Academy Awards 1996 Nominations

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Best Picture	Best Director
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short Film
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Dramatic Score
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Best Original Song
Best Sound Effects Editing	Best Sound
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects

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Best Picture

• Apollo 13
• Babe
• Braveheart
• Il postino
• Sense and Sensibility

Best Director

• Babe (Chris Noonan)
• Braveheart (Mel Gibson)
• Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins)
• Il postino (Michael Radford)
• Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Dead Man Walking (Sean Penn)
• Il postino (Massimo Troisi)
• Leaving Las Vegas (Nicolas Cage)
• Mr. Holland's Opus (Richard Dreyfuss)
• Nixon (Anthony Hopkins)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Casino (Sharon Stone)
• Dead Man Walking (Susan Sarandon)
• Leaving Las Vegas (Elisabeth Shue)
• Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson)
• The Bridges of Madison County (Meryl Streep)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• 12 Monkeys (Brad Pitt)
• Apollo 13 (Ed Harris)
• Babe (James Cromwell)
• Rob Roy (Tim Roth)
• The Usual Suspects (Kevin Spacey)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Apollo 13 (Kathleen Quinlan)
• Georgia (Mare Winningham)
• Mighty Aphrodite (Mira Sorvino)
• Nixon (Joan Allen)
• Sense and Sensibility (Kate Winslet)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Braveheart
• Mighty Aphrodite
• Nixon
• The Usual Suspects
• Toy Story

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• Apollo 13
• Babe
• Il postino
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Sense and Sensibility

Best Foreign Language Film

• All Things Fair (Sweden)
• Antonia's Line (Netherlands)
• Dust of Life (Algeria)
• O Quatrilho (Brazil)
• The Star Maker (Italy)

Best Documentary Feature

• Anne Frank Remembered
• Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
• Small Wonders
• The Battle Over Citizen Kane
• Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

Best Documentary Short

• Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
• Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• One Survivor Remembers
• The Living Sea
• The Shadow of Hate

Best Live Action Short Film

• Brooms
• Duke of Groove
• Lieberman in Love
• Little Surprises
• Tuesday Morning Ride

Best Animated Short Film

• A Close Shave
• Gagarin
• Runaway Brain
• The Chicken from Outer Space
• The End

Best Original Dramatic Score

• Apollo 13
• Braveheart
• Il postino
• Nixon
• Sense and Sensibility

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

• Pocahontas
• Sabrina
• The American President
• Toy Story
• Unstrung Heroes

Best Original Song

• Dead Man Walking ("Dead Man Walking")
• Don Juan DeMarco ("Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman")
• Pocahontas ("Colors of the Wind")
• Sabrina ("Moonlight")
• Toy Story ("You've Got a Friend in Me")

Best Sound Effects Editing

• Batman Forever
• Braveheart
• Crimson Tide

Best Sound

• Apollo 13
• Batman Forever
• Braveheart
• Crimson Tide
• Waterworld

Best Art Direction

• A Little Princess
• Apollo 13
• Babe
• Restoration
• Richard III

Best Cinematography

• A Little Princess
• Batman Forever
• Braveheart
• Sense and Sensibility
• Shanghai Triad

Best Makeup

• Braveheart
• My Family
• Roommates

Best Costume Design

• 12 Monkeys
• Braveheart
• Restoration
• Richard III
• Sense and Sensibility

Best Film Editing

• Apollo 13
• Babe
• Braveheart
• Crimson Tide
• Se7en

Best Visual Effects

• Apollo 13
• Babe