1997 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 1997 Academy Awards were presented on March 23, 1998 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

Best Picture

As Good as It Gets, James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers (TriStar)

The Full Monty, Uberto Pasolini, producer (Fox Searchlight)

Good Will Hunting, Lawrence Bender, producer (Miramax)

L.A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers (Warner Bros.)

Titanic, James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers (Paramount and 20th Century Fox)

Actor in a Leading Role

Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting

Robert Duvall, The Apostle

Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold

Dustin Hoffman, Wag the Dog

Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets

Actress in a Leading Role

Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove

Julie Christie, Afterglow

Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown

Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets

Kate Winslet, Titanic

Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert Forster, Jackie Brown

Anthony Hopkins, Amistad

Greg Kinnear, As Good as It Gets

Burt Reynolds, Boogie Nights

Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential

Joan Cusack, In & Out

Minnie Driver, Good Will Hunting

Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights

Gloria Stuart, Titanic

Directing

Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty

Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting

Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential

Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter

James Cameron, Titanic

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks; Story by Mark Andrus, As Good as It Gets
	Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights
	Woody Allen, Deconstructing Harry
	Simon Beaufoy, The Full Monty
	Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, *Good Will Hunting*
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco
	Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson, *L.A. Confidential*
	Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
	Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, Wag the Dog
	Hossein Amini, The Wings of the Dove

Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski, Amistad

Roger Deakins, Kundun

Dante Spinotti, L.A. Confidential

Russell Carpenter, Titanic

Eduardo Serra, The Wings of the Dove

Art Direction

Jan Roelfs, Gattaca

Dante Ferretti, Kundun

Jeannine C. Oppewall, L.A. Confidential

Bo Welch, Men in Black

Peter Lamont, Titanic

Sound

Paul Massey, Rick Kline, D.M. Hemphill and Keith A. Wester, Air Force One

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Arthur Rochester, Con Air

Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan, Contact

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis, L.A. Confidential

Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano, Titanic

Music

Song	“Go the Distance,” Hercules, Alan Menken and David Zippel, music and lyrics
	“How Do I Live,” Con Air, Diane Warren, music and lyrics
	“Journey to the Past,” Anastasia, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, music and lyrics
	“Miss Misery,” Good Will Hunting, Elliott Smith, music and lyrics
	“My Heart Will Go On,” *Titanic, James Horner and Will Jennings, music and lyrics*
Original Score	John Williams, Amistad
	Danny Elfman, Good Will Hunting
	Philip Glass, Kundun
	Jerry Goldsmith, L.A. Confidential
	James Horner, *Titanic*
Original Musical or Comedy Score	Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and David Newman, Anastasia
	Hans Zimmer, As Good as It Gets
	Anne Dudley, *The Full Monty*
	Danny Elfman, Men in Black
	James Newton Howard, My Best Friend's Wedding

Film Editing

Richard Francis-Bruce, Air Force One

Richard Marks, As Good as It Gets

Pietro Scalia, Good Will Hunting

Peter Honess, L.A. Confidential

Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris, Titanic

Costume Design

Ruth E. Carter, Amistad

Dante Ferretti, Kundun

Janet Patterson, Oscar and Lucinda

Deborah L. Scott, Titanic

Sandy Powell, The Wings of the Dove

Makeup

Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson, Men in Black

Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda, Mrs. Brown

Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson, Titanic

Visual Effects

Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri, The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson, Starship Troopers

Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer, Titanic

Sound Effects Editing

Mark P. Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg, Face/Off

Mark Mangini, The Fifth Element

Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes, Titanic

Short Films

Animation	Famous Fred (Joanna Quinn, producer; TVC London Production for Channel 4 and S4C)
	*Geri's Game* (Jan Pinkava, producer; Pixar Animation Studios)
	La Vieille Dame et Les Pigeons (Sylvain Chomet, producer; Productions Pascal Blais/Les Armateurs/Odec Kid Cartoons)
	The Mermaid (Alexander Petrov, producer; Film Company “DAGO"/"SHAR" School-Studio/Studio "PANORAMA”, Yaroslavl)
	Redux Riding Hood (Steve Moore, producer; Walt Disney Television Animation)
Live Action	Dance Lexie Dance (Pearse Moore and Tim Loane, producers; Raw Nerve Productions/Northern Lights Entertainment)
	It's Good to Talk (Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz, producers; Feasible Films)
	Sweethearts? (Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm, producers; Metronome Productions/Victoria Film)
	*Visas and Virtue* (Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue, producers; Cedar Grove Productions)
	Wolfgang (Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen, producers; M&M Productions/Dansk Novellefilm)

Documentary

Short Subject	Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (George Casey and Paul Novros, producers; Graphic Films Corporation)
	Amazon (Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern, producers; Ogden Entertainment)
	Daughter of the Bride (Terri Randall, producer; Terri Randall Film & Video Productions/Home Box Office)
	Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund, producers; Little Apple Film)
	*A Story of Healing* (Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak, producers; Dewey-Obenchain Films)
Feature	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (Michael Paxton, producer; A G Media Corporation Ltd./Copasetic Inc.)
	Colors Straight Up (Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter, producers; Echo Pictures)
	4 Little Girls (Spike Lee and Sam Pollard, producers; 40 Acres & a Mule Filmworks/Home Box Office)
	*The Long Way Home* (Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank, producers; Moriah Films/The Simon Wiesenthal Center)
	Waco: The Rules of Engagement (William Gazecki and Dan Gifford, producers; SomFord Entertainment/Fifth Estate)

Foreign Language Film

Beyond Silence, Germany

Character, The Netherlands

Four Days in September, Brazil

Secrets of the Heart, Spain

The Thief, Russia

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

To Don Iwerks, cofounder of Iwerks Entertainment, for accomplishments in the field of motion picture science and technology

Scientific and Technical Award

To Gunnar P. Michelson, for the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines

Honorary Award

To Stanley Donen, in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation

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