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Best Picture of the Year
 FORREST GUMP (Won 6 Awards) - Paramount. Produced by Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey & Steve Tisch
 FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL - Working Title, PolyGram. Produced by Duncan Kenworthy
PULP FICTION - A Band Apart/Jersey, Miramax. Produced by Lawrence Bender
QUIZ SHOW - Hollywood, Buena Vista. Produced by Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, Michael Nozik & Robert Redford
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - Castle Rock. Produced by Niki Marvin
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Morgan Freeman in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Tom Hanks in FORREST GUMP
Nigel Hawthorne in THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
Paul Newman in NOBODY'S FOOL
John Travolta in PULP FICTION
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jodie Foster in NELL
Jessica Lange in BLUE SKY
Miranda Richardson in TOM & VIV
Winona Ryder in LITTLE WOMEN
Susan Sarandon in THE CLIENT
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Samuel L. Jackson in PULP FICTION
Martin Landau in ED WOOD
Chazz Palminteri in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Paul Scofield in QUIZ SHOW
Gary Sinise in FORREST GUMP
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Rosemary Harris in TOM & VIV
Helen Mirren in THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
Uma Thurman in PULP FICTION
Jennifer Tilly in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Dianne Wiest in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Achievement in Directing
Woody Allen for BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Krzysztof Kieslowski for RED
Robert Redford for QUIZ SHOW
Quentin Tarantino for PULP FICTION
Robert Zemeckis for FORREST GUMP
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Woody Allen & Douglas McGrath - BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Richard Curtis - FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
Frances Walsh & Peter Jackson - HEAVENLY CREATURES
Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary - PULP FICTION
Krzysztof Piesiewicz & Krzysztof Kieslowski - RED
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Eric Roth - FORREST GUMP
Alan Bennett - THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
Robert Benton - NOBODY'S FOOL
Paul Attanasio - QUIZ SHOW
Frank Darabont - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
PRED DOZHDOT (BEFORE THE RAIN, Macedonia - Judy Counihan, Cédomir Kolar, Sam Taylor & Cat Villiers, producers)
UTOMLYONNYE SOLUSEM (BURNT BY THE SUN, Russia - Nikita Mikhalkov & Michel Seydoux, producers)
YIN SHI NAN NU (EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, Taiwan - Kong Hsu & Li-Kong Hsu, producers)
FARINELLI: IL CASTRATO (Belgium - Véra Belmont, producer)
FRESA Y CHOCOLATE (STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE, Cuba - Georgina Balzaretti, Frank Cabrera & Camilo Vives, executive producers)
Achievement in Art Direction
Santo Loquasto - Art Direction, Susan Bode - Set Decoration BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Rick Carter - Art Direction, Nancy Haigh - Set Decoration FORREST GUMP
Dante Ferretti - Art Direction, Francesca Lo Schiavo - Set Decoration INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Lilly Kilvert - Art Direction, Dorree Cooper - Set Decoration LEGENDS OF THE FALL
Ken Adam - Art Direction, Carolyn Scott - Set Decoration THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
Achievement in Cinematography
Don Burgess - FORREST GUMP
John Toll - LEGENDS OF THE FALL
Piotr Sobocinski - RED
Roger Deakins - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Owen Roizman - WYATT EARP
Achievement in Costume Design
Lizzy Gardiner & Tim Chappel - THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Jeffrey Kurland - BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
Colleen Atwood - LITTLE WOMEN
April Ferry - MAVERICK
Moidele Bickel - QUEEN MARGOT
Achievement in Documentary Features
Deborah Hoffmann - Producer COMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER
Charles E. Guggenheim - Producer D-DAY REMEMBERED
Connie Field & Marilyn Mulford - Producers FREEDOM ON MY MIND
Jean Bach - Producer A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM
Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders - Producers MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION
Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
Vince DiPersio & William Guttentag - Producers BLUES HIGHWAY
Marcel Lozinski - Producer 89MM OD EUROPY
Robert Richter - Producer SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS ASSASSINS
Dee Mosbacher & Frances Reid - Producers STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
Charles E. Guggenheim - Producer A TIME FOR JUSTICE
Achievement in Film Editing
Frederick Marx, Steve James & Bill Haugse - HOOP DREAMS
Arthur Schmidt - FORREST GUMP
Sally Menke - PULP FICTION
Richard Francis-Bruce - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
John Wright - SPEED
Achievement in Makeup
Rick Baker, Ve Neill & Yolanda Toussieng - ED WOOD
Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore & Judith A. Cory - FORREST GUMP
Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen & Carol Hemming - MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
Achievement in Music: Original Score
Alan Silvestri - FORREST GUMP
Elliot Goldenthal - INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Hans Zimmer - THE LION KING
Thomas Newman - LITTLE WOMEN
Thomas Newman - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Achievement in Music: Original Song
Elton John - Music, Tim Rice - Lyric THE LION KING "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" 
Elton John - Music, Tim Rice - Lyric THE LION KING "Circle of Life"
Elton John - Music, Tim Rice - Lyric THE LION KING "Hakuna Matata"
Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram & Patty Smyth - Music & Lyric JUNIOR "Look What Love Has Done"
Randy Newman - Music & Lyric THE PAPER "Make Up Your Mind"
Achievement in Animated Short Films
Tim Watts & David Stoten - Producers THE BIG STORY
Alison Snowden & David Fine - Producers BOB'S BIRTHDAY
Vanessa Schwartz - Producer THE JANITOR
Michael Dudok de Wit - Producer THE MONK AND THE FISH
Erica Russell - Producer TRIANGLE
Achievement in Live Action Short Films
There is a tie in this category for this year.
Peter Capaldi & Ruth Kenley-Letts - Producers FRANZ KAFKA'S IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Sean Astin & Christine Astin - Producers KANGAROO COURT
JoBeth Williams & Michele McGuire - Producers ON HOPE
Paul Unwin & Nick Vivian - Producers SYRUP
Peggy Rajski & Randy Stone - Producers TREVOR
Achievement in Sound
Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montano & Arthur Rochester - CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands & William B. Kaplan - FORREST GUMP
Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Christopher David & Douglas Ganton - LEGENDS OF THE FALL
Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick & Willie D. Burton - THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer & David R. B. MacMillan - SPEED
Achievement in Sound Effects Editing
Bruce Stambler & John Leveque - CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
Gloria S. Borders & Randy Thom - FORREST GUMP
Stephen Hunter Flick - SPEED
Achievement in Visual Effects
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum & Allen Hall - FORREST GUMP
Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino & John Farhat - THE MASK
John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis & Patrick McClung - TRUE LIES
Scientific and Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
Petro Vlahos & Paul Vlahos - For the conception and development of the Ultimatte Electronic Blue Screen Compositing Process.
The Eastman Kodak Company - For the development of the Eastman EXR Color Intermediate Film 5244.
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Plaque)
 Gary Demos & Dan Cameron of Information International, David DiFrancesco and Gary Starkweather of Pixar, and Scott Squires of Industrial Light & Magic for their pioneering work in the field of film input scanning.
Ray Feeney, Will McCown and Bill Bishop of RFX, Inc., and Les Dittert of Pacific Data Images for their development work with area array CCD (Charge Coupled Device) film input scanning systems.
Lincoln Hu and Michael MacKenzie of Industrial Light & Magic and Glenn Kennel and Mike Davis of Eastman Kodak for their joint development work on a linnear array CCD (Charge Coded Device) film input scanning system.
Iain Neil, for the optical design, Albert Saiki, for the mechanical design, and Panavision International L.P. for the development of the Panavision 11:1 Primo Zoom Lens for motion picture photography.
James Ketcham of JSK Engineering for the concept and design of the MC211 microprocessor-based motion controller for synchronizing sprocketed film with time code-based machines.
William J. Warner and Eric C. Peters for the concept, Michael E. Phillips and Tom A. O'Hanlan for the system design and Patrick D. O'Connor and Joe H. Rice for the engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.
Paul Bamborough for the concept, Nick Pollack and Arthur Wright for the hardware development and Neil Harris and Duncan MacLean for the software development of The Lighworks Editor for motion picture editing.
