69th Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 1996

Best Picture

The English Patient

WINNER

Jerry Maguire

Secrets & Lies

Best Directing

Anthony Minghella
The English Patient

WINNER

Joel Coen
Fargo

Milos Forman
The People vs. Larry Flynt

Scott Hicks
Shine

Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Geoffrey Rush
Shine

WINNER

Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire

Ralph Fiennes
The English Patient

Woody Harrelson
The People vs. Larry Flynt

Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand
Fargo

WINNER

Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies

Diane Keaton
Marvin’s Room

Kristin Scott Thomas
The English Patient

Emily Watson
Breaking the Waves

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Jerry Maguire

WINNER

William H. Macy
Fargo

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Shine

Edward Norton
Primal Fear

James Woods
Ghosts of Mississippi

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Juliette Binoche
The English Patient

WINNER

Joan Allen
The Crucible

Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces

Barbara Hershey
The Portrait of a Lady

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Secrets & Lies

Best Original Screenplay

Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Fargo

WINNER

Cameron Crowe
Jerry Maguire

John Sayles
Lone Star

Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies

Jan Sardi
Scott Hicks
Shine

Best Adapted Screenplay

Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade

WINNER

Arthur Miller
The Crucible

Anthony Minghella
The English Patient

Kenneth Branagh
Hamlet

John Hodge
Trainspotting

Best Cinematography

John Seale
The English Patient

WINNER

Darius Khondji
Evita

Roger Deakins
Fargo

Caleb Deschanel
Fly Away Home

Chris Menges
Michael Collins

Best Film Editing

Walter Murch
The English Patient

WINNER

Gerry Hambling
Evita

Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Fargo

Joe Hutshing
Jerry Maguire

Pip Karmel
Shine

Best Costume Design

Ann Roth
The English Patient

WINNER

Paul Brown
Angels & Insects

Ruth Myers
Emma

Alexandra Byrne
Hamlet

Janet Patterson
The Portrait of a Lady

Best Art Direction

Stuart Craig
Stephenie McMillan
The English Patient

WINNER

Bo Welch
Cheryl Carasik
The Birdcage

Brian Morris
Philippe Turlure
Evita

Tim Harvey
Hamlet

Catherine Martin
Brigitte Broch
Romeo + Juliet

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Gabriel Yared
The English Patient

WINNER

Patrick Doyle
Hamlet

Elliot Goldenthal
Michael Collins

David Hirschfelder
Shine

John Williams
Sleepers

Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score

Rachel Portman
Emma

WINNER

Marc Shaiman
The First Wives Club

Alan Menken
Stephen Schwartz
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Randy Newman
James and the Giant Peach

Hans Zimmer
The Preacher’s Wife

Best Music, Original Song

“YOU MUST LOVE ME“

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tim Rice
Evita

WINNER

“BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME“

Diane Warren
Up Close & Personal

“FOR THE FIRST TIME“

James Newton Howard
Jud Friedman
Allan Dennis Rich
One Fine Day

“I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE“

Barbra Streisand
Marvin Hamlisch
Bryan Adams
Robert John Lange
The Mirror Has Two Faces

“THAT THING YOU DO!“

Adam Schlesinger
That Thing You Do!

Best Makeup

The Nutty Professor

WINNER

Ghosts of Mississippi

Star Trek: First Contact

Best Sound

The English Patient

WINNER

Independence Day

Best Sound Effects Editing

The Ghost and the Darkness

WINNER

Best Visual Effects

Independence Day

WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

A Chef in Love

The Other Side of Sunday

Prisoner of the Mountains

Ridicule