The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners
Held at the Shrine Civic Auditorium on Monday, March 25, 1991,
honoring movies released in 1990.
Best Director Kevin Costner in a scene from Best Picture winner "Dances With Wolves."
Actor in a Leading Role
- Kevin Costner in "Dances With Wolves"
- Robert De Niro in "Awakenings"
- Gerard Depardieu in "Cyrano de Bergerac"
- Richard Harris in "The Field"
- Jeremy Irons in "Reversal of Fortune"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Bruce Davison in "Longtime Companion"
- Andy Garcia in "The Godfather, Part III"
- Graham Greene in "Dances With Wolves"
- Al Pacino in "Dick Tracy"
- Joe Pesci in "Good Fellas"
Actress in a Leading Role
- Kathy Bates in "Misery"
- Anjelica Huston in "The Grifters"
- Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman"
- Meryl Streep in "Postcards from the Edge"
- Joanne Woodward in "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Annette Bening in "The Grifters"
- Lorraine Bracco in "Good Fellas"
- Whoopi Goldberg in "Ghost"
- Diane Ladd in "Wild at Heart"
- Mary McDonnell in "Dances With Wolves"
Art Direction
- "Cyrano de Bergerac" Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
- "Dances With Wolves" Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
- "Dick Tracy" Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
- "The Godfather, Part III" Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- "Hamlet" Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Cinematography
- "Avalon" Allen Daviau
- "Dances With Wolves" Dean Semler
- "Dick Tracy" Vittorio Storaro
- "The Godfather, Part III" Gordon Willis
- "Henry & June" Philippe Rousselot
Costume Design
- "Avalon" Gloria Gresham
- "Cyrano de Bergerac" Franca Squarciapino
- "Dances With Wolves" Elsa Zamparelli
- "Dick Tracy" Milena Canonero
- "Hamlet" Maurizio Millenotti
Directing
- "Dances With Wolves" Kevin Costner
- "The Godfather, Part III" Francis Ford Coppola
- "Good Fellas" Martin Scorsese
- "The Grifters" Stephen Frears
- "Reversal of Fortune" Barbet Schroeder
Documentary (Feature)
- "American Dream" Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers
- "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
Documentary (Short Subject)
- "Burning Down Tomorrow" Kit Thomas, Producer
- "Chimps: So Like Us" Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers
- "Days of Waiting" Steven Okazaki, Producer
- "Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn" Derek Bromhall, Producer
- "Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember" Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers
Film Editing
- "Dances With Wolves" Neil Travis
- "Ghost" Walter Murch
- "The Godfather, Part III" Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
- "Good Fellas" Thelma Schoonmaker
- "The Hunt for Red October" Dennis Virkler, John Wright
Foreign Language Film
- "Cyrano de Bergerac" France
- "Journey of Hope" Switzerland
- "Ju Dou" People’s Republic of China
- "The Nasty Girl" Germany
- "Open Doors" Italy
Makeup
- "Cyrano de Bergerac" Michèle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne
- "Dick Tracy" John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler
- "Edward Scissorhands" Ve Neill, Stan Winston
Music (Original Score)
- "Avalon" Randy Newman
- "Dances With Wolves" John Barry
- "Ghost" Maurice Jarre
- "Havana" David Grusin
- "Home Alone" John Williams
Music (Original Song)
- "Blaze of Glory" from "Young Guns II" Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
- "I’m Checkin’ 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
- "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from "Dick Tracy" Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
Best Picture
- "Awakenings" Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers
- "Dances With Wolves" Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
- "Ghost" Lisa Weinstein, Producer
- "The Godfather, Part III" Francis Ford Coppola, Producer
- "Good Fellas" Irwin Winkler, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
- "Creature Comforts" Nick Park
- "A Grand Day Out" Nick Park
- "Grasshoppers (Cavallette)" Bruno Bozzetto
Short Film (Live Action)
- "Bronx Cheers" Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
- "Dear Rosie" Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
- "The Lunch Date" Adam Davidson
- "Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)" Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
- "12:01 PM" Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
Sound
- "Dances With Wolves" Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
- "Days of Thunder" Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell, Charles Wilborn
- "Dick Tracy" Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
- "The Hunt for Red October" Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
- "Total Recall" Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
Sound Effects Editing
- "Flatliners" Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
- "The Hunt for Red October" Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
- "Total Recall" Stephen H. Flick
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
- "Awakenings" Steven Zaillian
- "Dances With Wolves" Michael Blake
- "Good Fellas" Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
- "The Grifters" Donald E. Westlake
- "Reversal of Fortune" Nicholas Kazan
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- "Alice" Woody Allen
- "Avalon" Barry Levinson
- "Ghost" Bruce Joel Rubin
- "Green Card" Peter Weir
- "Metropolitan" Whit Stillman
- Star indicates a win.
