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    Oscar

    Edit

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Kevin Spacey
      Winner
      • Kevin Spacey
      • American Beauty
    • Russell Crowe
      • Russell Crowe
      • The Insider
    • Richard Farnsworth
      • Richard Farnsworth
      • The Straight Story
    • Sean Penn
      • Sean Penn
      • Sweet and Lowdown
    • Denzel Washington
      • Denzel Washington
      • The Hurricane

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Michael Caine at an event for Sleuth (2007)
      Winner
      • Michael Caine
      • The Cider House Rules
    • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      • Tom Cruise
      • Magnolia
    • Michael Clarke Duncan at an event for The Island (2005)
      • Michael Clarke Duncan
      • The Green Mile
    • Jude Law
      • Jude Law
      • The Talented Mr. Ripley
    • Haley Joel Osment
      • Haley Joel Osment
      • The Sixth Sense

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Hilary Swank
      Winner
      • Hilary Swank
      • Boys Don't Cry
    • Annette Bening at an event for The Report (2019)
      • Annette Bening
      • American Beauty
    • Janet McTeer
      • Janet McTeer
      • Tumbleweeds
    • Julianne Moore
      • Julianne Moore
      • The End of the Affair
    • Meryl Streep
      • Meryl Streep
      • Music of the Heart

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Angelina Jolie
      Winner
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Girl, Interrupted
    • Toni Collette
      • Toni Collette
      • The Sixth Sense
    • Catherine Keener
      • Catherine Keener
      • Being John Malkovich
    • Samantha Morton
      • Samantha Morton
      • Sweet and Lowdown
    • Chloë Sevigny and Michael Friberg
      • Chloë Sevigny
      • Boys Don't Cry

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Sleepy Hollow

      7.3 (416K)
      Rick Heinrichs(art director)
      Peter Young(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

        Anna and the King

      6.7 (41K)
      Luciana Arrighi(art director)
      Ian Whittaker(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

        The Cider House Rules

      7.4 (110K)
      David Gropman(art director)
      Beth A. Rubino(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

        The Talented Mr. Ripley

      7.4 (276K)
      Roy Walker(art director)
      Bruno Cesari(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

        Topsy-Turvy

      7.3 (14K)
      Eve Stewart(art director)
      John Bush(set decorator)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        American Beauty

      8.3 (1.3M)
      Conrad L. Hall
    • [object Object]

        The End of the Affair

      7.0 (26K)
      Roger Pratt
    • [object Object]

        The Insider

      7.8 (193K)
      Dante Spinotti
    • [object Object]

        Sleepy Hollow

      7.3 (416K)
      Emmanuel Lubezki
    • [object Object]

        Snow Falling on Cedars

      6.7 (15K)
      Robert Richardson

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Topsy-Turvy

      7.3 (14K)
      Lindy Hemming
    • [object Object]

        Anna and the King

      6.7 (41K)
      Jenny Beavan
    • [object Object]

        Sleepy Hollow

      7.3 (416K)
      Colleen Atwood
    • [object Object]

        The Talented Mr. Ripley

      7.4 (276K)
      Ann Roth
      Gary Jones
    • [object Object]

        Titus

      7.0 (22K)
      Milena Canonero

    Best Director

    • Sam Mendes at an event for Revolutionary Road (2008)
      Winner
      • Sam Mendes
      • American Beauty
    • Spike Jonze at an event for Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
      • Spike Jonze
      • Being John Malkovich
    • Lasse Hallström at an event for Casanova (2005)
      • Lasse Hallström
      • The Cider House Rules
    • Michael Mann
      • Michael Mann
      • The Insider
    • M. Night Shyamalan in The Last Airbender (2010)
      • M. Night Shyamalan
      • The Sixth Sense

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        One Day in September

      7.8 (6.8K)
      Arthur Cohn
      Kevin Macdonald
    • [object Object]

        Buena Vista Social Club

      7.6 (21K)
      Wim Wenders
      Ulrich Felsberg
    • [object Object]

        Genghis Blues

      7.7 (1.5K)
      Roko Belic
      Adrian Belic
    • [object Object]

        On the Ropes

      7.3 (484)
      Nanette Burstein
      Brett Morgen
    • [object Object]

        Speaking in Strings

      6.6 (236)
      Paola di Florio
      Lilibet Foster

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        King Gimp

      7.7 (250)
      Susan Hannah Hadary
      William A. Whiteford
    • [object Object]

        Eyewitness

      7.1 (35)
      Bert Van Bork
    • [object Object]

        The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

      6.3 (79)
      Simeon Soffer
      Jonathan Stack

    Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Matrix

      8.7 (2.3M)
      Dane A. Davis
    • [object Object]

        Fight Club

      8.8 (2.7M)
      Ren Klyce
      Richard Hymns
    • [object Object]

        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

      6.5 (938K)
      Ben Burtt
      Tom Bellfort

    Best Effects, Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Matrix

      8.7 (2.3M)
      John Gaeta
      Janek Sirrs
      Steve Courtley
      Jon Thum
    • [object Object]

        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

      6.5 (938K)
      John Knoll
      Dennis Muren
      Scott Squires
      Rob Coleman
    • [object Object]

        Stuart Little

      6.0 (162K)
      John Dykstra
      Jerome Chen
      Henry F. Anderson III
      Eric Allard

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Matrix

      8.7 (2.3M)
      Zach Staenberg
    • [object Object]

        American Beauty

      8.3 (1.3M)
      Tariq Anwar
      Christopher Greenbury
    • [object Object]

        The Cider House Rules

      7.4 (110K)
      Lisa Zeno Churgin
    • [object Object]

        The Insider

      7.8 (193K)
      William Goldenberg
      Paul Rubell
      David Rosenbloom
    • [object Object]

        The Sixth Sense

      8.2 (1.2M)
      Andrew Mondshein

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        All About My Mother

      7.8 (111K)
      Spain.
    • [object Object]

        Under the Sun

      6.8 (3.3K)
      Sweden.
    • [object Object]

        Solomon & Gaenor

      6.8 (1.6K)
      United Kingdom.
    • [object Object]

        East/West

      7.4 (5.4K)
      France.
    • [object Object]

        Himalaya

      7.4 (6K)
      Nepal.

    Best Makeup

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Topsy-Turvy

      7.3 (14K)
      Christine Blundell
      Trefor Proud
    • [object Object]

        Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

      6.7 (265K)
      Michèle Burke
      Mike Smithson
    • [object Object]

        Bicentennial Man

      6.9 (136K)
      Greg Cannom
    • [object Object]

        Life

      6.8 (62K)
      Rick Baker

    Best Music, Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Red Violin

      7.6 (36K)
      John Corigliano
    • [object Object]

        American Beauty

      8.3 (1.3M)
      Thomas Newman
    • [object Object]

        Angela's Ashes

      7.3 (25K)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

        The Cider House Rules

      7.4 (110K)
      Rachel Portman
    • [object Object]

        The Talented Mr. Ripley

      7.4 (276K)
      Gabriel Yared

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Tarzan

      7.3 (272K)
      Phil Collins
      For the song "You'll Be In My Heart".
    • [object Object]

        South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

      7.7 (224K)
      Trey Parker
      Marc Shaiman
      For the song "Blame Canada".
    • [object Object]

        Music of the Heart

      6.7 (14K)
      Diane Warren
      For the song "Music Of My Heart".
    • [object Object]

        Magnolia

      8.0 (353K)
      Aimee Mann
      For the song "Save Me".
    • [object Object]

        Toy Story 2

      7.9 (683K)
      Randy Newman
      For the song "When She Loved Me".

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        American Beauty

      8.3 (1.3M)
      Bruce Cohen
      Dan Jinks
    • [object Object]

        The Cider House Rules

      7.4 (110K)
      Richard N. Gladstein
    • [object Object]

        The Green Mile

      8.6 (1.6M)
      David Valdes
      Frank Darabont
    • [object Object]

        The Insider

      7.8 (193K)
      Michael Mann
      Pieter Jan Brugge
    • [object Object]

        The Sixth Sense

      8.2 (1.2M)
      Frank Marshall
      Kathleen Kennedy
      Barry Mendel

    Best Short Film, Animated

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Old Man and the Sea

      8.0 (4.9K)
      Aleksandr Petrov
    • [object Object]

        Humdrum

      6.6 (469)
      Peter Peake
    • [object Object]

        My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

      6.9 (632)
      Torill Kove
    • [object Object]

        3 Misses

      5.6 (387)
      Paul Driessen
    • [object Object]

        When the Day Breaks

      6.8 (1.5K)
      Wendy Tilby
      Amanda Forbis

    Best Short Film, Live Action

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York

      6.9 (203)
      Barbara Schock
      Tammy Tiehel
    • [object Object]

        Bror, min bror

      6.6 (104)
      Henrik Ruben Genz
      Michael W. Horsten
    • [object Object]

        Killing Joe

      6.4 (84)
      Mehdi Norowzian
      Steve Wax
    • [object Object]

        Kleingeld

      7.3 (360)
      Marc-Andreas Bochert
      Gabriele Lins
    • [object Object]

        Stora & små mirakel

      6.7 (118)
      Marcus Olsson

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Matrix

      8.7 (2.3M)
      John T. Reitz
      Gregg Rudloff
      David E. Campbell
      David Lee
    • [object Object]

        The Green Mile

      8.6 (1.6M)
      Robert J. Litt
      Elliot Tyson
      Michael Herbick
      Willie D. Burton
    • [object Object]

        The Insider

      7.8 (193K)
      Andy Nelson
      Doug Hemphill
      Lee Orloff
    • [object Object]

        The Mummy

      7.1 (508K)
      Leslie Shatz
      Chris Carpenter
      Rick Kline
      Chris Munro
    • [object Object]

        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

      6.5 (938K)
      Gary Rydstrom
      Tom Johnson
      Shawn Murphy
      John Midgley

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Cider House Rules

      7.4 (110K)
      John Irving
    • [object Object]

        Election

      7.2 (112K)
      Alexander Payne
      Jim Taylor
    • [object Object]

        The Green Mile

      8.6 (1.6M)
      Frank Darabont
    • [object Object]

        The Insider

      7.8 (193K)
      Eric Roth
      Michael Mann
    • [object Object]

        The Talented Mr. Ripley

      7.4 (276K)
      Anthony Minghella

    Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        American Beauty

      8.3 (1.3M)
      Alan Ball
    • [object Object]

        Being John Malkovich

      7.7 (371K)
      Charlie Kaufman
    • [object Object]

        Magnolia

      8.0 (353K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
    • [object Object]

        The Sixth Sense

      8.2 (1.2M)
      M. Night Shyamalan
    • [object Object]

        Topsy-Turvy

      7.3 (14K)
      Mike Leigh

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Andrzej Wajda
      Winner
      • Andrzej Wajda
      For five decades of extraordinary film direction (Oscar statuette).

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

    Edit
    • Warren Beatty
      Winner
      • Warren Beatty

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Scientific and Engineering Award

      Edit
      • Winner
        • Nick Phillips
        For the design and development of the three-axis Libra III remote control camera head.
      • Winner
          For the concept, design and engineering of the Moviecam Superlight 35mm Motion Picture Camera.
        • Winner
            For the optical (Neil) and the mechanical design (Gelbard) and for the development (Panavision) of the Millennium Camera System viewfinder.
          • Winner
            • Huw Gwyllyn
            For the design and development of the AMS/Neve-Logic Digital Film Console for motion picture sound mixing.
          • Winner
              For the mechanical (Moultrie) and the optical design (Salter/Gerchman) of the Cooke S4 Range of Fixed Focal Length Lenses for 35mm motion picture photography.
            • Winner
                For development of the process for manufacturing Electro-Formed Metal Reflectors which, when combined with the DC Short Arc Xenon Lamp, became the worldwide standard for motion picture projection systems.
              • Winner
                  For the concept, design and engineering of the Linear Loop Film Projectors.
                • Winner
                    For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.

                  Technical Achievement Award

                  Edit
                  • Winner
                    • Chris Woolf
                    For the design and development of the Rycote Microphone Windshield Modular System.
                  • Winner
                      For the design and development of the Light Wave microphone windscreens and isolation mounts from Light Wave Systems.
                    • Winner
                        For the concept (Sehlin), the design and development (Bogdanowicz/Schmoeger) of the Eastman Lamphouse Modification Filters.
                      • Hoyt Yeatman
                        Winner
                        • Hoyt Yeatman(Dream Quest Images)
                        For the identification and diagnosis leading to the elimination of the 'red fringe' artifact in traveling matte composite photography.

                      Gordon E. Sawyer Award

                      Edit
                      • Winner

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                        Event date

                        March 4, 2000

                        Event location

                        Los Angeles, California, USA

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