| 6rd Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 25, 1991 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | Billy Crystal | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Dances with Wolves | |||
| Most wins | Dances with Wolves (7) | |||
| Most nominations | Dances with Wolves (12) | |||
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The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars) were presented in 23 categories. The ceremony, which was televised in the United States on ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actor Billy Crystal hosted for the second consecutive year. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Geena Davis.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 64th Academy Awards were announced on February 23, 1991. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 1991.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, producers
- Nominees
- Awakenings — Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, producers
- Ghost — Lisa Weinstein, producer
- The Godfather, Part III — Francis Ford Coppola, producer
- Good Fellas — Irwin Winkler, producer
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — Kevin Costner
- Nominees
- The Godfather, Part III — Francis Ford Coppola
- Good Fellas — Martin Scorsese
- The Grifters — Stephen Frears
- Reversal of Fortune — Barbet Schroeder
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Jeremy Irons — Reversal of Fortune
- Nominees
- Kevin Costner — Dances with Wolves
- Robert De Niro — Awakenings
- Gerard Depardieu — Cyrano de Bergerac
- Richard Harris — The Field
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Kathy Bates — Misery
- Nominees
- Anjelica Huston — The Grifters
- Julia Roberts — Pretty Woman
- Meryl Streep — Postcards from the Edge
- Joanne Woodward — Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Joe Pesci — Good Fellas
- Nominees
- Bruce Davison — Longtime Companion
- Andy Garcia — The Godfather, Part III
- Graham Greene — Dances with Wolves
- Al Pacino — Dick Tracy
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Whoopi Goldberg — Ghost
- Nominees
- Annette Bening — The Grifters
- Lorraine Bracco — Good Fellas
- Diane Ladd — Wild at Heart
- Mary McDonnell — Dances with Wolves
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Ghost — Bruce Joel Rubin
- Nominees
- Alice — Woody Allen
- Avalon — Barry Levinson
- Green Card — Peter Weir
- Metropolitan — Whit Stillman
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — Michael Blake
- Nominees
- Awakenings — Steven Zaillian
- Good Fellas — Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese
- The Grifters — Donald E. Westlake
- Reversal of Fortune — Nicholas Kazan
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Journey of Hope from Switzerland — Xavier Koller
- Nominees
- Cyrano de Bergerac from France — Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Ju Dou from China — Yimou Zhang and Fengliang Yang
- The Nasty Girl from Germany — Michael Verhoeven
- Open Doors from Italy — Gianni Amelio
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- American Dream — Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, producers
- Nominees
- Berkeley in the Sixties — Mark Kitchell, producer
- Building Bombs — Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, producers
- Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade — Judith Montell, producer
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey — Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, producers
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Days of Waiting — Steven Okazaki, producer
- Nominees
- Burning Down Tomorrow — Kit Thomas, producer
- Chimps: So Like Us — Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, producers
- Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn — Derek Bromhall, producer
- Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember — Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, producers
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- The Lunch Date — Adam Davidson
- Nominees
- Bronx Cheers — Raymond De Felitta and Matthew Gross
- Dear Rosie — Peter Cattaneo and Barnaby Thompson
- Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) — Bernard Joffa and Anthony E. Nicholas
- 12:01 PM — Hillary Ripps and Jonathan Heap
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Creature Comforts — Nick Park
- Nominees
- A Grand Day Out — Nick Park
- Grasshoppers — Bruno Bozzetto
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — John Barry
- Nominees
- Avalon — Randy Newman
- Ghost — Maurice Jarre
- Havana — David Grusin
- Home Alone — John Williams
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy — Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
- Nominees
- "Blaze of Glory" from Young Guns II — Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
- "I'm Checking Out" from Postcards from the Edge — Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein
- "Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather, Part III — Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
- "Somewhere In My Memory" from Home Alone — Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — Dean Semler
- Nominees
- Avalon — Allen Daviau
- Dick Tracy — Vittorio Storaro
- The Godfather, Part III — Gordon Willis
- Henry & June — Philippe Rousselot
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Dick Tracy — Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
- Nominees
- Cyrano de Bergerac — Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
- Dances with Wolves — Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
- The Godfather, Part III — Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- Hamlet (1990) — Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Cyrano de Bergerac — Franca Squarciapino
- Nominees
- Avalon — Gloria Gresham
- Dances with Wolves — Elsa Zamparelli
- Dick Tracy — Milena Canonero
- Hamlet (1990) — Maurizio Millenotti
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Dick Tracy — John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler
- Nominees
- Cyrano de Bergerac — Michele Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne
- Edward Scissorhands — Ve Neill and Stan Winston
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Dances with Wolves — Neil Travis
- Nominees
- Ghost — Walter Murch
- The Godfather, Part III — Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman and Walter Murch
- Good Fellas — Thelma Schhoonmaker
- The Hunt for Red October — Dennis Virkler and John Wright
Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Dance with Wolves — Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins and Russell Williams II
- Nominees
- Days of Thunder — Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Donald O. Mitchell and Charles Wilborn
- Dick Tracy — Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D.M. Hemphill and Thomas Causey
- The Hunt for Red October — Dan Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary and Richard Bryce Goodman
- Total Recall — Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Nelson Stoll
Best Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- The Hunt for Red October — George Watters II and Cecelia Hall
- Nominees
- Flatliners — Charles L. Campbell and Richard Franklin
- Total Recall — Stephen H. Flick
Special Achievement Award[]
- Total Recall — Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke
Honorary Awards[]
- Sophia Loren
- Myrna Loy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[]
- David Brown
- Richard D. Zanuck
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
- Stefan Kudelski
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD[]
- Eastman Kodak Company for the development of T-Grain technology and the introduction of EXR color negative films which utilize this technology.
- Bruce Wilton and Carlos Icinkoff of Mechanical Concepts, Incorporated, for the development of the Mechanical Concepts Optical Printer Platform.
- Engineering Department of Arnold & Richter for the continued design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model.
- Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited for the development and introduction of the F-Series of color negative films covering the range of film speeds from EI 64 to EI 500.
- Manfred G. Michelson of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and development of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors which permits transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute.
- John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik and Charles J. Watson of Bell and Howell Company for the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer.
- William L. Blowers of Belco Associates, Incorporated and Thomas F. Denove for the development and manufacture of the Belco/Denove Cinemeter. This digital/analog exposure meter was specifically and uniquely designed for the cinematographer.
- Iain Neil for the optical design, Takuo Miyagishima for the mechanical design and Panavision, Incorporated for the concept and development of the Primo Series of spherical prime lenses for 35mm cinematography.
- Christopher S. Gilman and Harvey Hubert, Jr. of the Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab for the development of the Actor Climate System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.
- Jim Graves of J&G Enterprises for the development of the Cool Suit System, consisting of heat-transferring undergarments.
- Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjelll Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling.
- Richard Mula and Pete Romano of HydroImage, Incorporated, for the development of the SeaPar 1200 watt HMI Underwater Lamp.
- Dedo Weigert of Dedo Weigert Film GmbH for the development of the Dedolight, a miniature low-voltage tungsten-halogen lighting fixture.
- Dr. Fred Kolb, Jr. and Paul Preo for the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film.
- Peter Baldwin for the design and Dr. Paul Kiankhody and the Lightmaker Company for the development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI Ballast.
- All-Union Cinema and Photo Research Institute (NIKFI) for continuously improving and providing 3-D presentations to Soviet motion picture audiences for the last 25 years.
MEDAL OF COMMENDATION[]
- Roderick T. Ryan in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Don Trumbull in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Geoffrey H. Williamson in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.