71st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1999)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Sunday, March 21, 1999
  • For films released in: 1998
  • Nominations Announcement: Tuesday, February 9, 1999
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 71st Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Elizabeth
    Alison Owen [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer] and Tim Bevan [Producer]
  • Life Is Beautiful
    Elda Ferri [Producer] and Gianluigi Braschi [Producer]
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Steven Spielberg [Producer], Ian Bryce [Producer], Mark Gordon [Producer] and Gary Levinsohn [Producer]
  • Shakespeare in Love
    David Parfitt [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer], Harvey Weinstein [Producer], Edward Zwick [Producer] and Marc Norman [Producer]
  • The Thin Red Line
    Robert Michael Geisler [Producer], John Roberdeau [Producer] and Grant Hill [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Life Is Beautiful
    Roberto Benigni
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Steven Spielberg
  • Shakespeare in Love
    John Madden
  • The Thin Red Line
    Terrence Malick
  • The Truman Show
    Peter Weir

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Gods and Monsters
    Lynn Redgrave
  • Hilary and Jackie
    Rachel Griffiths
  • Little Voice
    Brenda Blethyn
  • Primary Colors
    Kathy Bates
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Judi Dench

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Central Station
  • Children of Heaven
  • The Grandfather
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • Tango

Best Art Direction

  • Elizabeth
    John Myhre [Art Direction] and Peter Howitt [Set Decoration]
  • Pleasantville
    Jeannine Oppewall [Art Direction] and Jay Hart [Set Decoration]
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Tom Sanders [Art Direction] and Lisa Dean Kavanaugh [Set Decoration]
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Martin Childs [Art Direction] and Jill Quertier [Set Decoration]
  • What Dreams May Come
    Eugenio Zanetti [Art Direction] and Cindy Carr [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • A Civil Action
    Conrad L. Hall
  • Elizabeth
    Remi Adefarasin
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Janusz Kaminski
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Richard Greatrex
  • The Thin Red Line
    John Toll

Best Costume Design

  • Beloved
    Colleen Atwood
  • Elizabeth
    Alexander Byrne
  • Pleasantville
    Judianna Makovsky
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Sandy Powell
  • Velvet Goldmine
    Sandy Powell

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • Dancemaker
    Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer
  • The Farm: Angola, U.S.A.
    Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus
  • The Last Days
    James Moll and Ken Lipper
  • Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
    Robert B. Weide
  • Regret to Inform
    Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
    Keibo Ibi
  • A Place in the Land
    Charles Guggenheim
  • Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
    Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams

Best Film Editing

  • Life Is Beautiful
    Simona Paggi
  • Out of Sight
    Anne V. Coates
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Michael Kahn
  • Shakespeare in Love
    David Gamble
  • The Thin Red Line
    Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein

Best Makeup

  • Elizabeth
    Jenny Shircore
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner

Best Music (Original Dramatic Score)

  • Elizabeth
    David Hirschfelder
  • Life Is Beautiful
    Nicola Piovani
  • Pleasantville
    Randy Newman
  • Saving Private Ryan
    John Williams
  • The Thin Red Line
    Hans Zimmer

Best Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

  • A Bug's Life
    Randy Newman
  • Mulan
    Matthew Wilder [Music by], David Zippel [Lyrics by] and Jerry Goldsmith [Orchestral Score by]
  • Patch Adams
    Marc Shaiman
  • The Prince of Egypt
    Stephen Schwartz [Music and Lyric by] and Hans Zimmer [Orchestral Score by]
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Stephen Warbeck

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Armageddon "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing"
    Diane Warren [Music and Lyric by]
  • Babe: Pig in the City "That'll Do"
    Randy Newman [Music and Lyric by]
  • The Horse Whisperer "A Soft Place To Fall"
    Allison Moorer [Music and Lyric by] and Gwil Owen [Music and Lyric by]
  • The Prince of Egypt "When You Believe"
    Stephen Schwartz [Music and Lyric by]
  • Quest for Camelot "The Prayer"
    Carole Bayer Sager [Music and Lyric by], David Foster [Music and Lyric by], Tony Renis [Lyric by] and Alberto Testa [Lyric by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Bunny
    Chris Wedge
  • The Canterbury Tales
    Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson
  • Jolly Roger
    Mark Baker
  • More
    Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer
  • When Life Departs
    Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Culture
    Will Speck and Josh Gordon
  • Election Night (Valgaften)
    Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen
  • Holiday Romance
    Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith
  • La Carte Postale (The Postcard)
    Vivian Goffette
  • Victor
    Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall

Best Sound

  • Armageddon
    Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
  • The Mask of Zorro
    Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop
  • The Thin Red Line
    Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat

Best Sound Effects Editing

  • Armageddon
    George Watters II
  • The Mask of Zorro
    David McMoyler
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns

Best Visual Effects

  • Armageddon
    Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier
  • Mighty Joe Young
    Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell
  • What Dreams May Come
    Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack

Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

  • Gods and Monsters
    Bill Condon
  • Out of Sight
    Scott Frank
  • Primary Colors
    Elaine May
  • A Simple Plan
    Scott B. Smith
  • The Thin Red Line
    Terrence Malick

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Bulworth
    Warren Beatty [Screenplay and Story by] and Jeremy Pikser [Screenplay by]
  • Life Is Beautiful
    Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni
  • Saving Private Ryan
    Robert Rodat
  • Shakespeare in Love
    Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
  • The Truman Show
    Andrew Niccol
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