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1984 Academy Awards

The 1984 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Best Picture

Amadeus, Saul Zaentz, producer (Orion)

The Killing Fields, David Puttnam, producer (Warner Bros.)

A Passage to India, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, producer (Columbia)

Places in the Heart, Arlene Donovan, producer (TriStar)

A Soldier's Story, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, producers (Columbia)

Actor in a Leading Role

F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus

Jeff Bridges, Starman

Albert Finney, Under the Volcano

Tom Hulce, Amadeus

Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields

Actress in a Leading Role

Judy Davis, A Passage to India

Sally Field, Places in the Heart

Jessica Lange, Country

Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians

Sissy Spacek, The River

Actor in a Supporting Role

Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story

John Malkovich, Places in the Heart

Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, The Karate Kid

Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields

Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Actress in a Supporting Role

Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India

Glenn Close, The Natural

Lindsay Crouse, Places in the Heart

Christine Lahti, Swing Shift

Geraldine Page, The Pope of Greenwich Village

Directing

Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose

Robert Benton, Places in the Heart

Milos Forman, Amadeus

Roland Joffe, The Killing Fields

David Lean, A Passage to India

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose
	Robert Benton, Places in the Heart
	Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman, screenplay; Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story, Splash
	Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas, El Norte
	Daniel Petrie, Jr., screenplay; Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr., story, Beverly Hills Cop
Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium	Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Story
	David Lean, A Passage to India
	Bruce Robinson, The Killing Fields
	Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
	P.H. Vazak and Michael Austin, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Cinematography

Ernest Day, A Passage to India

Caleb Deschanel, The Natural

Chris Menges, The Killing Fields

Miroslav Ondricek, Amadeus

Vilmos Zsigmond, The River

Art Direction

John Box and Leslie Tomkins, art direction; Hugh Scaife, set decoration, A Passage to India

Albert Brenner, art direction; Rick Simpson, set decoration, 2010

Angelo Graham and Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins, art direction; Bruch Weintraub, set decoration, The Natural

Richard Sylbert, art direction; George Gaines and Les Bloom, set decoration, The Cotton Club

Patrizia Von Brandenstein, art direction; Karel Cerny, set decoration, Amadeus

Sound

Nick Alphin, Robert Thirwell, Richard Portman and David Ronne, The River

Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman, Amadeus

Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John Mitchell, A Passage to India

Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios and Gene S. Cantamessa, 2010

Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell and Nelson Stoll, Dune

Music

Original Song	“Against All Odds” (Take a Look at Me Now), Against All Odds, Phil Collins, music and lyrics
	“Footloose,” Footloose, Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford, music and lyrics
	“Ghostbusters,” Ghostbusters, Ray Parker, Jr., music and lyrics
	*“I Just Called to Say I Love You,” The Woman in Red, Stevie Wonder, music and lyrics*
	“Let's Hear It for the Boy,” Footloose, Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow, music and lyrics
Original Score	Maurice Jarre, A Passage to India
	Randy Newman, The Natural
	Alex North, Under the Volcano
	John Williams, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
	John Williams, The River
Original Song Score	Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter
	Jeffrey Moss, The Muppets Take Manhattan
	Prince, Purple Rain

Film Editing

Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss, Romancing the Stone

Jim Clark, The Killing Fields

Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler, Amadeus

David Lean, A Passage to India

Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett, The Cotton Club

Costume Design

Jenny Beavan and John Bright, The Bostonians

Judy Moorcroft, A Passage to India

Patricia Norris, 2010

Theodor Pistek, Amadeus

Ann Roth, Places in the Heart

Makeup

Rick Baker and Paul Engelen, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith, Amadeus

Michael Westmore, 2010

Visual Effects

Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo and Chuck Gasper, Ghostbusters

Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson and Mark Stetson, 2010

Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Short Films

Animated	Charade (Jon Minnis, producer; Sheridan College Production)
	Doctor De Soto (Morton Schindel and Michael Sporn, producers; Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.)
	Paradise (Ishu Patel, producer; National Film Board of Canada)
Live Action	The Painted Door (Atlantis Films Ltd. in association with the National Film Board of Canada)
	Tales of Meeting and Parting (Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, producers; American Film Institute—Directing Workshop for Women)
	Up (Mike Hoover, producer; Pyramid Films)

Documentary

Short Subject	The Children of Soong Ching Ling (Gary Bush and Paul T.K. Lin, producers; UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation)
	Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing (Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, producers; The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions)
	The Garden of Eden (Lawrence R. Hott and Roger M. Sherman, producers; Florentine Films Production)
	Recollections of Pavlovsk (Irina Kalinina, producer; Leningrad Documentary Film Studio)
	The Stone Carvers (Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, producers, Paul Wagner Productions)
Feature	High Schools (Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss, producers; Guggenheim Productions)
	In the Name of the People (Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher, producers; Pan American Films)
	Marlene (Zev Braun Pictures, Inc.; OKO Film Produktion)
	Streetwise (Cheryl McCall, producer; Bear Creek Productions, Inc.)
	The Times of Harvey Milk (Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, producers; Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc.)

Foreign Language Film

Beyond the Walls, Israel

Camila, Argentina

Dangerous Moves, Switzerland

Double Feature, Spain

Wartime Romance, U.S.S.R.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

David L. Wolper

Honorary Awards

To the National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedication to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts

To James Stewart for 50 years of memorable performances and for his high ideals, both on and off the screen, with the respect and affection of his colleagues

Special Achievement Award

Sound Effects Editing

Kay Rose, The River

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1983 Academy Awards