DK's Best Achievements in Cinema - 1993


Best Director
Brian De Palma    Carlito's Way
Steven Spielberg    Schindler's List
Also worth mentioning
Lasse Hallstrom    What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Bille August    The House of the Spirits
Tony Scott    True Romance
David Cronenberg    M. Butterfly
Randa Haines    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio    What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Al Pacino    Carlito's Way
Also worth mentioning
Sean Penn    Carlito's Way
Jeremy Irons    M. Butterfly,
The House of the Spirits
Robert Duvall    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Richard Harris    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Gary Oldman    True Romance
Pete Postlethwaite    In the Name of the Father
Johnny Depp    What's Eating Gilbert Grape,
Benny & Joon

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski    Schindler's List
Also worth mentioning
Sacha Vierny    The Baby of Macon
Stephen H. Burum    Carlito's Way

Best Score
Patrick Doyle    Carlito's Way
John Williams    Schindler's List
Also worth mentioning
Howard Shore    Philadelphia,
M. Butterfly
Hans Zimmer    The House of the Spirits,
True Romance

Best Editing
Also worth mentioning
Kristina Boden,
Bill Pankow
   Carlito's Way
Best Picture
Carlito's Way
Schindler's List
Also worth mentioning
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
True Romance
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Best Actress
Also worth mentioning
Mary Stuart Masterson    Benny & Joon
Penelope Ann Miller    Carlito's Way
Patricia Arquette    True Romance
Darlene Cates    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Allan Starski,
Ewa Braun
   Schindler's List
Also worth mentioning
?    The Baby of Macon

Best Visual Effects
Also worth mentioning
Cliffhanger

Best Writing
David Koepp,
Edwin Torres
   Carlito's Way
Also worth mentioning
Peter Hedges    What's Eating Gilbert Grape
David Henry Hwang    M. Butterfly
Steve Conrad    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Best Steadicam
Larry McConkey    Carlito's Way
Also worth mentioning
Robert Ulland,
Stephen St. John
   The Fugitive
Garrett Brown    Philadelphia

Leading movies:
None

Movies that were considered (35):
12:01 | Addams Family Values | And the Band Played On | Another Stakeout | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Bad Boy Bubby | Benny & Joon | Carlito's Way | Cliffhanger | Dave | Dazed and Confused | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Freaked | In the Name of the Father | Last Action Hero | Loaded Weapon 1 | M. Butterfly | Naked | Orlando | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Schindler's List | Shadowlands | Sleepless in Seattle | Striking Distance | The Baby of Macon | The Firm | The Myth of the Male Orgasm | The Remains of the Day | The Vanishing | True Romance | Under Pressure: Making "The Abyss" | Weekend at Bernie's II | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway.

Movies that were not considered (and should have):
Cool Runnings | Fearless | Groundhog Day | In the Line of Fire | Jurassic Park | Philadelphia | Romeo is Bleeding | Short Cuts | The Age of Innocence | The Fugitive | The House of the Spirits | The Nightmare Before Christmas | The Piano.

Special Awards

Best Trailer: Carlito's Way.

Worst Remake: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman.
Worst Sequel: Weekend at Bernie's II.
Worst Biography: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

Best Comedy: Groundhog Day.
Best Documentary: Under Pressure: Making "The Abyss".