1986 (59th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1986. 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.

Best Picture

Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount. Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers.

Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Robert Greenhut, Producer.

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, Producers.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Arnold Kopelson, Producer.

A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Ismail Merchant, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role

Dexter Gordon in ’Round Midnight, Irwin Winkler Production; Warner Bros. (USA, France)

Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa, Palace/HandMade Production; Island Pictures. (UK)

William Hurt in Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount.

Paul Newman in The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista.

James Woods in Salvador, Hemdale Film Production; Hemdale Releasing. (UK, USA, Mexico)

Actress in a Leading Role

Jane Fonda in The Morning After, Lorimar Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox.

Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount.

Sissy Spacek in Crimes of the Heart, Crimes of the Heart Production; Dino De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.

Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married, Rastar Productions; Tri-Star.

Sigourney Weaver in Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Berenger in Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)

Michael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.

Willem Dafoe in Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)

Denholm Elliott in A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)

Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers, Carter De Haven Production; Orion. (UK, USA)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Tess Harper in Crimes of the Heart, Crimes of the Heart Production; Dino De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.

Piper Laurie in Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista.

Maggie Smith in A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)

Dianne Wiest in Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.

Directing

Blue Velvet, Blue Velvet S.A. Production; Dino De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. David Lynch.

Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Roland Joffé.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Oliver Stone.

A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) James Ivory.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Art direction by Peter Lamont; set decoration by Crispian Sallis.

The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista. Art direction by Boris Leven; set decoration by Karen A. O’Hara.

Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Art direction by Stuart Wurtzel; set decoration by Carol Joffe.

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Art direction by Stuart Craig; set decoration by Jack Stephens.

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.

Cinematography

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Chris Menges.

Peggy Sue Got Married, Rastar Productions; Tri-Star. Jordan Cronenweth.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Robert Richardson.

A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Tony Pierce-Roberts.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Harve Bennett Production; Paramount. Don Peterman.

Costume Design

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Enrico Sabbatini.

Otello, Cannon Production; Cannon Releasing. (Netherlands, Italy, USA) Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti.

Peggy Sue Got Married, Rastar Productions; Tri-Star. Theadora Van Runkle.

Pirates, Carthago Films Production in association with Accent Cominco; Cannon Releasing. (France, Tunisia) Anthony Powell.

A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Jenny Beavan and John Bright.

Documentary

(Feature)

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got, Bridge Film Production. (Canada) Brigitte Berman, Producer.

Chile: Hasta Cuando?, David Bradbury Productions. (USA, Australia) David Bradbury, Producer.

Down and Out in America, Joseph Feury Production. Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers.

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, Film by Amram Nowak Associates. Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers.

Witness to Apartheid, Production of Developing News Inc. Sharon I. Sopher, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Debonair Dancers, Alison Nigh-Strelich Production. (Canada) Alison Nigh-Strelich, Producer.

The Masters of Disaster, Indiana University Audio Visual Center. Sonya Friedman, Producer.

Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse, Polaris Entertainment Production. Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers.

Sam, Film by Aaron D. Weisblatt. Aaron D. Weisblatt, Producer.

Women—For America, for the World, Educational Film & Video Project. Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer.

Film Editing

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Ray Lovejoy.

Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Susan E. Morse.

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Jim Clark.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Claire Simpson.

Top Gun, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon.

Foreign Language Film

The Assault, Fons Rademakers Production B.V. for Cannon Group Holland. (Netherlands)

Betty Blue, Gaumont Presentation of a Constellation/Cargo Production. (France)

The Decline of the American Empire, Malofilm Group/National Film Board of Canada Production. (Canada)

My Sweet Little Village, Barrandov Film Studios Production. (Czechoslovakia)

“38”, Arabella Film/Satel Film Production. (Austria, West Germany)

Makeup

The Clan of the Cave Bear, Warner Bros. and PSO Production; Warner Bros. Michael G. Westmore and Michèle Burke.

The Fly, Brooksfilms Limited Production; 20th Century-Fox. (USA, UK, Canada) Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis.

