Dances With Wolves - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

63rd Academy Awards: In addition to becoming the first Western film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1931's Cimarron, Dances with Wolves won the following additional Oscars:

• Best Director – Kevin Costner
• Best Adapted Screenplay – Michael Blake
• Best Cinematography – Dean Semler
• Best Film Editing – Neil Travis
• Best Sound – Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton and Gregory H. Watkins
• Best Original Score – John Barry

Dances with Wolves was also nominated in the following categories:

• Best Actor in a Leading Role – Kevin Costner
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Graham Greene
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Mary McDonnell
• Best Art Direction – Jeffrey Beecroft and Lisa Dean
• Best Costume Design – Elsa Zamparelli

American Film Institute recognition:

• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - #75
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
  • Lt. John W. Dunbar - Nominated Hero
• AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers - #59
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) - Nominated
• AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Western and Epic Film

Other accolades:

• Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama – Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
• Golden Globe for Best Director – Kevin Costner
• Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Michael Blake
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement - Kevin Costner at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival