Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1987. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 nominations and winners from that year.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
James L. Brooks, Producer.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Stanley R. Jaffe and
Sherry Lansing, Producers.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
John Boorman, Producer.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Jeremy Thomas, Producer.
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Patrick Palmer and
Norman Jewison, Producers.
Michael Douglas in
Wall Street, Oaxatal Production; 20th Century Fox.
William Hurt in
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Marcello Mastroianni in
Dark Eyes, Excelsior TV & RAI Uno Production; Island Pictures. (Italy, Soviet Union)
Jack Nicholson in
Ironweed, Taft Entertainment Pictures/Keith Barish Production; Tri-Star.
Robin Williams in
Good Morning, Vietnam, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners III; Buena Vista.
Cher in
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Glenn Close in
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Holly Hunter in
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Sally Kirkland in
Anna, Magnus Film Production; Vestron.
Meryl Streep in
Ironweed, Taft Entertainment Pictures/Keith Barish Production; Tri-Star.
Albert Brooks in
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Sean Connery in
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.
Morgan Freeman in
Street Smart, Cannon Films Production; Cannon Releasing. (USA, Canada)
Vincent Gardenia in
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Denzel Washington in
Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK)
Norma Aleandro in
Gaby—A True Story, G. Brimmer Production; Tri-Star. (USA, Mexico)
Anne Archer in
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Olympia Dukakis in
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Anne Ramsey in
Throw Momma from the Train, Rollins, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion.
Ann Sothern in
The Whales of August, Alive Films Production with Circle Associates; Alive Films.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Adrian Lyne.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
John Boorman.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Bernardo Bertolucci.
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Norman Jewison.
My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. (Sweden)
Lasse Hallstrom.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by
Norman Reynolds; set decoration by
Harry Cordwell.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Art direction by
Anthony Pratt; set decoration by
Joan Woollard.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Art direction by
Ferdinando Scarfiotti; set decoration by
Bruno Cesari and
Osvaldo Desideri.
Radio Days, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Art direction by
Santo Loquasto; set decoration by
Carol Joffe,
Les Bloom and
George DeTitta, Jr.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount. Art direction by
Patrizia Von Brandenstein and
William A. Elliott; set decoration by
Hal Gausman.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Michael Ballhaus.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
Allen Daviau.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
Philippe Rousselot.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Vittorio Storaro.
Matewan, Red Dog Films Production; Cinecom Pictures.
Haskell Wexler.
The Dead, Liffey Films Production; Vestron. (UK, Ireland, USA, West Germany)
Dorothy Jeakins.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
Bob Ringwood.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
James Acheson.
Maurice, Merchant Ivory Productions; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)
Jenny Beavan and
John Bright.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.
Marilyn Vance-Straker.
(Feature)
Radio Bikini, Production of Crossroads Film Project, Ltd.
Robert Stone, Producer.
A Stitch for Time, Production of Peace Quilters Production Company, Inc.
Barbara Herbich and
Cyril Christo, Producers.
(Short Subject)
In the Wee Wee Hours . . ., University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television.
Dr. Frank Daniel and
Izak Ben-Meir, Producers.
Language Says It All, Tripod Production. (USA, Canada)
Megan Williams, Producer.
Silver into Gold, Stanford University Department of Communications.
Lynn Mueller, Producer.
Young at Heart, Sue Marx Films, Inc. Production.
Sue Marx and
Pamela Conn, Producers.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Richard Marks.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
Michael Kahn.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Michael Kahn and
Peter E. Berger.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Gabriella Cristiani.
RoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion.
Frank J. Urioste.
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), NEF (Paris) Production; Orion Classics. (France, West Germany, Italy)
Babette’s Feast, Panorama Film International Production in cooperation with Nordisk Film and the Danish Film Institute. (Denmark)
Course Completed, Nickel Odeon Dos Production. (Spain)
The Family, Massfilm-Cinecitta-Les Films Ariane-Cinemax Production. (Italy, France)
Pathfinder, Filmkameratene Production. (Norway)
Happy New Year, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.
Bob Laden.
Harry and the Hendersons, Universal/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal.
Rick Baker.
(Original Score)
Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK)
George Fenton and
Jonas Gwangwa.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
John Williams.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Ryuichi Sakamoto,
David Byrne and
Cong Su.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.
Ennio Morricone.
The Witches of Eastwick, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
John Williams.
(Original Song)
Cry Freedom from
Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK) Music and lyric by
George Fenton and
Jonas Gwangwa.
(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from
Dirty Dancing, Vestron Pictures Production in association with Great American Films Limited Partnership; Vestron. Music by
Franke Previte,
John DeNicola and
Donald Markowitz; lyric by
Franke Previte.
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now from
Mannequin, Gladden Entertainment Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music and lyric by
Albert Hammond and
Diane Warren.
Shakedown from
Beverly Hills Cop II, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production in association with Eddie Murphy Productions; Paramount. Music by
Harold Faltermeyer and
Keith Forsey; lyric by
Harold Faltermeyer,
Keith Forsey and
Bob Seger.
Storybook Love from
The Princess Bride, Act III Communications Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music and lyric by
Willy DeVille.
(Animated)
George and Rosemary, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)
Eunice Macaulay, Producer.
The Man Who Planted Trees, Société Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (Canada)
Frédéric Back, Producer.
Your Face, Bill Plympton Productions.
Bill Plympton, Producer.
(Live Action)
Making Waves, The Production Pool Ltd. (UK)
Ann Wingate, Producer.
Shoeshine, Tom Abrams Productions.
Robert A. Katz, Producer.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Bill Rowe and
Ivan Sharrock.
(Sound Effects Editing)
RoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion.
Stephen Flick and
John Pospisil.
Predator, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Mexico)
Joel Hynek,
Robert M. Greenberg,
Richard Greenberg and
Stan Winston.
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The Dead, Liffey Films Production; Vestron. (UK, Ireland, USA, West Germany)
Tony Huston.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
James Dearden.
The Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France)
Mark Peploe and
Bernardo Bertolucci.
My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. (Sweden)
Lasse Hallström,
Reidar Jönsson,
Brasse Brännström and
Per Berglund.
(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), NEF (Paris) Production; Orion Classics. (France, West Germany, Italy)
Louis Malle.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
James L. Brooks.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
John Boorman.
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
John Patrick Shanley.
Radio Days, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Woody Allen.
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 27, 1988, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
(Academy Award of Merit)

To
Bernard Kühl and
Werner Block and to the
OSRAM GmbH Research and Development Department for the invention and the continuing improvement of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture photography.
(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To
Willi Burth and
Kinotome Corporation for the invention and development of the Non-rewind Platter System for motion picture presentations.

To
Montage Group, Ltd. for the development, and to
Ronald C. Barker and
Chester L. Schuler for the invention, of the Montage Picture Processor electronic film editing system.

To
Colin F. Mossman and
Rank Film Laboratories’ Development Group for creating a fully-automated, film handling system for improving productivity of high speed film processing.

To
Eastman Kodak Company for the development of Eastman Color High Speed Daylight Negative Film 5297/7297.

To
Eastman Kodak Company for the development of Eastman Color High Speed SA Negative Film 5295 for blue-screen traveling matte photography.

To
Fritz Gabriel Bauer for the invention and development of the improved features of the Moviecam Camera System.

To
Zoran Perisic of Courier Films Ltd. for the Zoptic dual-zoom front projection system for visual effects photography.

To THE
Carl Zeiss Company for the design and development of a series of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography.
(Technical Achievement Award)

To
Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., for the Cat. 43 playback-only noise reduction unit and its practical application to motion picture sound recordings.

To
John Eppolito,
Wally Gentleman,
William Mesa,
Les Paul Robley and
Geoffrey H. Williamson for refinements to a dual screen, front projection, image-compositing system.

To
Jan Jacobsen for the application of a dual screen, front projection system to motion picture special effects photography.

To
Thaine Morris and
David Pier for the development of DSC Spark Devices for motion picture special effects.

To
Tadeuz Krzanowski of Industrial Light and Magic, Inc., for the development of a Wire Rig Model Support Mechanism used to control the movements of miniatures in special effects.

To
Dan C. Norris and
Tim Cook of Norris Film Products for the development of a single-frame exposure system for motion picture photography.
NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 27, 1988, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.