The
61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best
films of 1988, and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the
Shrine Auditorium 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
Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis. Ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the
Beverly Hills Hotel in
Beverly Hills, California, the
Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host
Angie Dickinson.