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:

Migliore film

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 Foreign Language 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 director

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
Harvey Miller, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer

Brubaker
Assigned to
W. D. Richter, Arthur Ross

fame
Assigned to
Christopher Gore

My American Uncle
Assigned to
Jean Gruault

Best non-original screenplay

for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Alvin Sargent

nominations for the movie :

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

the stunt man
Assigned to
Lawrence B. Marcus

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

coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Tom Rickman

best actor

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

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 supporting actor

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 supporting actress

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 photography

for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth

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 costumes

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 production design

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

nominations for the movie :

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

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

kagemusha
Assigned to
Yoshiro Muraki

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

Best sound

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

nominations for the movie :

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

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

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

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

best visual special effects

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

best song

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

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: