69th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Picture	Best Director
The English Patient – Saul Zaentz Fargo – Ethan Coen Jerry Maguire – James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing-Williams Shine – Jane Scott	Anthony Minghella – The English Patient Joel Coen – Fargo Miloš Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt Scott Hicks – Shine Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
Best Actor	Best Actress
Geoffrey Rush – Shine Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade	Frances McDormand – Fargo Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies Diane Keaton – Marvin's Room Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire William H. Macy – Fargo Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine Edward Norton – Primal Fear James Woods – Ghosts of Mississippi	Juliette Binoche – The English Patient Joan Allen – The Crucible Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen Jerry Maguire – Cameron Crowe Lone Star – John Sayles Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh Shine – Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks	Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton The Crucible – Arthur Miller The English Patient – Anthony Minghella Hamlet – Kenneth Branagh Trainspotting – John Hodge
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Original Song
Kolya (Czech Republic) Prisoner of the Mountains (Russia) A Chef in Love (Georgia) Ridicule (France) The Other Side of Sunday (Norway)	*"You Must Love Me" from Evita* – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Tim Rice** "I Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces – Music and Lyric by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert “Mutt” Lange "For the First Time" from One Fine Day – Music and Lyric by James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do! – Music and Lyric by Adam Schlesinger "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close & Personal – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
When We Were Kings – Leon Gast and David Sonenberg The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story – Susan W. Dryfoos Mandela – Jo Menell and Angus Gibson Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse – Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press – Rick Goldsmith	Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien – Jessica Yu Cosmic Voyage – Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck An Essay on Matisse – Perry Wolff Special Effects: Anything Can Happen – Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage – Paul Seydor and Nick Redman
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
Dear Diary – David Frankel and Barry Jossen De tripas, corazón – Antonio Urrutia Ernst & lyset – Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen Esposados – Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Senza parole – Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo	Quest – Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach Canhead – Timothy Hittle La Salla – National Film Board of Canada - Richard Condie Wat's Pig – Peter Lord
Best Original Dramatic Score	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
The English Patient – Gabriel Yared Hamlet – Patrick Doyle Michael Collins – Elliot Goldenthal Shine – David Hirschfelder Sleepers – John Williams	Emma – Rachel Portman The First Wives Club – Marc Shaiman The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz James and the Giant Peach – Randy Newman The Preacher's Wife – Hans Zimmer
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
The Ghost and the Darkness – Bruce Stambler Daylight – Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker Eraser – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman	The English Patient – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman Evita – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston Independence Day – Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler The Rock – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester Twister – Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell and Geoffrey Patterson
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
The English Patient – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephanie McMillan The Birdcage – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik Evita – Art Direction: Brian Morris; Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure Hamlet – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tim Harvey William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet – Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch	The English Patient – John Seale Evita – Darius Khondji Fargo – Roger Deakins Fly Away Home – Caleb Deschanel Michael Collins – Chris Menges
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson Ghosts of Mississippi – Matthew W.Mangle and Deborah La Mia Denaver Star Trek: First Contact – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber	The English Patient – Ann Roth Angels and Insects – Paul Brown Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne Emma – Ruth Myers The Portrait of a Lady – Janet Patterson
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
The English Patient – Walter Murch Evita – Gerry Hambling Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen Jerry Maguire – Joe Hutshing Shine – Pip Karmel	Independence Day – Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil Dragonheart – Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta