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1994 Academy Awards

The 1994 Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

Best Picture

Forrest Gump, Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers (Paramount)

Four Weddings and a Funeral, Duncan Kenworthy, producer (Gramercy)

Pulp Fiction, Lawrence Bender, producer (Miramax)

Quiz Show, Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin and Michael Nozik, producers (Buena Vista)

The Shawshank Redemption, Niki Marvin, producer (Columbia)

Forrest Gump

Archive Photos

Actor in a Leading Role

Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption

Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump

Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George

Paul Newman, Nobody's Fool

John Travolta, Pulp Fiction

Actress in a Leading Role

Jodie Foster, Nell

Jessica Lange, Blue Sky

Miranda Richardson, Tom and Viv

Winona Ryder, Little Women

Susan Sarandon, The Client

Actor in a Supporting Role

Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction

Martin Landau, Ed Wood

Chazz Palminteri, Bullets Over Broadway

Paul Scofield, Quiz Show

Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump

Actress in a Supporting Role

Rosemary Harris, Tom and Viv

Helen Mirren, The Madness of King George

Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction

Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway

Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway

Directing

Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Red

Robert Redford, Quiz Show

Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction

Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath, Bullets Over Broadway
	Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral
	Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieslowski, Red
	Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction
	Frances Walsh and Peter Jackson, Heavenly Creatures
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Paul Attanasio, Quiz Show
	Alan Bennett, The Madness of King George
	Robert Benton, Nobody's Fool
	Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption
	Eric Roth, Forrest Gump

Cinematography

Don Burgess, Forrest Gump

Roger Deakins, The Shawshank Redemption

Owen Roizman, Wyatt Earp

Piotr Sobocinski, Red

John Toll, Legends of the Fall

Art Direction

Ken Adam, art direction; Carolyn Scott, set decoration, The Madness of King George

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

Santo Loquasto, art direction; Susan Bode, set decoration, Bullets Over Broadway

Sound

Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David R. B. MacMillan, Speed

Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie Burton, The Shawshank Redemption

Paul Massey, David Campbell, Christopher David and Douglas Ganton, Legends of the Fall

Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montano and Arthur Rochester, Clear and Present Danger

Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Dands and William B. Kaplan, Forrest Gump

Music

Song	*“Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” The Lion King, Elton John, music; Tim Rice, lyrics*
	“Circle of Life,” The Lion King, Elton John, music; Tim Rice, lyrics
	“Hakuna Matata,” The Lion King, Elton John, music; Tim Rice, lyrics
	“Look What Love Has Done,” Junior, Carol Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth, music and lyrics
	“Make Up Your Mind,” The Paper, Randy Newman, music and lyrics
Original Score	Elliot Goldenthal, Interview With the Vampire
	Thomas Newman, Little Women
	Thomas Newman, The Shawshank Redemption
	Alan Silvestri, Forrest Gump
	Hans Zimmer, The Lion King

Film Editing

Richard Francis-Bruce, The Shawshank Redemption

Frederick Marx, Steve James and Bill Haugse, Hoop Dreams

Sally Menke, Pulp Fiction

Arthur Schmidt, Forrest Gump

John Wright, Speed

Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, Little Women

Moidele Bickel, Queen Margot

April Ferry, Maverick

Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Jeffrey Kurland, Bullets Over Broadway

Makeup

Rick Baker, Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng, Ed Wood

Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore and Judith A. Cory, Forrest Gump

Visual Effects

John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung, True Lies

Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall, Forrest Gump

Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino and John Farhat, The Mask

Sound Effects Editing

Gloria S. Borders and Randy Thom, Forrest Gump

Stephen Hunter Flick, Speed

Bruce Stambler and John Leveque, Clear and Present Danger

Short Films

Animation	The Big Story (Tim Watts and David Stoten, producers; Spitting Image Production)
	Bob's Birthday (Alison Snowden and David Fine, producers; Channel Four/National Film Board of Canada Production)
	The Janitor (Vanessa Schwartz, producer; Vanessa Schwartz Production)
	The Monk and the Fish (Michael Dudok de Wit, producer; Folimage Valence Production)
	Triangle (Erica Russell, producer; Gingco Ltd. Production)
Live Action	Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts, producers; Conundrum Films Production)
	Kangaroo Court (Sean Astin and Christine Astin, producers; Lava Entertainment Production)
	On Hope (JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire, producers; Chanticleer Films Production)
	Syrup (Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian, producers; First Choice Production)
	Trevor (Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone, producers; Rajski/Stone Production)

Documentary

Short Subject	Blues Highway (Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag, producers; Half Court Pictures, Ltd./National Geographic Society Production)
	89MM od Europy (89MM From Europe) (Marcel Lozinski, producer; Studio Filmowe “Kalejdoskop”/Telewizja Polska Production)
	School for the Americas Assassins (Robert Richter, producer; Richter Production)
	Straight From the Heart (Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid, producers; Woman Vision Production)
	A Time for Justice (Charles Guggenheim, producer; Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production)
Feature	Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (Deborah Hoffmann, producer; D/D Production)
	D-Day Remembered (Charles Guggenheim, producer; Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production)
	Freedom on My Mind (Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford, producers; Clarity Film Production)
	A Great Day in Harlem (Jean Bach, producer; Jean Bach Production)
	Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, producers; American Film Foundation/Sanders and Mock Production)