45th British Academy Film Awards

The 45th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 22 March 1992 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1991. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1991.

Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.^[1] 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.^[2]

The ceremony was hosted by Michael Aspel.^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actor winner

BAFTA Fellowship

John Gielgud

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Derek Jarman

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film The Commitments – Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles and Alan Parker Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson The Silence of the Lambs – Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman and Jonathan Demme Thelma & Louise – Mimi Polk Gitlin, Ridley Scott	Best Direction Alan Parker – The Commitments Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs* as Hannibal Lecter** Alan Rickman – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Jamie Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac Kevin Costner – Dances with Wolves as John Dunbar	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs* as Clarice Starling** Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise as Thelma Yvonne Dickinson Juliet Stevenson – Truly, Madly, Deeply as Nina Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise as Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Alan Rickman – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* as Sheriff of Nottingham** Alan Bates – Hamlet as King Claudius Andrew Strong – The Commitments as Deco Cuffe Derek Jacobi – Dead Again as Franklyn Madson	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Kate Nelligan – Frankie and Johnny* as Cora** Amanda Plummer – The Fisher King as Lydia Sinclair Annette Bening – The Grifters as Myra Langtry Julie Walters – Stepping Out as Vera
Best Original Screenplay Truly, Madly, Deeply – Anthony Minghella The Fisher King – Richard LaGravenese Green Card – Peter Weir Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri	Best Adapted Screenplay The Commitments – Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carrière Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally
Best Cinematography Cyrano de Bergerac – Pierre Lhomme Dances with Wolves – Dean Semler The Silence of the Lambs – Tak Fujimoto Thelma & Louise – Adrian Biddle	Best Costume Design Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca Squarciapino Edward Scissorhands – Colleen Atwood Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – John Bloomfield Valmont – Theodor Pištěk
Best Editing The Commitments – Gerry Hambling Dances with Wolves – Neil Travis The Silence of the Lambs – Craig McKay Thelma & Louise – Thom Noble	Best Makeup and Hair Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke The Addams Family – Fern Buchner, Katherine James and Kevin Haney Dances with Wolves – Frank Carrisosa Edward Scissorhands – Ve Neill
Best Original Music Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Claude Petit Dances with Wolves – John Barry The Silence of the Lambs – Howard Shore Thelma & Louise – Hans Zimmer	Best Production Design Edward Scissorhands – Bo Welch The Addams Family – Richard MacDonald Cyrano de Bergerac – Ezio Frigerio Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Joseph Nemec III
Best Sound Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers The Commitments – Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry and Steve Pederson Dances with Wolves – Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams II The Silence of the Lambs – Skip Lievsay, Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman	Best Special Visual Effects Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak Backdraft – Allen Hall, Scott Farrar, Clay Pinney and Mikael Salomon Edward Scissorhands – Stan Winston Prospero's Books – Frans Wamelink, Eve Ramboz and Masao Yamaguchi
Best Short Film The Harmfulness of Tobacco – Barry Palin and Nick Hamm Breath of Life – Navin Thapar Man Descending – Neil Grieve and Ray Lorenz Trauma – Gerhard Johannes Rekel	Best Short Animation Balloon – Ken Lidster Adam – Chris Moll and Peter Lord Anamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay Touch – Debra Smith
Best Film Not in the English Language The Nasty Girl – Michael Verhoeven Cyrano de Bergerac – Rene Cleitman, Michel Seydoux and Jean-Paul Rappeneau The Hairdresser's Husband – Thierry de Ganay and Patrice Leconte Toto the Hero – Pierre Drouot, Dany Geys and Jaco Van Dormael

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
9	Dances with Wolves
9	The Silence of the Lambs
8	Cyrano de Bergerac
8	Thelma & Louise
6	The Commitments
4	Edward Scissorhands
3	Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3	Truly, Madly, Deeply
2	The Addams Family
	The Fisher King
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	The Commitments
4	Cyrano de Bergerac
2	The Silence of the Lambs
2	Terminator 2: Judgment Day

References

^ Morgan, David (19 January 2023). "BAFTA Best Film Award Winners Since 1990 – A Photo Gallery". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Film in 1992". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
^ "Alan Rickman: A life in pictures". ITV. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Emmy Rewind: Queen Elizabeth II & BAFTA". Emmy Awards. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.