66th Academy Awards 66th Academy Awards The 66th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1993 and took place on March 21, 1994, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the first time. Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held
76th Academy Awards held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner. "" won all eleven awards it was nominated for, tying the Academy Awards record for most awards won (alongside "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic"), including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Best Picture. Other winners included "" and "Mystic River" with two awards and "The Barbarian Invasions", "Chernobyl Heart", "Cold Mountain", "Finding Nemo", "The Fog of War: