Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt The Silence of the Lambs (1991) became the third film in Academy history to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards for producing, directing, acting, and screenwriting following It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Don Han Beauty and the Beast (1991) became the very first full-length animated feature film in cinema history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Boyz n the Hood John Singleton became the youngest director and the very first African-American in cinema history ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken For the song "Beauty and the Beast". Howard Ashman's nomination and award were posthumous. His partner Bill Lauch accepted the award on his behalf.
Winner
All nominees
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Beauty and the Beast
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken For the song "Belle". Howard Ashman's nomination was posthumous.
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Beauty and the Beast
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken For the song "Be Our Guest". Howard Ashman's nomination was posthumous.
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Brian Adams, Michael Kamen, Mutt Lange For the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".
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Hook
John Williams, Leslie Bricusse For the song "When You're Alone".
The crew of the orbiting space shuttle Atlantis (STS-45) participated in the presentation of the Thalberg Award to George Lucas. An Oscar statuette was aboard the shuttle to commemorate the event.