1999 Academy Awards Nomination

BEST PICTURE
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
The Thin Red Line

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters
Nick Nolte, Affliction
Edward Norton, American History X

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Meryl Streep, One True Thing
Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
James Coburn, Affliction
Robert Duvall, A Civil Action
Ed Harris, The Truman Show
Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love
Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates, Primary Colors
Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice
Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love
Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters

BEST ART DIRECTION
John Myhre (Art Direction); Peter Howitt (Set Decoration), Elizabeth
Jeannine Oppewall (Art Direction); Jay Hart (Set Decoration), Pleasantville
Tom Sanders (Art Direction); Lisa Dean Kavanaugh (Set Decoration), Saving Private Ryan
Martin Childs (Art Direction); Jill Quertier (Set Decoration), Shakespeare in Love
Eugenio Zanetti (Art Direction); Cindy Carr (Set Decoration), What Dreams May Come

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Conrad L. Hall, A Civil Action
Remi Adefarasin, Elizabeth
Janusz Kaminski, Saving Private Ryan
Richard Greatrex, Shakespeare in Love
John Toll, The Thin Red Line

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, Beloved
Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth
Judianna Makovsky, Pleasantville
Sandy Powell, Shakespeare in Love
Sandy Powell, Velvet Goldmine

BEST DIRECTING
Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
John Madden, Shakespeare in Love
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Peter Weir, The Truman Show

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Dancemaker
The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
The Last Days
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Regret to Inform

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
A Place in the Land
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square

BEST FILM EDITING
Simona Paggi, Life Is Beautiful
Anne V. Coates, Out of Sight
Michael Kahn, Saving Private Ryan
David Gamble, Shakespeare in Love
Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein, The Thin Red Line

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Central Station (Brazil)
Children of Heaven (Iran)
The Grandfather (Spain)
Life Is Beautiful (Italy)
Tango (Argentina)

BEST MAKEUP
Jenny Shircore, Elizabeth
Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke, Saving Private Ryan
Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner, Shakespeare in Love

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
David Hirschfelder, Elizabeth
Nicola Piovani, Life Is Beautiful
Randy Newman, Pleasantville
John Williams, Saving Private Ryan
Hans Zimmer, The Thin Red Line

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE)
Randy Newman, A Bug's Life
Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith, Mulan
Marc Shaiman, Patch Adams
Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer, The Prince of Egypt
Stephen Warbeck, Shakespeare in Love

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", Music and Lyric by Diane Warren, Armageddon
"That'll Do", Music and Lyric by Randy Newman, Babe: Pig in the City
"A Soft Place To Fall", Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen, The Horse Whisperer
"When You Believe", Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, The Prince of Egypt
"The Prayer", Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa, Quest for Camelot

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bunny
The Canterbury Tales
Jolly Roger
More
When Life Departs

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Culture
Election Night (Valgaften)
Holiday Romance
La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
Victor

BEST SOUND
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, Armageddon
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack, The Mask of Zorro
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, Saving Private Ryan
Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop, Shakespeare in Love
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat, The Thin Red Line

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
George Watters II, Armageddon
David McMoyler, The Mask of Zorro
Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns, Saving Private Ryan

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier, Armageddon
Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell, Mighty Joe Young
Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack, What Dreams May Come

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED)
Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters
Scott Frank, Out of Sight
Elaine May, Primary Colors
Scott B. Smith, A Simple Plan
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser, Bulworth
Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
Robert Rodat, Saving Private Ryan
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love
Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show