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Academy Awards, USA: 1998

Oscar

Date:	23 March
Host:	Billy Crystal
Location:	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	Bart the Bear (I) helped to present one of the awards.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - James Cameron (I); Jon Landau (I)
Other Nominees:
	As Good as It Gets (1997) - James L. Brooks; Bridget Johnson (I); Kristi Zea Full Monty, The (1997) - Uberto Pasolini Good Will Hunting (1997) - Lawrence Bender L.A. Confidential (1997) - Arnon Milchan; Curtis Hanson (I); Michael G. Nathanson

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	As Good as It Gets (1997) - Jack Nicholson
Other Nominees:
	Apostle, The (1997) - Robert Duvall Good Will Hunting (1997) - Matt Damon Ulee's Gold (1997) - Peter Fonda (I) Wag the Dog (1997) - Dustin Hoffman

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	As Good as It Gets (1997) - Helen Hunt (I)
Other Nominees:
	Afterglow (1997) - Julie Christie (I) Mrs Brown (1997) - Judi Dench Titanic (1997) - Kate Winslet Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Helena Bonham Carter

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Good Will Hunting (1997) - Robin Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Amistad (1997) - Anthony Hopkins As Good as It Gets (1997) - Greg Kinnear Boogie Nights (1997) - Burt Reynolds (I) Jackie Brown (1997) - Robert Forster (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	L.A. Confidential (1997) - Kim Basinger
Other Nominees:
	Boogie Nights (1997) - Julianne Moore (I) Good Will Hunting (1997) - Minnie Driver In & Out (1997) - Joan Cusack Titanic (1997) - Gloria Stuart

Best Director


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - James Cameron (I)
Other Nominees:
	Full Monty, The (1997) - Peter Cattaneo Good Will Hunting (1997) - Gus Van Sant L.A. Confidential (1997) - Curtis Hanson (I) Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) - Atom Egoyan

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Good Will Hunting (1997) - Matt Damon; Ben Affleck
Other Nominees:
	As Good as It Gets (1997) - Mark Andrus (screenplay/story); James L. Brooks (screenplay) Boogie Nights (1997) - Paul Thomas Anderson Deconstructing Harry (1997) - Woody Allen Full Monty, The (1997) - Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	L.A. Confidential (1997) - Brian Helgeland; Curtis Hanson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Donnie Brasco (1997) - Paul Attanasio Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) - Atom Egoyan Wag the Dog (1997) - Hilary Henkin (I); David Mamet Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Hossein Amini

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Russell Carpenter (I)
Other Nominees:
	Amistad (1997) - Janusz Kaminski (I) Kundun (1997) - Roger Deakins L.A. Confidential (1997) - Dante Spinotti Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Eduardo Serra

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Peter Lamont (art director); Michael Ford (I) (set decorator)
Other Nominees:
	Gattaca (1997) - Jan Roelfs (art director); Nancy Nye (set decorator) Kundun (1997) - Dante Ferretti (art director); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator) L.A. Confidential (1997) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director); Jay Hart (set decorator) Men in Black (1997) - Bo Welch (art director); Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Deborah Lynn Scott
Other Nominees:
	Amistad (1997) - Ruth E. Carter Kundun (1997) - Dante Ferretti Oscar and Lucinda (1997) - Janet Patterson (I) Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Sandy Powell (II)

Best Sound


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Gary Rydstrom; Tom Johnson (I); Gary Summers; Mark Ulano
Other Nominees:
	Air Force One (1997) - Paul Massey (I); Rick Kline; Doug Hemphill; Keith A. Wester Con Air (1997) - Kevin O'Connell (II); Greg P. Russell; Art Rochester Contact (1997) - Randy Thom; Tom Johnson (I); Dennis S. Sands; William B. Kaplan L.A. Confidential (1997) - Andy Nelson (I); Anna Behlmer; Kirk Francis

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Conrad Buff IV; James Cameron (I); Richard A. Harris
Other Nominees:
	Air Force One (1997) - Richard Francis-Bruce As Good as It Gets (1997) - Richard Marks (I) Good Will Hunting (1997) - Pietro Scalia L.A. Confidential (1997) - Peter Honess

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Tom Bellfort; Christopher Boyes
Other Nominees:
	Face/Off (1997) - Mark P. Stoeckinger; Per Hallberg Fifth Element, The (1997) - Mark A. Mangini

Best Effects, Visual Effects


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - Robert Legato; Mark A. Lasoff; Thomas L. Fisher; Michael Kanfer
Other Nominees:
	Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) - Dennis Muren; Stan Winston; Randy Dutra; Michael Lantieri Starship Troopers (1997) - Phil Tippett; Scott E. Anderson; Alec Gillis; John Richardson (II)

Best Makeup


Winner:
	Men in Black (1997) - Rick Baker (I); David LeRoy Anderson
Other Nominees:
	Mrs Brown (1997) - Lisa Westcott; Veronica Brebner; Beverly Binda Titanic (1997) - Tina Earnshaw; Greg Cannom; Simon Thompson (I)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - James Horner (music); Will Jennings (II) (lyrics) - For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by C�line Dion.
Other Nominees:
	Anastasia (1997) - Stephen Flaherty (music); Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) - For the song "Journey To The Past". Con Air (1997) - Diane Warren - For the song "How Do I Live". Good Will Hunting (1997) - Elliott Smith (I) - For the song "Miss Misery". Hercules (1997) - Alan Menken (music); David Zippel (lyrics) - For the song "Go The Distance".

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score


Winner:
	Titanic (1997) - James Horner
Other Nominees:
	Amistad (1997) - John Williams (I) Good Will Hunting (1997) - Danny Elfman Kundun (1997) - Philip Glass L.A. Confidential (1997) - Jerry Goldsmith

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score


Winner:
	Full Monty, The (1997) - Anne Dudley
Other Nominees:
	Anastasia (1997) - Stephen Flaherty; Lynn Ahrens; David Newman (I) As Good as It Gets (1997) - Hans Zimmer Men in Black (1997) - Danny Elfman My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) - James Newton Howard

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Geri's Game (1997) - Jan Pinkava
Other Nominees:
	Famous Fred (1996) - Joanna Quinn Redux Riding Hood (1997) - Steve Moore (I) Rusalka (1997) - Aleksandr Petrov (I) Vieille dame et les pigeons, La (1998) - Sylvain Chomet

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	Visas and Virtue (1997) - Chris Tashima; Chris Donahue (I)
Other Nominees:
	Dance Lexie Dance (1996) - Pearse Moore; Tim Loane It's Good to Talk (1997) - Roger Goldby; Barney Reisz Skal vi være kærester? (1997) - Birger Larsen; Thomas Lydholm Wolfgang (1997) - Kim Magnusson; Anders Thomas Jensen

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Story of Healing, A (1997) - Donna Dewey; Carol Pasternak
Other Nominees:
	Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (1997) - George Casey (I); Paul Novros Amazon (1997) - Kieth Merrill; Jonathan Stern (II) Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride (1997) (TV) - Terri Randall (II) Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997) - Mel Damski; Andrea Blaugrund

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Long Way Home, The (1997) - Marvin Hier; Richard Trank
Other Nominees:
	4 Little Girls (1997) - Spike Lee; Samuel D. Pollard Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997) - Michael Paxton Colors Straight Up (1997) - Mich�le Ohayon; Julia Schachter Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) - William Gazecki

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Karakter (1997) - The Netherlands.
Other Nominees:
	Jenseits der Stille (1996) - Germany. O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (1997) - Brazil. Secretos del corazón (1997) - Spain. Vor (1997) - Russia.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Stanley Donen - In appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation (Oscar statuette).

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	Peter Clark (IX) - For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	28 February
Location:	Ballroom, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winner:
	Gunnar P. Michelson - For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Dominique Boisvert (IV); Rejean Gagne; Daniel Langlois; Richard Laperriere - For the development of the "Actor" animation component of the Softimage computer animation system. John Gibson (V); Rob Krieger (II); Milan Novacek; Glen Ozymok; Dave Springer - For the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator system. Kirk Handley; Ray Meluch; Scott Robinson (II); Wilson Allen; John Neary (II) - For the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor. Al Jensen (CEI Technology); Chuck Headley (CEI Technology); Jean Messner (CEI Technology); Hazem Nabulsi (CEI Technology) - For the production of a self-contained, flicker-free, Color Video-Assist Camera. Joel Johnson (V) (O'Connor Laboratories) - For the unique design improvement in fluid-head counter-balancing techniques as used in the O'Connor Laboratories' Model 2575. Bill Kovacs; Roy Hall (II) - For the creative leadership (Kovacs) and the principal engineering (Hall) efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system. Eben Ostby; William Reeves (II); Sam Leffler; Tom Duff - For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System. Craig W. Reynolds - For his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production. Richard Shoup; Alvy Ray Smith; Thomas Porter (I) - For their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	James A. Cashin; Roger Hibbard; Larry Jacobson (III) - For the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer. Richard Chuang; Glenn Entis; Carl Rosendahl - For the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System. Phil Cory - For the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator. Clark F. Crites - For the design and development of the ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and storage system. James F. Foley (UCISCO); Charles Converse (UCISCO); F. Edward Gardner (UCISCO); Bob Stoker; Matt Sweeney (I) - For the development and realization of the Liquid Synthetic Air system. Jim Frazier (III); Iain Neil; Rick Gelbard - For the concept (Frazier) and the design and development (Neil/Gelbard) of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography. Greg Hermanovic; Kim Davidson (II); Mark Elendt; Paul Breslin (III) - For the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package. Jim Keating; Michael Wahrman; Richard E. Hollander - For their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system. Dan Leimeter; Bob Weitz - For the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies. James M. Reilly (Rochester Institute of Technology); Douglas W. Nishimura (Rochester Institute of Technology); Monique C. Fisher (Rochester Institute of Technology) - For the creation of A-D Strips, a diagnostic tool for the detection of the presence of vinegar syndrome in processed acetate-based motion picture film.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award


Awarded to:
	Don Iwerks