Academy Awards archive

Dances With Wolves Oscar Nominations & Wins

Dances With Wolves has 12 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 7 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 12 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

Dances With Wolves: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1990Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientKevin Costner

Lieutenant Dunbar

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryReversal of FortuneClaus Von Bulow
Jeremy Irons
Film year1990Best Supporting Actor
Credited nominee / recipientGraham Greene

Kicking Bird

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGood FellasTommy DeVito
Joe Pesci
Film year1990Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientMary McDonnell

Stands With A Fist

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryGhostOda Mae Brown
Whoopi Goldberg
Film year1990Art Direction
Credited nominee / recipientArt Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryDick Tracy
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
Film year1990Cinematography
Credited nominee / recipientDean Semler
Win recorded
Film year1990Costume Design
Credited nominee / recipientElsa Zamparelli
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryCyrano de Bergerac
Franca Squarciapino
Film year1990Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientKevin Costner
Win recorded
Film year1990Film Editing
Credited nominee / recipientNeil Travis
Win recorded
Film year1990Original Score
Credited nominee / recipientJohn Barry
Win recorded
Film year1990Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientJim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
Win recorded
Film year1990Sound Mixing
Credited nominee / recipientJeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
Win recorded
Film year1990Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientMichael Blake
Win recorded

Who else was nominated?

Compare Dances With Wolves with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actor 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Best Actor winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Best Supporting Actor 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Best Supporting Actor winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Art Direction 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
    Nominee
  • Dances With Wolves This film
    Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
    Nominee
  • Dick Tracy
    Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
    ★ Winner
  • The Godfather, Part III
    Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
    Nominee
  • Hamlet
    Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
    Nominee
Art Direction winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Cinematography 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Cinematography winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Costume Design 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Costume Design winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Best Director 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Best Director winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Film Editing 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Film Editing winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Original Score 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Original Score winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Best Picture 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
  • Awakenings
    Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers
    Nominee
  • Dances With Wolves This film
    Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
    ★ Winner
  • Ghost
    Lisa Weinstein, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Godfather, Part III
    Francis Ford Coppola, Producer
    Nominee
  • Good Fellas
    Irwin Winkler, Producer
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Sound Mixing 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
  • Dances With Wolves This film
    Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
    ★ Winner
  • Days of Thunder
    Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
    Nominee
  • Dick Tracy
    Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
    Nominee
  • The Hunt for Red October
    Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
    Nominee
  • Total Recall
    Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
    Nominee
Sound Mixing winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
Adapted Screenplay 1990 film year · Ceremony 63
Adapted Screenplay winner historyAll 1990 film-year results
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