Academy Awards 1999 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

• Elizabeth
• Life Is Beautiful
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Best Director

• 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

• Affliction (Nick Nolte)
• American History X (Edward Norton)
• Gods and Monsters (Ian McKellen)
• Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
• Saving Private Ryan (Tom Hanks)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Central Station (Fernanda Montenegro)
• Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett)
• Hilary and Jackie (Emily Watson)
• One True Thing (Meryl Streep)
• Shakespeare in Love (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• A Civil Action (Robert Duvall)
• A Simple Plan (Billy Bob Thornton)
• Affliction (James Coburn)
• Shakespeare in Love (Geoffrey Rush)
• The Truman Show (Ed Harris)

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 Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Bulworth
• Life Is Beautiful
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Truman Show

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• A Simple Plan
• Gods and Monsters
• Out of Sight
• Primary Colors
• The Thin Red Line

Best Foreign Language Film

• Central Station (Brazil)
• Children of Heaven (Iran)
• Life Is Beautiful (Italy)
• Tango (Argentina)
• The Grandfather (Spain)

Best Documentary Feature

• Dancemaker
• Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
• Regret to Inform
• The Farm: Angola, USA
• The Last Days

Best Documentary Short

• A Place in the Land
• Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square
• The Personals

Best Live Action Short Film

• Culture
• Election Night
• Holiday Romance
• The Postcard
• Victor

Best Animated Short Film

• Bunny
• Jolly Roger
• More
• The Canterbury Tales
• When Life Departs

Best Original Dramatic Score

• Elizabeth
• Life Is Beautiful
• Pleasantville
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Thin Red Line

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

• A Bug's Life
• Mulan
• Patch Adams
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Prince of Egypt

Best Original Song

• Armageddon ("I Don't Want To Miss A Thing")
• Babe: Pig in the City ("That'll Do")
• Quest for Camelot ("The Prayer")
• The Horse Whisperer ("A Soft Place To Fall")
• The Prince of Egypt ("When You Believe")

Best Sound Effects Editing

• Armageddon
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Mask of Zorro

Best Sound

• Armageddon
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Mask of Zorro
• The Thin Red Line

Best Art Direction

• Elizabeth
• Pleasantville
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• What Dreams May Come

Best Cinematography

• A Civil Action
• Elizabeth
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Best Makeup

• Elizabeth
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love

Best Costume Design

• Beloved
• Elizabeth
• Pleasantville
• Shakespeare in Love
• Velvet Goldmine

Best Film Editing

• Life Is Beautiful
• Out of Sight
• Saving Private Ryan
• Shakespeare in Love
• The Thin Red Line

Best Visual Effects

• Armageddon
• Mighty Joe Young
• What Dreams May Come