Academy Awards®
Awards for 1986
Picture
Burt Sugarman - Producer, Patrick Palmer - Producer, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Robert Greenhut - Producer, Jack Rollins - Producer, Charles H. Joffe - Producer, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Fernando Ghia - Producer, David Puttnam - Producer, THE MISSION
* Arnold Kopelson - Producer, PLATOON
Ismail Merchant - Producer, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Actor
Dexter Gordon, ROUND MIDNIGHT
Bob Hoskins, MONA LISA
William Hurt, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
* Paul Newman, THE COLOR OF MONEY
James Woods, SALVADOR
Actress
Jane Fonda, THE MORNING AFTER
* Marlee Matlin, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Sissy Spacek, CRIMES OF THE HEART
Kathleen Turner, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Sigourney Weaver, ALIENS
Supporting Actor
Tom Berenger, PLATOON
* Michael Caine, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Willem Dafoe, PLATOON
Denholm Elliott, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Dennis Hopper, HOOSIERS
Supporting Actress
Tess Harper, CRIMES OF THE HEART
Piper Laurie, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, THE COLOR OF MONEY
Maggie Smith, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
* Dianne Wiest, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Director
David Lynch, BLUE VELVET
Woody Allen, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Roland Joffe, THE MISSION
* Oliver Stone, PLATOON
James Ivory, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Writing - Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell, CROCODILE DUNDEE
* Woody Allen, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Hanif Kureishi, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
Oliver Stone, PLATOON
Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle, SALVADOR
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff, CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Richard Price, THE COLOR OF MONEY
Beth Henley, CRIMES OF THE HEART
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans, STAND BY ME
Foreign Film
* THE ASSAULT
(The Netherlands)
BETTY BLUE/37.2 LE MATIN
(France)
THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
(Canada)
MY SWEET LITTLE VILLAGE
(Czechoslovakia)
38: VIENNA BEFORE THE FALL
(Austria)
Art Direction
Peter Lamont - Art Direction, Crispian Sallis - Set Decoration, ALIENS
Boris Leven - Art Direction, Karen A. O'Hara - Set Decoration, THE COLOR OF MONEY
Stuart Wurtzel - Art Direction, Carol Joffe - Set Decoration, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Stuart Craig - Art Direction, Jack Stephens - Set Decoration, THE MISSION
* Gianni Quaranta - Art Direction, Brian Ackland-Snow - Art Direction, Brian Savegar - Set Decoration, Elio Altramura - Set Decoration, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Cinematography
* Chris Menges, THE MISSION
Jordan Cronenweth, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Robert Richardson, PLATOON
Tony Pierce-Roberts, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Don Peterman, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Costume Design
* Jenny Beavan, John Bright, A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Enrico Sabbatini, THE MISSION
Anna Anni, OTELLO
Theadora Van Runkle, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Anthony Powell, PIRATES
Documentary Feature
* Brigitte Berman - Producer, ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT
Co-winner with Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, for DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA.
David Bradbury - Producer, CHILE: HASTA CUANDO?
* Joseph Feury - Producer, Milton Justice - Producer, DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA
Co-winner with Brigitte Berman, for ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT.
Kirk Simon - Producer, ISAAC IN AMERICA: A JOURNEY WITH ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Sharon I. Sopher - Producer, WITNESS TO APARTHEID
Documentary Short Film
(formerly Short Subject)
Alison Nigh-Strelich - Producer, DEBONAIR DANCERS
Sonya Friedman - Producer, THE MASTERS OF DISASTER
Thomas L. Neff - Producer, Madeline Bell - Producer, RED GROOMS: SUNFLOWER IN A HOTHOUSE
Aaron D. Weisblatt - Producer, SAM
* Vivienne Verdon-Roe - Producer, WOMEN—FOR AMERICA, FOR THE WORLD
Film Editing
Ray Lovejoy, ALIENS
Susan E. Morse, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Jim Clark, THE MISSION
* Claire Simpson, PLATOON
Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon, TOP GUN
Makeup
Michael G. Westmore, Michele Burke, THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
* Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis, THE FLY
Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King, LEGEND
Music - Original Score
James Horner, ALIENS
Jerry Goldsmith, HOOSIERS
Ennio Morricone, THE MISSION
* Herbie Hancock, ROUND MIDNIGHT
Leonard Rosenman, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Song
Peter Cetera - Music & Lyrics, David Foster - Music, Diane Nini - Lyrics, THE KARATE KID, PART II
"Glory of Love"
Henry Mancini - Music, Leslie Bricusse - Lyrics, THAT'S LIFE!
