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1996 Oscars:
The 1996 Academy Awards were presented March 24, 1997 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.
| Best Picture | The English Patient, Saul Zaentz, producer (Miramax) |
| Fargo, Ethan Coen, producer (Gramercy) |
| Jerry Maguire, James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai and Cameron Crowe, producers (TriStar) |
| Secrets and Lies, Simon Channing-Williams, producer (October Films) | | Shine, Jane Scott, producer (Fine Line) |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire |
| Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient |
| Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| Geoffrey Rush, Shine | | Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Brenda Blethyn, Secrets and Lies |
| Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room |
| Frances McDormand, Fargo |
| Kristen Scott Thomas, The English Patient | | Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire |
| William H. Macy, Fargo |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine |
| Edward Norton, Primal Fear | | James Woods,Ghosts of Mississippi |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Joan Allen, The Crucible |
| Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces |
| Juliette Binoche, The English Patient |
| Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady | | Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies |
| Directing | Anthony Minghella, The English Patient |
| Joel Coen, Fargo |
| Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies | | Scott Hicks, Shine |
| Writing |
| Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Fargo |
| Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire |
| John Sayles, Lone Star |
| Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies | | Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks, Shine |
| Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Arthur Miller, The Crucible |
| Anthony Minghella, The English Patient |
| Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet |
| Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade | | John Hodge, Trainspotting | |
| Cinematography | John Seale, The English Patient |
| Darius Khondji, Evita |
| Roger Deakins, Fargo |
| Caleb Deschanel, Fly Away Home | | Chris Menges, Michael Collins |
| Art Direction | Bo Welch, art direction; Cheryl Carasik, set decoration, The Birdcage |
| Stuart Craig, art direction; Stephenie McMillan, set decoration, The English Patient |
| Brian Morris, art direction; Phillippe Turiure, set decoration, Evita |
| Tim Harvey, art direction, Hamlet | | Catherine Martin, art direction; Brigitte Broche, set decoration, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet |
| Sound | Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman, The English Patient |
| Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston, Evita |
| Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler, Independence Day |
| Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, The Rock | | Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell and Geoffrey Patterson, Twister |
| Music |
| Song | “Because You Loved Me,” Up Close and Personal, Diane Warren, music and lyrics |
| “For the First Time,” One Fine Day, James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich, music and lyrics |
| “I Finally Found Someone,” The Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert Lange, music and lyrics |
| “That Thing You Do!,” That Thing You Do!, Adam Schlesinger, music and lyrics | | “You Must Love Me,” Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, music and lyrics |
| Original Score | Gabriel Yared, The English Patient |
| Patrick Doyle, Hamlet |
| Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Collins |
| David Hirschfelder, Shine | | John Williams, Sleepers |
| Original Musical or Comedy Score | Rachel Portman, Emma |
| Marc Shaiman, The First Wives Club |
| Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach | | Hans Zimmer, The Preacher's Wife | |
| Film Editing | Walter Murch, The English Patient |
| Gerry Hambling, Evita |
| Roderick Jaynes, Fargo |
| Joe Hutshing, Jerry Maguire | | Pip Karmel, Shine |
| Costume Design | Paul Brown, Angels and Insects |
| Ruth Myers, Emma |
| Ann Roth, The English Patient |
| Alex Byrne, Hamlet | | Janet Patterson, The Portrait of a Lady |
| Makeup | Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver, Ghosts of Mississippi |
| Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson, The Nutty Professor | | Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber, Star Trek: First Contact |
| Visual Effects | Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West, Dragonheart |
| Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joseph Viskocil,Independence Day | | Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta,Twister |
| Sound Effects Editing | Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker, Daylight |
| Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Eraser | | Bruce Stambler, The Ghost and the Darkness |
| Short Films |
| Animation | Canhead (Timothy Hittle and Chris Peterson, producers; Timothy Hittle Production) |
| La Salla (Richard Condie, producer; National Film Board of Canada Production) |
| Quest (Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach, producers; Thomas Stellmach Animation Production) | | Wat's Pig (Peter Lord, producer; Aardman Animations Limited Production) |
| Live Action | De Tripas, Corazón (Antonio Urrutia, producer; IMCINE/DPC/Universidad de Guadalajara Production) |
| Dear Diary (David Frankel and Barry Jossen, producers; DreamWorks SKG Production) |
| Ernst & Lyset (Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen, producers; M&M Production) |
| Esposados (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, producer; Zodiac Films/Juan Carlos Fresnadillo P.C. Production) | | Wordless (Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo, producer; Film Trust Italia Production) | |
| Documentary |
| Short Subject | Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work Mark O'Brien (Jessica Yu, producer; Inscrutable Films/Pacific News Service Production) |
| Cosmic Voyage (Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck, producers; Cosmic Voyage Inc. Production) |
| An Essay on Matisse (Perry Wolff, producer; Great Projects Film Company Inc. Production) |
| Special Effects (Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt, producers; NOVA/WGBH Boston Production) | | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (Paul Seydor and Nick Redman, producers; Tyrus Entertainment Production) |
| Feature | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (Susan W. Dryfoos, producer; Times History Production) |
| Mandela (Jo Menell and Angus Gibson, producers; Clinica Estetico, Ltd, Production) |
| Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson, producers; Seahorse Films, Inc. Production) |
| Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (Rick Goldsmith, producer; Never Tire Production) | | When We Were Kings (Leon Gast and David Sonenberg, producers; DASFilms Ltd. Production) | |
| Foreign Language Film | A Chef in Love, Georgia |
| Kolya, Czech Republic |
| The Other Side of Sunday, Norway |
| The Prisoner of the Mountains, Russia | | Ridicule, France |
| Irving G. Thalberg Award | Saul Zaentz, producer |
| Scientific and Technical Award | Imax Corp. for its large screen format |
| Honorary Award | Michael Kidd, choreographer |
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