1984 (57th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1984. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Saul Zaentz, Producer.
A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, Producers.A Soldier’s Story, Caldix Films Production; Columbia. Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick Palmer, Producers.Actor in a Leading Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ralph Richardson in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA)Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Art Direction-Set Decoration
Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Art direction by Patrizia Von Brandenstein; set decoration by Karel Cerny.The Cotton Club, A Totally Independent Production; Orion. Art direction by Richard Sylbert; set decoration by George Gaines and Les Bloom.The Natural, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Art direction by Angelo Graham, Mel Bourne, James J. Murakami and Speed Hopkins; set decoration by Bruce Weintraub.A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Art direction by John Box and Leslie Tomkins; set decoration by Hugh Scaife.2010, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Peter Hyams Film Production; MGM/UA. Art direction by Albert Brenner; set decoration by Rick Simpson.Cinematography
Costume Design
Documentary
(Feature)
Marlene, Zev Braun Pictures, Inc./OKO Film Produktion. (West Germany) Karel Dirka and Zev Braun, Producers.The Times of Harvey Milk, Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc. Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers.(Short Subject)
The Children of Soong Ching Ling, UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. (Canada) Gary Bush and Paul T. K. Lin, Producers.Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing, The Nursing Ethics Project/Fanlight Productions. Ben Achtenberg and Joan Sawyer, Producers.Recollections of Pavlovsk, Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. (Soviet Union) Irina Kalinina, Producer.Film Editing
Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler.Romancing the Stone, El Corazon Producciones S.A. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Mexico, USA) Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss.Foreign Language Film
Beyond the Walls, April Films Ltd. Production. (Israel)Camila, GEA Cinematographica S.r.l. Production. (Argentina, Spain)Dangerous Moves, Arthur Cohn Production. (France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland)Double Feature, Nickel Odeon, S.A. Production. (Spain)Wartime Romance, Odessa Film Studio Production. (Soviet Union)Makeup
Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith.Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Rick Baker and Paul Engelen.Music
(Original Score)
(Original Song)
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) from Against All Odds, New Visions Production; Columbia. Music and lyric by Phil Collins.Footloose from Footloose, Daniel Melnick Production; Paramount. Music and lyric by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford.Ghostbusters from Ghostbusters, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Music and lyric by Ray Parker, Jr.I Just Called to Say I Love You from The Woman in Red, Woman in Red Production; Orion. Music and lyric by Stevie Wonder.Let’s Hear It for the Boy from Footloose, Daniel Melnick Production; Paramount. Music and lyric by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford.(Original Song Score)
Short Films
(Animated)
(Live Action)
The Painted Door, Atlantis Films Limited in association with the National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Michael MacMillan and Janice L. Platt, Producers.Tales of Meeting and Parting, The American Film Institute - Directing Workshop for Women. Sharon Oreck and Lesli Linka Glatter, Producers.Sound
Amadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Chris Newman.Dune, Dino De Laurentiis Corporation Production; Universal. (USA, Mexico) Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O’Connell and Nelson Stoll.A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and John Mitchell.The River, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman and David Ronne.2010, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Peter Hyams Film Production; MGM/UA. Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos De Larios and Gene S. Cantamessa.Special Achievement Award
(Sound Effects Editing)
Visual Effects
Ghostbusters, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo and Chuck Gaspar.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs.2010, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Peter Hyams Film Production; MGM/UA. Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson and Mark Stetson.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) P. H. Vazak and Michael Austin.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Beverly Hills Cop, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production in association with Eddie Murphy Productions; Paramount. Screenplay by Daniel Petrie, Jr.; story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.El Norte, Independent Production; Cinecom International/Island Alive. (UK, USA) Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas.Splash, Touchstone Films Production; Buena Vista. Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story by Bruce Jay Friedman; based on a story by Brian Grazer.Honorary Award
To James Stewart for his fifty years of memorable performances. For his high ideals both on and off the screen. With the respect and affection of his colleagues. [ [Statuette]]To The National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of its 20th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to fostering artistic and creative activity and excellence in every area of the arts. [ [Statuette]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 17, 1985, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Scientific or Technical Award
(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Donald A. Anderson and Diana Reiners of 3M Company for the development of “Cinetrak” Magnetic Film #350/351 for motion picture sound recording.To Barry M. Stultz, Ruben Avila and Wes Kennedy of Film Processing Corporation for the development of FPC 200 PB Fullcoat Magnetic Film for motion picture sound recording.To Barry M. Stultz, Ruben Avila and Wes Kennedy of Film Processing Corporation for the formulation and application of an improved sound track stripe to 70mm motion picture film, and to John Mosely for the engineering research involved therein.To Kenneth Richter of Richter Cine Equipment for the design and engineering of the R-2 Auto-Collimator for examining image quality at the focal plane of motion picture camera lenses.To Gunther Schaidt and Rosco Laboratories, Incorporated, for the development of an improved, non-toxic fluid for creating fog and smoke for motion picture production.To John Whitney, Jr. and Gary Demos of Digital Productions, Incorporated, for the practical simulation of motion picture photography by means of computer-generated images.(Technical Achievement Award)
To Nat Tiffen of Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.To Donald Trumbull, Jonathan Erland, Stephen Fog and Paul Burk of Apogee, Incorporated, for the design and development of the “Blue Max” high-power, blue-flux projector for traveling matte composite photography.To Jonathan Erland and Robert Bealmear of Apogee, Incorporated, for an innovative design for front projection screens and an improved method for their construction.To Howard J. Preston of Preston Cinema Systems for the design and development of a variable speed control device with automatic exposure compensation for motion picture cameras.NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 17, 1985, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.