1992 Oscars 64th Academy Awards |
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1992 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ron Bozman, producers (WINNER) 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 S. Karsch, producers |
| Best Director: Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs (WINNER) John Singleton – Boyz n the Hood Barry Levinson – Bugsy Oliver Stone – JFK Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise |
| Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter (WINNER) Warren Beatty – Bugsy as Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel Robert De Niro – Cape Fear as Maximilian “Max” Cady Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides as Tom Wingo Robin Williams – The Fisher King as Henry “Parry” Sagan |
| Best Actress: Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling (WINNER) Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Dickinson Laura Dern – Rambling Rose as Rose Bette Midler – For the Boys as Dixie Leonard Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Sawyer |
| Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance – City Slickers as Curly Washburn (WINNER) Tommy Lee Jones – JFK as Clay Shaw Harvey Keitel – Bugsy as Mickey Cohen Ben Kingsley – Bugsy as Meyer Lansky Michael Lerner – Barton Fink as Jack Lipnick |
| Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl – The Fisher King as Anne Napolitano (WINNER) Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose as Mother Juliette Lewis – Cape Fear as Danielle Bowden Kate Nelligan – The Prince of Tides as Lila Wingo Newbury Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes as Virginia “Ninny” Threadgoode |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri (WINNER) Boyz n the Hood – John Singleton Bugsy – James Toback The Fisher King – Richard LaGravenese Grand Canyon – Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally based on the novel by Thomas Harris (WINNER) Europa Europa – Agnieszka Holland based on the memoirs of Solomon Perel Fried Green Tomatoes – Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski (posthumous nomination) based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg JFK – Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar based on the books Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs and On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison The Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston based on the novel by Pat Conroy |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Mediterraneo (Italy) in Italian – Gabriele Salvatores (WINNER) Children of Nature (Iceland) in Icelandic – Friðrik Þór Friðriksson The Elementary School (Czechoslovakia) in Czech – Jan Sverák The Ox (Sweden) in Swedish – Sven Nykvist Raise the Red Lantern (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – Zhang Yimou |
| Best Documentary Feature: In the Shadow of the Stars – Allie Light and Irving Saraf, producers (WINNER) 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: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 – Hava Kohav Beller, producer Wild by Law – Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, producers |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment – Debra Chasnoff, producer (WINNER) Birdnesters of Thailand – Éric Valli and Alain Majani d’Inguimbert, 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 |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Session Man – Seth Winston and Rob Fried (WINNER) Birch Street Gym – Stephen Kessler and Thomas R. Conroy Last Breeze of Summer – David M. Massey |
| Best Animated Short Film: Manipulation – Daniel Greaves (WINNER) Blackfly – Christopher Hinton Strings – Wendy Tilby |
| Best Original Score: Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (WINNER) Bugsy – Ennio Morricone The Fisher King – George Fenton JFK – John Williams The Prince of Tides – James Newton Howard |
| Best Original Song: “Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous award) (WINNER) “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination) “Belle” from Beauty and the Beast – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination) “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – Music by Michael Kamen; Lyrics by Bryan Adams and Robert John “Mutt” Lange “When You’re Alone” from Hook – Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse |
| Best Sound: Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers and Lee Orloff (WINNER) Backdraft – Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom and Glenn Williams Beauty and the Beast – Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane JFK – Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker and Tod A. Maitland The Silence of the Lambs – Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman |
| Best Sound Effects Editing: Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Gary Rydstrom and Gloria Borders (WINNER) Backdraft – Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – George Watters II and F. Hudson Miller |
| Best Art Direction: Bugsy – Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh (WINNER) 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 |
| Best Makeup: Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn (WINNER) Hook – Christina Smith, Monty Westmore and Greg Cannom Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Michael Mills, Edward French and Richard Snell |
| Best Costume Design: Bugsy – Albert Wolsky (WINNER) The Addams Family – Ruth Myers Barton Fink – Richard Hornung Hook – Anthony Powell Madame Bovary – Corinne Jorry |
| Best Cinematography: JFK – Robert Richardson (WINNER) Bugsy – Allen Daviau The Prince of Tides – Stephen Goldblatt Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Adam Greenberg Thelma & Louise – Adrian Biddle |
| Best Film Editing: JFK – Pietro Scalia and Joe Hutshing (WINNER) The Commitments – Gerry Hambling The Silence of the Lambs – Craig McKay Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris Thelma & Louise – Thom Noble |
| Best Visual Effects: Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr. and Robert Skotak (WINNER) Backdraft – Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Clay Pinney and Scott Farrar Hook – Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark Sullivan and Michael Lantieri |
| Academy Honorary Award: Satyajit Ray |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: George Lucas |
