Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor in a Leading Role

• Warren Beatty in "Bugsy"
• Robert De Niro in "Cape Fear"
• Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs"
• Nick Nolte in "The Prince of Tides"
• Robin Williams in "The Fisher King"

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Tommy Lee Jones in "JFK"
• Harvey Keitel in "Bugsy"
• Ben Kingsley in "Bugsy"
• Michael Lerner in "Barton Fink"
• Jack Palance in "City Slickers"

Actress in a Leading Role

• Geena Davis in "Thelma & Louise"
• Laura Dern in "Rambling Rose"
• Jodie Foster in "The Silence of the Lambs"
• Bette Midler in "For the Boys"
• Susan Sarandon in "Thelma & Louise"

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Diane Ladd in "Rambling Rose"
• Juliette Lewis in "Cape Fear"
• Kate Nelligan in "The Prince of Tides"
• Mercedes Ruehl in "The Fisher King"
• Jessica Tandy in "Fried Green Tomatoes"

Art Direction

• "Barton Fink" Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• "Bugsy" Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• "The Fisher King" Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
• "Hook" Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
• "The Prince of Tides" Art Direction: Paul Sylbert; Set Decoration: Caryl Heller

Cinematography

• "Bugsy" Allen Daviau
• "JFK" Robert Richardson
• "The Prince of Tides" Stephen Goldblatt
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Adam Greenberg
• "Thelma & Louise" Adrian Biddle

Costume Design

• "The Addams Family" Ruth Myers
• "Barton Fink" Richard Hornung
• "Bugsy" Albert Wolsky
• "Hook" Anthony Powell
• "Madame Bovary" Corinne Jorry

Directing

• "Boyz N the Hood" John Singleton
• "Bugsy" Barry Levinson
• "JFK" Oliver Stone
• "The Silence of the Lambs" Jonathan Demme
• "Thelma & Louise" Ridley Scott

Documentary (Feature)

• "Death on the Job" Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
• "Doing Time: Life inside the Big House" Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
• "In the Shadow of the Stars" Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
• "The Restless Conscience" Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
• "Wild by Law" Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "Birdnesters of Thailand (aka "Shadow Hunters")" Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers
• "Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment" Debra Chasnoff, Producer
• "A Little Vicious" Immy Humes, Producer
• "The Mark of the Maker" David McGowan, Producer
• "Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers" Bill Couturié and Bernard Edelman, Producers

Film Editing

• "The Commitments" Gerry Hambling
• "JFK" Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
• "The Silence of the Lambs" Craig McKay
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
• "Thelma & Louise" Thom Noble

Foreign Language Film

• "Children of Nature" Iceland
• "The Elementary School" Czechoslovakia
• "Mediterraneo" Italy
• "The Ox" Sweden
• "Raise the Red Lantern" Hong Kong

Makeup

• "Hook" Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom
• "Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country" Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn

Music (Original Score)

• "Beauty and the Beast" Alan Menken
• "Bugsy" Ennio Morricone
• "The Fisher King" George Fenton
• "JFK" John Williams
• "The Prince of Tides" James Newton Howard

Music (Original Song)

• "Be Our Guest" from "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
• "Beauty and the Beast" from "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
• "Belle" from "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
• "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" Music by Michael Kamen; Lyric by Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange
• "When You’re Alone" from "Hook" Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse

Best Picture

• "Beauty and the Beast" Don Hahn, Producer
• "Bugsy" Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, Producers
• "JFK" A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
• "The Prince of Tides" Barbra Streisand and Andrew Karsch, Producers
• "The Silence of the Lambs" Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• "Blackfly" Christopher Hinton
• "Manipulation" Daniel Greaves
• "Strings" Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

• "Birch Street Gym" Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
• "Last Breeze of Summer" David M. Massey
• "Session Man" Seth Winston, Rob Fried

Sound

• "Backdraft" Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom, Glenn Williams
• "Beauty and the Beast" Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
• "JFK" Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod A. Maitland
• "The Silence of the Lambs" Tom Fleischman, Christopher Newman
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff

Sound Effects Editing

• "Backdraft" Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
• "Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country" George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders

Visual Effects

• "Backdraft" Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
• "Hook" Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri
• "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• "Europa Europa" Agnieszka Holland
• "Fried Green Tomatoes" Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
• "JFK" Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
• "The Prince of Tides" Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston
• "The Silence of the Lambs" Ted Tally

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• "Boyz N the Hood" John Singleton
• "Bugsy" James Toback
• "The Fisher King" Richard LaGravenese
• "Grand Canyon" Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
• "Thelma & Louise" Callie Khouri

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• Star indicates a win.