British Academy Film Awards 1993

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The 46th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on April 21, 1993. The film prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) were awarded in 20 categories, plus three special or honorary award categories. For the first time since 1968 a prize was awarded in the category Best British Film . The event was hosted by British actor and comedian Griff Rhys Jones .

Award winners and nominations

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
See you in Howards End 11 2
Strictly Ballroom - who dance against all the rules 8th 3
The last of the Mohicans 7th 2
The Crying Game 6th 0
Merciless 5 1
The Player 5 2
Chaplin 4th 1
JFK - Dallas crime scene 4th 2
Batman's return 2 0
Beauty and the Beast 2 0
Husbands and wives 2 1
Green tomatoes 2 0
Hear My Song 2 0
Cape of fear 2 0

In the run-up to the event, there were reunions in Howards End and Strictly Ballroom - those who dance against all the rules with eleven and nine nominations respectively as favorites, but no film was able to prevail as the big winner of the evening. No film won more than two awards.

Best movie

Howards End (Howards End) - Director: James Ivory

Merciless (Unforgiven) - Director: Clint Eastwood
Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom) - Director: Baz Luhrmann
The Crying Game - Director: Neil Jordan
The Player - Director: Robert Altman

Best British Film

The Crying Game - Director: Neil Jordan

Best director

Robert Altman - The Player

Clint Eastwood - Merciless (Unforgiven)
James Ivory - Howards End (Howards End)
Neil Jordan - The Crying Game

Best Actor

Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin

Daniel Day-Lewis - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)
Stephen Rea - The Crying Game
Tim Robbins - The Player

Best main actress

Emma Thompson - Howards End (Howards End)

Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives (Husbands and Wives)
Tara Morice - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all the rules (Strictly Ballroom)
Jessica Tandy - green tomatoes (Fried Green Tomatoes)

Best supporting actor

Gene Hackman - Merciless (Unforgiven)

Jaye Davidson - The Crying Game
Tommy Lee Jones - JFK - Crime Scene Dallas (JFK)
Samuel West - Howards End (Howards End)

The best supporting actress

Miranda Richardson - Doom (Damage)

Kathy Bates - green tomatoes (Fried Green Tomatoes)
Helena Bonham Carter - Howards End (Howards End)
Miranda Richardson - The Crying Game

Best adapted script

Michael Tolkin - The Player

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - See you in Howards End (Howards End)
Baz Luhrmann , Craig Pearce - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all the rules (Strictly Ballroom)
Zachary Sklar , Oliver Stone - JFK - Tatort Dallas (JFK)

Best original script

Woody Allen - Husbands and Wives (Husbands and Wives)

Peter Chelsom , Adrian Dunbar - Hear My Song
Neil Jordan - The Crying Game
David Webb Peoples - Merciless (Unforgiven)

Best camera

Dante Spinotti - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)

Freddie Francis - Cape Fear (Cape Fear)
Jack N. Green - Merciless (Unforgiven)
Tony Pierce-Roberts - Howards End (Howards End)

Best production design

Catherine Martin - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom)

Luciana Arrighi - Howards End (Howards End)
Stuart Craig - Chaplin
Wolf Kroeger - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)

Best costumes

Catherine Martin , Angus Strathie - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom)

Jenny Beavan , John Bright - Howards End (Howards End)
Ellen Mirojnick , John Mollo - Chaplin
Elsa Zamparelli - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)

Best mask

Peter Robb-King - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)

Christine Beveridge - Howards End (Howards End)
John Caglione, junior , Jill Rockow , Wally Schneiderman - Chaplin
Ve Neill , Stan Winston - Batman Returns (Batman Returns)

Best film score

David Hirschfelder - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom)

Howard Ashman , Alan Menken - Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
John Altman - Hear My Song
Randy Edelman , Trevor Jones - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)

Best cut

Joe Hutshing , Pietro Scalia - JFK - Crime Scene Dallas (JFK)

Jill Bilcock - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom)
Andrew Marcus - Howards End (Howards End)
Geraldine Peroni - The Player
Thelma Schoonmaker - Cape Fear (Cape Fear)

Best sound mix

Gregg Landaker , Tod A. Maitland , Michael Minkler , Wylie Stateman , Michael D. Wilhoit - JFK - Tatort Dallas (JFK)

Rick Alexander , Les Fresholtz , Alan Robert Murray , Walter Newman , Vern Poore , Rob Young - Merciless (Unforgiven)
Lon Bender , Doug Hemphill , Chris Jenkins , Simon Kaye , Larry Kemp , Paul Massey , Mark Smith - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)
Antony Gray , Phil Judd , Ian McLoughlin , Ben Osmo , Roger Savage - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all the rules (Strictly Ballroom)

Best visual effects

Doug Chiang , Alec Gillis , Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Douglas Smythe , Tom Woodruff Jr. - is Death doing well (Death Becomes Her)

Craig Barron , John Bruno , Michael L. Fink , Dennis Skotak - Batman Returns (Batman Returns)
Richard Edlund , George Gibbs , Alec Gillis , Tom Woodruff Jr. - Alien 3 (Alien³)
Randy Fullmer - Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

Best animated short film

Daumier's Law - Geoff Dunbar , Ginger Gibbons

A Is for Autism - Dick Arnall , Tim Webb
Blindscape - Stephen Palmer
Soho Square - Mario Cavalli , Pam Dennis , Sue Paxton

Best short film

Omnibus - Anne Bennet , Sam Karmann

A Sense Of History - Simon Channing-Williams , Mike Leigh
Deux ramoneurs chez une cantatrice - Michel Cauléa
Heartsongs - Sue Clayton , Caroline Hewitt

Best Non-English Language Film

Red lantern (大紅 燈籠 高 高掛), People's Republic of China / Hong Kong - Chiu Fu-Sheng and Zhang Yimou

Delicatessen , France - Marc Caro , Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Claudie Ossard
The lovers of Pont-Neuf (Les amants du Pont-Neuf) , France - Leos Carax and Christian Fechner
Hitler Youth Salomon , Germany / France / Poland - Artur Brauner , Agnieszka Holland and Margaret Ménégoz

Special and honorary awards

Academy Fellowship

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Special Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Lister: Bafta triumph for Emma Thompson: Actress honored for "Howard's End" role. David Lister reports . The Independent , March 22, 1993.
  2. ↑ See Bafta Awards 1993 - tape 1442 , recording of the BAFTAs 1993.