The 17th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 14 December 1991 and given on 21 January 1992. Winners Best Picture: Bugsy Runner-up: The Fisher King Best Director: Barry Levinson – Bugsy Runner-up: Terry Gilliam – The Fisher King Best Actor: Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides Runner-up: Warren Beatty – Bugsy Best Actress: Mercedes Ruehl – The Fisher King Runner-up: Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs Best Supporting Actor: Michael Lerner – Barton Fink Runner-up: Robert Duvall – Rambling Rose Best Supporting Actress: Jane Horrocks – Life Is Sweet Runner-up: Amanda Plummer – The Fisher King Best Screenplay: James Toback – Bugsy Runner-up: Richard LaGravenese – The Fisher King Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – Barton Fink and Homicide Runner-up: John J. Campbell and Eric Alan Edwards – My Own Private Idaho Best Music Score: Zbigniew Preisner – The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique), At Play in the Fields of the Lord and Europa Europa Runner-up: Howard Shore – The Silence of the Lambs and Naked Lunch Best Foreign Film: La Belle Noiseuse • France/Switzerland Runner-up: Europa Europa • Germany/France/Poland Best Non-Fiction Film: American Dream Best Animation: Beauty and the Beast Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Jon Jost – All the Vermeers in New York New Generation Award: John Singleton – Boyz n the Hood Career Achievement Award (tie): Elmer Bernstein Vincent Price Special Citation: The National Film Board of Canada on the 50th anniversary of its animation unit. References External links 17th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards