68th Academy Awards nominees and winners

This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 68th Academy Awards. They were presented on March 25, 1996 for films released in 1995.

"Winners are highlighted in boldface".

=Best Motion Picture Of The Year=

*"Apollo 13"
*"Babe"
*"Braveheart"
*"Il Postino"
*"Sense and Sensibility"

Achievement in Directing

*Mike Figgis - "Leaving Las Vegas"
*Mel Gibson - "Braveheart"
*Chris Noonan - "Babe"
*Michael Radford - "Il Postino"
*Tim Robbins - "Dead Man Walking"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role=

*Nicolas Cage - "Leaving Las Vegas"
*Richard Dreyfuss - "Mr. Holland's Opus"
*Anthony Hopkins - "Nixon"
*Sean Penn - "Dead Man Walking"
*Massimo Troisi - "Il Postino"

=Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role=

*Susan Sarandon - "Dead Man Walking"
*Elisabeth Shue - "Leaving Las Vegas"
*Sharon Stone - "Casino"
*Meryl Streep - "The Bridges of Madison County"
*Emma Thompson - "Sense and Sensibility"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role=

*James Cromwell - "Babe"
*Ed Harris - "Apollo 13"
*Brad Pitt - "Twelve Monkeys"
*Tim Roth - "Rob Roy"
*Kevin Spacey - "The Usual Suspects"

=Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role=

*Joan Allen - "Nixon"
*Kathleen Quinlan - "Apollo 13"
*Mira Sorvino - "Mighty Aphrodite"
*Mare Winningham - "Georgia"
*Kate Winslet - "Sense and Sensibility"

=Adapted Screenplay=

*"Apollo 13" - William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert
*"Babe" - George Miller, Chris Noonan
*"Il Postino" - Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
*"Leaving Las Vegas" - Mike Figgis
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Emma Thompson

=Original Screenplay=

*"Braveheart" - Randall Wallace
*"Mighty Aphrodite" - Woody Allen
*"Nixon" - Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
*"Toy Story" - Joss Whedon (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter (story), Pete Docter (story), Joe Ranft (story)
*"The Usual Suspects" - Christopher McQuarrie

=Achievement In Art Direction=

*"Apollo 13" - Michael Corenblith, Merideth Boswell
*"Babe" - Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown
*"A Little Princess" - Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
*"Restoration" - Eugenio Zanetti
*"Richard III" - Tony Burrough

=Achievement In Cinematography=

*"Batman Forever" - Stephen Goldblatt
*"Braveheart" - John Toll
*"A Little Princess" - Emmanuel Lubezki
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Michael Coulter
*"Shanghai Triad" - Yue Lu

=Achievement In Costume Design=

*"Braveheart" - Charles Knode
*"Restoration" - James Acheson
*"Richard III" - Shuna Harwood
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Jenny Beavan, John Bright
*"Twelve Monkeys" - Julie Weiss

=Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year=

*"Antonia" (Netherlands)
*"L'Uomo delle stelle" (Italy)
*"Lust och fägring stor" (Sweden)
*"O Quatrilho" (Brazil)
*"Poussières de vie" (Algeria)

=Best Documentary Feature=

*"The American Experience {The Battle Over Citizen Kane (#8.7)} - Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
*"The American Experience" (Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern) - Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
*"Anne Frank Remembered" - Jon Blair
*"" - Michael Tollin
*"Small Wonders" - Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer

=Best Documentary Short Subject=

*"" - Nancy Dine; Richard Stillwell -
*"The Living Sea" - Greg MacGillivray; Alec Lorimore
*"" - Terry Sanders; Freida Lee Mock
*"One Survivor Remembers" - Kary Antholis
*"The Shadow of Hate" - Charles Guggenheim

=Achievement In Film Editing=

*Marcus D'Arcy; Jay Friedkin - "Babe"
*Richard Francis-Bruce - "Se7en"
*Mike Hill; Daniel P. Hanley - Apollo 13
*Chris Lebenzon - "Crimson Tide"
*Steven Rosenblum - "Braveheart"

Achievement In Makeup

*"Braveheart" - Peter Frampton; Paul Pattison; Lois Burwell
*"Mi Familia" - Ken Diaz; Mark Sanchez
*"Roommates" - Bob Laden; Colleen Callaghan

=Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)=

(Dramatic Films only)
*"Apollo 13" - James Horner
*"Braveheart" - James Horner
*"Il Postino" - Luis Enríquez Bacalov
*"Nixon" - John Williams
*"Sense and Sensibility" - Patrick Doyle

=Achievement In Music Written For Musical or Comedy (Original Score)=

*"The American President" - Marc Shaiman
*"Pocahantas" - Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz
*"Sabrina" - John Williams
*"Toy Story" - Randy Newman¹
*"Unstrung Heroes" - Thomas Newman¹

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

* "Colors of the Wind" – "Pocahontas"
* "Dead Man Walking" – "Dead Man Walking"
* "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" – "Don Juan DeMarco"
* "Moonlight" from "Sabrina"
* "You've Got a Friend in Me" from "Toy Story"

=Best Animated Short Film=

*"The Chicken From Outer Space" - John Dilworth
*"A Close Shave" - Nick Park
*"Gagarin" - Alexij Kharitidi
*"The End" - Chris Landreth; Robin Barger
*"Runaway Brain" - Chris Bailey

=Best Live Action Short Film=

*"Brooms" - Luke Cresswell; Steve McNicholas
*"Duke of Groove" - Griffin Dunne; Thom Colwell
*"Lieberman In Love" - Jana Sue Mernel
*"Little Surprises" - Jeff Goldblum; Tikki Goldberg
*"Tuesday Morning Ride" - Dianne Houston²; Joy Ryan

=Achievement In Sound Editing=

*"Batman Forever" - John Leveque; Bruce Stambler
*"Braveheart" - Lon Bender; Per Hallberg
*"Crimson Tide" - George Waters II

=Achievement In Sound=

*"Apollo 13"
*"Batman Forever"
*"Braveheart"
*"Crimson Tide"
*"Waterworld"

=Achievement In Visual Effects=

*"Apollo 13"
*"Babe"

pecial honors

:Academy Honorary Award:*Kirk Douglas:*Chuck Jones:Gordon E. Sawyer Award:*Donald C. Rogers:Academy Special Achievement Award:*John Lasseter - for Toy Story, the first major feature length computer animated film

Notes

#Randy and Thomas Newman are cousins; a rare instance when close relatives were nominated in the same category in the same year.
#Dianne Houston may be the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Oscar in film direction.

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