71st Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Picture	Best Director
Shakespeare in Love Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan The Thin Red Line	Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful John Madden – Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line Peter Weir – The Truman Show
Best Actor	Best Actress
Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters Nick Nolte – Affliction Edward Norton – American History X	Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station Meryl Streep – One True Thing Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
James Coburn – Affliction Robert Duvall – A Civil Action Ed Harris – The Truman Show Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan	Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love Kathy Bates – Primary Colors Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Bulworth – Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser Life Is Beautiful – Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol	Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon Out of Sight – Scott Frank Primary Colors – Elaine May A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Original Song
Life Is Beautiful (Italy) Central Station (Brazil) Children of Heaven (Iran) The Grandfather (Spain) Tango (Argentina)	"When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt – Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman "A Soft Place to Fall" from The Horse Whisperer – Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot – Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Last Days – James Moll and Ken Lipper Dancemaker – Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer The Farm: Angola, USA – Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth – Robert B. Weide Regret to Inform – Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole	The Personals – Keiko Ibi A Place in the Land – Charles Guggenheim Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
Election Night – Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen Culture – Will Speck and Josh Gordon Holiday Romance – Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith La Carte Postale – Vivian Goffette Victor – Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall	Bunny – Chris Wedge The Canterbury Tales – Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson Jolly Roger – Mark Baker More – Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer When Life Departs – Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark
Best Original Dramatic Score	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Life Is Beautiful – Nicola Piovani Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder Pleasantville – Randy Newman Saving Private Ryan – John Williams The Thin Red Line – Hans Zimmer	Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck A Bug's Life – Randy Newman Mulan – Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith Patch Adams – Marc Shaiman The Prince of Egypt – Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns Armageddon – George Watters II The Mask of Zorro – David McMoyler	Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ron Judkins Armageddon – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester The Mask of Zorro – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack Shakespeare in Love – Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop The Thin Red Line – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Shakespeare in Love – Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier Elizabeth – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt Pleasantville – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart Saving Private Ryan – Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh What Dreams May Come – Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr	Saving Private Ryan – Janusz Kamiński A Civil Action – Conrad L. Hall Elizabeth – Remi Adefarasin Shakespeare in Love – Richard Greatrex The Thin Red Line – John Toll
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Elizabeth – Jenny Shircore Saving Private Ryan – Lois Burwell, Conor O’Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke Shakespeare in Love – Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner	Shakespeare in Love – Sandy Powell Beloved – Colleen Atwood Elizabeth – Alexandra Byrne Pleasantville – Judianna Makovsky Velvet Goldmine – Sandy Powell
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn Life Is Beautiful – Simona Paggi Out of Sight – Anne V. Coates Shakespeare in Love – David Gamble The Thin Red Line – Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein	What Dreams May Come – Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack Armageddon – Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier Mighty Joe Young – Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell