Academy Awards®
Awards for 1984
Picture
* Saul Zaentz - Producer, AMADEUS
Won eight Awards.
David Puttnam - Producer, THE KILLING FIELDS
Lord John Brabourne - Producer, Richard Goodwin - Producer, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Arlene Donovan - Producer, PLACES IN THE HEART
Norman Jewison - Producer, Ronald L. Schwary - Producer, Patrick Palmer - Producer, A SOLDIER'S STORY
Actor
* F. Murray Abraham, AMADEUS
Jeff Bridges, STARMAN
Albert Finney, UNDER THE VOLCANO
Tom Hulce, AMADEUS
Sam Waterston, THE KILLING FIELDS
Actress
Judy Davis, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
* Sally Field, PLACES IN THE HEART
Jessica Lange, COUNTRY
Vanessa Redgrave, THE BOSTONIANS
Sissy Spacek, THE RIVER
Supporting Actor
Adolph Caesar, A SOLDIER'S STORY
John Malkovich, PLACES IN THE HEART
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, THE KARATE KID
* Haing S. Ngor, THE KILLING FIELDS
Sir Ralph Richardson, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES
Supporting Actress
* 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
Director
* Miloš Forman, AMADEUS
Woody Allen, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE
Roland Joffe, THE KILLING FIELDS
Sir David Lean, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Robert Benton, PLACES IN THE HEART
Writing - Screenplay (Written Directly For The Screen)
Daniel Petrie, Jr., Danilo Bach, BEVERLY HILLS COP
Woody Allen, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE
Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, EL NORTE
* Robert Benton, PLACES IN THE HEART
Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Brian Grazer, SPLASH
Writing - Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium)
* Peter Shaffer, AMADEUS
P.H. Vazak, Michael Austin, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES
Bruce Robinson, THE KILLING FIELDS
Sir David Lean, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Charles Fuller, A SOLDIER'S STORY
Foreign Film
BEYOND THE WALLS
(Israel)
CAMILA
(Argentina)
* DANGEROUS MOVES
(Switzerland)
DOUBLE FEATURE
(Spain)
WARTIME ROMANCE
(U.S.S.R.)
Art Direction
* Patrizia von Brandenstein - Art Direction, Karel Cerny - Set Decoration, AMADEUS
Richard Sylbert - Art Direction, George Gaines - Set Decoration, Les Bloom - Set Decoration, THE COTTON CLUB
Angelo Graham - Art Direction, Mel Bourne - Art Direction, James J. Murakami - Art Direction, Speed Hopkins - Art Direction, Bruce Weintraub - Set Decoration, THE NATURAL
John Box - Art Direction, Leslie Tomkins - Art Direction, Hugh Scaife - Set Decoration, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Albert Brenner - Art Direction, Rick Simpson - Set Decoration, 2010
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondrícek, AMADEUS
* Chris Menges, THE KILLING FIELDS
Caleb Deschanel, THE NATURAL
Vilmos Zsigmond, THE RIVER
Ernest Day, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Costume Design
* Theodor Pistek, AMADEUS
Jenny Beavan, John Bright, THE BOSTONIANS
Judy Moorcroft, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Ann Roth, PLACES IN THE HEART
Patricia Norris, 2010
Documentary Feature
Charles Guggenheim - Producer, Nancy Sloss - Producer, HIGH SCHOOLS
Alex W. Drehsler - Producer, Frank Christopher - Producer, IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE
Karel Dirka - Producer, Zev Braun - Producer, MARLENE
Cheryl McCall - Producer, STREETWISE
* Robert Epstein - Producer, Richard Schmiechen - Producer, THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
Documentary Short Subject
Gary Bush, Paul T.K. Lin - Producers (UNICEF and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation), THE CHILDREN OF SOONG CHING LING
Ben Achtenberg - Producer, Joan Sawyer - Producer, CODE GRAY: ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN NURSING
Lawence R. Hott - Producer, Roger M. Sherman - Producer, THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Irina Kalinina - Producer, RECOLLECTIONS OF PAVLOVSK
* Marjorie Hunt - Producer, Paul Wagner - Producer, THE STONE CARVERS
Film Editing
Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler, AMADEUS
Barry Malkin, Robert Q. Lovett, THE COTTON CLUB
* Jim Clark, THE KILLING FIELDS
Sir David Lean, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss, ROMANCING THE STONE
Makeup
* Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith, AMADEUS
Rick Baker, Paul Engelen, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES
Michael Westmore, 2010
Music - Original Score
John Williams, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Randy Newman, THE NATURAL
* Maurice Jarre, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
John Williams, THE RIVER
Alex North, UNDER THE VOLCANO
Music - Original Song Score
(formerly Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
This award was discontinued after 1984.
