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Best Picture of the Year
 THE FUGITIVE - Warner Bros. Produced by Arnold Kopelson
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER - Gabriel Byrne/Hell's Kitchen, Universal. Produced by Jim Sheridan
THE PIANO - CiBy2000. Produced by Jan Chapman
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY - Merchant-Ivory, Columbia. Produced by John Calley, Mike Nichols & Ismail Merchant
 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Won 7 Awards) - Amblin, Universal. Produced by Branko Lustig, Jerry Molen & Steven Spielberg
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Laurence Fishburne in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
Tom Hanks in PHILADELPHIA
Anthony Hopkins in THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Liam Neeson in SCHINDLER'S LIST
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Angela Bassett in WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
Stockard Channing in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
Holly Hunter in THE PIANO
Emma Thompson in THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Debra Winger in SHADOWLANDS
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Leonardo DiCaprio in WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
Ralph Fiennes in SCHINDLER'S LIST
Tommy Lee Jones in THE FUGITIVE
John Malkovich in IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Pete Postlethwaite in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Holly Hunter in THE FIRM
Anna Paquin in THE PIANO
Rosie Perez in FEARLESS
Winona Ryder in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Emma Thompson in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Achievement in Direction
Robert Altman for SHORT CUTS
Jane Campion for THE PIANO
James Ivory for THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Jim Sheridan for IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Steven Spielberg for SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Gary Ross - DAVE
Jeff Maguire - IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Ron Nyswaner - PHILADELPHIA
Jane Campion - THE PIANO
Nora Ephron, David S. Ward & Jeffrey Arch - SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese - THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Terry George & Jim Sheridan - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Steven Zaillian - SCHINDLER'S LIST
William Nicholson - SHADOWLANDS
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
BELLE EPOQUE (Spain - Produced and directed by Fernando Trueba)
BA WANG BEI JI (FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE, Hong Kong - Feng Hsu, producer)
HEDD WYN [United Kingdom (Wales) - Shan Davies, producer]
MÚI DU DU XHAN (THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, Vietnam - Christophe Rossignon, producer)
HSI YEN (THE WEDDING BANQUET, Taiwan - Ted Hope, Ang Lee & James Schamus, producers)
Achievement in Art Direction
Ken Adam - Art Direction, Marvin March -Set Decoration ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
Dante Ferretti - Art Direction, Robert J. Franco - Set Decoration THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Ben Van Os - Art Direction, Jan Roelfs - Set Decoration - ORLANDO
Luciana Arrighi - Art Direction, Ian Whittaker - Set Decoration THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Allan Starski - Art Direction, Ewa Braun - Set Decoration SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Cinematography
Gu Changwei - FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE
Michael Chapman - THE FUGITIVE
Stuart Dryburgh - THE PIANO
Janusz Kaminski - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Conrad L. Hall - SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER
Achievement in Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci - THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Sandy Powell - ORLANDO
Janet Patterson - THE PIANO
Jenny Beavan & John Bright - THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Documentary Features
David Paperny & Arthur Ginsberg - Producers THE BROADCAST TAPES OF DR. PETER
Adam Friedson & Andrew Young - Producers CHILDREN OF FATE: LIFE AND DEATH IN A SICILIAN FAMILY
David Collier & Betsy Thompson - Producers FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
Susan Raymond & Alan Raymond - Producers I AM A PROMISE: THE CHILDREN OF STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
D. A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus - Producers THE WAR ROOM
Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
Steven Cantor & Peter Spirer - Producers BLOOD TIES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF SALLY MANN
Elaine Holliman & Jason Schneider - Producers CHICKS IN WHITE SATIN
Margaret Lazarus & Renner Wunderlich - Producers DEFENDING OUR LIVES
Achievement in Film Editing
Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord & Dov Hoenig - THE FUGITIVE
Anne V. Coates - IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Gerry Hambling - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Veronika Jenet - THE PIANO
Michael Kahn - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Makeup
Greg Cannom, Ve Neill & Yolanda Toussieng - MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Carl Fullerton & Alan D'Angerio - PHILADELPHIA
Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle & Judith Alexander Cory - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Music: Original Score
Elmer Bernstein - THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Dave Grusin - THE FIRM
James Newton Howard - THE FUGITIVE
Richard Robbins - THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
John Williams - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Music: Original Song
Janet Jackson, James Harris, III & Terry Lewis - Music & Lyric POETIC JUSTICE "Again"
Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram & Cliff Magness - Music & Lyric BEETHOVEN'S 2ND "The Day I Fall In Love"
Neil Young - Music & Lyric PHILADELPHIA "Philadelphia"
Bruce Springsteen - Music & Lyric PHILADELPHIA "Streets of Philadelphia" 
Marc Shaiman - Music & Lyric SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE "A Wink and a Smile"
Achievement in Live Action Short Films
Pepe Danquart - Producer BLACK RIDER
Stacy Title & Jonathan Penner - Producers DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT
Susan Seidelman & Jonathan Brett - Producers THE DUTCH MASTER
Peter Weller & Jana Sue Memel - PARTNERS
Didier Flamand - Producer THE SCREW
Achievement in Animated Short Films
Stephen Palmer - Producer BLINDSCAPE
Frédéric Back & Hubert Tison - Producers THE MIGHTY RIVER
Bob Godfrey & Kevin Baldwin - Producers SMALL TALK
Mark Baker - Producer THE VILLAGE
Nick Park - Producer THE WRONG TROUSERS
Achievement in Sound
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer & Tim Cooney - CLIFFHANGER
Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montano & Scott D. Smith - THE FUGITIVE
Chris Carpenter, D. M. Hemphill, Bill W. Benton & Lee Orloff - GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy & Ron Judkins - JURASSIC PARK
Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan & Ron Judkins - SCHINDLER'S LIST
Achievement in Sound Effects Editing
Wylie Stateman & Gregg Baxter - CLIFFHANGER
John Leveque & Bruce Stambler - THE FUGITIVE
Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns - JURASSIC PARK
Achievement in Visual Effects
Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno & Pamela Easley - CLIFFHANGER
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett & Michael Lantieri - JURASSIC PARK
Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw & Gordon Baker - TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Scientific and Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems Inc) - For the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors, which originally received a Scientific and Engineering Award in 1990.
Panavision, Inc. - For the Auto Panatar anamorphic photographic lens, which originally received a Scientific and Engineering Award in 1958.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
 Fritz Gabriel Bauer - For the design, development and manufacture of the Moviecam Compact Modular 35mm motion picture camera system.
Mark Leather, Les Dittert, Douglas Smythe & 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.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
 David J. Degenkolb - For the development of a Silver Recovery Ion Exchange System.
Michael Dorrough - For the design and development of the compound meter known as the Dorrough Audio Level Meter.
Harry J. Baker -For the design and development of the Ronford-Baker Metal Tripods for motion picture photography.
Gary Nuzzi, David Johnsrud & William Blethen - For the design and development of the Unilux H3000 Strobe Lighting System.
Wally Mills - concept, Gary Stadler - design & Gustave Parada - design - For the concept and design of the Cinemills Lamp Protection System.
Honorary and Other Awards
Deborah Kerr - For career achievement. Winner presented a Statuette.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No Award given for 1993.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Paul Newman - For his humanitarian efforts.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Petro Vlahos - For technical contributions that have brought credit to the motion picture industry.
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FIRSTS
· Anna Paquin nominated and wins for film debut.
· Holly Hunter and Emma Thompson are first two people to compete against each other in both the lead and supporting categories in the same year.
· Three films from Asia are nominated for Foreign Language Film.
RULE CHANGES
Hair stylists are now considered part of the the team eligible for the Makeup Award.
ROLE REVERSALS
· When Mike Nichols was developing The Remains of the Day, with himself as director, he envisioned Jeremy Irons as the butler and either Meryl Streep, Glenn Close or Anjelica Huston as the housekeeper.
· Tim Robbins, Bill Murray and Robin Williams were among the names bandied about for the ambulance chaser who represents Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, but it was Denzel Washington who got the role.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Short Cuts
Director: Andrew Davis - The Fugitive
Actor: Denzel Washington - Philadelphia, Harvey Keitel - The Piano
Supporting Actor: Ben Kingsley - Schindler's List
Song: "All for One"
Foreign Film: Blue (Poland), Madadayo (Japan)
UNMENTIONABLES
· Spielberg's Jurassic Park was not applauded by critics, but audiences ate it up. It became the 2nd-highest domestic grossing film ever, behind only E.T.; worldwide it overtook the earlier Spielberg movie.
