Academy Awards

annual awards for cinematic achievements

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1997 edition

Academy Award for Technical Achievement

Christian Rouet

Florian Kainz

Jeffery Yost

Ken Perlin

Marceli Wein

Nestor Burtnyk

Rick Sayre
Academy Award for Best Sound

Chris Newman

David Parker

Mark Berger

Walter Murch

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Andy Nelson · Anna Behlmer · Bill W. Benton · Bob Beemer · Chris Carpenter · Evita · Geoffrey Patterson · Gregg Landaker · Greg P. Russell · Independence Day · Jeff Wexler · Keith A. Wester · Ken Weston · Kevin O'Connell · Steve Maslow · The Rock · Twister
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Clay Pinney

Douglas Smith

Joe Viskocil

Volker Engel

For the film: Independence Day

Also nominated: DragonHeart · Habib Zargarpour · Henry LaBounta · James Straus · John Frazier · Kit West · Phil Tippett · Scott Squires · Stefen Fangmeier · Twister
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Thomas Stellmach

Tyron Montgomery

For the film: Quest

Also nominated: Cabeza de lata · La Salla · Peter Lord · Richard Condie · Wat's Pig
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Barry Jossen

David Frankel

For the film: Dear Diary

Also nominated: Anders Thomas Jensen · Antonello De Leo · Antonio Urrutia · Bernadette Carranza · De Tripas, Corazón · Ernst & the Light · Esposados · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · Kim Magnusson · Wordless
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

David LeRoy Anderson

Rick Baker

For the film: The Nutty Professor

Also nominated: Deborah La Mia Denaver · Ghosts of Mississippi · Jake Garber · Matthew W. Mungle · Michael Westmore · Scott Wheeler · Star Trek: First Contact
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Stephenie McMillan

Stuart Craig

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Bo Welch · Brian Morris · Brigitte Broch · Catherine Martin · Cheryl Carasik · Evita · Hamlet · Philippe Turlure · Romeo + Juliet · The Birdcage · Tim Harvey
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

John Seale

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Caleb Deschanel · Chris Menges · Darius Khondji · Evita · Fargo · Fly Away Home · Michael Collins · Roger Deakins
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Ann Roth

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Alexandra Byrne · Angels and Insects · Emma · Hamlet · Janet Patterson · Paul Brown · Ruth Myers · The Portrait of a Lady
Academy Award for Best Director

Anthony Minghella

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Fargo · Joel Coen · Mike Leigh · Miloš Forman · Scott Hicks · Secrets & Lies · Shine · The People vs. Larry Flynt
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

Jessica Yu

Also nominated: An Essay on Matisse · Bayley Silleck · Ben Burtt · Cosmic Voyage · Jeffrey Marvin · Nick Redman · Paul Seydor · Perry Wolff · Special Effects: Anything Can Happen · Susanne Simpson · The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Walter Murch

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Ethan Coen · Evita · Fargo · Gerry Hambling · Jerry Maguire · Joe Hutshing · Joel Coen · Pip Karmel · Shine
Academy Award for Best Picture

Saul Zaentz

For the film: The English Patient

Also nominated: Cameron Crowe · Ethan Coen · Fargo · James L. Brooks · Jane Scott · Jerry Maguire · Laurence Mark · Richard Sakai · Secrets & Lies · Shine · Simon Channing Williams
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Bruce Stambler

For the film: The Ghost and the Darkness

Also nominated: Alan Robert Murray · Bub Asman · David Whittaker · Daylight · Eraser · Richard L. Anderson
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

For the film: Jerry Maguire

Also nominated: Armin Mueller-Stahl · Edward Norton · Ghosts of Mississippi · Fargo · James Woods · Primal Fear · Shine · William H. Macy
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score

Rachel Portman