Who Won 71st Annual Academy Awards?

Mar 21, 1999

The 71st Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 21, 1999 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Whoopie Goldberg hosted an evening which saw "Shakespeare In Love" upset "Saving Private Ryan" to take home best picture. It was also the year when Roberto Benigni climbed over chairs and kisses almost everyone when it was announced that he had won Best Actor for his role in "Life Is Beautiful."

Best Picture	Shakespeare In Love  David Parfitt; Donna Giglotti; Harvey Weinstein; Edward Zwick; Marc Norman
Best Actor	Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful)
Best Actress	Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love)
Best Supporting Actor	James Coburn (Affliction)
Best Supporting Actress	Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love)
Best Director	Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan)
Adapted Screenplay	Gods And Monsters  Bill Condon
Original Screenplay	Shakespeare In Love  Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard
Foreign Language Film	Life Is Beautiful  Italy
Documentary Feature	The Last Days  James Moll, Ken Lipper
Documentary Short	The Personals: Improvisations On Romance In The Golden Years  Keiko Ibi
Short Film (Live Action)	Election Night (Valgaften)  Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
Short Film (Animated)	Bunny  Chris Wedge
Film Editing	Saving Private Ryan  Michael Kahn
Cinematography	Saving Private Ryan  Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design	Shakespeare In Love  Sandy Powell
Makeup	Elizabeth  Jenny Shircore
Art Direction	Shakespeare In Love  Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier
Sound Effects Editing	Saving Private Ryan  Gary Rydstrom; Richard Hymns
Sound	Saving Private Ryan  Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
Visual Effects	What Dreams May Come  Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack
Original Dramatic Score	Life Is Beautiful  Nicola Piovani, composer
Original Musical or Comedy Score	Shakespeare In Love  Stephen Warbeck, composer
Original Song	"When You Believe" (The Prince Of Egypt) Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz