1990
The 62nd Academy Awards | 1990
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 26, 1990
Honoring movies released in 1989
Highlights
- Visual Effects
The AbyssJohn Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak - Original Song
"Under The Sea" from The Little MermaidAlan Menken and Howard Ashman - Makeup
Driving Miss DaisyManilo Rocchetti, Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney
Memorable Moments
Akira KurosawaThe Honorary Award recipient with presenters George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
David Brenner and Joe HutshingFilm Editing winners for Born on the Fourth of July
Billy Crystal's first hosting appearance at the Oscars
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Daniel Day Lewis
My Left Foot
Nominees
Morgan Freeman
Driving Miss Daisy
Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society
Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
Tom Cruise
Born on the Fourth of July
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Denzel Washington
Glory
Nominees
Danny Aiello
Do the Right Thing
Dan Aykroyd
Driving Miss Daisy
Marlon Brando
A Dry White Season
Martin Landau
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy
Nominees
Isabelle Adjani
Camille Claudel
Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine
Jessica Lange
Music Box
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Brenda Fricker
My Left Foot
Nominees
Dianne Wiest
Parenthood
Anjelica Huston
Enemies, A Love Story
Lena Olin
Enemies, A Love Story
Julia Roberts
Steel Magnolias
Best Picture
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
Dead Poets Society
Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, Producers
Field of Dreams
Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, Producers
My Left Foot
Noel Pearson, Producer
Cinematography
Winner
Glory
Freddie Francis
Nominees
The Abyss
Mikael Salomon
Blaze
Haskell Wexler
Born on the Fourth of July
Robert Richardson
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michael Ballhaus
Costume Design
Winner
Henry V
Phyllis Dalton
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Gabriella Pescucci
Driving Miss Daisy
Elizabeth McBride
Harlem Nights
Joe I. Tompkins
Valmont
Theodor Pistek
Directing
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone
Nominees
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir
Henry V
Kenneth Branagh
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan
Film Editing
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July
David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
Nominees
The Fabulous Baker Boys
William Steinkamp
Glory
Steven Rosenblum
The Bear
The Bear
Driving Miss Daisy
Mark Warner
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Cinema Paradiso
Italy
Nominees
Camille Claudel
France
Jesus of Montreal
Canada
Waltzing Regitze
Denmark
What Happened to Santiago
Puerto Rico
Visual Effects
Winner
The Abyss
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Richard Conway, Kent Houston
Back to the Future Part II
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
Art Direction
Winner
Batman
Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
Nominees
The Abyss
Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Driving Miss Daisy
Art Direction: Bruno Rubeo; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
Glory
Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
John Williams
The Fabulous Baker Boys
David Grusin
Field of Dreams
James Horner
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
John Williams
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Johnstown Flood
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Nominees
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
David Petersen, Producer
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
Ray Errol Fox, Producer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
Nominees
Adam Clayton Powell
Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers
Crack USA: County under Siege
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
For All Mankind
Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Howard W. Koch
Sound
Winner
Glory
Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
Nominees
Black Rain
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Born on the Fourth of July
Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, Tod A. Maitland
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe
The Abyss
Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Balance
Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Nominees
The Cow
Alexander Petrov
The Hill Farm
Mark Baker
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Work Experience
James Hendrie
Nominees
Amazon Diary
Robert Nixon
The Childeater
Jonathan Tammuz
Music (Original Song)
Winner
The Little Mermaid
Under The Sea in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Nominees
Shirley Valentine
The Girl Who Used To Be Me in "Shirley Valentine" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Parenthood
I Love To See You Smile in "Parenthood" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
The Little Mermaid
Kiss The Girl in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Chances Are
After All in "Chances Are" Music by Tom Snow; Lyric by Dean Pitchford
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
Enemies, A Love Story
Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky
Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Dead Poets Society
Tom Schulman
Nominees
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
sex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh
When Harry Met Sally...
Nora Ephron
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Makeup
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza
Dad
Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Nominees
Black Rain
Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
Lethal Weapon 2
Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
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Lethal Weapon 2
1 NominationSound Effects Editing - Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
The Little Mermaid
3 Nominations, 2 Wins* Music (Original Score) - Alan Menken
* Music (Original Song) - Under The Sea in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Music (Original Song) - Kiss The Girl in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman