1996 Academy Awards Winners

BEST PICTURE
Braveheart

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite

BEST ART DIRECTION
Eugenio Zanetti, Restoration

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Toll, Braveheart

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
James Acheson, Restoration

BEST DIRECTING
Mel Gibson, Braveheart

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Anne Frank Remembered

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
One Survivor Remembers

BEST FILM EDITING
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley, Apollo 13

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Antonia's Line (Netherlands)

BEST MAKEUP
Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell, Braveheart

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Luis Enrique Bacalov, The Postman

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL MUSICAL OR COMEDY SCORE)
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, Pocahontas

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Colors Of The Wind", Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Pocahontas

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
A Close Shave

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Lieberman in Love

BEST SOUND
Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and David MacMillan, Apollo 13

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Lon Bender and Per Hallberg, Braveheart

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox, Babe

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED)
Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects