42nd British Academy Film Awards

The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas and Bernardo Bertolucci

• Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle
• Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel
• A Fish Called Wanda – Michael Shamberg and Charles Crichton

Louis Malle – Au revoir les enfants

• Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
• Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda
• Gabriel Axel – Babette's Feast

John Cleese – A Fish Called Wanda as Archie Leach

• Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West
• Michael Douglas – Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher
• Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer

Maggie Smith – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Judith Hearne

• Cher – Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini
• Jamie Lee Curtis – A Fish Called Wanda as Wanda Gershwitz
• Stéphane Audran – Babette's Feast as Babette Hersant

Michael Palin – A Fish Called Wanda as Ken Pile

• David Suchet – A World Apart as Muller
• Joss Ackland – White Mischief as Jock Delves Broughton
• Peter O'Toole – The Last Emperor as Reginald Johnston

Judi Dench – A Handful of Dust as Mrs. Beaver

• Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction as Beth Rogerson Gallagher
• Maria Aitken – A Fish Called Wanda as Wendy Leach
• Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck as Rose Castorini

A World Apart – Shawn Slovo

• Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle
• A Fish Called Wanda – John Cleese
• Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley

The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman

• Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel
• Empire of the Sun – Tom Stoppard
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman

Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau

• Babette's Feast – Henning Kristiansen
• The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Dean Cundey

The Last Emperor – James Acheson

• The Dressmaker – Judy Moorcroft
• Empire of the Sun – Bob Ringwood
• White Mischief – Marit Allen

Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger

• A Fish Called Wanda – John Jympson
• The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Arthur Schmidt

The Last Emperor – Fabrizio Sforza

• Beetlejuice – Steve La Porte, Ve Neill and Robert Short
• A Handful of Dust – Sally Sutton
• RoboCop – Carla Palmer

Empire of the Sun – John Williams

• Bird – Lennie Niehaus
• The Last Emperor – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su
• Moonstruck – Dick Hyman

Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Dean Tavoularis

• Empire of the Sun – Norman Reynolds
• The Last Emperor – Ferdinando Scarfiotti
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Elliot Scott

Empire of the Sun – Charles L. Campbell, Colin Charles, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe

• Bird – Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton and Les Fresholtz
• Good Morning, Vietnam – Bill Phillips, Clive Winter and Terry Porter
• The Last Emperor – Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe and Les Wiggins

Who Framed Roger Rabbit – George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston and Edward Jones

• Beetlejuice – Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short and Ted Rea
• The Last Emperor – Giannetto De Rossi and Fabrizio Martinelli
• RoboCop – Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran and Rocco Gioffre

This Week: Death on the Rock – Chris Oxley

• The Duty Men: East Enders – Paul Hamann
• In from the Cold: A Portrait of Richard Burton – Tony Palmer
• Viewpoint Special: The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Nigel Turner

Babette's Feast – Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Gabriel Axel

• Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle
• Dark Eyes – Silvia D'Amico Bendico, Carlo Cucchi and Nikita Mikhalkov
• Wings of Desire – Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman

The Hill Farm – Mark Baker

• Clothes Animation – Osbert Parker
• Daddie's Little Piece of Dresden China – Karen Watson
• Rarg – Tony Collingwood

Defence Counsel Sedov – Evgeny Tsymbal

• Cane Toads: An Unnatural History – Mark Lewis
• The Unkindest Cut – Jim Shields
• Water's Edge – Suri Krishnamma