The 56th Academy Awards (1983): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
11 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3	Terms of Endearment The Right Stuff Fanny & Alexander The Dresser Silkwood Tender Mercies Yentl Cross Creek Flashdance Return of the Jedi The Big Chill Educating Rita WarGames	5 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Terms of Endearment Fanny & Alexander The Right Stuff Tender Mercies Boys and Girls Flamenco at 5:15 Flashdance He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' Sundae in New York The Year of Living Dangerously Yentl
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• The Big Chill - Michael Shamberg
• The Dresser - Peter Yates
• The Right Stuff - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
• Tender Mercies - Philip S. Hobel
• Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks

DIRECTING

• The Dresser - Peter Yates
• Fanny & Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
• Silkwood - Mike Nichols
• Tender Mercies - Bruce Beresford
• Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Michael Caine - Educating Rita
• Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben
• Tom Courtenay - The Dresser
• Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
• Albert Finney - The Dresser

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Jane Alexander - Testament
• Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
• Meryl Streep - Silkwood
• Julie Walters - Educating Rita
• Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be
• John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment
• Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
• Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff
• Rip Torn - Cross Creek

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Cher - Silkwood
• Glenn Close - The Big Chill
• Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously
• Amy Irving - Yentl
• Alfre Woodard - Cross Creek

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• The Big Chill - Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
• Fanny & Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
• Silkwood - Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
• Tender Mercies - Horton Foote
• WarGames - Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

• Betrayal - Harold Pinter
• The Dresser - Ronald Harwood
• Educating Rita - Willy Russell
• Reuben, Reuben - Julius J. Epstein
• Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Flashdance...What a Feeling" - Flashdance - Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
• "Maniac" - Flashdance - Music, Lyric by Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky
• "Over You" - Tender Mercies - Music, Lyric by Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart
• "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" - Yentl - Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• "The Way He Makes Me Feel" - Yentl - Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Cross Creek - Leonard Rosenman
• Return of the Jedi - John Williams
• The Right Stuff - Bill Conti
• Terms of Endearment - Michael Gore
• Under Fire - Jerry Goldsmith

ORIGINAL SONG SCORE OR ADAPTATION SCORE

• The Sting II - Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
• Trading Places - Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
• Yentl - Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

FILM EDITING

• Blue Thunder - Frank Morriss, Edward Abroms
• Flashdance - Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery
• The Right Stuff - Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
• Silkwood - Sam O'Steen
• Terms of Endearment - Richard Marks

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Fanny & Alexander - Sven Nykvist
• Flashdance - Don Peterman
• The Right Stuff - Caleb Deschanel
• WarGames - William A. Fraker
• Zelig - Gordon Willis

ART DIRECTION

• Fanny & Alexander - Anna Asp
• Return of the Jedi - Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James Schoppe; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
• The Right Stuff - Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter Romero; Set Decoration: Pat Pending, George R. Nelson
• Terms of Endearment - Art Direction: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson; Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo, Anthony Mondello
• Yentl - Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies

COSTUME DESIGN

• Cross Creek - Joe I. Tompkins
• Fanny & Alexander - Marik Vos
• Heart Like a Wheel - William Ware Theiss
• The Return of Martin Guerre - Anne-Marie Marchand
• Zelig - Santo Loquasto

SOUND

• Never Cry Wolf - Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom, David Parker
• Return of the Jedi - Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe
• The Right Stuff - Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
• Terms of Endearment - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Jim Alexander
• WarGames - Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

• Return of the Jedi - Ben Burtt
• The Right Stuff - Jay Boekelheide

VISUAL EFFECTS (Special Achievement Award)

• Return of the Jedi - Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Le Bal - Algeria
• Carmen - Spain
• Entre Nous - France
• Fanny & Alexander - Sweden
• Job's Revolt - Hungary

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Children of Darkness - Richard Kotuk, Ara Chekmayan
• First Contact - Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
• He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' - Emile Ardolino
• The Profession of Arms - Michael Bryans, Tina Viljoen
• Seeing Red - James Klein, Julia Reichert

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Flamenco at 5:15 - Cynthia Scott, Adam Symansky
• In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? - Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Eric Thiermann
• Sewing Woman - Arthur Dong
• Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph - Robert Eisenhardt
• You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) - Dea Brokman, Ilene Landis

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Mickey's Christmas Carol - Burny Mattinson
• Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain - Eda Godel Hallinan
• Sundae in New York - Jimmy Picker

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Boys and Girls - Janice L. Platt
• Goodie-Two-Shoes - Ian Emes
• Overnight Sensation - Jon N. Bloom

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Hal Roach, in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form.

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• M. J. Frankovich

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Dr. John G. Frayne

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (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. [Projection]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• 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. [Camera]
• 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. [Laboratory]
• 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. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To DOUGLAS FRIES, JOHN LACEY and MICHAEL SIGRIST for the design and engineering of a 35mm reflex conversion camera system for special effects photography. [Camera]
• 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. [Laboratory]
• To DAVID J. DEGENKOLB for the design and development of an automated device used in the silver recovery process in motion picture laboratories. [Laboratory]
• 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. [Lighting]
• 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. [Sound]
• 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. [Stage Operations]