Mar 21, 1994
The 66th Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 21, 1994 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Whoopi Goldberg hosted.
Stephen Spielberg's "Schindler's List" - which tells the story of one man's deeds to first exploit and finally help Jews during the holocaust - won seven Academy Awards, but none for acting. It did win Best Picture and Best Director.
"The Piano" took two of the acting Oscars for Best Actress (Holly Hunter) and Best Supporting Actress (a young Anna Paquin). "Jurassic Park" won three oscars for sound and special effects.
66th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| Schindler's List |    |
| Steven Spielberg; Gerald R Molen; Branko Lustig | |
| Other Nominees: The Fugitive; In the Name of the Father; The Piano; The Remains of the Day | |
| Best Actor | |
| Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) | |
| Other Nominees: Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father); Laurence Fishburne (What's Love Got To Do With It); Anthony Hopkins (The Remains of the Day); Liam Neeson (Schindler's List) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Holly Hunter (The Piano) | |
| Other Nominees: Angela Bassett (What's Love Got To Do With It); Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation); Emma Thompson (The Remains of the Day); Debra Winger (Shadowlands) | |
| Best Director | |
| Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List) | |
| Other Nominees: Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father); Jane Campion (The Piano); James Ivory (The Remains of the Day); Robert Altman (Short Cuts) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) | |
| Other Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape); Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List); John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire); Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Anna Paquin (The Piano) | |
| Other Nominees: Holly Hunter (The Firm); Rosie Perez (Fearless); Winona Ryder (The Age of Innocence); Emma Thompson (In the Name of the Father) | |
| Writing | |
| Schindler's List | |
| Steven Zaillian | |
| Other Nominees: The Age of Innocence; In the Name of the Father; The Remains of the Day; Shadowlands | |
| Writing | |
| The Piano | |
| Jane Campion | |
| Other Nominees: Dave; In the Line of Fire; Philadelphia; Sleepless In Seattle | |
| Art Direction | |
| Schindler's List | |
| Allan Starski; Ewa Braun | |
| Other Nominees: Addams Family Values; The Age of Innocence; Orlando; The Remains of the Day | |
| Cinematography | |
| Schindler's List | |
| Janusz Kaminski | |
| Other Nominees: Farewell My Concubine; The Fugitive; The Piano; Searching For Bobby Fischer | |
| Film Editing | |
| Schindler's List | |
| Michael Kahn | |
| Other Nominees: The Fugitive; In the Line Of Fire; In the Name of the Father; The Piano | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| I Am A Promise | |
| Susan Raymond; Alan Raymond | |
| Other Nominees: The Broadcast Tapes of Dr Peter; Children of Fate; For Better or For Worse; The War Room | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Defending Our Lives | |
| Margaret Lazarus; Renner Wunderlich | |
| Other Nominees: Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann; Chicks In White Satin | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Belle Epoque | |
| Other Nominees: Farewell My Concubine; Hedd Wyn; The Scent of Green Papaya; The Wedding Banquet | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| The Wrong Trousers | |
| Nick Park | |
| Other Nominees: Blindscape; The Mighty River; Small Talk; The Village | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Black Rider | |
| Pepe Danquart | |
| Other Nominees: Down On The Waterfront; The Dutch Master; Partners; The Screw | |
| Costume Design | |
| The Age of Innocence | |
| Gabriella Pesuucci | |
| Other Nominees: Orlando; The Piano; The Remains of the Day; Schindler's List | |
| Makeup | |
| Mrs Doubtfire | |
| Greg Cannom; Ve Neill; Yolanda Toussieng | |
| Other Nominees: Philadelphia; Schindler's List | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Jurassic Park | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Richard Hymns | |
| Other Nominees: Cliffhanger; The Fugitive | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Jurassic Park | |
| Gary Summers; Gary Rydstrom; Shawn Murphy; Ron Judkins | |
| Other Nominees: Cliffhanger; The Fugitive; Geronimo: An American Legend; Schindler's List | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Jurassic Park | |
| Dennis Mauren; Stan Winston; Phil Tippett; Michael Lantieri | |
| Other Nominees: Cliffhanger; The Nightmare Before Christmas | |
| Original Score | |
| Schindler's List |  |
| John Williams | |
| Other Nominees: The Age of Innocence; The Firm; The Fugitive; The Remains of the Day | |
| Original Song | |
| Streets of Philadelphia (Philadelphia) | |
| Bruce Springsteen | |
| Other Nominees: Again (Poetic Justice); The Day I Fall In Love (Beethoven's 2nd); Philadelphia (Philadelphia) | |
| Special Award | |
| Deborah Kerr (Appreciation for a full career's worth of performances) | |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | |
| Paul Newman | |
Movie Trailer for 'Schindler's List'
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