1995 Oscars 67th Academy Awards |
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1995 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
Best Picture: Forrest Gump – Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers (WINNER) Four Weddings and a Funeral – Duncan Kenworthy, producer Pulp Fiction – Lawrence Bender, producer Quiz Show – Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, and Michael Nozik, producers The Shawshank Redemption – Niki Marvin, producer |
Best Director: Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump (WINNER) Woody Allen – Bullets over Broadway Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction Robert Redford – Quiz Show Krzysztof Kieslowski – Red |
Best Actor: Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump (WINNER) Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George as King George III of the United Kingdom Paul Newman – Nobody’s Fool as Donald “Sully” Sullivan John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega |
Best Actress: Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall (WINNER) Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Winona Ryder – Little Women as Josephine “Jo” March Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina “Reggie” Love |
Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi (WINNER) Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield Chazz Palminteri – Bullets over Broadway as Cheech Paul Scofield – Quiz Show as Mark Van Doren Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lt. Dan Taylor |
Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest – Bullets over Broadway as Helen Sinclair (WINNER) Rosemary Harris – Tom & Viv as Rose Robinson Haigh-Wood Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace Jennifer Tilly – Bullets over Broadway as Olive Neal |
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Pulp Fiction – Written by Quentin Tarantino; Story by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (WINNER) Bullets over Broadway – Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis Heavenly Creatures – Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh Red – Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz |
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Forrest Gump – Eric Roth based on the novel by Winston Groom (WINNER) The Madness of King George – Alan Bennett based on his stage play The Madness of George III Nobody’s Fool – Robert Benton based on the novel by Richard Russo Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont based on the short novel “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King |
Best Foreign Language Film: Burnt by the Sun (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director (WINNER) Before the Rain (Macedonia) in Macedonian, Albanian, and English – Milcho Manchevski, director Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan) in Mandarin Chinese – Ang Lee, director Farinelli: Il Castrato (Belgium) in French and Italian – Gérard Corbiau, director Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba) in Spanish – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, directors |
Best Documentary Feature: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision – Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders (WINNER) Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter – Deborah Hoffmann D-Day Remembered – Charles Guggenheim Freedom on My Mind – Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford A Great Day in Harlem – Jean Bach |
Best Documentary Short Subject: A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim (WINNER) 89mm from Europe – Marcel Lozinski Blues Highway – Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag School of the Americas Assassins – Robert Richter Straight from the Heart – Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid |
Best Live Action Short Film: Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life – Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts (WINNER) Trevor – Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone (WINNER) Kangaroo Court – Sean Astin and Christine Astin On Hope – JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire Syrup – Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian |
Best Animated Short Film: Bob’s Birthday – Alison Snowden and David Fine (WINNER) The Big Story – Tim Watts and David Stoten The Janitor – Vanessa Schwartz The Monk and the Fish – Michaël Dudok de Wit Triangle – Erica Russell |
Best Original Score: The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (WINNER) Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire – Elliot Goldenthal Little Women – Thomas Newman The Shawshank Redemption – Thomas Newman |
Best Original Song: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice (WINNER) “Circle of Life” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice “Look What Love Has Done” from Junior – Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth “Make Up Your Mind” from The Paper – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman |
Best Sound Effects Editing: Speed – Stephen Hunter Flick (WINNER) Clear and Present Danger – Bruce Stambler and John Leveque Forrest Gump – Gloria Borders and Randy Thom |
Best Sound: Speed – Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (WINNER) Clear and Present Danger – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Art Rochester Forrest Gump – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan Legends of the Fall – Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton The Shawshank Redemption – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton |
Best Art Direction: The Madness of King George – Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott (WINNER) Bullets over Broadway – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Susan Bode Forrest Gump – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Interview with the Vampire – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Legends of the Fall – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Dorree Cooper |
Best Cinematography: Legends of the Fall – John Toll (WINNER) Forrest Gump – Don Burgess The Shawshank Redemption – Roger Deakins Red – Piotr Sobocinski Wyatt Earp – Owen Roizman |
Best Makeup: Ed Wood – Ve Neill, Rick Baker and Yolanda Toussieng (WINNER) Forrest Gump – Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D’Amore and Judith A. Cory Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming |
Best Costume Design: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel (WINNER) Bullets over Broadway – Jeffrey Kurland Little Women – Colleen Atwood Maverick – April Ferry Queen Margot – Moidele Bickel |
Best Film Editing: Forrest Gump – Arthur Schmidt (WINNER) Hoop Dreams – Frederick Marx, Steve James and Bill Haugse Pulp Fiction – Sally Menke The Shawshank Redemption – Richard Francis-Bruce Speed – John Wright |
Best Visual Effects: Forrest Gump – Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (WINNER) The Mask – Scott Squires, Steve Spaz Williams, Tom Bertino and Jon Farhat True Lies – John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung |
Academy Honorary Award: Michelangelo Antonioni |
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Quincy Jones |
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Clint Eastwood |