Academy Awards 1983

Best Picture

WINNER
Gandhi: Richard Attenborough

NOMINEES
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Missing: Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Tootsie: Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
The Verdict: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER
Gandhi: Ben Kingsley

NOMINEES
Tootsie: Dustin Hoffman
Missing: Jack Lemmon
The Verdict: Paul Newman
My Favorite Year: Peter O'Toole

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER
Sophie's Choice: Meryl Streep

NOMINEES
Victor Victoria: Julie Andrews
Frances: Jessica Lange
Missing: Sissy Spacek
An Officer and a Gentleman: Debra Winger

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER
An Officer and a Gentleman: Louis Gossett Jr.

NOMINEES
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Charles Durning
The World According to Garp: John Lithgow
The Verdict: James Mason
Victor Victoria: Robert Preston

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER
Tootsie: Jessica Lange

NOMINEES
The World According to Garp: Glenn Close
Tootsie: Teri Garr
Frances: Kim Stanley
Victor Victoria: Lesley Ann Warren

Best Director

WINNER
Gandhi: Richard Attenborough

NOMINEES
The Verdict: Sidney Lumet
Das Boot: Wolfgang Petersen
Tootsie: Sydney Pollack
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Steven Spielberg

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER
Gandhi: John Briley

NOMINEES
Diner: Barry Levinson
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Melissa Mathison
An Officer and a Gentleman: Douglas Day Stewart
Tootsie: Larry Gelbart (screenplay/story), Murray Schisgal (screenplay), Don McGuire (story)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

WINNER
Missing: Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
Costa-Gavras was not present at the awards ceremony.

NOMINEES
Das Boot: Wolfgang Petersen
Sophie's Choice: Alan J. Pakula
The Verdict: David Mamet
Victor Victoria: Blake Edwards

Best Cinematography

WINNER
Gandhi: Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor

NOMINEES
Das Boot: Jost Vacano
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Allen Daviau
Sophie's Choice: Néstor Almendros
Tootsie: Owen Roizman

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER
Gandhi: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton

NOMINEES
Annie: Dale Hennesy, Marvin March
Blade Runner: Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna
La traviata: Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta
Victor Victoria: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell

Best Costume Design

WINNER
Gandhi: John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya

NOMINEES
La traviata: Piero Tosi
Sophie's Choice: Albert Wolsky
TRON: Eloise Jensson, Rosanna Norton
Victor Victoria: Patricia Norris

Best Sound

WINNER
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene S. Cantamessa

NOMINEES
Das Boot: Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le Mare
Gandhi: Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye
Tootsie: Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander (as Dick Alexander), Les Lazarowitz
TRON: Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, James LaRue

Best Film Editing

WINNER
Gandhi: John Bloom

NOMINEES
Das Boot: Hannes Nikel
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Carol Littleton
An Officer and a Gentleman: Peter Zinner
Tootsie: Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

WINNER
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt

NOMINEES
Das Boot: Mike Le Mare
Poltergeist: Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith

NOMINEES
Blade Runner: Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
Poltergeist: Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson

Best Makeup

WINNER
Quest for Fire: Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke

NOMINEE
Gandhi: Tom Smith

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER
An Officer and a Gentleman: Jack Nitzsche (music), Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Will Jennings (lyrics)
For the song "Up Where We Belong".

NOMINEES
Rocky III: Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan
For the song "Eye of the Tiger".
Best Friends: Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?".
Yes, Giorgio: John Williams (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "If We Were In Love".
Tootsie: Dave Grusin (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
For the song "It Might Be You".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: John Williams

NOMINEES
Gandhi: Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
An Officer and a Gentleman: Jack Nitzsche
Poltergeist: Jerry Goldsmith
Sophie's Choice: Marvin Hamlisch

Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

WINNER
Victor Victoria: Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse

NOMINEES
Annie: Ralph Burns
One from the Heart: Tom Waits

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER
Tango: Zbigniew Rybczynski

NOMINEES
The Great Cognito: Will Vinton
The Snowman: John Coates

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER
A Shocking Accident: Christine Oestreicher

NOMINEES
Ballet Robotique: Bob Rogers
The Silence: Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Joseph Benson
Split Cherry Tree: Jan Saunders
Sredni Vashtar: Andrew Birkin

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER
If You Love This Planet: Edward Le Lorrain, Terre Nash

NOMINEES
Gods of Metal: Robert Richter
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America: Charles Guggenheim, Werner Schumann
To Live or Let Die: Freida Lee Mock
Traveling Hopefully: John G. Avildsen

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER
The Fifth Estate: John Zaritsky
For episode "Just Another Missing Kid".

NOMINEES
After the Axe: Sturla Gunnarsson, Steve Lucas
Ben's Mill: John Karol, Michel Chalufour
In Our Water: Meg Switzgable
A Portrait of Giselle: Joseph Wishy

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER
Volver a empezar
Spain

NOMINEES
Alsino and the Condor
Nicaragua
Coup de Torchon
France
Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
Sweden
Chastnaya zhizn
Soviet Union

Honorary Award

WINNER
Mickey Rooney
In recognition of his 50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

WINNER
Walter Mirisch

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER
August Arnold (Arnold and Richter, GmbH), Erich Kaestner (Arnold and Richter, GmbH)
For the concept and engineering of the first operational 35mm, hand-held, spinning mirror reflex, motion picture camera.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS
Colin F. Mossman (The R&D Group of Rank Film Laboratories, London)
For the engineering and implementation of a 4,000 meter printing system for motion picture laboratories.
Sante Zelli (Elemack Italia S.R.L., Rome, Italy), Salvatore Zelli (Elemack Italia S.R.L., Rome, Italy)
For the continuing engineering design and development that has resulted in the Elemack Camera Dolly Systems for motion picture production.
Leonard Chapman
For the engineering design, development and manufacture of the PeeWee Camera Dolly for motion picture production.
Mohammad S. Nozari (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company)
For the research and development of the 3M Photogard protective coating for motion picture film.
Brianne Murphy (Mitchell Insert Systems, Inc.), Donald Schisler (Mitchell Insert Systems, Inc.)
For the concept, design and manufacture of the MISI Camera Insert Car and Process Trailer.
Jacobus L. Dimmers
For the engineering and manufacture of the Teccon Enterprises' magnetic transducer for motion picture sound recording and playback.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS
Dick Deats
For the design and manufacture of the "Little Big Crane" for motion picture production.
Cons Tresfon (Egripment), Adriaan De Rooy (Egripment), Ed Phillips (Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.), Carlos DeMattos (Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc.)
For the design and manufacture of the "Tulip Crane" for motion picture production.
Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren)
For the design and development of a computerized lighting effect system for motion picture photography.
(Christie Electric Corp., LaVezzi Machine Works, Inc.)
For the design and manufacture of the Ultramittent film transport for Christie motion picture projectors.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER
John Aalberg

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