Academy Awards, USA: 1998

Oscar

Best Picture
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - James Cameron, Jon Landau
  

  Other Nominees:

• As Good As It Gets (1997) - James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
  
• Full Monty, The (1997) - Uberto Pasolini
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Lawrence Bender
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael G. Nathanson
  

Best Actor
  Winner:

• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Jack Nicholson
  

  Other Nominees:

• Apostle, The (1997) - Robert Duvall
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Matt Damon
  
• Ulee's Gold (1997) - Peter Fonda
  
• Wag the Dog (1997) - Dustin Hoffman
  

Best Actress
  Winner:

• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Helen Hunt
  

  Other Nominees:

• Afterglow (1997) - Julie Christie
  
• Mrs. Brown (1997) - Judi Dench
  
• Titanic (1997) - Kate Winslet
  
• Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Helena Bonham Carter
  

Best Supporting Actor
  Winner:

• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Robin Williams
  

  Other Nominees:

• Amistad (1997) - Anthony Hopkins
  
• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Greg Kinnear
  
• Boogie Nights (1997) - Burt Reynolds
  
• Jackie Brown (1997) - Robert Forster
  

Best Supporting Actress
  Winner:

• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Kim Basinger
  

  Other Nominees:

• Boogie Nights (1997) - Julianne Moore
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Minnie Driver
  
• In & Out (1997) - Joan Cusack
  
• Titanic (1997) - Gloria Stuart
  

Best Director
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - James Cameron
  

  Other Nominees:

• Full Monty, The (1997) - Peter Cattaneo
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Gus Van Sant
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Curtis Hanson
  
• Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) - Atom Egoyan
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
  Winner:

• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
  

  Other Nominees:

• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Mark Andrus (also story), James L. Brooks
  
• Boogie Nights (1997) - Paul Thomas Anderson
  
• Deconstructing Harry (1997) - Woody Allen
  
• Full Monty, The (1997) - Simon Beaufoy
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  Winner:

• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
  

  Other Nominees:

• Donnie Brasco (1997) - Paul Attanasio
  
• Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) - Atom Egoyan
  
• Wag the Dog (1997) - Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
  
• Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Hossein Amini
  

Best Cinematography
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Russell Carpenter
  

  Other Nominees:

• Amistad (1997) - Janusz Kaminski
  
• Kundun (1997) - Roger Deakins
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Dante Spinotti
  
• Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Eduardo Serra
  

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Peter Lamont (art director), Michael Ford (set decorator)
  

  Other Nominees:

• Gattaca (1997) - Jan Roelfs (art director), Nancy Nye (set decorator)
  
• Kundun (1997) - Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca LoSchiavo (set decorator)
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director), Jay Hart (set decorator)
  
• Men in Black (1997) - Bo Welch (art director), Cheryl Carasik (set decorator)
  

Best Costume Design
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Deborah Lynn Scott
  

  Other Nominees:

• Amistad (1997) - Ruth E. Carter
  
• Kundun (1997) - Dante Ferretti
  
• Oscar and Lucinda (1997) - Janet Patterson
  
• Wings of the Dove, The (1997) - Sandy Powell
  

Best Sound
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
  

  Other Nominees:

• Air Force One (1997) - Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill, Keith A. Wester
  
• Con Air (1997) - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Art Rochester
  
• Contact (1997/I) - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis
  

Best Film Editing
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
  

  Other Nominees:

• Air Force One (1997) - Richard Francis-Bruce
  
• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Richard Marks
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Pietro Scalia
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Peter Honess
  

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
  

  Other Nominees:

• Face/Off (1997) - Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg
  
• Fifth Element, The (1997) - Mark A. Mangini
  

Best Effects, Visual Effects
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
  

  Other Nominees:

• Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) - Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randy Dutra, Michael Lantieri
  
• Starship Troopers (1997) - Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson
  

Best Makeup
  Winner:

• Men in Black (1997) - Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
  

  Other Nominees:

• Mrs. Brown (1997) - Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverly Binda
  
• Titanic (1997) - Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
  

Best Music, Song
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - James Horner (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)
  - For the song "My Heart Will Go On", performed by C駘ine Dion.
  

  Other Nominees:

• Anastasia (1997) - Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
  - For the song "Journey To The Past".
  
• Con Air (1997) - Diane Warren
  - For the song "How Do I Live".
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Elliott Smith
  - For the song "Miss Misery".
  
• Hercules (1997/I) - Alan Menken (music), David Zippel (lyrics)
  - For the song "Go The Distance".
  

