The 64th Academy Awards (1991): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS

AWARDS

  • 10
  • 8
  • 7
  • 7
  • 6
  • 6
  • 6
  • 5
  • 5
  • 3
  • 3
  • Bugsy
  • JFK
  • The Prince of Tides
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Thelma & Louise
  • The Fisher King
  • Hook
  • Backdraft
  • Barton Fink
  • 5
  • 4
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Bugsy
  • JFK
  • City Slickers
  • Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
  • The Fisher King
  • In the Shadow of the Stars
  • Manipulation
  • Mediterraneo
  • Session Man
  • Thelma & Louise
  • NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND
  • Best Picture winner
  • Best Picture nominee
  • Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

  • Beauty and the Beast - Don Hahn
  • Bugsy - Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
  • JFK - A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone
  • The Prince of Tides - Barbra Streisand, Andrew Karsch
  • The Silence of the Lambs - Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman

DIRECTING

  • Boyz N the Hood - John Singleton
  • Bugsy - Barry Levinson
  • JFK - Oliver Stone
  • The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme
  • Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

  • Warren Beatty - Bugsy
  • Robert De Niro - Cape Fear
  • Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
  • Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
  • Robin Williams - The Fisher King

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

  • Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise
  • Laura Dern - Rambling Rose
  • Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
  • Bette Midler - For the Boys
  • Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

  • Tommy Lee Jones - JFK
  • Harvey Keitel - Bugsy
  • Ben Kingsley - Bugsy
  • Michael Lerner - Barton Fink
  • Jack Palance - City Slickers

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

  • Diane Ladd - Rambling Rose
  • Juliette Lewis - Cape Fear
  • Kate Nelligan - The Prince of Tides
  • Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
  • Jessica Tandy - Fried Green Tomatoes

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Boyz N the Hood - John Singleton
  • Bugsy - James Toback
  • The Fisher King - Richard LaGravenese
  • Grand Canyon - Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
  • Thelma & Louise - Callie Khouri

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

  • Europa Europa - Agnieszka Holland
  • Fried Green Tomatoes - Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
  • JFK - Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
  • The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston
  • The Silence of the Lambs - Ted Tally

ORIGINAL SONG

  • "Be Our Guest" - Beauty and the Beast - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
  • "Beauty and the Beast" - Beauty and the Beast - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
  • "Belle" - Beauty and the Beast - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
  • "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Music by Michael Kamen; Lyric by Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange
  • "When You're Alone" - Hook - Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
  • Bugsy - Ennio Morricone
  • The Fisher King - George Fenton
  • JFK - John Williams
  • The Prince of Tides - James Newton Howard

FILM EDITING

  • The Commitments - Gerry Hambling
  • JFK - Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
  • The Silence of the Lambs - Craig McKay
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
  • Thelma & Louise - Thom Noble

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Bugsy - Allen Daviau
  • JFK - Robert Richardson
  • The Prince of Tides - Stephen Goldblatt
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Adam Greenberg
  • Thelma & Louise - Adrian Biddle

ART DIRECTION

  • Barton Fink - Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • Bugsy - Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • The Fisher King - Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
  • Hook - Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
  • The Prince of Tides - Art Direction: Paul Sylbert; Set Decoration: Caryl Heller

COSTUME DESIGN

  • The Addams Family - Ruth Myers
  • Barton Fink - Richard Hornung
  • Bugsy - Albert Wolsky
  • Hook - Anthony Powell
  • Madame Bovary - Corinne Jorry

MAKEUP

  • Hook - Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom
  • Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country - Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn

SOUND

  • Backdraft - Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom, Glenn Williams
  • Beauty and the Beast - Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
  • JFK - Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod A. Maitland
  • The Silence of the Lambs - Tom Fleischman, Christopher Newman
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

  • Backdraft - Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
  • Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country - George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders

VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Backdraft - Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
  • Hook - Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., Robert Skotak

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • Children of Nature - Iceland
  • The Elementary School - Czechoslovakia
  • Mediterraneo - Italy
  • The Ox - Sweden
  • Raise the Red Lantern - Hong Kong

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

  • Death on the Job - Vince DiPersio, William Guttentag
  • Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House - Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond
  • In the Shadow of the Stars - Allie Light, Irving Saraf
  • The Restless Conscience - Hava Kohav Beller
  • Wild by Law - Lawrence Hott, Diane Garey

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

  • Birdnesters of Thailand (aka 'Shadow Hunters') - Eric Valli, Alain Majani
  • Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment - Debra Chasnoff
  • A Little Vicious - Immy Humes
  • The Mark of the Maker - David McGowan
  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers - Bill Couturi, Bernard Edelman

SHORT FILM (Animated)

  • Blackfly - Christopher Hinton
  • Manipulation - Daniel Greaves
  • Strings - Wendy Tilby

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

  • Birch Street Gym - Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
  • Last Breeze of Summer - David M. Massey
  • Session Man - Seth Winston, Rob Fried

HONORARY AWARDS

  • To Satyajit Ray, in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

  • George Lucas

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

  • Ray Harryhausen

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

  • To Joseph Westheimer for outstanding service, dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences.
  • To Richard J. Stumpf for outstanding service, dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences.

AWARD OF COMMENDATION

  • To Pete Comandini, Richard T. Dayton, Donald Hagans and Richard T. Ryan of YCM Laboratories for the creation and development of a motion picture film restoration process using liquid gate and registration correction on a contact printer.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

  • To IAIN NEIL for the optical design; ALBERT SAIKI for the mechanical design; and PANAVISION, INCORPORATED, for the concept and development of the Primo Zoom Lens for 35mm cinematography. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To MARIO CELSO for his pioneering work in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for carbon arc and xenon power supplies and igniters used in motion picture projection. [Lighting]
  • To GEORG THOMA for the design; HEINZ FEIERLEIN and the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF SACHTLER AG for the development of a range of fluid tripod heads. [Stage Operations]
  • To GEORGE WORRALL for the design, development and manufacture of the Worrall geared camera head for motion picture production. [Stage Operations]
  • To GUIDO CARTONI for his pioneering work in developing the technology to achieve selectable and repeatable viscous drag modules in fluid tripod heads. [Stage Operations]
  • To HARRY J. BAKER for the design and development of the first full fluidaction tripod head with adjustable degrees of viscous drag. [Stage Operations]
  • To FAZ FAZAKAS, BRIAN HENSON, DAVE HOUSMAN, PETER MILLER and JOHN STEPHENSON for the development of the Henson Performance Control System. [Systems]
  • To RANDY CARTWRIGHT, DAVID B. COONS, LEM DAVIS, THOMAS HAHN, JAMES HOUSTON, MARK KIMBALL, DYLAN W. KOHLER, PETER NYE, MICHAEL SHANTZIS, DAVID F. WOLF and the WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT for the design and development of the 'CAPS' production system for feature film animation. [Systems]
  • To RAY FEENEY, RICHARD KEENEY and RICHARD J. LUNDELL for the software development and adaptation of the Solitaire Film Recorder that provides a flexible, cost-effective film recording system. [Systems]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

  • To CENTURY PRECISION OPTICS for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To DICK CAVDEK, STEVE HAMERSKI and OTTO NEMENZ INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To KEN ROBINGS and CLAIRMONT CAMERA for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Clairmont Camera Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]
  • To JAMES DOYLE for the design and development of the Dry Fogger, which uses liquid nitrogen to produce a safe, dense, low-hanging fog effects. [Stage Operations]
  • To ROBERT W. STOKER, JR., for the design and development of a cobweb gun, for applying non-toxic cobweb effects on motion picture sets with both safety and ease of operation. [Stage Operations]