43rd BAFTA Awards

THE FILMS OF 1989

Best Film

Dead Poets Society

WINNER

Shirley Valentine

When Harry Met Sally…

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh
Henry V

WINNER

Stephen Frears
Dangerous Liaisons

Alan Parker
Mississippi Burning

Peter Weir
Dead Poets Society

Best Leading Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot

WINNER

Kenneth Branagh
Henry V

Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man

Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society

Best Leading Actress

Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine

WINNER

Glenn Close
Dangerous Liaisons

Jodie Foster
The Accused

Melanie Griffith
Working Girl

Best Supporting Actor

Ray McAnally
My Left Foot

WINNER

Marlon Brando
A Dry White Season

Sean Connery
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Jack Nicholson
Batman

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Pfeiffer
Dangerous Liaisons

WINNER

Peggy Ashcroft
Madame Sousatzka

Laura San Giacomo
Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sigourney Weaver
Working Girl

Best Original Screenplay

Nora Ephron
When Harry Met Sally…

WINNER

Tom Schulman
Dead Poets Society

Ronald Bass
Barry Morrow
Rain Man

Steven Soderbergh
Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons

WINNER

Frank Galati
Lawrence Kasdan
The Accidental Tourist

Shane Connaughton
Jim Sheridan
My Left Foot

Willy Russell
Shirley Valentine

Best Cinematography

Peter Biziou
Mississippi Burning

WINNER

Philippe Rousselot
The Bear

Philippe Rousselot
Dangerous Liaisons

John Seale
Gorillas in the Mist

Kenneth MacMillan
Henry V

Best Editing

Gerry Hambling
Mississippi Burning

WINNER

Mick Audsley
Dangerous Liaisons

William M. Anderson
Dead Poets Society

Stu Linder
Rain Man

Best Costume Design

Gabriella Pescucci
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

WINNER

Bob Ringwood
Batman

James Acheson
Dangerous Liaisons

Phyllis Dalton
Henry V

Best Production Design

Dante Ferretti
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

WINNER

Anton Furst
Batman

Stuart Craig
Dangerous Liaisons

Tim Harvey
Henry V

Best Original Music

Maurice Jarre
Dead Poets Society

WINNER

George Fenton
Dangerous Liaisons

Trevor Jones
Mississippi Burning

Carly Simon
Working Girl

Best Make Up Artist

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

WINNER

Dangerous Liaisons

Best Sound

Mississippi Burning

WINNER

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best Special Visual Effects

Back to the Future: Part II

WINNER

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best Film Not in the English Language

Life and Nothing But

WINNER

Pelle the Conqueror

Salaam Bombay!

Women on the Verge of a
Nervous Breakdown