The 1994 Academy Awards®
Host: David Letterman
Date: March 27, 1995

Best Picture
Forrest Gump--winner
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

Best Director
Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Trois Couleurs: Rouge
Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
Robert Redford, Quiz Show
Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump--winner

Best Actor
Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George
Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump--winner
Paul Newman, Nobody's Fool
John Travolta, Pulp Fiction

Best Actress
Jodie Foster, Nell
Jessica Lange, Blue Sky--winner
Miranda Richardson, Tom & Viv
Wynona Ryder, Little Women
Susan Sarandon, The Client

Best Supporting Actor
Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
Martin Landau, Ed Wood--winner
Chazz Palminteri, Bullets Over Broadway
Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump
Paul Scofield, Quiz Show

Best Supporting Actress
Rosemary Harris, Tom & Viv
Helen Mirren, The Madness of King George
Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction
Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway
Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway--winner

Best Foreign Language Film
Farinelli: il castrato (Belgium)
Fresa y chocolate (Cuba)
Pred dozhdot (Macedonia)
Utomlyonnye solntsem (Russia)--winner
Yinshi nan nu (Taiwan)

Best Original Screenplay
Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, Doug McGrath)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Richard Curtis)
Heavenly Creatures (Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary)--winner
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Krysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Forrest Gump (Eric Roth)--winner
The Madness of King George (Alan Bennett)
Nobody's Fool (Robert Benton)
Quiz Show (Paul Attanasio)
The Shankshaw Redemption (Frank Darabont)

Best Original Score
Forrest Gump (Alan Silvestri)
Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)
The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)--winner
Little Women (Thomas Newman)
The Shankshaw Redemption (Thomas Newman)

Best Cinematography
Forrest Gump (Don Burgess)
Legends of the Fall (John Toll)--winner
The Shankshaw Redemption (Roger Deakins)
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Piotr Sobocinski)
Wyatt Earp (Owen Roizman)
 

Other Categories:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
The Madness of King George (Ken Adam, Carolyn Scott)

Best Costume Design
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel)

Best Makeup
Ed Wood (Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng)

Best Film Editing
Forrest Gump (Arthur Schmidt)

Best Visual Effects
Forrest Gump (Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall)

Best Sound
Speed (Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David MacMillan)

Best Sound Effects Editing
Speed (Stephen Hunter Flick)

Best Original Song
The Lion King, for the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice)

Best Animated Short Film
Bob's Birthday (Alison Snowden, David Fine)

Best Live Action Short Film (tie)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts)
Trevor (Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone)

Best Documentary, Short Subject
A Time for Justice (Charles Guggenheim)

Best Documentary, Feature
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders)

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