46th British Academy Film Awards

46th British Academy Film Awards
46th British Academy Film Awards
Date	21 March 1993
Site	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Hosted by	Griff Rhys Jones
Highlights
Best Film	Howards End
Best British Film	The Crying Game
Best Actor	Robert Downey Jr. ; Chaplin
Best Actress	Emma Thompson ; Howards End
Most awards	Strictly Ballroom (3)
Most nominations	Howards End (11)
	← 45th ; BAFTA Awards ; 47th →;

Last updated February 12, 2024

The 46th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 21 March 1993 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1992. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1992.

James Ivory's Howards End won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Robert Downey Jr. was voted Best Actor for his role in Chaplin . Best Supporting Actor and Actress were Gene Hackman ( Unforgiven ) and Miranda Richardson ( Damage ). Robert Altman won the award for Best Director for directing The Player .^[1]

The ceremony was hosted by Griff Rhys Jones.

Winners and nominees

Gene Hackman, Best Supporting Actor winner GeneHackmanJun08.jpg — Gene Hackman, Best Supporting Actor winner

BAFTA Fellowship

Colin Young and Sydney Samuelson

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

Kenneth Branagh

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Film Howards End – Ismail Merchant and James Ivory The Crying Game – Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan The Player – David Brown, Michael Tolkin, Nick Wechsler and Robert Altman Strictly Ballroom – Tristram Miall and Baz Luhrmann Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood	Best Direction Robert Altman – The Player Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven James Ivory – Howards End Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
Best Actor in a Leading Role *Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin* as Charlie Chaplin** Daniel Day-Lewis – The Last of the Mohicans as Hawkeye/Nathaniel Poe/La Longue Carabine Stephen Rea – The Crying Game as Fergus Tim Robbins – The Player as Griffin Mill	Best Actress in a Leading Role *Emma Thompson – Howards End* as Margaret Schlegel** Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes as Ninny Threadgoode Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives as Sally Simmons Tara Morice – Strictly Ballroom as Fran
Best Actor in a Supporting Role *Gene Hackman – Unforgiven* as Bill Daggett** Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game as Dil Samuel West – Howards End as Leonard Bast Tommy Lee Jones – JFK as Clay Shaw/Clay Bertrand	Best Actress in a Supporting Role *Miranda Richardson – Damage* as Ingrid Thompson-Fleming** Helena Bonham Carter – Howards End as Helen Schlegel Kathy Bates – Fried Green Tomatoes as Evelyn Couch Miranda Richardson – The Crying Game as Jude
Best Original Screenplay Husbands and Wives – Woody Allen The Crying Game – Neil Jordan Hear My Song – Peter Chelsom and Adrian Dunbar Unforgiven – David Peoples	Best Adapted Screenplay The Player – Michael Tolkin Howards End – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala JFK – Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar Strictly Ballroom – Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Best Cinematography The Last of the Mohicans – Dante Spinotti Cape Fear – Freddie Francis Howards End – Tony Pierce-Roberts Unforgiven – Jack N. Green	Best Costume Design Strictly Ballroom – Angus Strathie and Catherine Martin Chaplin – John Mollo and Ellen Mirojnick Howards End – Jenny Beavan and John Bright The Last of the Mohicans – Elsa Zamparelli
Best Editing JFK – Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia Cape Fear – Thelma Schoonmaker Howards End – Andrew Marcus The Player – Geraldine Peroni Strictly Ballroom – Jill Bilcock	Best Makeup and Hair The Last of the Mohicans – Peter Robb-King Batman Returns – Ve Neill and Stan Winston Chaplin – Wally Schneiderman, Jill Rockow and John Caglione Jr. Howards End – Christine Beveridge
Best Original Music Strictly Ballroom – David Hirschfelder Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman Hear My Song – John Altman The Last of the Mohicans – Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman	Best Production Design Strictly Ballroom – Catherine Martin Chaplin – Stuart Craig Howards End – Luciana Arrighi The Last of the Mohicans – Wolf Kroeger
Best Sound JFK – Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker The Last of the Mohicans – Simon Kaye, Lon Bender, Larry Kemp, Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Chris Jenkins Strictly Ballroom – Antony Gray, Ben Osmo, Roger Savage, Ian McLoughlin and Phil Judd Unforgiven – Alan Robert Murray, Walter Newman, Rob Young, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Dick Alexander	Best Special Visual Effects Death Becomes Her – Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang and Doug Smythe Alien 3 – Richard Edlund, George Gibbs, Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. Batman Returns – Michael Fink, John Bruno, Craig Barron and Dennis Skotak Beauty and the Beast – Randy Fullmer
Outstanding British Film The Crying Game – Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan No other nominees	Best Film Not in the English Language Raise the Red Lantern – Chiu Fu-sheng and Zhang Yimou Delicatessen – Claudie Ossard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro Europa Europa – Artur Brauner, Margaret Ménégoz and Agnieszka Holland Les Amants du Pont-Neuf – Christian Fechner and Leos Carax
Best Short Animation Daumier's Law – Ginger Gibbons and Geoff Dunbar A Is for Autism – Dick Arnall and Tim Webb Blindscape – Stephen Palmer Soho Square – Pam Dennis, Sue Paxton and Mario Cavalli	Best Short Film Omnibus – Anne Bennet and Sam Karmann Heartsongs – Caroline Hewitt and Sue Clayton A Sense of History – Simon Channing Williams and Mike Leigh Two Chimney Sweeps in a Singer's House – Michel Caulea

Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
11	Howards End
8	Strictly Ballroom
7	The Crying Game
7	The Last of the Mohicans
6	Unforgiven
5	The Player
4	Chaplin
4	JFK
2	Batman Returns
	Beauty and the Beast
	Cape Fear
	Fried Green Tomatoes
	Hear My Song
	Husbands and Wives

Films that received multiple awards
Awards	Film
3	Strictly Ballroom
2	Howards End
	JFK
	The Last of the Mohicans
	The Player

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