Awards for 1989
Picture
BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
DEAD POETS SOCIETY Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
* DRIVING MISS DAISY Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
FIELD OF DREAMS Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
MY LEFT FOOT Noel Pearson
Actor
Kenneth Branagh HENRY V
Tom Cruise BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Morgan Freeman DRIVING MISS DAISY
* Daniel Day-Lewis MY LEFT FOOT
Robin Williams DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Actress
Isabelle Adjani CAMILLE CLAUDEL
Pauline Collins SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Jessica Lange MUSIC BOX
Michelle Pfeiffer THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
* Jessica Tandy DRIVING MISS DAISY
Supporting Actor
Danny Aiello DO THE RIGHT THING
Dan Aykroyd DRIVING MISS DAISY
Marlon Brando A DRY WHITE SEASON
Martin Landau CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
* Denzel Washington GLORY
Supporting Actress
Anjelica Huston ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY
* Brenda Fricker MY LEFT FOOT
Lena Olin ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY
Julia Roberts STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Dianne Wiest PARENTHOOD
Director
* Oliver Stone BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Woody Allen CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Peter Weir DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Kenneth Branagh HENRY V
Jim Sheridan MY LEFT FOOT
Writing - Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
Woody Allen CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
* Tom Schulman DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Spike Lee DO THE RIGHT THING
Steven Soderbergh SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE
Nora Ephron WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
* Alfred Uhry DRIVING MISS DAISY
Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY
Phil Alden Robinson FIELD OF DREAMS
Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton MY LEFT FOOT
Cinematography
Mikael Salomon THE ABYSS
Haskell Wexler BLAZE
Robert Richardson BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Michael Ballhaus THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
* Freddie Francis GLORY
Art Direction
Leslie Dilley - Art Direction, Anne Kuljian - Set Decorator THE ABYSS
Dante Ferretti , Francesca Lo Schiavo THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
* Anton Furst - Art Direction, Peter Young - Set Decorator BATMAN
Bruno Rubeo - Art Direction, Crispian Sallis - Set Decorator DRIVING MISS DAISY
Norman Garwood - Art Direction, Garrett Lewis - Set Decorator GLORY
Sound
Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff THE ABYSS
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester BLACK RAIN
Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, Tod A. Maitland BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY
* Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams, II GLORY
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE
Song
Tom Snow- Music, Dean Pitchford- Lyrics CHANCES ARE, "After All"
Marvin Hamlisch (M), Alan & Marilyn Bergman (L) SHIRLEY VALENTINE, "The Girl Who Used to Be Me"
Randy Newman - Music & Lyrics PARENTHOOD, "I Love to See You Smile"
Alan Menken - Music, Howard Ashman - Lyrics THE LITTLE MERMAID, "Kiss the Girl"
* Alan Menken - Music, Howard Ashman - Lyrics THE LITTLE MERMAID, "Under the Sea"
Music - Original Score
John Williams BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Dave Grusin THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
James Horner FIELD OF DREAMS
John Williams INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
* Alan Menken THE LITTLE MERMAID
Film Editing
Noelle Boisson THE BEAR
* David Brenner, Joe Hutshing BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Mark Warner DRIVING MISS DAISY
William Steinkamp THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
Steven Rosenblum GLORY
Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Elizabeth McBride DRIVING MISS DAISY
Joe I. Tompkins HARLEM NIGHTS
* Phyllis Dalton HENRY V
Theodor Pistek VALMONT
Makeup
Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson DAD
* Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney DRIVING MISS DAISY
Visual Effects
* John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak THE ABYSS
Richard Conway, Kent Houston THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
Sound Effects Editing
Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger BLACK RAIN
* Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE
Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray LETHAL WEAPON 2
Short Films - Animated Short
* BALANCE Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
THE COW Alexander Petrov
THE HILL FARM Mark Baker
Short Films - Live Action
AMAZON DIARY Robert Nixon
THE CHILDEATER Jonathan Tammuz
* WORK EXPERIENCE James Hendrie
Documentary Short Subject
FINE FOOD, FINE PASTRIES, OPEN 6 TO 9 David Petersen
* THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD Charles Guggenheim
YAD VASHEM: PRESERVING THE PAST TO ENSURE THE FUTURE Ray Errol Fox
Documentary Feature
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL Richard Kilberg, Yvonne Smith
* COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT Robert Epstein, Bill Couturie
CRACK USA: COUNTY UNDER SIEGE Vince DiPersio, William Guttentag
FOR ALL MANKIND Al Reinert, Betsy Broyles Breir
SUPER CHIEF: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EARL WARREN Judith Leonard, Bill Jersey
Foreign Language Film
CAMILLE CLAUDEL (France)
JESUS OF MONTREAL (Canada)
* CINEMA PARADISO (Italy)
SANTIAGO, THE STORY OF HIS NEW LIFE (Puerto Rico)
WALTZING REGITZE (Denmark)
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1989.
Honorary and Other Awards
Akira Kurosawa for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Howard W. Koch
Special Achievement
No award given for 1989.
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
No award given for 1989.
The Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Pierre Angenieux for technical contributions that have brought credit to the motion Picture industry.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
James Ketcham (JSK Engineering) for engineering and the broad adaptability of the SDA521B Advance/Retard system for magnetic film Sound dubbing.
To J. Noxon Leavitt, for the invention of, and Istec, Incorporated, for the continuing development of the Wescam Stabilized Camera System.
To Geoffrey H. Williamson of Wilcam Photo Research, Incorporated, for the design and development, and to Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and development of the Wilcam W-7 200 frames-per-second VistaVision Rotating Mirror Reflex Camera.
To J. L. Fisher of J. L. Fisher Incorporated, for the design and manufacture of a small, mobile motion Picture camera platform known as the Fisher Model Ten Dolly.
To Klaus Resch for the design, Erich Fitz and FGV Schmidle & Fitz for the development of the Super Panther MS-180 Camera Dolly.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
Dr. Leo Catozzo for the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo Self- Perforating Adhesive Tape Film Splicer.
Magna-Tech Electronic Company for the introduction of the first remotely controlled Advance/Retard function for magnetic film Sound dubbing.
Special Commendation
AMPAS commends the contributions of the members of the engineering committees of SMPTE. By establishing industry standards, they have greatly contributed to making film a primary form of international communication.