1983 (56th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1983. The
symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.
Best Picture
The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK) Peter Yates, Producer.The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers.Tender Mercies, EMI Presentation of an Antron Media Production; Universal/A.F.D. Philip S. Hobel, Producer.Actor in a Leading Role
Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben, Saltair/Walter Shenson Production presented by The Taft Entertainment Company; 20th Century-Fox International Classics.Tom Courtenay in The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK)Albert Finney in The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK)Actress in a Leading Role
Jane Alexander in Testament, Entertainment Events Production in association with American Playhouse; Paramount.Actor in a Supporting Role
Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros.Actress in a Supporting Role
Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Freddie Fields Presentation of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; MGM/UA. (Australia, USA)Directing
The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK) Peter Yates.Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany) Ingmar Bergman.Art Direction-Set Decoration
Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany) Anna Asp.Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe; set decoration by Michael Ford.The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Art direction by Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero; set decoration by Pat Pending and George R. Nelson.Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount. Art direction by Polly Platt and Harold Michelson; set decoration by Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondello.Yentl, United Artists/Ladbroke Feature/Barwood Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA) Art direction by Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins; set decoration by Tessa Davies.Cinematography
Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany) Sven Nykvist.The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Caleb Deschanel.Zelig, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion/Warner Bros. through Warner Bros. Gordon Willis.Costume Design
Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany) Marik Vos.Heart Like a Wheel, Aurora Film Partners/20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Ware Theiss.The Return of Martin Guerre, Societe Francaise de Production Cinematographique/Societe de Productions des Films Marcel Dassault - FR 3 Production; European International Distribution. (France) Anne-Marie Marchand.Zelig, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion/Warner Bros. through Warner Bros. Santo Loquasto.Documentary
(Feature)
First Contact, Arundel Production. (Australia, Canada, USA) Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Producers.The Profession of Arms, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) [War Series Film #3] Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers.(Short Subject)
Flamenco at 5:15, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Producers.In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?, Impact Production. Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers.You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei), Brokman/Landis Production. (West Germany, Canada, USA) Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, Producers.Film Editing
The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf.Foreign Language Film
Carmen, Emiliano Piedra Production. (Spain)Entre Nous, Partners Production. (France)Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany)Job’s Revolt, Mafilm Tarsulas Studio/Hungarian Television (Budapest)/ZDF (Mainz) Production. (Hungary)Le Bal, Cineproduction S.A. - Films A2 (Paris)/Massfilm (Rome)/O.N.C.I.C. (Alger) Production. (France, Italy, Algeria)Music
(Original Score)
The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Bill Conti.(Original Song)
Flashdance . . . What a Feeling from Flashdance, Polygram Pictures Production; Paramount. Music by Giorgio Moroder; lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara.Maniac from Flashdance, Polygram Pictures Production; Paramount. Music and lyric by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky.Over You from Tender Mercies, EMI Presentation of an Antron Media Production; Universal/A.F.D. Music and lyric by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart.Papa, Can You Hear Me? from Yentl, United Artists/Ladbroke Feature/Barwood Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA) Music by Michel Legrand; lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.The Way He Makes Me Feel from Yentl, United Artists/Ladbroke Feature/Barwood Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA) Music by Michel Legrand; lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.(Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
The Sting II, Jennings Lang/Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Adaptation score by Lalo Schifrin.Yentl, United Artists/Ladbroke Feature/Barwood Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA) Song score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.Short Films
(Animated)
(Live Action)
Sound
Never Cry Wolf, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker.Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe.The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan.Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount. Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell and Jim Alexander.WarGames, United Artists Presentation of a Leonard Goldberg Production; MGM/UA. Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Willie D. Burton.Sound Effects Editing
The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros. Jay Boekelheide.Special Achievement Award
(Visual Effects)
Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett.Writing
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK) Ronald Harwood.Reuben, Reuben, Saltair/Walter Shenson Production presented by The Taft Entertainment Company; 20th Century-Fox International Classics. Julius J. Epstein.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany) Ingmar Bergman.WarGames, United Artists Presentation of a Leonard Goldberg Production; MGM/UA. Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes.Honorary Award
To Hal Roach, in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form. [ [Statuette]]Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 31, 1984, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Scientific or Technical Award
(Academy Award of Merit)
To Dr. Kurt Larche of OSRAM GmbH for the research and development of xenon short-arc discharge lamps for motion picture projection.(Scientific and Engineering Award)
To Jonathan Erland and Roger Dorney of Apogee, Incorporated, for the engineering and development of a reverse bluescreen traveling matte process for special effects photography.To Gerald L. Turpin of Lightflex International Limited for the design, engineering and development of an on-camera device providing contrast control, sourceless fill light and special effects for motion picture photography.To Gunnar P. Michelson for the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.(Technical Achievement Award)
To William G. Krokaugger of Mole-Richardson Company for the design and engineering of a portable, 12,000 watt, lighting-control dimmer for use in motion picture production.To Charles J. Watson, Larry L. Langrehr and John H. Steiner for the development of the BHP (electro-mechanical) fader for use on continuous motion picture contact printers.To Elizabeth D. De La Mare of De La Mare Engineering, Incorporated, for the progressive development and continuous research of special effects pyrotechnics originally designed by Glenn W. De La Mare for motion picture production.To Douglas Fries, John Lacey and Michael Sigrist for the design and engineering of a 35mm reflex conversion camera system for special effects photography.To Jack Cashin of Ultra-Stereo Labs, Incorporated, for the engineering and development of a 4-channel, stereophonic, decoding system for optical motion picture sound track reproduction.To David J. Degenkolb for the design and development of an automated device used in the silver recovery process in motion picture laboratories.NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 31, 1984, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.