Legend, Legend Company Production; Universal. (USA, UK) Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King.

Music

(Original Score)

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) James Horner.

Hoosiers, Carter De Haven Production; Orion. (UK, USA) Jerry Goldsmith.

The Mission, Warner Bros./Goldcrest and Kingsmere Production; Warner Bros. (UK, France) Ennio Morricone.

’Round Midnight, Irwin Winkler Production; Warner Bros. (USA, France) Herbie Hancock.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Harve Bennett Production; Paramount. Leonard Rosenman.

(Original Song)

Glory of Love from The Karate Kid Part II, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; lyric by Peter Cetera and Diane Nini.

Life in a Looking Glass from That’s Life, Paradise Cove/Ubilam Production; Columbia. Music by Henry Mancini; lyric by Leslie Bricusse.

Mean Green Mother from Outer Space from Little Shop of Horrors, Geffen Company Production; Geffen Company through Warner Bros. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.

Somewhere out There from An American Tail, Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; lyric by Cynthia Weil.

Take My Breath Away from Top Gun, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Music by Giorgio Moroder; lyric by Tom Whitlock.

Short Films

(Animated)

The Frog, the Dog and the Devil, New Zealand National Film Unit. (New Zealand) Bob Stenhouse, Producer.

A Greek Tragedy, CineTe pvba. (Belgium) Linda Van Tulden and William Thijssen, Producers.

Luxo Jr., Pixar Productions. John Lasseter and William Reeves, Producers.

(Live Action)

Exit, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana/RAI-UNO. (Italy) Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, Producers.

Love Struck, Rainy Day Productions. Fredda Weiss, Producer.

Precious Images, Calliope Films, Inc. Chuck Workman, Producer.

Sound

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman.

Heartbreak Ridge, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and William Nelson.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles “Bud” Grenzbach and Simon Kaye.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Harve Bennett Production; Paramount. Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe and Gene S. Cantamessa.

Top Gun, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan.

Sound Effects Editing

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Don Sharpe.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Harve Bennett Production; Paramount. Mark Mangini.

Top Gun, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production; Paramount. Cecelia Hall and George Watters II.

Visual Effects

Aliens, 20th Century Fox Film Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson.

Little Shop of Horrors, Geffen Company Production; Geffen Company through Warner Bros. Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren and Martin Gutteridge.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Victor-Grais Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and William Neil.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount. Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff.

The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista. Richard Price.

Crimes of the Heart, Crimes of the Heart Production; Dino De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. Beth Henley.

A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

Stand by Me, Act III Production; Columbia. Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

“Crocodile” Dundee, Rimfire Films Limited Production; Paramount. (Australia) Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, and John Cornell; story by Paul Hogan.

Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.

My Beautiful Laundrette, Working Title Ltd./SAF Production for Film Four International; Orion Classics. (UK) Hanif Kureishi.

Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Oliver Stone.

Salvador, Hemdale Film Production; Hemdale Releasing. (UK, USA, Mexico) Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle.

Honorary Award

To Ralph Bellamy, for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting. [ [Statuette]]

To 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]]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Steven Spielberg

Scientific or Technical Award

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To Bran Ferren, Charles Harrison and Kenneth Wisner of Associates and Ferren for the concept and design of an advanced optical printer.

To Richard Benjamin Grant and Ron Grant of Auricle Control Systems for their invention of the Film Composer’s Time Processor.

To 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.

To 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.

To Professor Fritz Sennheiser of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation for the invention of an interference tube directional microphone.

To 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.

To William L. Fredrick and Hal Needham for the design and development of the Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Lee Electric (Lighting) Limited for the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system.

To Peter D. Parks of Oxford Scientific Films’ Image Quest Division for the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography.

To Matt Sweeney and Lucinda Strub for the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects.

To 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.

To Bran Ferren of Associates and Ferren for the development of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry.

To John L. Baptista of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories, Inc. for the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation.

To 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.

To 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.