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Academy Awards, USA: 1986

Oscar

Date:	24 March
Host:	Alan Alda; Jane Fonda; Robin Williams (I)
Location:	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - Sydney Pollack
Other Nominees:
	Color Purple, The (1985) - Steven Spielberg; Kathleen Kennedy (I); Frank Marshall (I); Quincy Jones Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - David Weisman (I) Prizzi's Honor (1985) - John Foreman (I) Witness (1985) - Edward S. Feldman

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - William Hurt (I)
Other Nominees:
	Murphy's Romance (1985) - James Garner Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Jack Nicholson Runaway Train (1985) - Jon Voight Witness (1985) - Harrison Ford (I)

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Trip to Bountiful, The (1985) - Geraldine Page
Other Nominees:
	Agnes of God (1985) - Anne Bancroft (I) Color Purple, The (1985) - Whoopi Goldberg Out of Africa (1985) - Meryl Streep Sweet Dreams (1985) - Jessica Lange

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Cocoon (1985) - Don Ameche
Other Nominees:
	Jagged Edge (1985) - Robert Loggia Out of Africa (1985) - Klaus Maria Brandauer Prizzi's Honor (1985) - William Hickey (I) Runaway Train (1985) - Eric Roberts (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Anjelica Huston
Other Nominees:
	Agnes of God (1985) - Meg Tilly Color Purple, The (1985) - Margaret Avery Color Purple, The (1985) - Oprah Winfrey Twice in a Lifetime (1985) - Amy Madigan

Best Director


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - Sydney Pollack
Other Nominees:
	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - Hector Babenco Prizzi's Honor (1985) - John Huston (I) Ran (1985) - Akira Kurosawa Witness (1985) - Peter Weir

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Witness (1985) - Earl W. Wallace (screenplay/story); William Kelley (III) (screenplay/story); Pamela Wallace (I) (story)
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale Brazil (1985) - Terry Gilliam; Tom Stoppard; Charles McKeown Historia oficial, La (1985) - Luis Puenzo; Aída Bortnik Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) - Woody Allen

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - Kurt Luedtke
Other Nominees:
	Color Purple, The (1985) - Menno Meyjes Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - Leonard Schrader Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Richard Condon (I); Janet Roach Trip to Bountiful, The (1985) - Horton Foote

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - David Watkin (I)
Other Nominees:
	Color Purple, The (1985) - Allen Daviau Murphy's Romance (1985) - William A. Fraker Ran (1985) - Takao Saitô (I); Masaharu Ueda; Asakazu Nakai Witness (1985) - John Seale (I)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin
Other Nominees:
	Brazil (1985) - Norman Garwood; Maggie Gray Color Purple, The (1985) - J. Michael Riva; Bo Welch; Linda DeScenna Ran (1985) - Yoshirô Muraki; Shinobu Muraki Witness (1985) - Stan Jolley; John H. Anderson

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Ran (1985) - Emi Wada (I)
Other Nominees:
	Color Purple, The (1985) - Aggie Guerard Rodgers Journey of Natty Gann, The (1985) - Albert Wolsky Out of Africa (1985) - Milena Canonero Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Donfeld

Best Sound


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - Chris Jenkins (I); Gary Alexander (II); Larry Stensvold; Peter Handford
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Bill Varney; B. Tennyson Sebastian II; Robert Thirlwell; William B. Kaplan Chorus Line, A (1985) - Donald O. Mitchell; Michael Minkler; Gerry Humphreys (I); Christopher Newman (I) Ladyhawke (1985) - Les Fresholtz; Rick Alexander (II) (as Dick Alexander); Vern Poore; Bud Alper Silverado (1985) - Donald O. Mitchell; Rick Kline; Kevin O'Connell (II); David M. Ronne

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Witness (1985) - Thom Noble
Other Nominees:
	Chorus Line, A (1985) - John Bloom (II) Out of Africa (1985) - Fredric Steinkamp; William Steinkamp (I); Pembroke J. Herring; Sheldon Kahn Prizzi's Honor (1985) - Rudi Fehr (I); Kaja Fehr Runaway Train (1985) - Henry Richardson (I)

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing


Winner:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Charles L. Campbell; Robert R. Rutledge
Other Nominees:
	Ladyhawke (1985) - Robert G. Henderson; Alan Robert Murray Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) - Fred J. Brown (I)

