1998 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 1998 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1999 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Best in category is bold.

Best Picture

Elizabeth, Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, producers (Gramercy)

Life Is Beautiful, Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, producers (Miramax)

Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, producers (DreamWorks)

Shakespeare in Love, David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, producers (Miramax)

The Thin Red Line, Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, producers (20th Century Fox)

Actor in a Leading Role

Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful

Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan

Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters

Nick Nolte, Affliction

Edward Norton, American History X

Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth

Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station

Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love

Meryl Streep, One True Thing

Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie

Actor in a Supporting Role

James Coburn, Affliction

Robert Duvall, A Civil Action

Ed Harris, The Truman Show

Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love

Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathy Bates, Primary Colors

Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice

Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love

Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie

Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters

Directing

Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful

Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan

John Madden, Shakespeare in Love

Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line

Peter Weir, The Truman Show

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser; story by Warren Beatty, Bulworth
	Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
	Robert Rodat, Saving Private Ryan
	Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love
	Andrew Niccol, The Truman Show
Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters
	Scott Frank, Out of Sight
	Elaine May, Primary Colors
	Scott B. Smith, A Simple Plan
	Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line

Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall, A Civil Action

Remi Adefarasin, Elizabeth

Janusz Kaminski, Saving Private Ryan

Richard Greatrex, Shakespeare in Love

John Toll, The Thin Red Line

Art Direction

John Myhre, Elizabeth

Jeannine Oppewall, Pleasantville

Tom Sanders, Saving Private Ryan

Martin Childs and Jill Quertier, Shakespeare in Love

Eugenio Zanetti, What Dreams May Come

Sound

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester, Armageddon

Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack, The Mask of Zorro

Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, Saving Private Ryan

Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop, Shakespeare in Love

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat, The Thin Red Line

Music

Song	“I Don't Want to Miss a Thing,” Armageddon, Diane Warren
	“The Prayer,” Quest for Camelot, Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
	“A Soft Place to Fall,” The Horse Whisperer, Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
	“That'll Do,” Babe: Pig in the City, Randy Newman
	*“When You Believe,” The Prince of Egypt, Stephen Schwartz*
Original Score	David Hirschfelder, Elizabeth
	Nicola Piovani, Life Is Beautiful
	Randy Newman, Pleasantville
	John Williams, Saving Private Ryan
	Hans Zimmer, The Thin Red Line
Original Musical or Comedy Score	Randy Newman, A Bug's Life
	Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith, Mulan
	Marc Shaiman, Patch Adams
	Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer, The Prince of Egypt
	Stephen Warbeck, Shakespeare in Love

Film Editing

Simona Paggi, Life Is Beautiful

Anne V. Coates, Out of Sight

Michael Kahn, Saving Private Ryan

David Gamble. Shakespeare in Love

Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein, The Thin Red Line

Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, Beloved

Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth

Judianna Makovsky, Pleasantville

Sandy Powell, Shakespeare Iin Love

Sandy Powell, Velvet Goldmine

Makeup

Jenny Shircore, Elizabeth

Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke, Saving Private Ryan

Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner, Shakespeare in Love

Visual Effects

Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier, Armageddon

Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell, Mighty Joe Young

Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack, What Dreams May Come

Sound Effects Editing

George Watters, II, Armageddon

David McMoyler, The Mask of Zorro

Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns, Saving Private Ryan

Short Films

Animation	Bunny (Chris Wedge, producer; Blue Sky Studios, Inc. Production)
	The Canterbury Tales (Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson, producers; S4C/BBC Wales/HBO Production)
	Jolly Roger (Mark Baker, producer; Astley Baker/Silver Bird Production for Channel Four)
	More (Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer, producers; Bad Clams Productions/Swell Productions/Flemington Pictures Production)
	When Life Departs (Karsten Kiilerich and Sefan Fjeldmark, producers; A. Film Production)
Live Action	Culture (Will Speck & Josh Gordon, producers; False Alarm Pictures Production)
	Election Night (Valgaften) Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen, producers; M & M Production)
	Holiday Romance (Alexander Jovy, producer; Jovy Junior Enterprises Ltd. Production)
	La Carte Postale (The Postcard) (Vivian Goffette, producer; K2 S.A. Production)
	Victor Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall, producers; Bergvall Bilder/Hemikrania Production)

Documentary

Short Subject	The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years (Keiko Ibi, director; Keiko Ibi Film Production)
	A Place in the Land (Charles Guggenheim, director; Guggenheim Production)
	Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square (Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams, directors; National Film Board of Canada Production)
Feature	Dancemaker (Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer, producers; Four Oaks Foundation Production)
	The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. (Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus, producers; Gabriel Films Production)
	The Last Days (October) (James Moll and Ken Lipper, producers; Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Production)
	Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (Robert B. Weide, producer; Whyaduck Productions, Inc.)
	Regret to Inform (Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole, producers; Sun Foundation Production)