The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners
Held at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center on Sunday, March 26, 2000,
honoring movies released in 1999.
Best Actor Kevin Spacey and Mena Suvari in a scene from Best Picture winner "American Beauty."
Actor in a Leading Role
- Russell Crowe in "The Insider"
- Richard Farnsworth in "The Straight Story"
- Sean Penn in "Sweet and Lowdown"
- Kevin Spacey in "American Beauty"
- Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Michael Caine in "The Cider House Rules"
- Tom Cruise in "Magnolia"
- Michael Clarke Duncan in "The Green Mile"
- Jude Law in "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
- Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense"
Actress in a Leading Role
- Annette Bening in "American Beauty"
- Janet McTeer in "Tumbleweeds"
- Julianne Moore in "The End of the Affair"
- Meryl Streep in "Music of the Heart"
- Hilary Swank in "Boys Don’t Cry"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Toni Collette in "The Sixth Sense"
- Angelina Jolie in "Girl, Interrupted"
- Catherine Keener in "Being John Malkovich"
- Samantha Morton in "Sweet and Lowdown"
- Chloë Sevigny in "Boys Don’t Cry"
Art Direction
- "Anna and the King" Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
- "The Cider House Rules" Art Direction: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino
- "Sleepy Hollow" Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Peter Young
- "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Art Direction: Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari
- "Topsy-Turvy" Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Eve Stewart, John Bush
Cinematography
- "American Beauty" Conrad L. Hall
- "The End of the Affair" Roger Pratt
- "The Insider" Dante Spinotti
- "Sleepy Hollow" Emmanuel Lubezki
- "Snow Falling on Cedars" Robert Richardson
Costume Design
- "Anna and the King" Jenny Beavan
- "Sleepy Hollow" Colleen Atwood
- "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Ann Roth, Gary Jones
- "Titus" Milena Canonero
- "Topsy-Turvy" Lindy Hemming
Directing
- "American Beauty" Sam Mendes
- "Being John Malkovich" Spike Jonze
- "The Cider House Rules" Lasse Hallström
- "The Insider" Michael Mann
- "The Sixth Sense" M. Night Shyamalan
Documentary (Feature)
- "Buena Vista Social Club" Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg
- "Genghis Blues" Roko Belic, Adrian Belic
- "On the Ropes" Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
- "One Day in September" Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
- "Speaking in Strings" Paola di Florio, Lilibet Foster
Documentary (Short Subject)
- "Eyewitness" Bert Van Bork
- "King Gimp" Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
- "The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo" Simeon Soffer, Jonathan Stack
Film Editing
- "American Beauty" Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
- "The Cider House Rules" Lisa Zeno Churgin
- "The Insider" William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom
- "The Matrix" Zach Staenberg
- "The Sixth Sense" Andrew Mondshein
Foreign Language Film
- "All about My Mother" Spain
- "Caravan" Nepal
- "East-West" France
- "Solomon and Gaenor" United Kingdom
- "Under the Sun" Sweden
Makeup
- "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" Michèle Burke, Mike Smithson
- "Bicentennial Man" Greg Cannom
- "Life" Rick Baker
- "Topsy-Turvy" Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud
Music (Original Score)
- "American Beauty" Thomas Newman
- "Angela’s Ashes" John Williams
- "The Cider House Rules" Rachel Portman
- "The Red Violin" John Corigliano
- "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Gabriel Yared
Music (Original Song)
- "Blame Canada" from "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" Music and Lyric by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
- "Music of My Heart" from "Music of the Heart" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- "Save Me" from "Magnolia" Music and Lyric by Aimee Mann
- "When She Loved Me" from "Toy Story 2" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
- "You’ll Be In My Heart" from "Tarzan" Music and Lyric by Phil Collins
Best Picture
- "American Beauty" Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, Producers
- "The Cider House Rules" Richard N. Gladstein, Producer
- "The Green Mile" David Valdes and Frank Darabont, Producers
- "The Insider" Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge, Producers
- "The Sixth Sense" Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
- "Humdrum" Peter Peake
- "My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts" Torill Kove
- "The Old Man and the Sea" Alexander Petrov
- "3 Misses" Paul Driessen
- "When the Day Breaks" Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis
Short Film (Live Action)
- "Bror, Min Bror (Teis and Nico)" Henrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. Horsten
- "Killing Joe" Mehdi Norowzian, Steve Wax
- "Kleingeld (Small Change)" Marc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele Lins
- "Major and Minor Miracles" Marcus Olsson
- "My Mother Dreams the Satan’s Disciples in New York" Barbara Schock, Tammy Tiehel
Sound
- "The Green Mile" Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie D. Burton
- "The Insider" Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill, Lee Orloff
- "The Matrix" John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee
- "The Mummy" Leslie Shatz, Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, Chris Munro
- "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, John Midgley
Sound Effects Editing
- "Fight Club" Ren Klyce, Richard Hymns
- "The Matrix" Dane A. Davis
- "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort
Visual Effects
- "The Matrix" John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
- "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman
- "Stuart Little" John Dykstra, Jerome Chen, Henry F. Anderson III, Eric Allard
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
- "The Cider House Rules" John Irving
- "Election" Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- "The Green Mile" Frank Darabont
- "The Insider" Eric Roth, Michael Mann
- "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Anthony Minghella
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- "American Beauty" Alan Ball
- "Being John Malkovich" Charlie Kaufman
- "Magnolia" Paul Thomas Anderson
- "The Sixth Sense" M. Night Shyamalan
- "Topsy-Turvy" Mike Leigh
- Star indicates a win.
