1991 (64th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1991. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
Bugsy, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty, Producers.The Prince of Tides, Barwood/Longfellow Production; Columbia. Barbra Streisand and Andrew Karsch, Producers.The Silence of the Lambs, Strong Heart/Demme Production; Orion. Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, Amblin Entertainment Production in association with Cappa Films and Tribeca Productions; Universal.Actress in a Leading Role
Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France)Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France)Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear, Amblin Entertainment Production in association with Cappa Films and Tribeca Productions; Universal.Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes, Act III Communications in association with Electric Shadow Production; Universal.Directing
Thelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France) Ridley Scott.Art Direction-Set Decoration
Barton Fink, Barton Circle Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) Art direction by Dennis Gassner; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.Bugsy, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Art direction by Dennis Gassner; set decoration by Nancy Haigh.The Fisher King, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Art direction by Mel Bourne; set decoration by Cindy Carr.Hook, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Art direction by Norman Garwood; set decoration by Garrett Lewis.The Prince of Tides, Barwood/Longfellow Production; Columbia. Art direction by Paul Sylbert; set decoration by Caryl Heller.Cinematography
Thelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France) Adrian Biddle.Costume Design
Documentary
(Feature)
Death on the Job, Half-Court Pictures, Ltd. Production. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House, Video Verité Production. (USA, Canada) Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers.(Short Subject)
Birdnesters of Thailand, Antenne 2/National Geographic Society/M.D.I./Wind Horse Production. (France) Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers.Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment, Women’s Educational Media, Inc. Production. Debra Chasnoff, Producer.Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers, Couturie Company Production. Bill Couturie and Bernard Edelman, Producers.Film Editing
The Commitments, Beacon Communications Production; 20th Century Fox. (Ireland, UK, USA) Gerry Hambling.Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris.Foreign Language Film
Children of Nature, Icelandic Film Corporation, Ltd./Max Film (Berlin)/Metro Film (Oslo) Production. (Iceland, Norway, Germany)The Elementary School, Barrandov Film Studios Production. (Czechoslovakia)Mediterraneo, Pentafilm S.p.A./A.M.A. Film S.r.l. Production. (Italy)The Ox, Sweetland Films AB/Jean Doumanian Production. (Sweden, Norway, Denmark)Raise the Red Lantern, ERA International (HK) Ltd. Presentation in association with China Film Co-production Corporation Production. (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)Makeup
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Michael Mills, Edward French and Richard Snell.Music
(Original Score)
(Original Song)
Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Music by Alan Menken; lyric by Howard Ashman.(Everything I Do) I Do It For You from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Morgan Creek Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Music by Michael Kamen; lyric by Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange.When You’re Alone from Hook, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Music by John Williams; lyric by Leslie Bricusse.Short Films
(Animated)
(Live Action)
Sound
Backdraft, Trilogy Entertainment Group/Brian Grazer Production; Universal. Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom and Glenn Williams.Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane.JFK, Camelot Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA) Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker and Tod A. Maitland.The Silence of the Lambs, Strong Heart/Demme Production; Orion. Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman.Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers and Lee Orloff.Sound Effects Editing
Backdraft, Trilogy Entertainment Group/Brian Grazer Production; Universal. Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns.Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. George Watters II and F. Hudson Miller.Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Gary Rydstrom and Gloria S. Borders.Visual Effects
Backdraft, Trilogy Entertainment Group/Brian Grazer Production; Universal. Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney and Scott Farrar.Hook, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan and Michael Lantieri.Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Carolco Pictures Production; TriStar. Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr. and Robert Skotak.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Europa Europa, CCC-Filmkunst and Les Films du Losange Production; Orion Classics. (Germany, France, Poland) Agnieszka Holland.Fried Green Tomatoes, Act III Communications in association with Electric Shadow Production; Universal. Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Thelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France) Callie Khouri.Honorary Award
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. [ [Statuette]]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. [ [Special Plaque]]To Richard J. Stumpf and Joseph Westheimer for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [Medal of Commendation]]Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 7, 1992, in the Los Angeles Ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Scientific or Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
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.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.To Harry J. Baker for the design and development of the first full fluidaction tripod head with adjustable degrees of viscous drag.To Guido Cartoni for his pioneering work in developing the technology to achieve selectable and repeatable viscous drag modules in fluid tripod heads.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.To Faz Fazakas, Brian Henson, Dave Housman, Peter Miller and John Stephenson for the development of the Henson Performance Control System.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.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.To George Worrall for the design, development and manufacture of the Worrall geared camera head for motion picture production.(Technical Achievement Award)
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.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.To Dick Cavdek, Steve Hamerski and Otto Nemenz International, Incorporated, for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Nemenz Zoom Lens.To Ken Robings and Clairmont Camera for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Clairmont Camera Zoom Lens.To Century Precision Optics for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens.NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 7, 1992, in the Los Angeles Ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel.