| Awards/Nominations for
1985 Best Screenplay 
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Win:
 
Kurt Luedtke,
  Out of Africa   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
	
William Kelley, 
Pamela Wallace, 
Earl Wallace
,
  Witness   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Leonard Schrader,
  Kiss of the Spider Woman   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Menno Meyjes,
  The Color Purple   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Richard Condon, 
Janet Roach
,
  Prizzi's Honor   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Horton Foote,
  The Trip to the Bountiful   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Terry Gilliam, 
Tom Stoppard, 
Charles McKeown
,
  Brazil   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Robert Zemeckis, 
Bob Gale
,
  Back to the Future   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Woody Allen,
  Purple Rose of Cairo   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Luis Puenzo, 
Aida Bortnik
,
  The Official History   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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