BEST PICTURE:
WRITING (ORIGINAL):
*Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
You Can Count On Me - Kenneth Lonergan
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
*Big Mama - Tracy Seretean
Curtain Call - Chuck Braverman and Steve Kalafer
Dolphins - Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
The Man On Lincoln's Nose - Daniel Raim
On Tiptoe: Gentel Steps To Freedom - Eric Simonson and Leelai Demoz
Dancer In The Dark
"I've Seen It All"
Music by Bjork; Lyric by Lars von Trier and Sjon Sigurdsson
The Emperor's New Groove
"My Funny Friend and Me"
Music by Sting and David Hartley; Lyric by Sting
Meet The Parents
"A Fool In Love"
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Wonder Boys
"Things Have Changed"
Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
SHORT - LIVE ACTION:
By Courier - Peter Riegert and Ericka Frederick
One Day Crossing - Joan Stein and Christina Lazaridi
*Quiero Ser (I Want To Be…) - Florian Gallenberger
Seraglio - Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell
A Soccer Story - Paulo Machline
SOUND EDITING:
Space Cowboys - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
*U-571 - Jon Johnson
Irving G. Thalberg Award:
Dino De Laurentiis
Gordon E. Saywer Award:
Irwin W. Young
Honorary Academy Award:
Jack Cardiff
Ernest Lehman
Academy Award of Merit
(Oscar Statuette)
To Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmull for their significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar's "Renderman."
Their broad professional influence in the industry has inspired and continues to inspire and contribute to the advancement of computer-generated imagery for motion pictures.
Scientific and Engineering Awards
(Academy Plaques)
To AKAI Digital for the design and development of the DD8 Plus digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
To Fairlight for the design and development of the DaD digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
To Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) for the design and development of the Sony DADR 5000 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
To Timeline, Incorporated for the design and development of the MMR 8 digital audio dubber specifically designed for the motion picture industry.
To Joe Wary, Gerald Painter and Colin F. Mossman for the design and development of the Deluxe Laboratories Multi Roller Film Transport System.
To Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics for the electronic and software design of the Lynx C-50 Camera Motor System.
To Al Mayer, Sr. and Al Mayer, Jr., for the mechanical design, Iain Neil for the optical design and Brian Dang for the electronic design of the Panavision Millennium XL Camera System.
Technical Achievement Awards
(Academy Certificates)
To Vic Armstrong for the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls.
To Bill Tondreau of Kuper Systems, Alvah J. Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics, and David Stump of Visual Effects Rental Services for the conception, design and development of data capture systems that enable superior accuracy, efficiency and economy in the creation of composite imagery.
To Leonard Pincus, Ashot Nalbandyan, George Johnson and Tom Kong for the design and development of the Softsun low pressure xenon long-arc light sources, their power supplies and fixtures.
To Glenn Berggren for the concept, Horst Linge for research and development, and Wolfgang Reineke for the final design and production of the Isco-Optic lenses for motion picture projection.
To Udo Schauss and Karl Lenhardt for the optical design, and Ralf Linn and Norbert Brinker for the mechanical design of the Schneider Super Cinelux lenses for motion picture projection.
To Philip Greenstreet of Rosco Laboratories for the concept and development of the Roscolight Day/Night Backdrop.
To Venkat Krishnamurthy for the creation of the Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Development.
To George Borshukov, Kim Libreri and Dan Piponi for the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets.
To John Pytlak for the development of the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) system.
Bonner Medal:
N. Paul Kenworthy Jr.