45th British Academy Film Awards

The 45th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1992, honoured the best films of 1991.

45th British Academy Film Awards
Date22 March 1992
Highlights
Best FilmThe Commitments
Best ActorAnthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best ActressJodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Most awardsThe Commitments & Cyrano de Bergerac (4)
Most nominationsDances with Wolves & The Silence of
the Lambs
(9)

Alan Parker's The Commitments won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. 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.

Winners and nominees

Alan Parker, Best Director winner
Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor winner
Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner
Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actor winner
Pierre Lhomme, Best Cinematography winner
Michael Verhoeven, Best Film Not in the English Language winner

The Commitments – Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles and Alan Parker

Alan ParkerThe Commitments

Anthony HopkinsThe Silence of the Lambs as Hannibal Lecter

Jodie FosterThe Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling

Alan RickmanRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham

Kate NelliganFrankie and Johnny as Cora

Truly, Madly, DeeplyAnthony Minghella

The CommitmentsDick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle

Cyrano de BergeracPierre Lhomme

Cyrano de BergeracFranca Squarciapino

The CommitmentsGerry Hambling

Cyrano de BergeracJean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke

Cyrano de BergeracJean-Claude Petit

Edward ScissorhandsBo Welch

Terminator 2: Judgment DayLee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers

Terminator 2: Judgment DayStan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak

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

Balloon – Ken Lidster

  • AdamChris Moll and Peter Lord
  • Anamorphosis – Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay
  • Touch – Debra Smith

The Nasty GirlMichael Verhoeven

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
9 Dances with Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
8 Cyrano de Bergerac
Thelma & Louise
6 The Commitments
4 Edward Scissorhands
3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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
Cyrano de Bergerac
2 The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

See also

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