Awards for 1992
Picture
* Clint Eastwood UNFORGIVEN
Stephen Woolley THE CRYING GAME
David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman A FEW GOOD MEN
Ismail Merchant HOWARDS END
Martin Brest SCENT OF A WOMAN
Actor
* Al Pacino SCENT OF A WOMAN
Robert Downey, Jr. CHAPLIN
Clint Eastwood UNFORGIVEN
Stephen Rea THE CRYING GAME
Denzel Washington MALCOLM X
Actress
* Emma Thompson HOWARDS END
Catherine Deneuve INDOCHINE
Mary McDonnell PASSION FISH
Michelle Pfeiffer LOVE FIELD
Susan Sarandon LORENZO'S OIL
Supporting Actor
* Gene Hackman UNFORGIVEN
Jaye Davidson THE CRYING GAME
Jack Nicholson A FEW GOOD MEN
Al Pacino GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
David Paymer MR. SATURDAY NIGHT
Supporting Actress
* Marisa Tomei MY COUSIN VINNY
Judy Davis HUSBANDS AND WIVES
Joan Plowright ENCHANTED APRIL
Vanessa Redgrave HOWARDS END
Miranda Richardson DAMAGE
Director
* Clint Eastwood UNFORGIVEN
Neil Jordan THE CRYING GAME
James Ivory HOWARDS END
Robert Altman THE PLAYER
Martin Brest SCENT OF A WOMAN
Writing - Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
* Neil Jordan THE CRYING GAME
Woody Allen HUSBANDS AND WIVES
George Miller, Nick Enright LORENZO'S OIL
John Sayles PASSION FISH
David Webb Peoples UNFORGIVEN
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala HOWARDS END
Peter Barnes ENCHANTED APRIL
Michael Tolkin THE PLAYER
Richard Friedenberg A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Bo Goldman SCENT OF A WOMAN
Cinematography
* Philippe Rousselot A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Stephen H. Burum HOFFA
Tony Pierce-Roberts HOWARDS END
Robert Fraisse THE LOVER
Jack N. Green UNFORGIVEN
Art Direction
* Luciana Arrighi - Art Direction, Ian Whittaker - Set Decoration HOWARDS END
Thomas Sanders - Art Direction, Garrett Lewis - Set Decoration BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Stuart Craig - Art Direction, Chris A. Butler - Set Decoration CHAPLIN
Ferdinando Scarfiotti - Art Direction, Linda DeScenna - Set Decoration TOYS
Henry Bumstead - Art Direction, Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Decoration UNFORGIVEN
Sound
* Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane ALADDIN
Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Bob Eber A FEW GOOD MEN
Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Rick Hart, Scott Smith UNDER SIEGE
Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, Rob Young UNFORGIVEN
Song
* Alan Menken - Music, Tim Rice - Lyrics ALADDIN, "Whole New World"
Robert Kraft - Music, Arne Glimcher - Lyrics THE MAMBO KINGS, "Beautiful Maria of My Soul"
Alan Menken - Music, Howard Ashman - Lyrics ALADDIN, "Friend Like Me"
David Foster - Music, Linda Thompson - Lyrics THE BODYGUARD, "I Have Nothing"
Jud Friedman - Music, Allan Rich - Lyrics THE BODYGUARD, "Run to You"
Music - Original Score
* Alan Menken ALADDIN
Jerry Goldsmith BASIC INSTINCT
John Barry CHAPLIN
Richard Robbins HOWARDS END
Mark Isham A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Film Editing
* Joel Cox UNFORGIVEN
Frank J. Urioste BASIC INSTINCT
Kant Pan THE CRYING GAME
Robert Leighton A FEW GOOD MEN
Geraldine Peroni THE PLAYER
Costume Design
* Eiko Ishioka BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Sheena Napier ENCHANTED APRIL
Jenny Beavan, John Bright HOWARDS END
Ruth Carter MALCOLM X
Albert Wolsky TOYS
Makeup
* Greg Cannom, Michele Burke, Matthew W. Mungle BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston BATMAN RETURNS
Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake HOFFA
Visual Effects
* Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff DEATH BECOMES HER
Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr., George Gibbs ALIEN³
Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak BATMAN RETURNS
Sound Effects Editing
* Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Mark Mangini ALADDIN
John Leveque, Bruce Stambler UNDER SIEGE
Short Films - Animated Short
* Joan C. Gratz MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
Peter Lord ADAM
Michaela Pavlatova RECI, RECI, RECI...
