62nd Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1990)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 26, 1990
  • For films released in: 1989
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 62nd Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Born on the Fourth of July
    A. Kitman Ho [Producer] and Oliver Stone [Producer]
  • Dead Poets Society
    Steven Haft [Producer], Paul Junger Witt [Producer] and Tony Thomas [Producer]
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Richard D. Zanuck [Producer] and Lili Fini Zanuck [Producer]
  • Field of Dreams
    Lawrence Gordon [Producer] and Charles Gordon [Producer]
  • My Left Foot
    Noel Pearson [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Oliver Stone
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Woody Allen
  • Dead Poets Society
    Peter Weir
  • Henry V
    Kenneth Branagh
  • My Left Foot
    Jim Sheridan

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Tom Cruise
  • Dead Poets Society
    Robin Williams
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Morgan Freeman
  • Henry V
    Kenneth Branagh
  • My Left Foot
    Daniel Day Lewis

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Camille Claudel
    Isabelle Adjani
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Jessica Tandy
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys
    Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Music Box
    Jessica Lange
  • Shirley Valentine
    Pauline Collins

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Martin Landau
  • Do the Right Thing
    Danny Aiello
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Dan Aykroyd
  • A Dry White Season
    Marlon Brando
  • Glory
    Denzel Washington

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Enemies, A Love Story
    Anjelica Huston
  • Enemies, A Love Story
    Lena Olin
  • My Left Foot
    Brenda Fricker
  • Parenthood
    Dianne Wiest
  • Steel Magnolias
    Julia Roberts

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Camille Claudel
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Jesus of Montreal
  • Waltzing Regitze
  • What Happened to Santiago

Best Art Direction

  • The Abyss
    Leslie Dilley [Art Direction] and Anne Kuljian [Set Decoration]
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Dante Ferretti [Art Direction] and Francesca Lo Schiavo [Set Decoration]
  • Batman
    Anton Furst [Art Direction] and Peter Young [Set Decoration]
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Bruno Rubeo [Art Direction] and Crispian Sallis [Set Decoration]
  • Glory
    Norman Garwood [Art Direction] and Garrett Lewis [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • The Abyss
    Mikael Salomon
  • Blaze
    Haskell Wexler
  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Robert Richardson
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys
    Michael Ballhaus
  • Glory
    Freddie Francis

Best Costume Design

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Gabriella Pescucci
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Elizabeth McBride
  • Harlem Nights
    Joe I. Tompkins
  • Henry V
    Phyllis Dalton
  • Valmont
    Theodor Pistek

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • Adam Clayton Powell
    Richard Killberg [Producer] and Yvonne Smith [Producer]
  • Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
    Robert Epstein [Producer] and Bill CouturiƩ [Producer]
  • Crack USA: County under Siege
    Vince DiPersio [Producer] and William Guttentag [Producer]
  • For All Mankind
    Al Reinert [Producer] and Betsy Broyles Breier [Producer]
  • Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
    Judith Leonard [Producer] and Bill Jersey [Producer]

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
    David Peterson [Producer]
  • The Johnstown Flood
    Charles Guggenheim [Producer]
  • Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
    Ray Errol Fox [Producer]

Best Film Editing

  • The Bear
    Noƫlle Boisson
  • Born on the Fourth of July
    David Brenner and Joe Hutshing
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Mark Warner
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys
    William Steinkamp
  • Glory
    Steven Rosenblum

Best Makeup

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza
  • Dad
    Dick Smith, Ken Diaz and Greg Nelson
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney

Best Music (Original Score)

  • 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
  • The Little Mermaid
    Alan Menken

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Chances Are "After All"
    Tom Snow [Music by] and Dean Pitchford [Lyric by]
  • The Little Mermaid "Kiss the Girl"
    Alan Menken [Music by] and Howard Ashman [Lyric by]
  • The Little Mermaid "Under the Sea"
    Alan Menken [Music by] and Howard Ashman [Lyric by]
  • Parenthood "I Love To See You Smile"
    Randy Newman [Music and Lyric by]
  • Shirley Valentine "The Girl Who Used To Be Me"
    Marvin Hamlisch [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyric by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyric by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Balance
    Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein
  • The Cow
    Alexander Petrov
  • The Hill Farm
    Mark Baker

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Amazon Diary
    Robert Nixon
  • The Childeater
    Jonathan Tammuz
  • Work Experience
    James Hendrie

Best Sound

  • The Abyss
    Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Lee Orloff
  • Black Rain
    Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman and Tod A. Maitland
  • Glory
    Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy and Tony Dawe

Best Sound Effects Editing

  • Black Rain
    Milton C. Burrow and William L. Manger
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns
  • Lethal Weapon 2
    Robert Henderson and Alan Robert Murray

Best Visual Effects

  • The Abyss
    John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Richard Conway and Kent Houston
  • Back to the Future Part II
    Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell and Steve Gawley

Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)

  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Alfred Uhry
  • Enemies, A Love Story
    Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky
  • Field of Dreams
    Phil Alden Robinson
  • My Left Foot
    Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Woody Allen
  • Dead Poets Society
    Tom Schulman
  • Do the Right Thing
    Spike Lee
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
    Steven Soderbergh
  • When Harry Met Sally...
    Nora Ephron
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