Academy Awards 1985

Best Picture

WINNER:
Amadeus: Saul Zaentz

NOMINEES:
The Killing Fields: David Puttnam
A Passage to India: John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin
Places in the Heart: Arlene Donovan
A Soldier's Story: Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick J. Palmer

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Amadeus: F. Murray Abraham

NOMINEES:
Starman: Jeff Bridges
Under the Volcano: Albert Finney
Amadeus: Tom Hulce
The Killing Fields: Sam Waterston

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Places in the Heart: Sally Field

NOMINEES:
A Passage to India: Judy Davis
Country: Jessica Lange
The Bostonians: Vanessa Redgrave
The River: Sissy Spacek

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Killing Fields: Haing S. Ngor

NOMINEES:
A Soldier's Story: Adolph Caesar
Places in the Heart: John Malkovich
The Karate Kid: Pat Morita
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes: Ralph Richardson
Posthumously.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
A Passage to India: Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft was not present at the awards ceremony. Angela Lansbury accepted the award on her behalf.

NOMINEES:
The Natural: Glenn Close
Places in the Heart: Lindsay Crouse
Swing Shift: Christine Lahti
The Pope of Greenwich Village: Geraldine Page

Best Director

WINNER:
Amadeus: Milos Forman

NOMINEES:
Broadway Danny Rose: Woody Allen
Places in the Heart: Robert Benton
The Killing Fields: Roland Joffé
A Passage to India: David Lean

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Places in the Heart: Robert Benton

NOMINEES:
Beverly Hills Cop: Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay/story), Danilo Bach (story)
Broadway Danny Rose: Woody Allen
El Norte: Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
Splash: Lowell Ganz (screenplay), Babaloo Mandel (screenplay), Bruce Jay Friedman (screenplay/screen story), Brian Grazer (story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER:
Amadeus: Peter Shaffer

NOMINEES:
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes: Robert Towne, Michael Austin
The Killing Fields: Bruce Robinson
A Passage to India: David Lean
A Soldier's Story: Charles Fuller

Best Cinematography

WINNER:
The Killing Fields: Chris Menges

NOMINEES:
Amadeus: Miroslav Ondrícek
The Natural: Caleb Deschanel
A Passage to India: Ernest Day
The River: Vilmos Zsigmond

Amadeus

WINNER:
Amadeus: Patrizia von Brandenstein, Karel Cerný

NOMINEES:
The Cotton Club: Richard Sylbert, George Gaines
The Natural: Mel Bourne, Angelo P. Graham, Bruce Weintraub
A Passage to India: John Box, Hugh Scaife
2010: Albert Brenner, Rick Simpson

Best Costume Design

WINNER:
Amadeus: Theodor Pistek

NOMINEES:
The Bostonians: Jenny Beavan, John Bright
A Passage to India: Judy Moorcroft
Places in the Heart: Ann Roth
2010: Patricia Norris

Best Sound

WINNER:
Amadeus: Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Christopher Newman

NOMINEES:
Dune: Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell, Nelson Stoll
A Passage to India: Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, John W. Mitchell
The River: Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David M. Ronne
2010: Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Carlos Delarios, Gene S. Cantamessa

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
The Killing Fields: Jim Clark

NOMINEES:
Amadeus: Nena Danevic, Michael Chandler
The Cotton Club: Barry Malkin, Robert Q. Lovett
A Passage to India: David Lean
Romancing the Stone: Donn Cambern, Frank Morriss

Best Effects, Visual Effects

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

NOMINEES:
Ghost Busters: Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar
2010: Richard Edlund, Neil Krepela, George Jenson, Mark Stetson

Best Makeup

WINNER:
Amadeus: Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith

NOMINEES:
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes: Rick Baker, Paul Engelen
2010: Michael Westmore

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
The Woman in Red: Stevie Wonder
For the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You".

NOMINEES:
Against All Odds: Phil Collins
For the song "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)".
Footloose: Kenny Loggins (music), Dean Pitchford (lyric)
For the song "Footloose".
Ghost Busters: Ray Parker Jr.
For the song "Ghostbusters".
Footloose: Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford
For the song "Let's Hear It for the Boy".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
A Passage to India: Maurice Jarre

NOMINEES:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: John Williams
The Natural: Randy Newman
The River: John Williams
Under the Volcano: Alex North

Best Music, Original Song Score

WINNER:
Purple Rain: Prince

NOMINEES:
The Muppets Take Manhattan: Jeff Moss
Songwriter: Kris Kristofferson

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
Charade: John Minnis

NOMINEES:
Doctor DeSoto: Morton Schindel, Michael Sporn
Paradise: Ishu Patel

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Up: Mike Hoover

NOMINEES:
The Painted Door: Michael MacMillan, Janice L. Platt
Tales of Meeting and Parting: Sharon Oreck, Lesli Linka Glatter

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
The Stone Carvers: Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner

NOMINEES:
The Children of Soong Ching Ling: Gary Bush, Paul T.K. Lin
Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing: Ben Achtenberg, Joan Sawyer
The Garden of Eden: Lawrence R. Hott, Roger M. Sherman
Recollections of Pavlovsk: Irina Kalinina

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
The Times of Harvey Milk: Rob Epstein, Richard Schmiechen

NOMINEES:
High Schools: Charles Guggenheim, Nancy Sloss
In the Name of the People: Alex W. Drehsler, Frank Christopher
Marlene: Karel Dirka, Zev Braun
Streetwise: Cheryl McCall

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
La diagonale du fou
Switzerland.

NOMINEES:
Me'Ahorei Hasoragim
Israel.
Camila
Argentina.
Sesión continua
Spain.
Voenno-polevoy roman
Soviet Union.

Special Achievement Award

WINNER:
The River: Kay Rose
For sound effects editing.

Honorary Award

WINNERS:
James Stewart
For his fifty years of memorable performances,, for his high ideals both on and off the screen, with respect and affection of his colleagues.
(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.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER:
David L. Wolper

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
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 Corp.), Ruben Avila (Film Processing Corp.), Wes Kennedy (Film Processing Corp.)
For the development of FPC 200 PB Fullcoat Magnetic Film for motion picture sound recording.
Barry M. Stultz (Film Processing Corp.), Ruben Avila (Film Processing Corp.), Wes Kennedy (Film Processing Corp.), John Mosely
For the formulation and application of an improved sound track stripe to 70mm motion picture film (Stultz/Avila/Kennedy) and for the engineering research involved therein (Mosely).
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.
Günther 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

WINNERS:
Nat Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corp.)
For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.
Don Trumbull (Apogee, Inc.), Jonathan Erland (Apogee, Inc.), Stephen Fog (Apogee, Inc.), Paul Burk (Apogee, Inc.)
For the design and development of the "Blue Max" high-power, blue-flux projector for traveling matte composite photography.
Jonathan Erland (Apogee, Inc.), Robert Bealmear (Apogee, Inc.)
For an innovative design for front projection screens and an improved method for their construction.
Howard Preston (Preston Cinema Systems)
For the design and development of a variable speed control device with automatic exposure compensation for motion picture cameras.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Linwood G. Dunn