"Life in a Looking Glass"
Alan Menken - Music, Howard Ashman - Lyrics, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
James Horner - Music, Barry Mann - Music, Cynthia Weil - Lyrics, AN AMERICAN TAIL
"Somewhere Out There"
* Giorgio Moroder - Music, Tom Whitlock - Lyrics, TOP GUN
"Take My Breath Away"
Animated Short
Hugh MacDonald - Producer, Martin Townsend - Producer, THE FROG, THE DOG AND THE DEVIL
* Linda Van Tulden - Producer, Willem Thijssen - Producer, A GREEK TRAGEDY
John Lasseter - Producer, William Reeves - Producer, LUXO, JR.
Short Films - Live Action
Stefano Reali, Pino Quartullo, EXIT
Fredda Weiss - Producer, LOVE STRUCK
* Chuck Workman - Producer, PRECIOUS IMAGES
Sound
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman, ALIENS
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson, HEARTBREAK RIDGE
* John "Doc" Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye, PLATOON
Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan, TOP GUN
Sound Effects
* Don Sharpe, ALIENS
Mark Mangini, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Cecelia Hall, George Watters, II, TOP GUN
Visual Effects
* Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson, ALIENS
Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil, POLTERGEIST II
Special Achievement
No award given for 1986.
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
No award given for 1986.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
* Ron Grant (Auricle Control Systems)
Richard Benjamin Grant (Auricle Control Systems)
For their invention of the Auricle Film Composer's Time Processing System.
* Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren)
Charles Harrison (Associates and Ferren)
Kenneth Wisner (Associates and Ferren)
For the concept and design of an advanced optical printer.
* Anthony D. Bruno (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories Inc.)
John L. Baptista (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories Inc.)
Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems Inc.)
Bruce W. Keller (Technical Film Systems Inc.)
For the design and engineering of a Continuous-Feed Printer.
* Robert Greenberg (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.)
Joel Hynek (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.)
Eugene Mamut (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.)
Dr. Alfred Thumin (Richmark Camera Service Inc., Oxberry Division)
Elan Lipschitz (Richmark Camera Service Inc., Oxberry Division)
Darryl A. Armour (Richmark Camera Service Inc., Oxberry Division)
For the design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer.
* Professor Fritz Sennheiser (Sennheiser Electronic Corporation)
For the invention of an interference tube directional microphone.
* Richard Edlund (Boss Film Corporation)
Gene Whiteman (Boss Film Corporation)
David Grafton (Boss Film Corporation)
Mark West (Boss Film Corporation)
Jerry Jeffress (Boss Film Corporation)
Bob Wilcox (Boss Film Corporation)
For the design and development of a Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer.
* William L. Fredrick, Hal Needham, For the design and development of the Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
* Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd.
For the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system.
* Peter D. Parks (Oxford Scientific Films' Image Quest Division)
For the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography.
* Matt Sweeney, Lucinda Strub, For the development of an automatic capsule gun for motion picture special effects.
* Carl Holmes (Carl E. Holmes Company)
Alexander Bryce (The Burbank Studios)
For the development of a mobile DC power supply for motion picture production photography.
* Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren)
For the invention of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry.
* John L. Baptista (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories Inc.)
For the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation.
* David W. Samuelson - Program Development, William B. Pollard - New Algorithms, For the development of programs incorporated into a portable computer for motion picture cinematographers based on new algorithms.
* Hal Landaker (The Burbank Studios)
Alan Landaker (The Burbank Studios)
For the development of the Beat System low-frequency cue track for motion picture production sound recording.
Honorary and Other Awards
* Ralph Bellamy, For his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting. Winner presented a Statuette.
* E.M. Lewis, In appreciation for outstanding service in upholding Academy standards. Winner presented a Medal of Commendation.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
* Steven Spielberg,
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
No award given for 1986.
The Gordon E. Sawyer Award
No award given for 1986.