46th British Academy Film Awards

The 46th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1993, honoured the best films of 1992.

James Ivory's Howards End won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Robert Downey Jr. was voted Best Actor for his role in Chaplin. Best Supporting Actor and Actress were Gene Hackman (Unforgiven) and Miranda Richardson (Damage). Robert Altman won the award for Best Director for directing The Player.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Howards End

• Unforgiven
• The Crying Game
• The Player
• Strictly Ballroom

Best Film not in the English Language

Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua)

Best Direction

The Player - Robert Altman

• Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood
• Howards End - James Ivory
• The Crying Game - Neil Jordan

Best Actor

Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin

• Stephen Rea in The Crying Game
• Tim Robbins in The Player
• Daniel Day-Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans

Best Actress

Emma Thompson in Howards End

• Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes
• Judy Davis in Husbands and Wives
• Tara Morice in Strictly Ballroom

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Gene Hackman in Unforgiven

• Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game
• Tommy Lee Jones in JFK
• Samuel West in Howards End

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Miranda Richardson in Damage

• Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game
• Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes
• Helena Bonham Carter in Howards End

Best Screenplay,Original

Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen

• Hear My Song - Peter Chelsom
• Unforgiven - David Webb Peoples
• The Crying Game - Neil Jordan

Best Screenplay,Adapted

The Player - Michael Tolkin

• JFK - Oliver Stone
• Howards End - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Strictly Ballroom - Baz Luhrmann

Best Cinematography

The Last of the Mohicans - Dante Spinotti

• Strictly Ballroom - Steve Mason
• Cape Fear - Freddie Francis
• Howards End - Tony Pierce-Roberts

Best Costume Design

Strictly Ballroom - Catherine Martin

• Chaplin - John Mollo, Ellen Mirojnick
• The Last of the Mohicans - Elsa Zamparelli
• Howards End - Jenny Beavan

Best Sound

JFK

• Strictly Ballroom
• The Last of the Mohicans
• Unforgiven

Best Editing

JFK - Joe Hutshing

• Strictly Ballroom - Jill Bilcock
• The Player - Geraldine Peroni
• Howards End - Andrew Marcus
• Cape Fear - Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Special Effects

Death Becomes Her

• Alien 3
• Batman Returns
• Beauty and the Beast

Best Original Film Score

Strictly Ballroom - David Hirschfelder

• The Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones
• Hear My Song - John Altman
• Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken

Best Short Animated Film

Daumier's Law

Best Short Film

Omnibus

Best Make Up

The Last of the Mohicans - Peter Robb-King

• Howards End - Christine Beveridge
• Chaplin - Wally Schneiderman
• Batman Returns - Stan Winston

Best Production Design

Strictly Ballroom - Catherine Martin

• Chaplin - Stuart Craig
• The Last of the Mohicans - Wolf Kroeger
• Howards End - Luciana Arrighi