Paul Berry THE SANDMAN
Barry J. C. Purves SCREEN PLAY
Short Films - Live Action
* Sam Karmann OMNIBUS
Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel CONTACT
Matt Palmieri CRUISE CONTROL
Christian M. Taylor THE LADY IN WAITING
Kenneth Branagh SWAN SONG
Documentary Short Subject
* Thomas C. Goodwin, Gerardine Wurzburg EDUCATING PETER
Geoffrey O'Connor AT THE EDGE OF CONQUEST: THE JOURNEY OF CHIEF WAI-WAI
Wendy L. Weinberg BEYOND IMAGINING: MARGARET ANDERSON AND THE "LITTLE REVIEW"
Richard Elson, Sally Bochner THE COLOURS OF MY FATHER: A PORTRAIT OF SAM BORENSTEIN
Dorothy Fadiman WHEN ABORTION WAS ILLEGAL: UNTOLD STORIES
Documentary Feature
* Barbara Trent, David Kasper THE PANAMA DECEPTION
David Haugland CHANGING OUR MINDS: THE STORY OF DR. EVELYN HOOKER
Sally Dundas FIRES OF KUWAIT
William Miles, Nina Rosenblum LIBERATORS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS IN WORLD WAR II
Margaret Smilov, Roma Baran MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES: BERNARD HERRMANN
Foreign Language Film
* INDOCHINE (France)
CLOSE TO EDEN (Russia)
DAENS (Belgium)
SCHTONK (Germany)
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1992.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Audrey Hepburn. Awarded posthumously to Ms. Hepburn for her work as Unicef's ambassador to the world's children. Award accepted by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer.
Elizabeth Taylor for her work in the fight against AIDS.
The Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Erich Kaestner for technical contributions that have brought credit to the motion Picture industry.
Honorary and Other Awards
Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers. Winner presented a Statuette.
Special Achievement
No award given for 1992.
Academy Award of Merit
Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories) for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion Picture photography.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Tom Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca, Darwyn Peachy for development of RenderMan software providing the means to digitally create scenes or elements that may be composited with other footage.
Claus Wiedemann, Robert Orban, Dolby Laboratories for the design and development of the Dolby Container, a stereo five-band audio processor that limits signals in the selected band or bands, then removes resulting harmonics, allowing creative use of an analog Soundtrack with increased dynamic range.
Ken Bates for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System, which provides a means for significantly increasing the safety of high stunt falls.
Al Mayer, Iain Neil, George Kraemer, Hans Spirawski, Bill Eslick, Don Earl for the design and technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion Picture photography.
Douglas Trumbull, Geoffrey H. Williamson, Robert D. Auguste, Edmund M. DiGiulio for the concept, design, and camera system of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion Picture photography-the first modern 65mm camera to be developed in twenty-five years.
Arriflex Corp., Otto Blaschek, Engineering Department of the ARRI, Austria for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion Picture photography.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
Ira Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corp.) for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion Picture photography, which provides a graded range of contrast reduction filters with excellent consistency over the entire frame area.
Robert R. Burton (Audio Rents Inc.) for the development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner, a method of processing Sound track by allowing the Sound mixer to work on separate bands of the audio spectrum.
To Iain Neil, for the optical design and Kaz Fudana, for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens, which allows for the focus plane to be tipped and rotated so that near and far objects can be simultaneously brought into focus.
To Tom Brigham, for the original concept and pioneering work; and Douglas Smythe and the Computer Graphics Department of Industrial Light & Magic for the development and first implementation in feature motion Pictures of the MORF system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images.
Medal of Commendation
Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.