Oscar statuette ©AMPAS


1993 (66th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1993 (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.

Best Picture

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Winner markerTom Hanks in Philadelphia, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.

Actress in a Leading Role

Winner markerHolly Hunter in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerTommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner markerAnna Paquin in The Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France)

Directing

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Steven Spielberg.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Art direction by Allan Starski; set decoration by Ewa Braun.

Cinematography

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Janusz Kaminski.

Costume Design

Winner markerThe Age of Innocence, Cappa/De Fina Production; Columbia. Gabriella Pescucci.

Documentary

(Feature)

Winner markerI Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, Verité Films Production. Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond.

(Short Subject)

Winner markerDefending Our Lives, Cambridge Documentary Films Production. Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich.

Film Editing

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Michael Kahn.

Foreign Language Film

Winner markerBelle Epoque, Fernando Trueba P.C. (Madrid)/Lola Films (Barcelona)/Animatografo (Lisbon)/French Production (Paris) Production. (Spain, Portugal, France)

Makeup

Winner markerMrs. Doubtfire, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Greg Cannom, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng.

Music

(Original Score)

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. John Williams.

(Original Song)

Winner markerStreets of Philadelphia from Philadelphia, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Music and lyric by Bruce Springsteen.

Short Films

(Animated)

Winner markerThe Wrong Trousers, Aardman Animations Limited Production. (UK) Nick Park.

(Live Action)

Winner markerBlack Rider (Schwarzfahrer), Trans-Film GmbH Production. (Germany) Pepe Danquart.

Sound

Winner markerJurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins.

Sound Effects Editing

Winner markerJurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns.

Visual Effects

Winner markerJurassic Park, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Steven Zaillian.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Winner markerThe Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Jane Campion.

Honorary Award

Winner markerTo Deborah Kerr in appreciation for a full career’s worth of elegant and beautifully crafted performances. [ [Statuette]]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Winner markerPaul Newman

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Winner markerPetro Vlahos

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

Winner markerTo Panavision for the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens.
Winner markerTo Manfred G. Michelson of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors which permits speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

Winner markerTo Mark Leather, Les Dittert, Douglas Smythe and George Joblove for the concept and development of the Digital Motion Picture Retouching System for removing visible rigging and dirt/damage artifacts from original motion picture imagery.
Winner markerTo Fritz Gabriel Bauer for the design, development and manufacture of the Moviecam Compact Modular 35mm motion picture camera system.

(Technical Achievement Award)

Winner markerTo Wally Mills for the concept; and Gary Stadler and Gustave Parada for the design of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System.
Winner markerTo Gary Nuzzi, David Johnsrud and William Blethen for the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System.
Winner markerTo Harry J. Baker for the design and development of the Ronford-Baker Metal Tripods for motion picture photography.
Winner markerTo Michael Dorrough for the design and development of the compound meter known as the Dorrough Audio Level Meter.
Winner markerTo David Degenkolb for the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System to eliminate hazardous waste (silver ion) in wash water and allow recycling of this water.