44th British Academy Film Awards

The 44th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1991, honoured the best films of 1990.

Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas won the awards for Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Costume Design. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, also won five awards, including Best Film not in the English Language, Actor (Philippe Noiret) and Supporting Actor (Salvatore Cascio).

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Goodfellas

• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Pretty Woman

Best Actor

Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)

• Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July
• Robert De Niro in Goodfellas
• Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October

Best Actress

Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy

• Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge
• Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)

• Alan Alda in Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Al Pacino in Dick Tracy
• John Hurt in The Field

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost

• Anjelica Huston in Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Billie Whitelaw in The Krays
• Shirley MacLaine in Steel Magnolias

Best Direction

Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Giuseppe Tornatore
• Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen
• Driving Miss Daisy - Bruce Beresford

Best Original Screenplay

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Giuseppe Tornatore

• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Ghost
• Pretty Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay

Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi

• Born on the Fourth of July
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Postcards from the Edge
• War of the Roses

Best Cinematography

The Sheltering Sky - Vittorio Storaro

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• Glory
• Goodfellas

Best Costume Design

Goodfellas - Richard Bruno

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• Dick Tracy
• Pretty Woman

Best Sound

The Fabulous Baker Boys - J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, and Doug Hemphill

• Dick Tracy
• The Hunt for Red October
• Wild at Heart

Best Editing

Goodfellas - Thelma Schoonmaker

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Dick Tracy

Best Special Visual Effects

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

• Dick Tracy
• Ghost
• Total Recall

Best Original Film Score

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone

• The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Memphis Belle
• Postcards from the Edge

Best Short Film

Say Good-bye

Best Make Up Artist

Dick Tracy - John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• Ghost
• The Witches

Best Production Design

Dick Tracy - Richard Sylbert

• Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• The Hunt for Red October
• The Sheltering Sky

Best Animated Film

Toxic

Best Film not in the English Language

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)

Academy Fellowship

Paul Fox

Deborah Kerr