Academy Awards archive
Mississippi Burning Oscar Nominations & Wins
Mississippi Burning has 7 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.
Wins recorded in the archive
All 7 award records
Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.
| Film year | Category / credited nominee | Recorded result |
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| Film year1988 | Best Actor Credited nominee / recipientGene Hackman Anderson | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1988 | Best Supporting Actress Credited nominee / recipientFrances McDormand Mrs. Pell | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1988 | Cinematography Credited nominee / recipientPeter Biziou | Win recorded |
| Film year1988 | Best Director Credited nominee / recipientAlan Parker | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1988 | Film Editing Credited nominee / recipientGerry Hambling | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1988 | Best Picture Credited nominee / recipientFrederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, Producers | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1988 | Sound Mixing Credited nominee / recipientRobert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael | Nomination recorded |
Who else was nominated?
Compare Mississippi Burning with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.
Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.
Best Actor 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
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Best Supporting Actress 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
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Cinematography 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
- Mississippi Burning This film★ Winner
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Best Director 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
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- Mississippi Burning This filmNominee
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Film Editing 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
- Die HardNomineeFrank J. Urioste, John F. Link
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- Mississippi Burning This filmNominee
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Best Picture 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
- The Accidental TouristNomineeLawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael Grillo, Producers
- Dangerous LiaisonsNomineeNorma Heyman and Hank Moonjean, Producers
- Mississippi Burning This filmNomineeFrederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, Producers
- Rain Man★ WinnerMark Johnson, Producer
- Working GirlNomineeDouglas Wick, Producer
Sound Mixing 1988 film year · Ceremony 61
- Bird★ WinnerLes Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
- Die HardNomineeDon Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton
- Gorillas in the MistNomineeAndy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
- Mississippi Burning This filmNomineeRobert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael
- Who Framed Roger RabbitNomineeRobert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo, Tony Dawe
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