45th British Academy Film Awards

The 45th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1992, honoured the best films of 1991.

Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. The Silence of the Lambs won the awards for Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Actress (Jodie Foster). It went on to win the same Academy Awards. Alan Rickman was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kate Nelligan (Frankie and Johnny) won the award for Best Supporting Actress.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs

• Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves
• Alan Rickman in Truly, Madly, Deeply
• Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac

Best Actress

Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs

• Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise
• Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise
• Juliet Stevenson in Truly, Madly, Deeply

Best Film

The Commitments

• Dances with Wolves
• Thelma & Louise
• The Silence of the Lambs

Best Direction

The Commitments - Alan Parker

• Dances with Wolves - Kevin Costner
• The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme
• Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

• Andrew Strong in The Commitments
• Derek Jacobi in Dead Again
• Alan Bates in Hamlet

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kate Nelligan in Frankie and Johnny

• Amanda Plummer in The Fisher King
• Annette Bening in The Grifters
• Julie Walters in Stepping Out

Best Cinematography

Cyrano de Bergerac - Pierre L'Homme

• The Silence of the Lambs - Tak Fujimoto
• Thelma & Louise - Adrian Biddle
• Dances with Wolves - Dean Semler

Best Costume Design

Cyrano de Bergerac

• Valmont - Theodor Pistek
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - John Bloomfield
• Edward Scissorhands - Colleen Atwood

Best Editing

The Commitments

• The Silence of the Lambs - Craig McKay
• Dances with Wolves - Neil Travis
• Thelma & Louise - Thom Noble

Best Film Not in the English Language

The Nasty Girl

• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Toto the Hero
• The Hairdresser's Husband

Best Makeup

Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Pierre Eychenne, Michele Burke

• Edward Scissorhands - Ve Neill
• Dances with Wolves - Frank Carrisosa
• The Addams Family - Fern Buchner, Katherine James, Kevin Haney

Best Original Score

Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Claude Petit

• Thelma & Louise - Hans Zimmer
• The Silence of the Lambs - Howard Shore
• Dances with Wolves - John Barry

Best Production Design

Edward Scissorhands - Bo Welch

• Cyrano de Bergerac - Ezio Frigerio'
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Joseph Nemec III
• The Addams Family - Richard MacDonald

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Commitments - Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle

• Cyrano de Bergerac - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Jean-Claude Carrière
• Dances with Wolves - Michael Blake
• The Silence of the Lambs - Ted Tally

Best Original Screenplay

Truly, Madly, Deeply - Anthony Minghella

• Thelma & Louise - Callie Khouri
• Green Card - Peter Weir
• The Fisher King - Richard LaGravenese

Best Sound

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

• The Commitments
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Dances with Wolves

Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

• Prospero's Books
• Edward Scissorhands
• Backdraft

Academy Fellowship

John Gielgud

David Plowright

Award breakdown

Winners

• 4 / 6 The Commitments: Best Director, Editing, Film and Screenplay-Adapted
• 4 / 8 Cyrano de Bergerac: Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup and Original Score.
• 2 / 3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Best Sound and Visual Effects.
• 2 / 9 The Silence of the Lambs: Best Actor and Actress.
• 1 / 1 Frankie and Johnny: Best Supporting Actress.
• 1 / 2 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Best Supporting Actor.
• 1 / 3 Truly, Madly, Deeply: Best Screenplay-Original.
• 1 / 4 Edward Scissorhands: Best Production Design.

Nominees

• 0 / 2 The Addams Family
• 0 / 2 The Fisher King
• 0 / 8 Dances with Wolves
• 0 / 8 Thelma & Louise