British Academy Film Awards 1984
The 37th British Academy Film Awards · Held March 25, 1984 · 21 categories · everything in 1984
Best Film
- Winner Educating Rita · Lewis Gilbert
- Nominee Heat and Dust · Ismail Merchant
- Nominee Local Hero · David Puttnam
- Nominee Tootsie · Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
Best Direction
- Winner Bill Forsyth · Local Hero
- Nominee James Ivory · Heat and Dust
- Nominee Martin Scorsese · The King of Comedy
- Nominee Sydney Pollack · Tootsie
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Winner Dustin Hoffman · Tootsie
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Winner Julie Walters · Educating Rita
- Nominee Phyllis Logan · Another Time, Another Place
- Nominee Meryl Streep · Sophie's Choice
- Nominee Jessica Lange · Tootsie
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Winner Denholm Elliott · Trading Places
- Nominee Burt Lancaster · Local Hero
- Nominee Bob Hoskins · The Honorary Consul
- Nominee Jerry Lewis · The King of Comedy
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Winner Jamie Lee Curtis · Trading Places
- Nominee Maureen Lipman · Educating Rita
- Nominee Rosemary Harris · The Ploughman's Lunch
- Nominee Teri Garr · Tootsie
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner The King of Comedy · Paul D. Zimmerman
- Nominee Local Hero · Bill Forsyth
- Nominee Trading Places · Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
- Nominee Zelig · Woody Allen
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner Heat and Dust · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee Betrayal · Harold Pinter
- Nominee Educating Rita · Willy Russell
- Nominee Tootsie · Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
Best Film Not in the English Language
- Winner Danton
- Nominee Confidentially Yours · François Truffaut
- Nominee Fanny and Alexander · Jörn Donner, Ingmar Bergman
- Nominee La Traviata
Best Documentary
- Winner Schindler
- Nominee Forty Minutes: Female Circumcision
- Nominee The Visit: Part 3: The Boy David
- Nominee Wildlife On One: Night Life
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- Winner Phyllis Logan · Another Time, Another Place
- Nominee Julie Walters · Educating Rita
- Nominee Greta Scacchi · Heat and Dust
- Nominee Kevin Kline · Sophie's Choice
Best Original Music
- Winner Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence · Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Nominee An Officer and a Gentleman · Jack Nitzsche
- Nominee Flashdance · Giorgio Moroder
- Nominee Local Hero · Mark Knopfler
Best Cinematography
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Heat and Dust · Walter Lassally
- Nominee Local Hero · Chris Menges
- Nominee Zelig · Gordon Willis
Best Editing
- Winner Flashdance · Bud S. Smith
- Nominee Local Hero
- Nominee The King of Comedy · Thelma Schoonmaker
- Nominee Zelig · Susan E. Morse
Best Production Design
- Winner La Traviata · Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta
- Nominee Heat and Dust · Wilfred Shingleton
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Norman Reynolds
- Nominee WarGames · Angelo P. Graham
Best Costume Design
- Winner La Traviata · Piero Tosi
- Nominee Fanny and Alexander · Marik Vos-Lundh
- Nominee Heat and Dust
- Nominee Tootsie · Ruth Morley
Best Make Up & Hair
- Winner Tootsie · Dorothy J. Pearl
- Nominee Heat and Dust
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Phil Tippett, Stuart Freeborn
- Nominee Zelig · John Caglione, Jr.
Best Sound
- Winner WarGames · Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut, William Manger
- Nominee Flashdance · Jim Webb, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo
- Nominee La Traviata · Jean-Louis Ducarme
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Tony Dawe
Best Special Visual Effects
- Winner Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Kit West
- Nominee The Dark Crystal · Roy Field
- Nominee WarGames · Colin Cantwell, William A. Fraker
- Nominee Zelig · Gordon Willis, Joel Hynek, Richard Alan Greenberg
Best British Short Animation
- Winner Henry's Cat · Bob Godfrey
- Nominee Danger Mouse · Brian Cosgrove
- Nominee Paddington Goes to the Movies
- Nominee The Wind in the Willows · Brian Cosgrove
Best British Short Film
- Winner Goodie Two Shoes · Ian Emes
- Nominee John Love
- Nominee Keep Off the Grass
- Nominee The Crimson Permanent Assurance · Terry Gilliam