Jeffrey Moss, THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN
* Prince, PURPLE RAIN
Kris Kristofferson, SONGWRITER
Music - Original Song
(formerly Music - Song)
Phil Collins - Music & Lyrics, AGAINST ALL ODDS
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
Kenny Loggins - Music & Lyrics, Dean Pitchford - Music & Lyrics, FOOTLOOSE
"Footloose"
Ray Parker, Jr. - Music & Lyrics, GHOSTBUSTERS
"Ghostbusters"
* Stevie Wonder - Music & Lyrics, THE WOMAN IN RED
"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Tom Snow - Music & Lyrics, Dean Pitchford - Music & Lyrics, FOOTLOOSE
"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Animated Short
* Jon Minnis - Producer, CHARADE
Morton Schindel - Producer, Michael Sporn - Producer, DOCTOR DE SOTO
Ishu Patel - Producer, PARADISE
Short Films - Live Action
Michael MacMillan - Producer, Janice L. Platt - Producer, THE PAINTED DOOR
Sharon Oreck - Producer, Lesli Linka Glatter - Producer, TALES OF MEETING AND PARTING
* Mike Hoover - Producer, UP
Sound
* Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman, AMADEUS
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell, Nelson Stoll, DUNE
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, John Mitchell, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David Ronne, THE RIVER
Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos de Larios, Gene S. Cantamessa, 2010
Sound Effects
No award given for 1984. See Special Achievement Awards 1984.
Visual Effects
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gasper, GHOSTBUSTERS
* Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson, Mark Stetson, 2010
Special Achievement
* Kay Rose - Sound Effects Editing, THE RIVER
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
No award given for 1984.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
* Donald A. Anderson (3M Company)
Diana Reiners (3M Company)
For the development of Cinetrak Magnetic Film 350/351 for motion picture sound recording.
* Barry M. Stultz (Film Processing Corporation)
Ruben Avila (Film Processing Corporation)
Wes Kennedy (Film Processing Corporation)
For the development of FPC 200PB Fullcoat Magnetic Film for motion picture sound recording.
* Barry M. Stultz (Film Processing Corporation)
Ruben Avila (Film Processing Corporation)
Wes Kennedy (Film Processing Corporation)
John Mosely - Engineering, For the formulation and application of an improved soundtrack stripe to 70mm motion picture film.
* Kenneth Richter (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.
* Gunther Schaidt, Rosco Laboratories Inc.
For the development of an improved, non-toxic fluid for creating fog and smoke for motion picture production.
* John Whitney, Jr. (Digital Productions Inc.)
Gary Demos (Digital Productions Inc.)
For the practical simulation of motion picture photography by means of computer-generated images.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
* Nat Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation)
For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.
* Donald Trumbull (Apogee Incorporated)
Jonathan Erland (Apogee Incorporated)
Stephen Fog (Apogee Incorporated)
Paul Burk (Apogee Incorporated)
For the design and development of the Blue Max high-power, blue-flux projector for traveling matte composite photography.
* Jonathan Erland (Apogee Incorporated)
Robert Bealmear (Apogee Incorporated)
For an innovative design for front projection screens and an improved method for their construction.
* Howard J. Preston (Preston Cinema Systems)
For the design and development of a variable speed control device with automatic exposure compensation for motion picture cameras.
Honorary and Other Awards
* James Stewart, For 50 years of meaningful performances, for his high ideals, both on and off the screen, with the respect and affection of his colleagues. Winner presented a Statuette.
* 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. Winner presented a Statuette.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No award given for 1984.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
* David L. Wolper,
The Gordon E. Sawyer Award
* Linwood G. Dunn, For technical contributions that have brought credit to the motion picture industry.