1990 Oscars 62nd Academy Awards |
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1990 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy – Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, producers (WINNER) Born on the Fourth of July – A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, producers Dead Poets Society – Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, and Tony Thomas, producers Field of Dreams – Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, producers My Left Foot – Noel Pearson, producer |
| Best Director: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July (WINNER) Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors Peter Weir – Dead Poets Society Kenneth Branagh – Henry V Jim Sheridan – My Left Foot |
| Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot as Christy Brown (WINNER) Kenneth Branagh – Henry V as King Henry V of England Tom Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July as Ron Kovic Morgan Freeman – Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn Robin Williams – Dead Poets Society as John Charles Keating |
| Best Actress: Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy as Daisy Werthan (WINNER) Isabelle Adjani – Camille Claudel as Camille Claudel Pauline Collins – Shirley Valentine as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw Jessica Lange – Music Box as Ann Talbot Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys as Susie Diamond |
| Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington – Glory as Pvt. Silas Trip (WINNER) Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing as Sal Frangione Dan Aykroyd – Driving Miss Daisy as Boolie Werthan Marlon Brando – A Dry White Season as Ian Mackenzie Martin Landau – Crimes and Misdemeanors as Judah Rosenthal |
| Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker – My Left Foot as Bridget Fagan Brown (WINNER) Anjelica Huston – Enemies, A Love Story as Tamara Broder Lena Olin – Enemies, A Love Story as Masha Julia Roberts – Steel Magnolias as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie Dianne Wiest – Parenthood as Helen Buckman |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Dead Poets Society – Tom Schulman (WINNER) Crimes and Misdemeanors – Woody Allen Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee Sex, Lies, and Videotape – Steven Soderbergh When Harry Met Sally… – Nora Ephron |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry based on his play (WINNER) Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic based on the autobiography by Ron Kovic Enemies, A Love Story – Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer Field of Dreams – Phil Alden Robinson based on Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella My Left Foot – Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton based on the autobiography by Christy Brown |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Cinema Paradiso (Italy) – Giuseppe Tornatore (WINNER) Camille Claudel (France) – Bruno Nuytten Jesus of Montreal (Canada) – Denys Arcand Memories of a Marriage (Denmark) – Kaspar Rostrup What Happened to Santiago (Puerto Rico) – Jacobo Morales |
| Best Documentary Feature: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt – Rob Epstein and Bill Couturié (WINNER) Adam Clayton Powell – Richard Killberg and Yvonne Smith Crack USA: County Under Siege – Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag For All Mankind – Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren – Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: The Johnstown Flood – Charles Guggenheim (WINNER) Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 – David Petersen Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future – Ray Errol Fox |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Work Experience – James Hendrie (WINNER) Amazon Diary – Robert Nixon The Childeater – Jonathan Tammuz |
| Best Animated Short Film: Balance – Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein (WINNER) The Cow – Aleksandr Petrov The Hill Farm – Mark Baker |
| Best Original Score: The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (WINNER) Born on the Fourth of July – John Williams The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin Field of Dreams – James Horner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – John Williams |
| Best Original Song: “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (WINNER) “After All” from Chances Are – Music by Tom Snow; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford “The Girl Who Used to Be Me” from Shirley Valentine – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman “I Love To See You Smile” from Parenthood – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman |
| Best Sound Effects Editing: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Richard Hymns and Ben Burtt (WINNER) Black Rain – Milton Burrow and William Manger Lethal Weapon 2 – Robert G. Henderson and Alan Robert Murray |
| Best Sound: Glory – Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II (WINNER) The Abyss – Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Lee Orloff Black Rain – Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester Born on the Fourth of July – Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman and Tod A. Maitland Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy and Tony Dawe |
| Best Art Direction: Batman – Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young (WINNER) The Abyss – Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian The Adventures of Baron Munchausen – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Driving Miss Daisy – Art Direction: Bruno Rubeo; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis Glory – Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis |
| Best Cinematography: Glory – Freddie Francis (WINNER) The Abyss – Mikael Salomon Blaze – Haskell Wexler Born on the Fourth of July – Robert Richardson The Fabulous Baker Boys – Michael Ballhaus |
| Best Makeup: Driving Miss Daisy – Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney (WINNER) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen – Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza Dad – Dick Smith, Ken Diaz and Greg Nelson |
| Best Costume Design: Henry V – Phyllis Dalton (WINNER) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen – Gabriella Pescucci Driving Miss Daisy – Elizabeth McBride Harlem Nights – Joe Tompkins Valmont – Theodor Pištek |
| Best Film Editing: Born on the Fourth of July – David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (WINNER) The Bear – Noëlle Boisson Driving Miss Daisy – Mark Warner The Fabulous Baker Boys – William Steinkamp Glory – Steven Rosenblum |
| Best Visual Effects: The Abyss – Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak (WINNER) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen – Richard Conway and Kent Houston Back to the Future Part II – Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell and Steve Gawley |
| Academy Honorary Award: Akira Kurosawa |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Howard W. Koch |
