37th British Academy Film Awards


The 37th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1984, honoured the best films of 1983.

Winners and nominees


Educating RitaLewis Gilbert
Bill Forsyth – Local Hero
Dustin HoffmanTootsie as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels
Michael CaineEducating Rita as Professor Frank Bryant

  • Michael Caine – The Honorary Consul as Charley Fortnum
  • Robert De NiroThe King of Comedy as Rupert Pupkin
Julie WaltersEducating Rita as Susan White
Denholm ElliottTrading Places as Coleman
Jamie Lee CurtisTrading Places as Ophelia
The King of Comedy – Paul D. Zimmerman
Heat and Dust – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Fanny and AlexanderSven Nykvist
La Traviata – Piero Tosi
Flashdance – Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
  • The King of ComedyThelma Schoonmaker
  • Local Hero – Michael Bradsell
  • Zelig – Susan E. Morse
Tootsie – Dorothy Pearl, George Masters, Romaina Ford and Allen Weisinger
Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceRyuichi Sakamoto
"Up Where We Belong" – An Officer and a Gentleman
La TraviataFranco Zeffirelli and Gianni Quaranta
WarGames – Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger
Return of the JediRichard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Kit West
Phyllis Logan – Another Time, Another Place as Janie
  • Greta ScacchiHeat and Dust as Olivia Rivers
  • Julie Walters – Educating Rita as Susan White
  • Kevin KlineSophie's Choice as Nathan Landau
Schindler – Jon Blair
DantonMargaret Ménégoz, Barbara Pec-Slesicka and Andrzej Wajda
Henry's Cat – Bob Godfrey
Goodie Two ShoesIan Emes

Statistics

AwardsFilm
3Educating Rita
2La Traviata
2Tootsie
2Trading Places