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55th Academy Awards

April 11, 1983 · Honoring films from 1982

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Sophie's Choice
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Poster for Gandhi
John Briley
Gandhi
Category:
1982 (55th)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ben Kingsley
Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels, Tootsie
Jack Lemmon
Edmund Horman, Missing
Paul Newman
Frank Galvin, The Verdict
Peter O'Toole
Alan Swann, My Favorite Year
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sgt. Emil Foley, An Officer and a Gentleman
Charles Durning
The Governor, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
John Lithgow
Roberta Muldoon, The World According to Garp
James Mason
Edward Concannon, The Verdict
Robert Preston
Toddy, Victor/Victoria
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep
Sophie, Sophie's Choice
Julie Andrews
Victor/Victoria, Victor/Victoria
Jessica Lange
Frances Farmer, Frances
Sissy Spacek
Beth Horman, Missing
Debra Winger
Paula Pokrifki, An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols, Tootsie
Glenn Close
Jenny Fields, The World According to Garp
Teri Garr
Sandy Lester, Tootsie
Kim Stanley
Lillian Farmer, Frances
Lesley Ann Warren
Norma, Victor/Victoria
Best Art Direction
Stuart Craig, Bob Laing, Michael Seirton
Gandhi
Dale Hennesy, Marvin March
Annie
Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna
Blade Runner
Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta
La Traviata
Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell
Victor/Victoria
Best Picture
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Missing
Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
Tootsie
Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
The Verdict
Best Cinematography
Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
Gandhi
Jost Vacano
Das Boot
Allen Daviau
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Nestor Almendros
Sophie's Choice
Owen Roizman
Tootsie
Best Costume Design
John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
Gandhi
Piero Tosi
La Traviata
Albert Wolsky
Sophie's Choice
Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton
Tron
Patricia Norris
Victor/Victoria
Best Director
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot
Steven Spielberg
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Sydney Pollack
Tootsie
Sidney Lumet
The Verdict
Best Documentary (Feature)
John Zaritsky
Just Another Missing Kid
Sturla Gunnarsson, Steve Lucas
After the Axe
John Karol, Michel Chalufour
Ben's Mill
Meg Switzgable
In Our Water
Joseph Wishy
A Portrait of Giselle
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Edward Le Lorrain, Terri Nash
If You Love This Planet
Robert Richter
Gods of Metal
Charles Guggenheim, Werner Schumann
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
Freida Lee Mock
To Live or Let Die
John G. Avildsen
Traveling Hopefully
Best Film Editing
John Bloom
Gandhi
Hannes Nikel
Das Boot
Carol Littleton
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Peter Zinner
An Officer and a Gentleman
Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
Tootsie
Best Foreign Language Film
Spain
Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again')
Nicaragua
Alsino and the Condor
France
Coup de Torchon ('Clean Slate')
Sweden
The Flight of the Eagle
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Private Life
Best Makeup
Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke
Quest for Fire
Tom Smith
Gandhi
Best Original Score
John Williams
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
Gandhi
Jack Nitzsche
An Officer and a Gentleman
Jerry Goldsmith
Poltergeist
Marvin Hamlisch
Sophie's Choice
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Best Adaptation Score
Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
Victor/Victoria
Ralph Burns
Annie
Tom Waits
One from the Heart
Best Original Song
Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings
“Up Where We Belong”, An Officer and a Gentleman
Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan III
“Eye Of The Tiger”, Rocky III
Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“How Do You Keep The Music Playing?”, Best Friends
John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“If We Were In Love”, Yes, Giorgio
Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
“It Might Be You”, Tootsie
Best Animated Short Film
Zbigniew Rybczynski
Tango
Will Vinton
The Great Cognito
John Coates
The Snowman
Best Live Action Short Film
Christine Oestreicher
A Shocking Accident
Bob Rogers
Ballet Robotique
Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Joseph Benson
The Silence
Jan Saunders
Split Cherry Tree
Andrew Birkin
Sredni Vashtar
Best Sound
Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le-Mare
Das Boot
Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye
Gandhi
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz
Tootsie
Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, Jim La Rue
Tron
Best Sound Effects Editing
Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Mike Le-Mare
Das Boot
Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard L. Anderson
Poltergeist
Best Visual Effects
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
Blade Runner
Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson
Poltergeist
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
Missing
Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot
Alan J. Pakula
Sophie's Choice
David Mamet
The Verdict
Blake Edwards
Victor/Victoria
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
John Briley
Gandhi
Barry Levinson
Diner
Melissa Mathison
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Douglas Day Stewart
An Officer and a Gentleman
Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire
Tootsie