuing development (ISTEC) of the WESCAM Stabilized Camera System.
          • Winner
            • James Ketcham(JSK Engineering)
            For excellence in the engineering and adaptability of the SDA521B advance/retard system for magnetic film sound dubbing.
          • Winner
              For the design and development (Williamson) and the electronic design and development (Auguste) of the Wilcam W-7 200 frames per second VistaVision Rotating Mirror Reflex camera.
            • Winner
                For the design (Resch) and for the development (Panther) of the Super Panther MS-180 camera dolly.
              • Winner
                  For the design and manufacture of the Fisher Model 10 Dolly.

                Technical Achievement Award

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                • Winner
                  • Leo Catozzo
                  For the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo self-perforating adhesive tape film splicer.
                • Winner
                    For introduction of the first remotely controlled advance/retard function for magnetic film sound dubbing.

                  Gordon E. Sawyer Award

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                  • Winner

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                    March 3, 1990

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                    Los Angeles, California, USA

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