1986 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 1986 Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1987 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Best Picture

Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, producers (Paramount)

Hannah and Her Sisters, Robert Greenhut, producer (Orion)

The Mission, Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, producers (Warner Bros.)

Platoon, Arnold Kopelson, producer (Orion)

A Room With a View, Ismail Merchant, producer (Cinecom Pictures)

Actor in a Leading Role

Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight

Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa

William Hurt, Children of a Lesser God

Paul Newman, The Color of Money

James Woods, Salvador

Actress in a Leading Role

Jane Fonda, The Morning After

Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God

Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart

Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married

Sigourney Weaver, Aliens

Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Berenger, Platoon

Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters

Willem Dafoe, Platoon

Denholm Elliott, A Room With a View

Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers

Actress in a Supporting Role

Tess Harper, Crimes of the Heart

Piper Laurie, Children of a Lesser God

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money

Maggie Smith, A Room With a View

Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters

Directing

Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters

James Ivory, A Room With a View

Roland Joffe, The Mission

David Lynch, Blue Velvet

Oliver Stone, Platoon

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Paul Hogan, story; Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell, screenplay, “Crocodile” Dundee
	Hanif Kureishi, My Beautiful Laundrette
	Oliver Stone, Platoon
	Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle, Salvador
Screenplay Based on Another Medium	Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff, Children of a Lesser God
	Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans, Stand by Me
	Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart
	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, A Room With a View
	Richard Price, The Color of Money

Cinematography

Jordan Cronenweth, Peggy Sue Got Married

Chris Menges, The Mission

Don Peterman, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tony Pierce-Roberts, A Room With a View

Robert Richardson, Platoon

Art Direction

Stuart Craig, art direction; Jack Stephens, set decoration, The Mission

Peter Lamont, art direction; Crispian Sallis, set decoration, Aliens

Boris Leven, art direction; Karen A. O'Hara, set decoration, The Color of Money

Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow, art direction; Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura, set decoration, A Room With a View

Stuart Wurtzel, art direction; Carol Joffe, set decoration, Hannah and Her Sisters

Sound

Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and William Nelson, Heartbreak Ridge

Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman, Aliens

Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan, Top Gun

Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe and Gene S. Cantamessa, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles “Bud” Grenzbach and Simon Kaye, Platoon

Music

Song	“Glory of Love,” The Karate Kid Part II, Peter Cetera and David Foster, music; Peter Cetera and Diane Nini, lyrics
	“Life in a Looking Glass,” That's Life, Henry Mancini, music; Leslie Bricusse, lyrics
	“Mean Green Mother From Outer Space,” Little Shop of Horrors, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics
	“Somewhere Out There,” An American Tail, James Horner and Barry Mann, music; Cynthia Weil, lyrics
	*“Take My Breath Away,” Top Gun, Giorgio Moroder, music; Tom Whitlock, lyrics*
Original Score	Jerry Goldsmith, Hoosiers
	Herbie Hancock, 'Round Midnight
	James Horner, Aliens
	Ennio Morricone, The Mission
	Leonard Rosenman, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Film Editing

Jim Clark, The Mission

Ray Lovejoy, Aliens

Susan E. Morse, Hannah and Her Sisters

Claire Simpson, Platoon

Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon, Top Gun

Costume Design

Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti, Otello

Jenny Beaven and John Bright, A Room With a View

Anthony Powell, Pirates

Enrico Sabbatini, The Mission

Theadora Van Runkle, Peggy Sue Got Married

Makeup

Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King, Legend

Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis, The Fly

Michael G. Westmore and Michèle Burke, The Clan of the Cave Bear

Visual Effects

Lyle Conway, Brian Ferren and Martin Gutteridge, Little Shop of Horrors

Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and William Neil, Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson, Aliens

Sound Effects Editing

Cecelia Hall and George Watters II, Top Gun

Mark Mangini, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Don Sharpe, Aliens

Short Films

Animated	The Frog, the Dog and the Devil (Bob Stenhouse, producer; New Zealand National Film Unit)
	A Greek Tragedy (Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen producers; CineTe pvba)
	Luxo Jr. (John Lasseter and William Reeves, producers; Pixar Productions)
Live Action	Exit (Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, producers; Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana/RAI-UNO)
	Love Struck (Fredda Weiss, producer; Rainy Day Productions)
	Precious Images (Chuck Workman, producer; Calliope Films, Inc.)

Documentary

Short Subject	Debonair Dancers (Alison Nigh-Strelich, producer; Alison Nigh-Strelich Production)
	The Masters of Disaster (Sonya Friedman, producer; Indiana University Audio Visual Center)
	Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse (Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, producers; Polaris Entertainment Production)
	Sam (Aaron D. Weisblatt Production)
	Women—for America, for the World (Vivienne Verdon-Roe, producer; Educational Film & Video Project)
Feature (tie)	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (Brigitte Berman, producer; Bridge Film Production)
	Chile: Hasta Cuando? (David Bradbury, producer; David Bradbury Productions)
	Down and Out in America (Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, producers; Joseph Feury Production)
	Isaac in America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer (Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, producers; Amram Nowak Associates)
	Witness to Apartheid (Sharon I. Sopher, producer; Production of Developing News, Inc.)