Academy Award 1981 (march 31, 1981)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 53 of the event; awards assigned:

Best Motion Picture

for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Ronald L. Schwary

nominations for the movie :

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
Jonathan Sanger

Tess
Assigned to
Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Bernard Schwartz

Best International Feature Film

for the movie moskva slezam nye verit (moscow does not believe in tears)

nominations for the movie :

kagemusha

The Last Metro

Confidence

el nido

Best Achievement in Directing

for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Robert Redford

nominations for the movie :

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Martin Scorsese

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
David Lynch

Tess
Assigned to
Roman Polanski

the stunt man

Best Original Screenplay

for the movie Melvin and Howard
Assigned to
Bo Goldman

nominations for the movie :

private benjamin
Assigned to
Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller, Nancy Meyers

Brubaker
Assigned to
Arthur Ross, W. D. Richter

fame
Assigned to
Christopher Gore

My American Uncle
Assigned to
Jean Gruault

Best Adapted Screenplay

for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Alvin Sargent

nominations for the movie :

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
David Lynch, Eric Bergren, Christopher Devore

the stunt man
Assigned to
Lawrence B. Marcus

breaker morant
Assigned to
Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Tom Rickman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

for the movie Raging Bull
Assigned to
Robert De Niro

nominations for the movie :

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
John Hurt

Tribute
Assigned to
Jack Lemmon

the stunt man
Assigned to
Peter O'Toole

The Great Santini
Assigned to
Robert Duvall

Best Actress in a Leading Role

for the movie coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Sissy Spacek

nominations for the movie :

private benjamin
Assigned to
Goldie Hawn

Ordinary People
Assigned to
Mary Tyler Moore

Gloria
Assigned to
Gena Rowlands

Resurrection
Assigned to
Ellen Burstyn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch

nominations for the movie :

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Joe Pesci

The Great Santini
Assigned to
Michael O'keefe

Melvin and Howard
Assigned to
Jason Robards

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

for the movie Melvin and Howard
Assigned to
Mary Steenburgen

nominations for the movie :

private benjamin
Assigned to
Eileen Brennan

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Cathy Moriarty

Resurrection
Assigned to
Eva Le gallienne

inside moves
Assigned to
Diana Scarwid

Best Cinematography

for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet

nominations for the movie :

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Michael Chapman

blue lagoon
Assigned to
Nestor Almendros

the formula
Assigned to
James Crabe

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Ralf D. Bode

Best Original Score

for the movie fame
Assigned to
Michael Gore

nominations for the movie :

poster del film star wars: episode 5 - the empire strikes back

star wars: episode 5 - the empire strikes back
Assigned to
John T. Williams

altered states
Assigned to
John Corigliano

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
John Morris (sceneggiatore)

Tess
Assigned to
Philippe Sarde

Best Editing

for the movie Raging Bull
Assigned to
Thelma Schoonmaker

nominations for the movie :

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
Anne V. Coates

fame
Assigned to
Gerry Hambling

the competition
Assigned to
David E. blewitt

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Arthur P. Schmidt

Best Production Design

for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Pierre Guffroy, Jack (arredatore) Stevens

nominations for the movie :

star wars: episode 5 - the empire strikes back
Assigned to
Michael Ford, Leslie Dilley, Norman Reynolds, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
Robert Cartwright, Hugh Scaife, Stuart Craig

kagemusha
Assigned to
Yoshiro Muraki

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
John W.corso, John M. Dwyer

Best Costume Design

for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Anthony Powell

nominations for the movie :

The Elephant Man
Assigned to
Patricia Norris

When Time Ran Out...
Assigned to
Paul Zastupnevich

Somewhere in Time
Assigned to
Jean-Pierre Dorleac

my brilliant career
Assigned to
Anna Senior

Best Visual Effects

for the movie star wars: episode 5 - the empire strikes back
Assigned to
Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, Brian Johnson, Bruce Nicholson

Best Sound

for the movie star wars: episode 5 - the empire strikes back
Assigned to
Peter Sutton, Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker

nominations for the movie :

Raging Bull
Assigned to
Donald O.mitchell, Les Lazarowitz, Bill Nicholson, David J.kimball

altered states
Assigned to
Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi, Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler

fame
Assigned to
Jay M.harding, Christopher Newman, Aaron Rochin, Michael J.kohut

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Jim Alexander, Richard Portman, Roger Heman Jr.

Best Original Song

for the movie fame
Assigned to
Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, Lesley Gore

nominations for the movie :

honeysuckle rose
Assigned to
Willie Nelson

nine to five
Assigned to
Dolly Parton

the competition
Assigned to
Lalo Schifrin, Wilbur Jennings

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Academy Award 1981 (march 31, 1981)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 53 of the event; awards assigned: