OSCARS

John Singleton became the youngest director and the very first African-American in cinema history ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

For his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world. - Satyajit Ray was not present at the awards ceremony. His acceptance speech was pre-recorded in Calcutta.

For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

For the creation and development of a motion picture film restoration process using liquid gate and registration correction on a contact printer.

The crew of the orbiting space shuttle Atlantis (STS-45) participated in the presentation of the Thalberg Award to George Lucas. An Oscar statuette was aboard the shuttle to commemorate the event.

Not awarded.

For the optical design (Neil), the mechanical design (Saiki) and the concept and development (Panavision) of the Primo Zoom Lens for 35m cinematography.

For the design (Thoma) and the development (Feierlein/Sachtler) for a range of fluid tripod heads.

For the design and development of the first full fluid-action tripod head with adjustable degrees of viscous drag.

For his pioneer work in developing the technology to achieve selectable and repeatable viscous drag modules in fluid tripod heads.

For the software development and adaptation of the Solitaire Film Recorder that provides a flexible, cost-effective film recording system.

For the development of the Henson Performance Control System.

For his pioneering work in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for carbon arc and xenon power supplies and igniters in motion picture projection.

For the design and development of the "CAPS" production system for film animation.

For the design, development and manufacture of the Worrall geared camera head for motion picture production.

For the design and development of a cobweb gun for applying non-toxic cobweb effects on motion picture sets with both safety and ease of operation.

For the design and development of the Dry Fogger, which uses liquid nitrogen to produce a safe, dense, low-hanging dry fog.

For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Camera Zoom Lens.

For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Camera Zoom Lens.

For the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens.