38th British Academy Film Awards


The 38th British Film Awards, which honoured the best films of 1984, were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 5 March 1985.
The evening's big winner was the British-made The Killing Fields, which had 13 nominations and won 8 of them.

Winners and nominees

BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award: Alan Parker and Alan Marshall

The Killing Fields – David Puttnam
Wim Wenders – Paris, Texas
Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran
Maggie Smith – A Private Function as Joyce Chilvers
Denholm Elliott – A Private Function as Charles Swaby
Liz Smith – A Private Function as Joyce's Mother
Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen
The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson
The Killing Fields – Chris Menges
Once Upon a Time in America – Gabriella Pescucci
The Killing Fields – Jim Clark
 – Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton, Rick Baker and Joan Hills
Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone
"Ghostbusters" – Ray Parker Jr.
The Killing Fields – Roy Walker
The Killing Fields – Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson
  • The Company of Wolves – Christopher Tucker and Alan Whibley
  • Ghostbusters – Richard Edlund
  • The Killing Fields – Fred Cramer
Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran
Up – Michael Apted
Carmen – Emiliano Piedra and Carlos Saura
Rupert and the Frog Song – Geoff Dunbar
The Dress – Eva Sereny'
  • Killing Time – Chris O'Reilly
  • Samson and Delilah'' – Mark Peploe

Statistics

AwardsFilm
8The Killing Fields
3A Private Function
2Once Upon a Time in America