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1985 Academy Awards — 103 nominations across 23 categories.
Best Picture
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ART DIRECTION
- ★ Out of Africa IMDB — Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
- Brazil IMDB — Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
- The Color Purple IMDB — Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
- Ran IMDB — Art Direction: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
- Witness IMDB — Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John Anderson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTING
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
- ★ Broken Rainbow IMDB — Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers
- Las Madres--The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo IMDB — Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers
- Soldiers in Hiding IMDB — Japhet Asher, Producer
- The Statue of Liberty IMDB — Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
- Unfinished Business IMDB — Steven Okazaki, Producer
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
- ★ Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements IMDB — David Goodman, Producer
- The Courage to Care IMDB — Robert Gardner, Producer
- Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date IMDB — Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers
- Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra IMDB — Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer
- The Wizard of the Strings IMDB — Alan Edelstein, Producer
FILM EDITING
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
MUSIC (Original Score)
- ★ Out of Africa IMDB — John Barry
- Agnes of God IMDB — Georges Delerue
- The Color Purple IMDB — Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
- Silverado IMDB — Bruce Broughton
- Witness IMDB — Maurice Jarre
MUSIC (Original Song)
- ★ White Nights IMDB — Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
- The Color Purple IMDB — Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie
- Back to the Future IMDB — Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
- A Chorus Line IMDB — Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Edward Kleban
SHORT FILM (Animated)
SHORT FILM (Live Action)
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
- ★ Out of Africa IMDB — Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
- Back to the Future IMDB — Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
- A Chorus Line IMDB — Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
- Ladyhawke IMDB — Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
- Silverado IMDB — Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, David Ronne
VISUAL EFFECTS
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
- ★ Witness IMDB — Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace
- Back to the Future IMDB — Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
- Brazil IMDB — Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
- The Official Story IMDB — Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
- The Purple Rose of Cairo IMDB — Woody Allen