Academy Awards 1984

Best Picture

WINNER:
Terms of Endearment: James L. Brooks

NOMINEES:
The Big Chill: Michael Shamberg
The Dresser: Peter Yates
The Right Stuff: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Tender Mercies: Philip Hobel

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Tender Mercies: Robert Duvall

NOMINEES:
Educating Rita: Michael Caine
Reuben, Reuben: Tom Conti
The Dresser: Tom Courtenay
The Dresser: Albert Finney

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Terms of Endearment: Shirley MacLaine

NOMINEES:
Testament: Jane Alexander
Silkwood: Meryl Streep
Educating Rita: Julie Walters
Terms of Endearment: Debra Winger

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Terms of Endearment: Jack Nicholson

NOMINEES:
To Be or Not to Be: Charles Durning
Terms of Endearment: John Lithgow
The Right Stuff: Sam Shepard
Cross Creek: Rip Torn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Year of Living Dangerously: Linda Hunt

NOMINEES:
Silkwood: Cher
The Big Chill: Glenn Close
Yentl: Amy Irving
Cross Creek: Alfre Woodard

Best Director

WINNER:
Terms of Endearment: James L. Brooks

NOMINEES:
Tender Mercies: Bruce Beresford
Fanny and Alexander: Ingmar Bergman
Silkwood: Mike Nichols
The Dresser: Peter Yates

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Tender Mercies: Horton Foote

NOMINEES:
The Big Chill: Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
Fanny and Alexander: Ingmar Bergman
Silkwood: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
WarGames: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
Terms of Endearment: James L. Brooks

NOMINEES:
Betrayal: Harold Pinter
The Dresser: Ronald Harwood
Educating Rita: Willy Russell
Reuben, Reuben: Julius J. Epstein

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
Fanny and Alexander: Sven Nykvist

NOMINEES:
Flashdance: Donald Peterman
The Right Stuff: Caleb Deschanel
WarGames: William A. Fraker
Zelig: Gordon Willis

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
Fanny and Alexander: Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim

NOMINEES:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, Michael Ford
The Right Stuff: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter R. Romero, Jim Poynter, George R. Nelson
Terms of Endearment: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson, Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondell
Yentl: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins, Tessa Davies

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
Fanny and Alexander: Marik Vos-Lundh

NOMINEES:
Cross Creek: Joe I. Tompkins
Heart Like a Wheel: William Ware Theiss
Le retour de Martin Guerre: Anne-Marie Marchand
Zelig: Santo Loquasto

Best Sound

WINNER:
The Right Stuff: Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan

NOMINEES:
Never Cry Wolf: Alan Splet (as Alan R. Splet), Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom, David Parker
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe
Terms of Endearment: Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, James R. Alexander (as Jim Alexander)
WarGames: Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
The Right Stuff: Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf

NOMINEES:
Blue Thunder: Frank Morriss, Edward M. Abroms
Flashdance: Bud S. Smith, Walt Mulconery
Silkwood: Sam O'Steen
Terms of Endearment: Richard Marks

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER:
The Right Stuff: Jay Boekelheide

NOMINEE:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Ben Burtt

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Flashdance: Giorgio Moroder (music), Keith Forsey (lyrics), Irene Cara (lyrics)
For the song "Flashdance...What a Feeling".

NOMINEES:
Flashdance: Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky
For the song "Maniac".
Tender Mercies: Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart
For the song "Over You".
Yentl: Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?".
Yentl: Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "The Way He Makes Me Feel".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
The Right Stuff: Bill Conti

NOMINEES:
Cross Creek: Leonard Rosenman
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: John Williams
Terms of Endearment: Michael Gore
Under Fire: Jerry Goldsmith

Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

WINNER:
Yentl: Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)

NOMINEES:
The Sting II: Lalo Schifrin
Trading Places: Elmer Bernstein

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Sundae in New York: Jimmy Picker

NOMINEES:
Mickey's Christmas Carol: Burny Mattinson
Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain: Eda Godel Hallinan

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Boys and Girls: Janice L. Platt

NOMINEES:
Goodie-Two-Shoes: Ian Emes
Overnight Sensation: Jon Bloom

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Flamenco at 5:15: Cynthia Scott, Adam Symansky

NOMINEES:
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?: Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Eric Thiermann
Sewing Woman: Arthur Dong
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph: Bob Eisenhardt
Ihr zent frei: Dea Brokman, Ilene Landis

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin': Emile Ardolino

NOMINEES:
Children of Darkness: Richard Kotuk, Ara Chekmayan
First Contact: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
The Profession of Arms: Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen
Seeing Red: Jim Klein, Julia Reichert

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Fanny and Alexander
Sweden.

NOMINEES:
Carmen
Spain.
Coup de foudre
France.
Le bal
Algeria.
Jób lázadása
Hungary.

Special Achievement Award

WINNER:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
For visual effects (statuette).

Honorary Award

WINNER:
Hal Roach
In recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER:
M.J. Frankovich

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:
Kurt Larche (OSRAM GmbH)
For the research and development of xenon short-arc discharge lamps for motion picture projection.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Jonathan Erland (Apogee, Inc.), Roger Dorney (Apogee, Inc.)
For the engineering and development of a reverse bluescreen traveling matte process for special effects photography.
Gerry Turpin (Lightflex International Ltd.)
For the design, engineering and development of an on-camera device providing contrast control, sourceless fill light and special effects for motion picture photography.
Gunnar P. Michelson
For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
William G. Krokaugger (Mole-Richardson Company)
For the design and engineering of a portable, 12,000 watt, lighting-control dimmer for use in motion picture production.
Charles L. Watson, Larry L. Langrehr, John H. Steiner
For the development of the BHP (electro-mechanical) fader for use on continuous motion picture contact printers.
Elizabeth D. De La Mare (De La Mare Engineering, Inc.)
For the progressive development and continuous research of special effects pyrotechnics originally designed by Glenn W. De La Mare for motion picture production.
Douglas Fries, John Lacey, Michael Sicrist
For the design and engineering of a 35mm reflex conversion camera system for special effects photography.
Jack Cashin (Ultra-Stereo Labs, Inc.)
For the engineering and development of a 4-channel, stereophonic, decoding system for optical motion picture sound track reproduction.
David J. Degenkolb
For the design and development of an automated device used in the silver recovery process in motion picture laboratories.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
John G. Frayne