Academy Awards

annual awards for cinematic achievements

Since 1929 99 editions in the catalogue Official site

1983 edition

• Academy Award for Best Sound

  🏆 Don Digirolamo

  🏆 Gene Cantamessa

  🏆 Robert Glass

  🏆 Robert Knudson

  For the film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  Also nominated: Arthur Piantadosi · Bob Minkler · Dick Alexander · Gandhi · Gerry Humphreys · James LaRue · Jonathan Bates · Lee Minkler · Les Fresholtz · Les Lazarowitz · Michael Minkler · Mike Le Mare · Milan Bor · Das Boot · Robin O'Donoghue · Simon Kaye · Tootsie · Trevor Pyke · Tron

• Academy Award for Best Production Design

  🏆 Michael Seirton

  🏆 Robert W. Laing

  🏆 Stuart Craig

  For the film: Gandhi

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

• Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

  🏆 Carlo Rambaldi

  🏆 Dennis Muren

  🏆 Kenneth F. Smith

  For the film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  Also nominated: Blade Runner · Bruce Nicholson · David Dryer · Douglas Trumbull · Michael Wood · Poltergeist · Richard Edlund · Richard Yuricich

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography

  🏆 Billy Williams

  🏆 Ronnie Taylor

  For the film: Gandhi

  Also nominated: Sophie's Choice · Allen Daviau · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Jost Vacano · Néstor Almendros · Das Boot · Owen Roizman · Tootsie

• Academy Award for Best Costume Design

  🏆 Bhanu Athaiya

  🏆 John Mollo

  For the film: Gandhi

  Also nominated: Sophie's Choice · Albert Wolsky · Elois Jenssen · La traviata · Patricia Norris · Piero Tosi · Rosanna Norton · Tron · Victor/Victoria

• Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  🏆 Edward Le Lorrain

  🏆 Terre Nash

  For the film: If You Love This Planet

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

• Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  🏆 Michèle Burke

  🏆 Sarah Monzani

  For the film: Quest for Fire

  Also nominated: Gandhi · Tom Smith

• Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

  🏆 Henry Mancini

  🏆 Leslie Bricusse

  For the film: Victor/Victoria

  Also nominated: Annie · One from the Heart · Ralph Burns · Tom Waits

• Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

  🏆 Ben Burtt

  🏆 Charles L. Campbell

  For the film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  Also nominated: Mike Le Mare · Das Boot · Poltergeist · Richard L. Anderson · Stephen Hunter Flick

• Academy Award for Technical Achievement

  🏆 Carlos DeMattos

  🏆 Cons Tresfon

  🏆 Dick Deats

• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

  🏆 Zbigniew Rybczyński

  For the film: Tango

  Also nominated: John Coates · The Great Cognito · The Snowman · Will Vinton

• Academy Award for Best Director

  🏆 Richard Attenborough

  For the film: Gandhi

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

• Academy Award for Best Film Editing

  🏆 John Bloom

  For the film: Gandhi

  Also nominated: An Officer and a Gentleman · Carol Littleton · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Fredric Steinkamp · Hannes Nikel · Das Boot · Peter Zinner · Tootsie · William Steinkamp

• Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

  🏆 Christine Oestreicher

  For the film: A Shocking Accident

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

• Academy Award for Best Original Score

  🏆 John Williams

  For the film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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

• Academy Award for Best Picture

  🏆 Richard Attenborough

  For the film: Gandhi

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

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

  🏆 Louis Gossett Jr.

  For the film: An Officer and a Gentleman

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

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