1992 ceremony · films of 1991

The 64th Oscars

105 nominations in 23 categories.

Nominations and wins

The night's big films

Winners first

Every category

Best Picture

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

Best Director

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins · Dr. Hannibal Lecter
The Silence of the Lambs
Warren Beatty · Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy
Robert De Niro · Max Cady
Cape Fear
Robin Williams · Parry
The Fisher King
Nick Nolte · Tom Wingo
The Prince of Tides

Best Actress

Jodie Foster · Clarice Starling
The Silence of the Lambs
Bette Midler · Dixie Leonard
For the Boys
Laura Dern · Rose
Rambling Rose
Geena Davis · Thelma
Thelma & Louise
Susan Sarandon · Louise
Thelma & Louise

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Mercedes Ruehl · Anne
The Fisher King
Juliette Lewis · Danielle Bowden
Cape Fear
Jessica Tandy · Ninny Threadgoode
Fried Green Tomatoes
Diane Ladd · Mother
Rambling Rose
Kate Nelligan · Lila Wingo Newbury
The Prince of Tides

Best Original Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Announced as Writing (Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced or Published)

Best International Feature

Announced as Foreign Language Film

Best Documentary Feature

In the Shadow of the Stars
Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
Death on the Job
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Bill Guttentag
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945
Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
Wild by Law
Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers
Lawrence R. Hott

Best Cinematography

Best Film Editing

Best Production Design

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

Best Costume Design

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Announced as Makeup

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

Best Original Score

Best Original Song

Best Sound Editing

Announced as Sound Effects Editing

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Documentary Short

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
Debra Chasnoff, Producer
A Little Vicious
Immy Humes, Producer
Birdnesters of Thailand
Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers
Alain Majani d'Inguimbert
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Bill Couturié and Bernard Edelman, Producers
The Mark of the Maker
David McGowan, Producer

Best Animated Short

Best Live Action Short

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

Not competitive

Honorary and special awards

Honorary Award

Satyajit Ray
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
Ray Harryhausen

Medal of Commendation

Pete Comandini, Richard T. Dayton, Donald Hagans, Richard T. Ryan
Richard Dayton
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.

Medal of Commendation

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

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