Best Effects, Visual Effects


Winner:
	Cocoon (1985) - Ken Ralston (I); Ralph McQuarrie; Scott Farrar (I); David Berry (I)
Other Nominees:
	Return to Oz (1985) - Will Vinton; Ian Wingrove; Zoran Perisic; Michael Lloyd (II) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) - Dennis Muren; Kit West; John Ellis (V); Dave Allen (II)

Best Makeup


Winner:
	Mask (1985) - Michael Westmore (I); Zoltan Elek
Other Nominees:
	Color Purple, The (1985) - Ken Chase Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) - Carl Fullerton

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	White Nights (1985) - Lionel Richie (I) - For the song "Say You, Say Me".
Other Nominees:
	Back to the Future (1985) - Chris Hayes (I) (music); Johnny Colla (music); Huey Lewis (lyrics) - For the song "The Power of Love". Chorus Line, A (1985) - Marvin Hamlisch (music); Ed Kleban (lyrics) - For the song "Surprise, Surprise". Color Purple, The (1985) - Quincy Jones (music/lyrics); Rod Temperton (music/lyrics); Lionel Richie (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)". White Nights (1985) - Stephen Bishop (I) - For the song "Separate Lives (Love Theme from White Nights)".

Best Music, Original Score


Winner:
	Out of Africa (1985) - John Barry (I)
Other Nominees:
	Agnes of God (1985) - Georges Delerue Color Purple, The (1985) - Quincy Jones; Jeremy Lubbock; Rod Temperton; Caiphus Semenya; Andraé Crouch; Chris Boardman (I); Jorge Calandrelli; Joel Rosenbaum; Fred Steiner; Jack Hayes (I); Jerry Hey; Randy Kerber Silverado (1985) - Bruce Broughton Witness (1985) - Maurice Jarre (I)

Best Short Film, Animated


Winner:
	Anna & Bella (1984) - Cilia Van Dijk
Other Nominees:
	Big Snit, The (1985) - Richard Condie; Michael J.F. Scott Second Class Mail (1985) - Alison Snowden

Best Short Film, Live Action


Winner:
	Molly's Pilgrim (1985) - Jeffrey D. Brown
Other Nominees:
	Graffiti (1985) - Dianna Costello Rainbow War (1985) - Bob Rogers (I)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985) - David Goodman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Courage to Care, The (1985) - Robert H. Gardner Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date (1985) - Michael Crowley (IV); Jim Wolpaw (as James Wolpaw) Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra (1984) - Barbara Willis Sweete Wizard of the Strings, The (1985) - Alan Edelstein (I)

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Broken Rainbow (1985) - Maria Florio; Victoria Mudd
Other Nominees:
	Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, Las (1985) - Susana Blaustein Muñoz; Lourdes Portillo Soldiers in Hiding (1985) - Japhet Asher Statue of Liberty, The (1985) - Ken Burns (I); Buddy Squires Unfinished Business (1986) - Steven Okazaki

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Historia oficial, La (1985) - Argentina
Other Nominees:
	3 hommes et un couffin (1985) - France Bittere Ernte (1985) - West Germany Oberst Redl (1985) - Hungary Otac na sluzbenom putu (1985) - Yugoslavia

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Paul Newman (I) - In recognition of his many and memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft. - Paul Newman was not present at the awards ceremony. He gave his acceptance speech via satellite from Chicago. Alex North - In recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures.

Medal of Commendation


Awarded to:
	John H. Whitney Sr. - For cinematic pioneering.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award


Awarded to:
	Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Academy Award of Merit

Date:	16 March
Location:	Grand Ball Room, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Myron Gordin (Musco Mobile Lighting, Ltd.); Joe P. Crookham (Musco Mobile Lighting, Ltd.); Jim Drost (Musco Mobile Lighting, Ltd.); David Crookham (Musco Mobile Lighting, Ltd.) - For the invention of a method of transporting adjustable, high-intensity Luminaires and their application to the motion picture industry. Ernst F. Nettman (E.F. Nettman & Associates); Edward Phillips (IV) (Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.); Carlos DeMattos (Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.) - For the invention (Nettman) and the development (Phillips/DeMattos) of the CamRemote for motion picture photography.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Harrison & Harrison, Optical Engineers - For the invention and development of Harrison Diffusion Filters for motion picture photography. Larry Barton (II) (Cinematography Electronics, Inc.) - For a precision speed, crystal-controlled device for motion picture photography. Alan Landaker (Burbank Studios) - For the Mark III Camera Drive for motion picture photography. David W. Spencer - For the development of an Animation Photo Transfer (APT) process.