1992
The 64th Academy Awards | 1992
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 30, 1992
Honoring movies released in 1991
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Nominees
Robin Williams
The Fisher King
Warren Beatty
Bugsy
Robert De Niro
Cape Fear
Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Jack Palance
City Slickers
Nominees
Tommy Lee Jones
JFK
Harvey Keitel
Bugsy
Ben Kingsley
Bugsy
Michael Lerner
Barton Fink
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Nominees
Geena Davis
Thelma & Louise
Laura Dern
Rambling Rose
Bette Midler
For the Boys
Susan Sarandon
Thelma & Louise
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Nominees
Diane Ladd
Rambling Rose
Juliette Lewis
Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan
The Prince of Tides
Jessica Tandy
Fried Green Tomatoes
Best Picture
Winner
The Silence of the Lambs
Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, Producers
Nominees
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
Cinematography
Winner
JFK
Robert Richardson
Nominees
Bugsy
Allen Daviau
The Prince of Tides
Stephen Goldblatt
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Adam Greenberg
Thelma & Louise
Adrian Biddle
Costume Design
Winner
Bugsy
Albert Wolsky
Nominees
The Addams Family
Ruth Myers
Barton Fink
Richard Hornung
Hook
Anthony Powell
Madame Bovary
Corinne Jorry
Directing
Winner
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
Nominees
Bugsy
Barry Levinson
JFK
Oliver Stone
Thelma & Louise
Ridley Scott
Boyz N the Hood
John Singleton
Film Editing
Winner
JFK
Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
Nominees
The Silence of the Lambs
Craig McKay
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
Thelma & Louise
Thom Noble
The Commitments
Gerry Hambling
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Mediterraneo
Italy
Nominees
Children of Nature
Iceland
The Elementary School
Czechoslovakia
The Ox
Sweden
Raise the Red Lantern
Hong Kong
Visual Effects
Winner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., Robert Skotak
Nominees
Backdraft
Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
Hook
Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan, Michael Lantieri
Art Direction
Winner
Bugsy
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Nominees
Barton Fink
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
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
George Lucas
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Nominees
Bugsy
Ennio Morricone
The Fisher King
George Fenton
JFK
John Williams
The Prince of Tides
James Newton Howard
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
Debra Chasnoff, Producer
Nominees
Birdnesters of Thailand (aka "Shadow Hunters")
Eric Valli and Alain Majani, Producers
A Little Vicious
Immy Humes, Producer
The Mark of the Maker
David McGowan, Producer
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Bill Couturié and Bernard Edelman, Producers
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
In the Shadow of the Stars
Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
Nominees
Death on the Job
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Doing Time: Life inside the Big House
Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
The Restless Conscience
Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
Wild by Law
Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers
Sound
Winner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff
Nominees
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
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Manipulation
Daniel Greaves
Nominees
Blackfly
Christopher Hinton
Strings
Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Session Man
Seth Winston, Rob Fried
Nominees
Birch Street Gym
Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
Last Breeze of Summer
David M. Massey
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty And The Beast in "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Nominees
Beauty and the Beast
Be Our Guest in "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Beauty and the Beast
Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" Music by Michael Kamen; Lyric by Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange
Hook
When You're Alone in "Hook" Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Nominees
Boyz N the Hood
John Singleton
Bugsy
James Toback
The Fisher King
Richard LaGravenese
Grand Canyon
Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
Makeup
Winner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn
Nominees
Hook
Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Gary Rydstrom, Gloria S. Borders
Nominees
Backdraft
Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
George Watters II, F. Hudson Miller
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Winner
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally
Nominees
Europa Europa
Agnieszka Holland
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
JFK
Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
The Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston
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Last Breeze of Summer
1 NominationShort Film (Live Action) - David M. Massey
A Little Vicious
1 NominationDocumentary (Short Subject) - Immy Humes, Producer