British Academy Film Awards 1990
The 43rd British Academy Film Awards · Held March 11, 1990 · 20 categories · everything in 1990
Best Film
- Winner Dead Poets Society
- Nominee My Left Foot · Noel Pearson, Jim Sheridan
- Nominee Shirley Valentine · Lewis Gilbert
- Nominee When Harry Met Sally · Rob Reiner
Best Direction
- Winner Kenneth Branagh · Henry V
- Nominee Stephen Frears · Dangerous Liaisons
- Nominee Peter Weir · Dead Poets Society
- Nominee Alan Parker · Mississippi Burning
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · My Left Foot
- Nominee Robin Williams · Dead Poets Society
- Nominee Kenneth Branagh · Henry V
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Rain Man
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Pauline Collins · Shirley Valentine
- Nominee Glenn Close · Dangerous Liaisons
- Nominee Jodie Foster · The Accused
- Nominee Melanie Griffith · Working Girl
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Ray McAnally · My Left Foot
- Nominee Marlon Brando · A Dry White Season
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · Batman
- Nominee Sean Connery · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Michelle Pfeiffer · Dangerous Liaisons
- Nominee Peggy Ashcroft · Madame Sousatzka
- Nominee Laura San Giacomo · Sex, Lies, and Videotape
- Nominee Sigourney Weaver · Working Girl
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner When Harry Met Sally · Nora Ephron
- Nominee Dead Poets Society · Tom Schulman
- Nominee Rain Man · Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
- Nominee Sex, Lies, and Videotape · Steven Soderbergh
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Dangerous Liaisons · Christopher Hampton
- Nominee My Left Foot · Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan
- Nominee Shirley Valentine · Willy Russell
- Nominee The Accidental Tourist · Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Winner Life and Nothing But · Bertrand Tavernier
- Nominee Pelle the Conqueror · Per Holst, Bille August
- Nominee Salaam Bombay! · Mira Nair
- Nominee Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown · Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
Best Documentary
- Winner First Tuesday
- Nominee Everyman: Romania State of Fear
- Nominee Lost Children of the Empire
- Nominee Viewpoint 89: Cambodia Year 10: A Special Report by John Pilger · David Munro
Best Original Music
- Winner Dead Poets Society · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · George Fenton
- Nominee Mississippi Burning · Trevor Jones
- Nominee The Woman in Black · Rachel Portman
- Nominee Working Girl · Carly Simon
Best Cinematography
- Winner Mississippi Burning · Peter Biziou
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · John Seale
- Nominee Henry V
- Nominee The Bear · Philippe Rousselot
Best Editing
- Winner Mississippi Burning · Gerry Hambling
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Mick Audsley
- Nominee Dead Poets Society · William M. Anderson
- Nominee Rain Man · Stu Linder
Best Production Design
- Winner The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Dante Ferretti
- Nominee Batman · Anton Furst
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Stuart Craig
- Nominee Henry V · Tim Harvey
Best Costume Design
- Winner The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Gabriella Pescucci
- Nominee Batman · Bob Ringwood
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · James Acheson
- Nominee Henry V · Phyllis Dalton
Best Make Up & Hair
- Winner The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza
- Nominee Batman · Paul Engelen, Nick Dudman
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons
- Nominee My Left Foot
Best Sound
- Winner Mississippi Burning · Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline
- Nominee Batman · Tony Dawe
- Nominee Henry V · Robin O'Donoghue
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · Tony Dawe
Best Special Visual Effects
- Winner Back to the Future Part II · Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
- Nominee Batman · Derek Meddings, John Evans
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister, Mark Sullivan
- Nominee The Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Richard Conway
Best British Short Animation
- Winner A Grand Day Out · Nick Park
- Nominee Creature Comforts America · Nick Park
- Nominee Egoli
- Nominee War Story · Peter Lord
Best British Short Film
- Winner The Candy Show · Peter Hewitt, Damian Jones
- Nominee Carmela Campo
- Nominee Tight Trousers · Metin Hüseyin
- Nominee Uhloz