Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1986 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the winners from that year.
Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Arnold Kopelson, Producer.
Paul Newman in
The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista.
Marlee Matlin in
Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount.
Michael Caine in
Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Dianne Wiest in
Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Oliver Stone.
A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Art direction by
Gianni Quaranta and
Brian Ackland-Snow; set decoration by
Brian Savegar and
Elio Altramura.
The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France)
Chris Menges.
A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)
Jenny Beavan and
John Bright.
(Feature)
(Short Subject)
Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Claire Simpson.
The Assault, Fons Rademakers Production B.V. for Cannon Group Holland. (Netherlands)
The Fly, Brooksfilms Limited Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, UK, Canada)
Chris Walas and
Stephan Dupuis.
(Original Score)
’Round Midnight, Irwin Winkler Production; Warner Bros. (USA, France)
Herbie Hancock.
(Original Song)
Take My Breath Away from
Top Gun, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Music by
Giorgio Moroder; lyric by
Tom Whitlock.
(Animated)
(Live Action)
Precious Images, Calliope Films, Inc.
Chuck Workman, Producer.
Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK)
Don Sharpe.
Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK)
Robert Skotak,
Stan Winston,
John Richardson and
Suzanne Benson.
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Woody Allen.
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Ralph Bellamy, for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting. [ [Statuette]]
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E. M. (Al) Lewis, in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [Medal of Commendation]]
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
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Bran Ferren,
Charles Harrison and
Kenneth Wisner of Associates and Ferren for the concept and design of an advanced optical printer.
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Richard Benjamin Grant and
Ron Grant of Auricle Control Systems for their invention of the Film Composer’s Time Processor.
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Anthony D. Bruno and
John L. Baptista of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories Incorporated and to
Manfred G. Michelson and
Bruce W. Keller of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and engineering of a Continuous-Feed Printer.
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Robert Greenberg,
Joel Hynek and
Eugene Mamut OF R/Greenberg Associates, Incorporated, and to
Dr. Alfred Thumim,
Elan Lipschitz and
Darryl A. Armour of the Oxberry Division of Richmark Camera Service, Incorporated, for the design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer.
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Professor Fritz Sennheiser of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation for the invention of an interference tube directional microphone.
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Richard Edlund,
Gene Whiteman,
David Grafton,
Mark West,
Jerry Jeffress and
Bob Wilcox of Boss Film Corporation for the design and development of a Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer.
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William L. Fredrick and
Hal Needham for the design and development of the Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane.
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Lee Electric (Lighting) Limited for the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system.
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Peter D. Parks of Oxford Scientific Films’ Image Quest Division for the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography.
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Matt Sweeney and
Lucinda Strub for the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects.
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Carl Holmes of Carl E. Holmes Company and to
Alexander Bryce of The Burbank Studios for the development of a mobile DC power supply unit for motion picture production photography.
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Bran Ferren of Associates and Ferren for the development of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry.
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John L. Baptista of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories, Inc. for the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation.
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David W. Samuelson for the development of programs incorporated into a pocket computer for motion picture cinematographers, and to
William B. Pollard for contributing new algorithms on which the programs are based.
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Hal Landaker and
Alan Landaker of The Burbank Studios for the development of the Beat System low-frequency cue track for motion picture production sound recording.