British Academy Film Awards 1991
The 44th British Academy Film Awards · Held March 17, 1991 · 20 categories · everything in 1991
Best Film
- Winner Goodfellas · Irwin Winkler, Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Crimes and Misdemeanors · Robert Greenhut, Woody Allen
- Nominee Driving Miss Daisy · Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Bruce Beresford
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther, Garry Marshall
Best Direction
- Winner Martin Scorsese · Goodfellas
- Nominee Giuseppe Tornatore · Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Woody Allen · Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Nominee Bruce Beresford · Driving Miss Daisy
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Philippe Noiret · Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Tom Cruise · Born on the Fourth of July
- Nominee Robert De Niro · Goodfellas
- Nominee John Thaw · Inspector Morse
- Nominee Sean Connery · The Hunt for Red October
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Jessica Tandy · Driving Miss Daisy
- Nominee Shirley MacLaine · Postcards from the Edge
- Nominee Julia Roberts · Pretty Woman
- Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer · The Fabulous Baker Boys
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Salvatore Cascio · Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Alan Alda · Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Nominee Al Pacino · Dick Tracy
- Nominee John Hurt · The Field
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Whoopi Goldberg · Ghost
- Nominee Anjelica Huston · Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Nominee Shirley MacLaine · Steel Magnolias
- Nominee Billie Whitelaw · The Krays
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner Cinema Paradiso · Giuseppe Tornatore
- Nominee Crimes and Misdemeanors · Woody Allen
- Nominee Ghost · Bruce Joel Rubin
- Nominee Pretty Woman · J. F. Lawton
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese
- Nominee Born on the Fourth of July · Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
- Nominee Driving Miss Daisy · Alfred Uhry
- Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Carrie Fisher
- Nominee The War of the Roses · Michael J. Leeson
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Winner Cinema Paradiso · Franco Cristaldi, Giuseppe Tornatore
- Nominee Jesus of Montreal · Roger Frappier, Denys Arcand
- Nominee Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed · Philippe Carcassonne, Coline Serreau
- Nominee May Fools · Louis Malle
Best Documentary
Best Original Music
- Winner Cinema Paradiso · Ennio Morricone, Andrea Morricone
- Nominee Memphis Belle · George Fenton
- Nominee Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit · Rachel Portman
- Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Carly Simon
- Nominee The Fabulous Baker Boys · Dave Grusin
Best Cinematography
- Winner The Sheltering Sky · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso · Blasco Giurato
- Nominee Glory · Freddie Francis
- Nominee Goodfellas · Michael Ballhaus
Best Editing
- Winner Goodfellas · Thelma Schoonmaker
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso · Mario Morra
- Nominee Crimes and Misdemeanors · Susan E. Morse
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Richard Marks
Best Production Design
- Winner Dick Tracy · Richard Sylbert
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso · Andrea Crisanti
- Nominee The Hunt for Red October · Terence Marsh
- Nominee The Sheltering Sky
Best Costume Design
- Winner Goodfellas · Richard Bruno
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso · Beatrice Bulgari
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Milena Canonero
- Nominee Pretty Woman · Marilyn Vance
Best Make Up & Hair
- Winner Dick Tracy · John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Ghost
- Nominee The Witches
Best Sound
- Winner The Fabulous Baker Boys · J. Paul Huntsman, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Doug Hemphill
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, Doug Hemphill
- Nominee The Hunt for Red October · Cecelia Hall, George Watters II, Richard Bryce Goodman, Don Bassman
- Nominee Wild at Heart · Randy Thom, Richard Hymns, David Parker
Best Special Visual Effects
- Winner Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Nominee Dick Tracy
- Nominee Ghost
- Nominee Total Recall
Best British Short Animation
- Winner Toxic
- Nominee Deadsy · David Anderson
- Nominee The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia · Jan Švankmajer
Best British Short Film
- Winner Say Goodbye
- Nominee At the Border
- Nominee Chicken · Julian Nott
- Nominee Dear Rosie · Barnaby Thompson, Peter Cattaneo