38th British Academy Film Awards (1985)
Highlights of 38th British Academy Film Awards ceremony
The 38th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1984.
The Killing Fields won the Best Film award.
- WINNER
Best Film
The Killing Fields
Paris, Texas
A Private Function
The Dresser
Best Foreign Langauge Film
Carmen
Best Director
Paris, Texas
- Wim Wenders
The Dresser
- Peter Yates
The Killing Fields
- Roland Joffe
Once Upon a Time in America
- Sergio Leone
Best Leading Actor
The Killing Fields
- Haing S. Ngor
The Dresser
- Albert Finney
The Dresser
- Tom Courtenay
The Killing Fields
- Sam Waterston
Best Leading Actress
A Private Function
- Maggie Smith
Cal
- Helen Mirren
Silkwood
- Meryl Streep
Terms of Endearment
- Shirley MacLaine
Best Screenplay Adapted
The Killing Fields
- Bruce Robinson
Another Country
- Julian Mitchell
The Dresser
- Ronald Harwood
Paris, Texas
- Sam Shepard
Best Screenplay Original
Broadway Danny Rose
- Woody Allen
The Big Chill
- Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
Comfort and Joy
- Bill Forsyth
A Private Function
- Alan Bennett
Best Cinematography
The Killing Fields
- Chris Menges
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Douglas Slocombe
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- John Alcott
Once Upon a Time in America
- Tonino Delli Colli
Best Editing
The Killing Fields
- Jim Clark
Under Fire
- John Bloom, Mark Conte
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Michael Kahn
Another Country
- Gerry Hambling
Best Production Design
The Killing Fields
- Roy Walker
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Stuart Craig
1984
- Allan Cameron
The Company of Wolves
- Anton Furst
Best Costume Design
Once Upon a Time in America
- Gabriella Pescucci
The Company of Wolves
- Elizabeth Weller
The Bostonians
- Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Un amour de Swann
- Yvonne Sassinot De Nesles
Best Supporting Actor
A Private Function
- Denholm Elliot
Gorky Park
- Michael Elphick
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Ian Holm
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Ralph Richardson
Best Supporting Actress
A Private Function
- Liz Smith
The Dresser
- Eileen Atkins
Once Upon a Time in America
- Tuesday Weld
Silkwood
- Cher
Best Make-Up and Hair
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton, Rick Baker, Joan Hills
The Killing Fields
- Tommie Manderson
The Dresser
- Alan Boyle
The Company of Wolves
- Jane Royle, Christopher Tucker
Best Score
Once Upon a Time in America
- Ennio Morricone
The Killing Fields
- Mike Oldfield
Carmen
- Paco de Lucia
Paris, Texas
- Ry Cooder