45th BAFTA Awards

THE FILMS OF 1991

Best Film

The Commitments

WINNER

Dances with Wolves

The Silence of the Lambs

Thelma & Louise

Best Director

Alan Parker
The Commitments

WINNER

Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves

Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs

Ridley Scott
Thelma & Louise

Best Leading Actor

Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs

WINNER

Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves

Gerard Depardieu
Cyrano de Bergerac

Alan Rickman
Truly, Madly, Deeply

Best Leading Actress

Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs

WINNER

Geena Davis
Thelma & Louise

Susan Sarandon
Thelma & Louise

Juliet Stevenson
Truly, Madly, Deeply

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Rickman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

WINNER

Alan Bates
Hamlet

Derek Jacobi
Dead Again

Andrew Strong
The Commitments

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Nelligan
Frankie & Johnny

WINNER

Annette Bening
The Grifters

Amanda Plummer
The Fisher King

Julie Walters
Stepping Out

Best Original Screenplay

Anthony Minghella
Truly, Madly, Deeply

WINNER

Richard LaGravenese
The Fisher King

Peter Weir
Green Card

Callie Khouri
Thelma & Louise

Best Adapted Screenplay

Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Roddy Doyle
The Commitments

WINNER

Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Jean-Claude Carrière
Cyrano de Bergerac

Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves

Ted Tally
The Silence of the Lambs

Best Cinematography

Pierre Lhomme
Cyrano de Bergerac

WINNER

Dean Semler
Dances with Wolves

Tak Fujimoto
The Silence of the Lambs

Adrian Biddle
Thelma & Louise

Best Editing

Gerry Hambling
The Commitments

WINNER

Neil Travis
Dances with Wolves

Craig McKay
The Silence of the Lambs

Thom Noble
Thelma & Louise

Best Costume Design

Franca Squarciapino
Cyrano de Bergerac

WINNER

Colleen Atwood
Edward Scissorhands

John Bloomfield
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Theodor Pištěk
Valmont

Best Production Design

Bo Welch
Edward Scissorhands

WINNER

Richard MacDonald
The Addams Family

Ezio Frigerio
Cyrano de Bergerac

Joseph Nemec III
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Best Original Music

Jean-Claude Petit
Cyrano de Bergerac

WINNER

John Barry
Dances with Wolves

Howard Shore
The Silence of the Lambs

Hans Zimmer
Thelma & Louise

Best Make Up Artist

Cyrano de Bergerac

WINNER

The Addams Family

Dances with Wolves

Edward Scissorhands

Best Sound

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

WINNER

The Commitments

Dances with Wolves

The Silence of the Lambs

Best Special Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

WINNER

Edward Scissorhands

Prospero’s Books

Best Film Not in the English Language

The Nasty Girl

WINNER

Cyrano de Bergerac

The Hairdresser’s Husband

Toto the Hero