George Sauve, Bill Bishop, Arpag Dadourian, Ray Feeney and Richard Patterson for the Cinefusion software and implementation of the Ultimatte Blue Screen Compositing Technology.
Technical Achievement Awards (Certificate)
 B. Russell Hessey of Special Effects Spectacular, Inc. and Vincent T. Kelton for the hardware design and George Jackman of De La Mare Engineering, Inc. for the pyrotechnic development which together comprise the non-gun safety blank firing system.
Frieder Hochheim, Gary Swink, Dr. Joe Zhou and Don Northrup for the development of the Kino Flo Portable, Flicker-Free, High-Output Fluorescent Lighting System for motion picture set illumination.
Emanuel Previnaire of Flying-Cam for his pioneering concept and for the development of mounting a motion picture camera on a remotely controlled miniature helicopter.
Jacques Sax of Sonosax for the design and development of the Sonosax SX-S portable audio mixer.
Clay Davis and John Carter of Todd-AO for the pioneering effort of computer controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement).
Stephen W. Potter, John B. Asman, Charles Pell and Richard Larson of LarTec Systems for the advancement and refinement of the computer controlled list management style ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) system via the Lar Tec ADR System that has established itself as a standard of the industry.
Audio Tracks, Inc., for the design and development of the ADE (Advanced Data Encoding) System which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound "dailies."
Colin Broad of CB Electronics for the design and development of the EDL (Edit Decision List) lister which creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound "dailies."
Dieter Sturm of Sturm's Special Effects In'tl for the creation and development of the Bio-Snow 2 Flake.
David A. Addleman and Lloyd A. Addleman for the development of the Cyberware 3030 3D Digitizer.
Mark R. Schneider, Herbert R. Jones, Christopher D. Conover and John R. B. Brown for the development of the Polhemus 3 Space Digitizing System.
Jack C. Smith, Michael Crichton and Emil Safier for pioneering computerized motion picture budgeting and scheduling.
Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley of Screenplay Systems for development of the "Scriptor" software.
Art Fritzen of the California Fritzen Propeller Company as the designer and sole manufacturer of the Eight-Bladed Ritter Fan Propellers.
Dr. Mike Boudry of the Computer Film Company for his pioneering work in the field of film input scanning.
Honorary and Other Awards
Michelangelo Antonioni - "In recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists." Winner presented Statuette.
 John A. Bonner - "In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." Winner presented Medal of Commendation.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Clint Eastwood - For a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Quincy Jones
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
No Award given for 1994.
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FIRSTS
· Dianne Wiest becomes first 2-time recipient to have the same director for both of her Oscar®-winning roles, Woody Allen.
· Original Song nominee Randy Newman is a cousin of double Original Score nominee Thomas Newman, the son of 9-time Oscar®-winning composer Alfred Newman.
· Nominated Feature Documentary producer Deborah Hoffmann is the companion of nominated Documentary Short Subject producer Frances Reid.
· Four Weddings and a Funeral is the first film since 1951's Decision Before Dawn to receive only one other nomination in addition to Best Picture.
ROLE REVERSALS
Robert Redford was so certain that his old sidekick Paul Newman would play Charles Van Doren's father in Quiz Show that he rearranged the shooting schedule for a month. Newman still wouldn't sign on, so Redford turned to A Man for All Seasons personification of integrity, Paul Scofield.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Little Women, Ed Wood, Red
Actor: Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral
Actress: Linda Fiorentino - The Last Seduction
Supporting Actress: Sally Field - Forrest Gump, Jessica Tandy - Nobody's Fool
Documentary: Hoop Dreams
Foreign Film: White
UNMENTIONABLES
· By Memorial Day, only one film had managed to receive rave reviews and big bucks at the box office -- Mike Newell's Four Weddings and a Funeral, a romantic comedy about a befuddled but likable young man who finds love over the course of attending the five events in the title. Hugh Grant, a vaguely familiar face from some Merchant- Ivory movies, suddenly became a heartthrob.
· The year's biggest hit, Forrest Gump, split critics into bitter camps. Some praised it as "rare as a Fabergé egg;" others found it sentimental and overly maudlin. Pauline Kael, writing in Entertainment Weekly stated simply, "I hated it thoroughly." Nevertheless, audiences loved it and its $300 million in gross rentals made it the most financially successful film ever to win Best Picture.
· Quiz Show's poor showing at the box office was blamed on a poor ad campaign. Entertainment Weekly charged, "The ad campaign" [which showed the back of Ralph Feinnes' head] "only reinforced the rap that Disney doesn't know how to market anything that isn't a mouse, a mermaid or a mighty duck."
· Remembering some low points in his career like TV's "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island," Ed Wood's Martin Landau said, "There was a 10-year period where everything I did was bad. I'd like to go back and turn all those films into guitar picks."
· Woody Allen's highly publicized affair with Soon-Yi Previn, the young daughter of his longtime lover, Mia Farrow, weighed on critics' minds as they saw the bodyguard- playwright in Bullets Over Broadway commit coldblooded murder to protect the integrity of his artistic creation. But Dianne Wiest was able to turn "Don't speak" into the two funniest words in the English language.
· It generated terrific prerelease buzz around Hollywood, boasted two A-list actors with upscale appeal, and had Stephen King's name on it for thrill seekers. Plus, it was one of those "affirmation of life" pictures just like Forrest Gump. But this movie didn't stand a chance, not when it was called The Shawshank Redemption.
· Audiences didn't follow the advice of the critics and see Quiz Show, Ed Wood or Bullets Over Broadway or check out the acting in The Shawshank Redemption. They were too busy standing in line to see Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, a violent, funny crime saga that had won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. The film catapulted the career of John Travolta into a sizzling second act, thanks to his mind-blowing performance as a junkie hit man.
· The two Christmas releases that brought in the bucks were The Santa Clause a holiday comedy vehicle for TV star Tim Allen, and Dumb and Dumber, the third cash cow of the year starring Jim Carrey. But critics found Robert Benton's Nobody's Fool, with Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and Jessica Tandy, much more to their taste.
· With Winona Ryder behind the project, producers were able to get a green light from Columbia for the fifth big-screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Theatres showing the film were filled with crowds in which the ratio of women to men ran as high as nine to one.
· Unable to get a theatrical distributor in the US, ITC Entertainment struck a deal with HBO that provided for four airings of its film The Last Seduction. This proved successful and the film was moved into movie houses by October Films. However, because it premiered in the US on TV before it received theatrical exhibition, the film was not eligible for consideration by Academy voters. A nomination for Linda Fiorentino's sultry performance would have spiced up an otherwise lackluster race for Best Actress.
· Since the Academy had deemed his previous film, Blue, not "Polish" enough to be submitted by Poland -- it was set in France with French-speaking actors -- Kryzsztof Kieslowski thought the final segment of his trilogy, Red, might be considered Swiss. It was set in Geneva and took place entirely in the native language, French. Not so, said the Academy, because the director, writers, cinematographer and editor weren't Swiss. Go figure.
· Helen Mirren thought the Academy could make the Awards show more interesting if it changed the rules: "All of the nominees should be in the back of the auditorium, and the head of the Academy shouts, 'Go.' The first person to get up on the podium and grab an Oscar® wins. But there need to be obstacles such as a huge pile of very bad scripts and a whole group of agents to fight through."
· The exclusion of Hoop Dreams by the Documentary Branch produced the biggest controversy at nomination time. Fine Line took out a full-page ad in Daily Variety in the form of a letter to Academy president Arthur Hiller calling the snub "the straw that broke the camel's back" and requesting "an official and formal investigation" and "an immediate overhaul of the Documentary nomination process." Thirteen prominent Academy members signed the letter. Within a week over 200 members had added their names to the letter. The outcry over the snub led to an investigation by the Academy into the screening practices by the documentary branch and it was discovered that the voters were taking a show of hands to see who wanted to turn the film off after a few minutes (It wad discovered that those at the screening turned Hoop Dreams off after 15 minutes). The following year the Academy instituted a rule that those attending screenings had to sit through the entire film or revoke their right to vote
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