Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Actor in a Leading Role

• Harrison Ford in “Witness”
• James Garner in “Murphy's Romance”
• William Hurt in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
• Jack Nicholson in “Prizzi’s Honor”
• Jon Voight in “Runaway Train”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Don Ameche in “Cocoon”
• Klaus Maria Brandauer in “Out of Africa”
• William Hickey in “Prizzi’s Honor”
• Robert Loggia in “Jagged Edge”
• Eric Roberts in “Runaway Train”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Anne Bancroft in “Agnes of God”
• Whoopi Goldberg in “The Color Purple”
• Jessica Lange in “Sweet Dreams”
• Geraldine Page in “The Trip to Bountiful”
• Meryl Streep in “Out of Africa”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Margaret Avery in “The Color Purple”
• Anjelica Huston in “Prizzi’s Honor”
• Amy Madigan in “Twice in a Lifetime”
• Meg Tilly in “Agnes of God”
• Oprah Winfrey in “The Color Purple”

Art Direction

• “Brazil” Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
• “The Color Purple” Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
• “Out of Africa” Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
• “Ran” Art Direction: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
• “Witness” Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John Anderson

Cinematography

• “The Color Purple” Allen Daviau
• “Murphy’s Romance” William A. Fraker
• “Out of Africa” David Watkin
• “Ran” Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
• “Witness” John Seale

Costume Design

• “The Color Purple” Aggie Guerard Rodgers
• “The Journey of Natty Gann” Albert Wolsky
• “Out of Africa” Milena Canonero
• “Prizzi’s Honor” Donfeld
• “Ran” Emi Wada

Directing

• “Kiss of the Spider Woman” Hector Babenco
• “Out of Africa” Sydney Pollack
• “Prizzi’s Honor” John Huston
• “Ran” Akira Kurosawa
• “Witness” Peter Weir

Documentary (Feature)

• “Broken Rainbow” Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers
• “Las Madres--The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers
• “Soldiers in Hiding” Japhet Asher, Producer
• “The Statue of Liberty” Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
• “Unfinished Business” Steven Okazaki, Producer

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “The Courage to Care” Robert Gardner, Producer
• “Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date” Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers
• “Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra” Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer
• “Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements” David Goodman, Producer
• “The Wizard of the Strings” Alan Edelstein, Producer

Film Editing

• “A Chorus Line” John Bloom
• “Out of Africa” Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
• “Prizzi’s Honor” Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
• “Runaway Train” Henry Richardson
• “Witness” Thom Noble

Foreign Language Film

• “Angry Harvest” Federal Republic of Germany
• “Colonel Redl” Hungary
• “The Official Story” Argentina
• “Three Men and a Cradle” France
• “When Father Was Away on Business” Yugoslavia

Makeup

• “The Color Purple” Ken Chase
• “Mask” Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
• “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” Carl Fullerton

Music (Original Score)

• “Agnes of God” Georges Delerue
• “The Color Purple” Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
• “Out of Africa” John Barry
• “Silverado” Bruce Broughton
• “Witness” Maurice Jarre

Music (Original Song)

• “Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)” from “The Color Purple” Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie
• “The Power of Love” from “Back to the Future” Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
• “Say You, Say Me” from “White Nights” Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
• “Separate Lives (Love Theme from ‘White Nights’)” from “White Nights” Music and Lyric by Stephen Bishop
• “Surprise, Surprise” from “A Chorus Line” Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Edward Kleban

Best Picture

• “The Color Purple” Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers
• “Kiss of the Spider Woman” David Weisman, Producer
• “Out of Africa” Sydney Pollack, Producer
• “Prizzi’s Honor” John Foreman, Producer
• “Witness” Edward S. Feldman, Producer

Short Film (Animated)

• “Anna & Bella” Cilia Van Dijk, Producer
• “The Big Snit” Richard Condie and Michael Scott, Producers
• “Second Class Mail” Alison Snowden, Producer

Short Film (Live Action)

• “Graffiti” Dianna Costello, Producer
• “Molly’s Pilgrim” Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, Producers
• “Rainbow War” Bob Rogers, Producer

Sound

• “Back to the Future” Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
• “A Chorus Line” Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
• “Ladyhawke” Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
• “Out of Africa” Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
• “Silverado” Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell, David Ronne

Sound Effects Editing

• “Back to the Future” Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
• “Ladyhawke” Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
• “Rambo: First Blood Part II” Frederick J. Brown

Visual Effects

• “Cocoon” Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
• “Return to Oz” Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
• “Young Sherlock Holmes” Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

• “The Color Purple” Menno Meyjes
• “Kiss of the Spider Woman” Leonard Schrader
• “Out of Africa” Kurt Luedtke
• “Prizzi’s Honor” Richard Condon, Janet Roach
• “The Trip to Bountiful” Horton Foote

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• “Back to the Future” Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
• “Brazil” Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
• “The Official Story” Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
• “The Purple Rose of Cairo” Woody Allen
• “Witness” Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace

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• Star indicates a win.