Who Won 68th Annual Academy Awards?

Mar 25, 1996

The 68th Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 25, 1996 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Whoopi Goldberg hosted. It was a night for Mel Gibson and "Braveheart." The action filled epic won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Other films winning multiple awards included "The Usual Suspects," "Apollo 13" and "Pocahontas" for its music.

Best Picture	Braveheart  Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers
Best Actor	Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
Best Actress	Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)
Best Supporting Actor	Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects)
Best Supporting Actress	Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite)
Best Director	Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
Adapted Screenplay	Sense And Sensibility  Emma Thompson
Original Screenplay	The Usual Suspects  Christopher McQuarrie
Foreign Language Film	Antonia's Line  The Netherlands
Documentary Feature	Anne Frank Remembered  Jon Blair
Documentary Short	One Survivor Remembers  Kary Antholis
Short Film (Live Action)	Lieberman In Love  Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel
Short Film (Animated)	A Close Shave  Nick Park
Film Editing	Apollo 13  Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Cinematography	Braveheart  John Toll
Costume Design	Restoration  James Acheson
Makeup	Braveheart  Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell
Art Direction	Restoration  Eugenio Zanetti
Sound Effects Editing	Braveheart  Lon Bender; Per Hallberg
Sound	Apollo 13  Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan
Visual Effects	Babe  Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
Original Dramatic Score	Il Postino: The Postman  Luis Enrique Bacalov, composer
Original Musical or Comedy Score	Pocahontas  Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
Original Song	"Colors Of The Wind" (Pocahontas) Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz