Best Picture

WINNER

Amadeus: Saul Zaentz

NOMINEES

The Killing Fields: David Puttnam

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A Passage to India: John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin

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Places in the Heart: Arlene Donovan

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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

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Under the Volcano: Albert Finney

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Amadeus: Tom Hulce

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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

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Country: Jessica Lange

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The Bostonians: Vanessa Redgrave

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The River: Sissy Spacek

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Killing Fields: Haing S. Ngor

NOMINEES

A Soldier's Story: Adolph Caesar

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Places in the Heart: John Malkovich

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The Karate Kid: Pat Morita

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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

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Places in the Heart: Lindsay Crouse

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Swing Shift: Christine Lahti

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The Pope of Greenwich Village: Geraldine Page

Best Director

WINNER

Amadeus: Milos Forman

NOMINEES

Broadway Danny Rose: Woody Allen

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Places in the Heart: Robert Benton

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The Killing Fields: Roland Joffé

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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)

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Broadway Danny Rose: Woody Allen

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El Norte: Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas

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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

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The Killing Fields: Bruce Robinson

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A Passage to India: David Lean

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A Soldier's Story: Charles Fuller

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Killing Fields: Chris Menges

NOMINEES

Amadeus: Miroslav Ondrícek

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The Natural: Caleb Deschanel

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A Passage to India: Ernest Day

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The River: Vilmos Zsigmond

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER

Amadeus: Patrizia von Brandenstein, Karel Cerný

NOMINEES

The Cotton Club: Richard Sylbert, George Gaines

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The Natural: Mel Bourne, Angelo P. Graham, Bruce Weintraub

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A Passage to India: John Box, Hugh Scaife

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2010: Albert Brenner, Rick Simpson

Best Costume Design

WINNER

Amadeus: Theodor Pistek

NOMINEES

The Bostonians: Jenny Beavan, John Bright

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A Passage to India: Judy Moorcroft

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Places in the Heart: Ann Roth

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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

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

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The River: Nick Alphin, Robert Thirlwell, Richard Portman, David M. Ronne

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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

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The Cotton Club: Barry Malkin, Robert Q. Lovett

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A Passage to India: David Lean

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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

Ghostbusters: Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar

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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

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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)".

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Footloose: Kenny Loggins (music), Dean Pitchford (lyric)
For the song "Footloose".

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Ghostbusters: Ray Parker Jr.
For the song "Ghostbusters".

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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

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The Natural: Randy Newman

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The River: John Williams

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Under the Volcano: Alex North

Best Music, Original Song Score

WINNER

Purple Rain: Prince

NOMINEES

The Muppets Take Manhattan: Jeff Moss

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Songwriter: Kris Kristofferson

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER

Charade: John Minnis

NOMINEES

Doctor DeSoto: Morton Schindel, Michael Sporn

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Paradise: Ishu Patel

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER

Up: Mike Hoover

NOMINEES

The Painted Door: Michael MacMillan, Janice L. Platt

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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

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Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing: Ben Achtenberg, Joan Sawyer

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The Garden of Eden: Lawrence R. Hott, Roger M. Sherman

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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

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In the Name of the People: Alex W. Drehsler, Frank Christopher

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Marlene: Karel Dirka, Zev Braun

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Streetwise: Cheryl McCall

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Dangerous Moves
Switzerland.

NOMINEES

Me'Ahorei Hasoragim
Israel.

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Camila
Argentina.

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Sesión continua
Spain.

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Voenno-polevoy roman
Soviet Union.

WINNER

The River: Kay Rose
For sound effects editing.

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.

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(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.

WINNER

David L. Wolper

WINNER

Not awarded.

WINNERS

Donald A. Anderson (3M Company), Diana Reiners (3M Company)
For the development of "Cinetrak" Magnetic Film #350/351 for motion picture sound recording.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Günther Schaidt (Rosco Laboratories, Inc.)
For the development of an improved, non-toxic fluid for creating fog and smoke for motion picture production.

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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.

WINNERS

Nat Tiffen (Tiffen Manufacturing Corp.)
For the production of high-quality, durable, laminated color filters for motion picture photography.

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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.

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Jonathan Erland (Apogee, Inc.), Robert Bealmear (Apogee, Inc.)
For an innovative design for front projection screens and an improved method for their construction.

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Howard Preston (Preston Cinema Systems)
For the design and development of a variable speed control device with automatic exposure compensation for motion picture cameras.

WINNER

Linwood G. Dunn