63rd Academy Awards nominees and winners

This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 63rd Academy Awards. They were presented on March 25, 1991 for films released in 1990. Billy Crystal served as host at the Shrine Civic Auditorium.

Major awards

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

= Best Picture =

*"Awakenings"
*"Dances with Wolves"
*"Ghost"
*"The Godfather Part III"
*"Goodfellas"

= Best Director =

*Kevin Costner - "Dances with Wolves"
*Francis Ford Coppola - "The Godfather Part III"
*Stephen Frears - "The Grifters"
*Barbet Schroeder - "Reversal of Fortune"
*Martin Scorsese - "Goodfellas"

= Best Actor =

*Kevin Costner - "Dances with Wolves"
*Robert De Niro - "Awakenings"
*Gérard Depardieu - "Cyrano de Bergerac"
*Richard Harris - "The Field"
*Jeremy Irons - "Reversal of Fortune"

= Best Actress =

*Kathy Bates - "Misery"
*Anjelica Huston - "The Grifters"
*Julia Roberts - "Pretty Woman"
*Meryl Streep - "Postcards from the Edge"
*Joanne Woodward - "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"

= Best Supporting Actor =

*Bruce Davison - "Longtime Companion"
*Andy Garcia - "The Godfather Part III"
*Graham Greene - "Dances with Wolves"
*Al Pacino - "Dick Tracy"
*Joe Pesci - "Goodfellas"

= Best Supporting Actress =

*Annette Bening - "The Grifters"
*Lorraine Bracco - "Goodfellas"
*Whoopi Goldberg - "Ghost"
*Diane Ladd - "Wild at Heart"
*Mary McDonnell - "Dances with Wolves"

Original Screenplay

*"Alice" - Woody Allen
*"Avalon" - Barry Levinson
*"Ghost" - Bruce Joel Rubin
*"Green Card" - Peter Weir
*"Metropolitan" - Whit Stillman

Adapted Screenplay

*"Awakenings" - Steven Zaillian
*"Dances with Wolves" - Michael Blake
*"Goodfellas" - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
*"The Grifters" - Donald E. Westlake
*"Reversal of Fortune" - Nicholas Kazan

= Best Foreign Language Film =

*"Cyrano de Bergerac" (France)
*"Journey of Hope" (Switzerland)
*"Ju Dou" (China)
*"The Nasty Girl" (Germany)
*"Open Doors" (Italy)

Other awards

= Best Animated Short =

*"Creature Comforts"
*"A Grand Day Out"
*"Grasshoppers (Cavallette)"

= Best Art Direction =

*"Cyrano de Bergerac"
*"Dances with Wolves"
*"Dick Tracy"
*"The Godfather Part III"
*"Hamlet"

= Best Cinematography =

*"Avalon" - Allen Daviau
*"Dances with Wolves" - Dean Semler
*"Dick Tracy" - Vittorio Storaro
*"The Godfather Part III" - Gordon Willis
*"Henry & June" - Philippe Rousselot

Best Costume Design

*"Avalon" - Gloris Gresham
*"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Franca Squarciapino
*"Dances with Wolves" - Elsa Zamparelli
*"Dick Tracy" - Milena Canonero
*"Hamlet" - Maurizio Millenotti

= Best Documentary Feature =

*"American Dream"
*"Berkeley in the Sixties"
*"Building Bombs"
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= Best Documentary Short Subject =

*"Burning Down Tomorrow"
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*"Journey into Life"
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= Best Film Editing =

*"Dances with Wolves" - Neil Travis
*"Ghost" - Walter Murch
*"The Godfather Part III" - Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, and Walter Murch
*"Goodfellas" - Thelma Schoonmaker
*"The Hunt for Red October" - Dennis Virkler and John Wright

= Best Live Action Short Film =

*"Bronx Cheers"
*"Dear Rosie"
*"The Lunch Date"
*"Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)"
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Best Makeup

*"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne
*"Dick Tracy" - John Caglione, Jr. and Doug Drexler
*"Edward Scissorhands" - Ve Neill and Stan Winston

Best Original Score

*"Avalon" - Randy Newman
*"Dances with Wolves" - John Barry
*"Ghost" - Maurice Jarre
*"Havana" - David Grusin
*"Home Alone" - John Williams

= Best Original Song =

*"Blaze of Glory" - "Young Guns II"
*"I'm Checkin' Out" - "Postcards from the Edge"
*"Promise Me You'll Remember" - "The Godfather Part III"
*"Somewhere in My Memory" - "Home Alone"
*"Sooner or Later" - "Dick Tracy"

= Best Sound Editing =

*"Flatliners"
*"The Hunt for Red October"
*"Total Recall"

= Best Sound Mixing =

*"Dances with Wolves"
*"Days of Thunder"
*"Dick Tracy"
*"The Hunt for Red October"
*"Total Recall"

Special honors

Academy Honorary Award
*Sophie Loren
*Myrna Loy
Academy Special Achievement Award
*"Total Recall"

See also

* 63rd Academy Awards
* 1990 in film