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
  Winner:

• Titanic (1997) - James Horner
  

  Other Nominees:

• Amistad (1997) - John Williams
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997) - Danny Elfman
  
• Kundun (1997) - Philip Glass
  
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - Jerry Goldsmith
  

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score
  Winner:

• Full Monty, The (1997) - Anne Dudley
  

  Other Nominees:

• Anastasia (1997) - Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, David Newman
  
• As Good As It Gets (1997) - Hans Zimmer
  
• Men in Black (1997) - Danny Elfman
  
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) - James Newton Howard
  

Best Short Films, Animated Films
  Winner:

• Geri's Game (1997) - Jan Pinkava
  

  Other Nominees:

• Famous Fred (1996) - Joanna Quinn
  
• Mermaid (1997) - Aleksandr Petrov
  
• Redux Riding Hood (1997) - Steve Moore
  
• Vieille dame et les pigeons, La (1996) - Sylvain Chomet
  

Best Short Films, Live Action
  Winner:

• Visas and Virtue (1997) - Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue, Tim Toyama
  

  Other Nominees:

• Dance Lexie Dance (1997) - Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
  
• It's Good to Talk (1997) - Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
  
• Skal vi være kærester? (1997) - Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
  
• Wolfgang (1998) - Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
  

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
  Winner:

• Story of Healing, A (1997) - Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
  

  Other Nominees:

• Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (1997) - George Casey, Paul Novros
  
• Amazon (1997) - Kieth Merrill, Jonathan Stern
  
• Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride (1997) (TV) - Terri Randall
  
• Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997) - Mel Damski, Andrea Blaugrund
  

Best Documentary, Features
  Winner:

• Long Way Home, The (1997) - Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
  

  Other Nominees:

• 4 Little Girls (1997) - Spike Lee, Samuel D. Pollard
  
• Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997) - Michael Paxton
  
• Colors Straight Up (1997) - Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
  
• Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) - William Gazecki
  

Best Foreign Language Film
  Winner:

• Karakter (1997)
  - The Netherlands.
  

  Other Nominees:

• Jenseits der Stille (1996)
  - Germany.
  
• O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (1997)
  - Brazil.
  
• Secretos del corazón (1997)
  - Spain.
  
• Vor (1997)
  - Russia.
  

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Gordon E. Sawyer Award

  Winner:

• Don Iwerks
  

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Scientific and Engineering Award

  Winner:

• Dominique Boisvert, Rejean Gagne, Daniel Langlois, Richard Laperriere
  - For the development of the "Actor" animation component of the Softimage computer animation system.
  
  
• John Gibson, Rob Krieger, Milan Novacek, Glen Ozymok, Dave Springer
  - For the development of the geometric modeling component of the Alias PowerAnimator system.
  
  
• Kirk Handley, Ray Meluch, Scott Robinson, Wilson Allen, John Neary
  - For the design, development and implementation of the Dolby CP500 Digital Cinema Processor.
  
  
• Al Jensen (CEI Technology), Chuck Headley (CEI Technology), Jean Messner (CEI Technology), Hazem Nabulsi (CEI Technology)
  - For the production of a self-contained, flicker-free, Color Video-Assist Camera.
  
  
• Joel Johnson (O'Connor Laboratories)
  - For the unique design improvement in fluid-head counter-balancing techniques as used in the O'Connor Laboratories' Model 2575.
  
  
• Bill Kovacs, Roy Hall
  - For the creative leadership (Kovacs) and the principal engineering (Hall) efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.
  
  
• Eben Ostby, William Reeves, Sam Leffler, Tom Duff
  - For the development of the Marionette Three-Dimensional Computer Animation System.
  
  
• Craig W. Reynolds
  - For his pioneering contributions to the development of three-dimensional computer animation for motion picture production.
  
  
• Richard Shoup, Alvy Ray Smith, Thomas Porter
  - For their pioneering efforts in the development of digital paint systems used in motion picture production.
  
  

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Technical Achievement Award

  Winner:

• James A. Cashin, Roger Hibbard, Larry Jacobson
  - For the design, development and implementation of a projection system analyzer.
  
  
• Richard Chuang, Glenn Entis, Carl Rosendahl
  - For the concept and architecture of the Pacific Data Images (PDI) Animation System.
  
  
• Philip Cory
  - For the design and development of the Special Effects Spark Generator.
  
  
• Clark F. Crites
  - For the design and development of the ELF 1-C Endless Loop Film Transport and storage system.
  
  
• James F. Foley (UCISCO), Charles Converse (UCISCO), F. Edward Gardner (UCISCO), Bob Stoker, Matt Sweeney
  - For the development and realization of the Liquid Synthetic Air system.
  
  
• Jim Frazier, Iain Neil, Rick Gelbard
  - For the concept (Frazier) and the design and development (Neil/Gelbard) of the Panavision/Frazier Lens System for motion picture photography.
  
  
• Greg Hermanovic, Kim Davidson, Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin
  - For the development of the procedural modeling and animation components of the Prisms software package.
  
  
• Jim Keating, Michael Wahrman, Richard E. Hollander
  - For their contributions that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer computer graphics system.
  
  
• Dan Leimeter, Bob Weitz
  - For the development and implementation of a Portable Adjustment Tool for T-Style Slit Lens Assemblies.
  
  
• James M. Reilly (Rochester Institute of Technology), Douglas W. Nishimura (Rochester Institute of Technology), Monique C. Fisher (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  - For the creation of A-D Strips, a diagnostic tool for the detection of the presence of vinegar syndrome in processed acetate-based motion picture film.
  
  

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Medal of Commendation

  Winner:

• Peter Clark
  - For outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy.
  
  

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Honorary Award

  Winner:

• Stanley Donen
  - In appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation (Oscar statuette).
  
  

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Academy Award of Merit

  Winner:

• Gunnar P. Michelson
  - For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.
  
  

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