A few firsts occur in the nominations for the 1993 Critics Consensus Awards. A remarkable three directors - Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood and James Ivory - become the first to have two pictures represented in the Best Picture category in consecutive years, with Merchant / Ivory receiving their third nomination there in four years. Eastwood's A Perfect World becomes the first such nominee to miss every other category. And Jane Campion becomes the first woman nominated for Best Director and the first to direct a Best Picture nominee. '93 is the third year in a row to exclude an acting Oscar winner, the first in Leading, as Tom Hanks misses for Philadelphia. All five Best Actor slots are occupied by Brits, and for the only time in CCA history, two actors receive double nominations in the same individual acting category. Interesting also how, even with a consolidated Screenplay category, two of its five nominees were not up for either Oscar. This will be the final year of seven categories, as from 1994 we begin our climb to the current total of 16. Later, I'll reveal the winners for the '93 awards, whose nominations are currently all viewable below:
Best Picture
A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, Mark Johnson and David Valdes)
The Piano (Jane Campion and Jan Chapman)
The Remains of the Day (John Calley, James Ivory, Ismail Merchant and Mike Nichols)
Schindler's List (Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg)
Short Cuts (Robert Altman and Cary Brokaw)
Best Director
Robert Altman (Short Cuts)
Jane Campion (The Piano)
James Ivory (The Remains of the Day)
Martin Scorsese (The Age of Innocence)
Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation)
Holly Hunter (The Piano)
Ashley Judd (Ruby in Paradise)
Emma Thompson (The Remains of the Day)
Debra Winger (A Dangerous Woman)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis (The Age of Innocence)
Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father)
Anthony Hopkins (The Remains of the Day)
Anthony Hopkins (Shadowlands)
David Thewlis (Naked)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Short Cuts)
Anna Paquin (The Piano)
Rosie Perez (Fearless)
Winona Ryder (The Age of Innocence)
Emma Thompson (In the Name of the Father)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape)
Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List)
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire)
Sean Penn (Carlito's Way)
Best Screenplay
Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (Short Cuts)
Jane Campion (The Piano)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (The Remains of the Day)
Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (Groundhog Day)
Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List)
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