The English Patient – Saul Zaentz and Anthony Minghella
Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen* Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh* Shine – Jane Scott and Scott Hicks | Joel Coen – Fargo* Anthony Minghella – The English Patient* Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies* Scott Hicks – Shine |
| Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott* Ian McKellen – Richard III as Richard III* Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy* Timothy Spall – Secrets & Lies as Maurice Purley | Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley* Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill* Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson* Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton |
| Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth* Alan Rickman – Michael Collins as Éamon de Valera* Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy* John Gielgud – Shine as Cecil Parkes | Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana* Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan* Lynn Redgrave – Shine as Gillian* Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch |
| Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh* Brassed Off – Mark Herman* Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen* Lone Star – John Sayles* Shine – Jan Sardi | The English Patient – Anthony Minghella* The Crucible – Arthur Miller* Evita – Alan Parker and Oliver Stone* Richard III – Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine |
| The English Patient – John Seale* Evita – Darius Khondji* Fargo – Roger Deakins* Michael Collins – Chris Menges | Richard III – Shuna Harwood* The English Patient – Ann Roth* Evita – Penny Rose* Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne |
| The English Patient – Walter Murch* Evita – Gerry Hambling* Fargo – Roderick Jaynes* Shine – Pip Karmel | The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson* 101 Dalmatians – Lynda Armstrong, Martial Corneville, Colin Jamison and Jean-Luc Russier* The English Patient – Fabrizio Sforza and Nigel Booth* Evita – Sarah Monzani and Martin Samuel |
| The English Patient – Gabriel Yared* Brassed Off – Trevor Jones* Evita – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice* Shine – David Hirschfelder | Richard III – Tony Burrough* The English Patient – Stuart Craig* Evita – Brian Morris* Hamlet – Tim Harvey |
| Shine – Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope* The English Patient – Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Chris Newman, David Parker and Ivan Sharrock* Evita – Anna Behlmer, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Ken Weston and Nigel Wright* Independence Day – Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Sandy Gendler, Val Kuklowsky and Jeff Wexler | Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry Labounta and Habib Zargarpour* Independence Day – Tricia Ashford, Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith and Joe Viskocil* The Nutty Professor – Jon Farhat* Toy Story – Eben Fiske Ostby and William Reeves |
| Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh* Brassed Off – Steve Abbott and Mark Herman* Carla's Song – Sally Hibbin and Ken Loach* Richard III – Lisa Katselas, Stephen Bayly and Richard Loncraine | Ridicule – Frederic Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand and Patrice Leconte* Antonia's Line – Hans de Weers and Marleen Gorris* Kolya – Eric Abraham and Jan Svěrák* Nelly and Mr. Arnaud – Alain Sarde and Claude Sautet |
| The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Bernard La Joie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet* Famous Fred – John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn* The Saint Inspector – Richard Hutchinson and Mike Booth* Testament: The Bible in Animation – Elizabeth Babakhina and Aida Ziablikoua* Testament: The Bible in Animation – Naomi Jones and Gary Hurst* Trainspotter – Christopher Moll, Jeff Newitt and Neville Astley | Majorettes in Space – Carole Scotta and David Fourier* The Butterfly Man – Robin MacPherson and Barry Ackroyd* Dual Balls – Laurence Bowen and Dan Zeff* Everything Must Go – François Barat and Jean-Marc Moutout* Machination – Alice Beckmann and Ralph Seiler |