· Critics were more pleased with two other summer action thrillers, each of which featured an especially memorable antagonist. Wolfgang Petersen's In the Line of Fire starred Clint Eastwood as an aging Secret Service agent tormented by a chameleon-like John Malkovich. And, in Andrew Davis' The Fugitive, based on the 1960s TV series, Harrison Ford's Dr. Richard Kimble is relentlessly pursued by federal marshall Tommy Lee Jones.
· When critics heard of Martin Scorsese's taking on Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, they could hardly contain themselves. Scorsese admitted, "Literally, anyone who asks me about the film says, 'I can't believe you are doing this kind of thing.'" But Scorsese and his team immersed themselves in the task of making Wharton's tragedy of manners and late 19th-century mores relevant to modern audiences. When the critics saw the results, they were almost unanimous in their praise.
· In spite of the $12 million that they were given to make Remains (the largest budget they'd ever had to work with), Merchant & Ivory still held on to their mania for economy. On the way to his trailer for an interview, Anthony Hopkins had splattered mud and grime on his costume. "I thought maybe a dresser would come and help me clean up," the actor said. "But Ismail sent me down a wire brush."
· Jane Campion had premiered The Piano at Cannes -- where audiences had soundly booed Sweetie in 1989. This time, though, audiences cheered in a 7-minute standing ovation after seeing her new film. The Piano shared the Palme d'Or with China's Farewell, My Concubine, another film that prominently featured an amputated finger.
· Studio executives were not excited when Spielberg began planning a movie about the Holocaust. One asked, "Why don't we just make a donation to the Holocaust Museum -- would that make you happy?" When Spielberg persisted, the execs would not give him the green light until he first made Jurassic Park. Spielberg was so eager to get to work on Schindler's List (which he'd had since 1982), that he did postproduction work on his dinosaur movie in Poland at night while working on the new film during the day.
· Philadelphia, the first film about AIDS undertaken by a major studio, opened to mixed reviews. However, it defied pessimistic predictions and became a box-office hit.
· For In the Name of the Father, Daniel Day-Lewis lost thirty pounds, ate cold porridge for breakfast just like a prisoner, prepared for an interrogation scene by going for several days without food or sleep, remained in a tiny cell on the set when he wasn't in front of the cameras, and -- in order to get easily rattled -- reportedly hired four guys to kick the door at random intervals. Olivier might have advised, "Try acting, dear boy."
· As Awards night approached, Schindler's List was the odds-on favorite for Best Picture. Even Ismail Merchant acknowledged, "We're all coming here to applaud Steven Spielberg. That's the spirit of this year's Oscars®."
· Cindy Adams' introduction of Leonardo DiCaprio to Celeste Holm at the East Coast Nominees Luncheon led to this interesting exchange. Holm: "What's he do?" Adams: "Nominated for an Oscar®." Holm: "As what?" Adams: "Actor. Best Supporting. What's Eating Gilbert Grape." Holm: "Lord, I wouldn't see that. Sounds like a pie-eating contest." DiCaprio didn't know who Holm was either. Adams: "Very famous actress. All About Eve? Gentleman's Agreement?" DiCaprio: "Never heard of them." Holm: "Rent them and learn the history of your industry... Take my advice, prepare a speech. I didn't."
· Originally, Macaulay Culkin was scheduled to give the award for Best Visual Effects. The plan was, after Culkin announced the nominees, he would say, "Could I have the envelope please?" A giant, roaring, animatronic T-Rex (from Jurassic Park) would then suddenly appear onstage, with the envelope naming the winners. After taking the envelope from the T-Rex's mouth, Culkin would return to the podium and say, "Thanks, Dad." Macaulay's father, Christopher Culkin, was offended by the line and demanded that it be cut from the show. When the Oscar® producers refused, Christopher Culkin pulled his son from the show, and Elijah Wood gave the award instead.
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