Amadeus

Major Awards

Academy Awards (1985)

• Best Picture: Saul Zaentz
• Best Director: Milos Forman
• Best Actor in a Leading Role: F. Murray Abraham
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Peter Shaffer
• Best Sound: Mark Berger, Thomas Scott, Todd Boekelheide and Christopher Newman
• Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Patrizia von Brandenstein and Karel Cerný
• Best Costume Design: Theodor Pistek
• Best Makeup: Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith

Golden Globes (1985)

• Best Motion Picture – Drama
• Best Director – Motion Picture: Milos Forman
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: F. Murray Abraham
• Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Peter Shaffer

Directors Guild of America Awards (1985)

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Milos Forman and Michael Hausman (first assistant director) (plaque)

BAFTA Awards (1986)

• Best Cinematography: Miroslav Ondrícek
• Best Editing: Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler
• Best Make Up Artists: Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith
• Best Sound: John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger

César Awards (France) (1985)

• Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger): Milos Forman

Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen) (Germany) (1985)

• Winner of the Golden Screen