‘Forrest Gump’: 13 Oscar nominations
Posted: August 2026
List of Oscar nominations for “Forrest Gump’ (1994). “Forrest Gump” was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won 6. Below are nominees and respective winners. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
WON: Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, Steve Starkey (Best Picture)
WON: Robert Zemeckis (Best Director)
WON: Tom Hanks (Best Actor)
Gary Sinise (Best Supporting Actor) — lost to Martin Landau (Ed Wood)
Don Burgess (Best Cinematography) — lost to John Toll (Legends of the Fall)
WON: Eric Roth (Best Adapted Screenplay)
WON: Arthur Schmidt (Best Editing)
Alan Silvestri (Best Original Score) — lost to Hans Zimmer (The Lion King)
Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D’Amore, Judith A. Cory (Best Makeup) — lost to Ed Wood (Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng)
Rick Carter (Art Direction), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) (Best Art Direction) — lost to The Madness of King George (Ken Adam, Art Direction; Carolyn Scott, Set Decoration)
WON: Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall (Best Visual Effects)
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan (Best Sound) — lost to Speed (Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R.B. MacMillan)
Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom (Sound Effects Editing) — lost to Speed (Stephen Hunter Flick)
