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1980
1982
Awards & Top Films
1981
Historical Award Archive
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— Award selections for 1981 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
Won
Nominee
Top 10 Films of 1981
1
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Arthur
No award data
2
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On Golden Pond
No award data
3
-
Butterfly
No award data
4
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Reds
No award data
5
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Only When I Laugh
No award data
6
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Pennies from Heaven
No award data
7
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Ragtime
No award data
8
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
No award data
9
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Chariots of Fire
No award data
10
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The Four Seasons
No award data
Film
Live-Action Feature
Chariots of Fire
Producer:
David Puttnam
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Reds
Producer:
Warren Beatty
Oscar
NBR
Arthur
Globe
Atlantic City
Producers:
Denis Héroux
and
John Kemeny
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
On Golden Pond
Producer:
Bruce Gilbert
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Producer:
Frank Marshall
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Breaker Morant
NBR
Gallipoli
NBR
Gregory's Girl
Producers:
Davina Belling
and
Clive Parsons
BAFTA
Heartland
NBR
Pennies from Heaven
Globe
Prince of the City
NBR
S. O. B.
Globe
Stevie
NBR
The Four Seasons
Globe
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Producer:
Leon Clore
BAFTA
Ticket to Heaven
NBR
Zoot Suit
Globe
International Feature
A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov
NBR
Chariots of Fire
Producer:
Hugh Hudson
Globe
Das Boot
Producer:
Wolfgang Petersen
Globe
BAFTA
Atlantic City
Producer:
Louis Malle
Globe
Gallipoli
Producer:
Peter Weir
Globe
Pixote
Producer:
Hector Babenco
Globe
Documentary
Soldier Girls
Producer:
Nick Broomfield
BAFTA
Best Boy
Producer:
Ira Wohl
BAFTA
Return Journey
Producer:
Ian Potts
BAFTA
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
Producer:
Connie Field
BAFTA
Directing & Editing
Directing
Warren Beatty
Reds
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Career Achievement Award: James Cagney
Career Achievement Award: James Cagney
NBR
Warren Beatty (Reds)
Warren Beatty (Reds)
NBR
Louis Malle
Atlantic City
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Mark Rydell
On Golden Pond
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Steven Spielberg
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Oscar
Globe
DGA
Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire
Oscar
DGA
Sidney Lumet
Prince of the City
Globe
Milos Forman
Ragtime
Globe
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Raging Bull
Oscar
BAFTA
Michael Kahn
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Oscar
BAFTA
Terry Rawlings
Chariots of Fire
Oscar
BAFTA
John Bloom
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Oscar
BAFTA
Robert L. Wolfe
On Golden Pond
Oscar
Dede Allen
and
Craig McKay
Reds
Oscar
Acting
Actor in a Leading Role
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
Oscar
Globe
NBR
BAFTA
Burt Lancaster
Atlantic City
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Warren Beatty
Reds
Oscar
Globe
BAFTA
Paul Newman
Absence of Malice
Oscar
Dudley Moore
Arthur
Oscar
Treat Williams
Prince of the City
Globe
Robert De Niro
Raging Bull
BAFTA
Timothy Hutton
Taps
Globe
Jeremy Irons
The French Lieutenant's Woman
BAFTA
Bob Hoskins
The Long Good Friday
BAFTA
Actress in a Leading Role
Sissy Spacek
Coal Miner's Daughter
Oscar
NBR
BAFTA
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond
Oscar
BAFTA
Meryl Streep
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Oscar
BAFTA
Glenda Jackson
Stevie
NBR
Mary Tyler Moore
Ordinary People
Oscar
BAFTA
Diane Keaton
Reds
Oscar
BAFTA
Susan Sarandon
Atlantic City
Oscar
Marsha Mason
Only When I Laugh
Oscar
Maggie Smith
Quartet
BAFTA
Actor in a Supporting Role
Jack Nicholson
Reds
Oscar
BAFTA
John Gielgud
Arthur
Oscar
Ian Holm
Chariots of Fire
Oscar
James Coco
Only When I Laugh
Oscar
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Ragtime
Oscar
Jack Nicholson (Reds)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Maureen Stapleton
Reds
Oscar
BAFTA
Chariots of Fire
Colin Welland
Oscar
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson based on his play
Oscar
Mona Washbourne
Stevie
NBR
Jane Fonda
On Golden Pond
Oscar
BAFTA
Melinda Dillon
Absence of Malice
Oscar
Pennies from Heaven
Dennis Potter based on his TV series
Oscar
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Harold Pinter based on the novel by John Fowles
Oscar
Prince of the City
Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet based on the book by Robert Daley
Oscar
Atlantic City
John Guare
Oscar
Absence of Malice
Kurt Luedtke
Oscar
Ragtime
Michael Weller based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow
Oscar
Joan Hackett
Only When I Laugh
Oscar
Elizabeth McGovern
Ragtime
Oscar
Arthur
Steve Gordon
Oscar
Reds
Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Oscar
Writing
Screenplay (Original)
Warren Beatty
and
Trevor Griffiths
Reds
Oscar
Globe
WGA
Steve Gordon
Arthur
Oscar
WGA
Colin Welland
Chariots of Fire
Oscar
Ernest Thompson
On Golden Pond
Globe
Kurt Luedtke
Absence of Malice
Oscar
Globe
WGA
John Guare
Atlantic City
Oscar
WGA
Alan Alda
The Four Seasons
Globe
WGA
Lawrence Kasdan
Body Heat
WGA
George Lucas
,
Lawrence Kasdan
, and
Philip Kaufman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
WGA
Blake Edwards
S.O.B.
WGA
Harold Pinter
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Globe
Screenplay (Adapted)
Ernest Thompson
On Golden Pond
Globe
WGA
Gerald Ayres
Rich and Famous
WGA
Kurt Luedtke
Absence of Malice
Globe
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
Cutter's Way
WGA
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
First Monday in October
WGA
Michael G. Wilson
and
Richard Maibaum
For Your Eyes Only
WGA
Sidney Lumet
and
Jay Presson Allen
Prince of the City
WGA
Michael Weller
Ragtime
WGA
Warren Beatty
Reds
Globe
Alan Alda
The Four Seasons
Globe
Harold Pinter
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Globe
Visual
Cinematography
Geoffrey Unsworth
and
Ghislain Cloquet
Tess
Oscar
BAFTA
Vittorio Storaro
Reds
Oscar
BAFTA
Douglas Slocombe
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Oscar
BAFTA
David Watkin
Chariots of Fire
BAFTA
Alex Thomson
Excalibur
Oscar
Billy Williams
On Golden Pond
Oscar
Miroslav Ondříček
Ragtime
Oscar
Freddie Francis
The French Lieutenant's Woman
BAFTA
Art Direction
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds
,
Leslie Dilley
,
Set Decoration: Michael Ford
, and
Norman Reynolds
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Production design:
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds
,
Leslie Dilley
,
Set Decoration: Michael Ford
, and
Norman Reynolds
Oscar
BAFTA
Pierre Guffroy
Tess
Production design:
Pierre Guffroy
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert
and
Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
Reds
Production design:
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert
and
Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
Oscar
BAFTA
Art Direction: Assheton Gorton
,
Set Decoration: Ann Mollo
, and
Assheton Gorton
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Production design:
Art Direction: Assheton Gorton
,
Set Decoration: Ann Mollo
, and
Assheton Gorton
Oscar
BAFTA
Roger Hall
Chariots of Fire
Production design:
Roger Hall
BAFTA
Art Direction: Tambi Larsen
and
Set Decoration: James L. Berkey
Heaven's Gate
Production design:
Art Direction: Tambi Larsen
and
Set Decoration: James L. Berkey
Oscar
Patrizia von Brandenstein
,
George DeTitta Jr.
,
Art Direction: John Graysmark
,
Anthony Reading
,
Set Decoration: George DeTitta Sr.
, and
Peter Howitt
Ragtime
Production design:
Patrizia von Brandenstein
,
George DeTitta Jr.
,
Art Direction: John Graysmark
,
Anthony Reading
,
Set Decoration: George DeTitta Sr.
, and
Peter Howitt
Oscar
Costuming
Milena Canonero
Chariots of Fire
Oscar
BAFTA
Anthony Powell
Tess
Oscar
BAFTA
Shirley Russell
Reds
Oscar
BAFTA
Tom Rand
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Oscar
BAFTA
Bob Ringwood
Excalibur
BAFTA
Bob Mackie
Pennies from Heaven
Oscar
Anna Hill Johnstone
Ragtime
Oscar
Effects
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Oscar
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Oscar
Ken Ralston
,
Dennis Muren
,
Brian Johnson
, and
Phil Tippett
Dragonslayer
Oscar
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Oscar
Kit West
,
Richard Edlund
,
Bruce Nicholson
, and
Joe Johnston
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Oscar
Sound & Music
Original Score
Carl Davis
The French Lieutenant's Woman
BAFTA
Burt Bacharach
Arthur
BAFTA
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
BAFTA
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark
BAFTA
Original Song
Unknown Song
Arthur
Music & lyrics:
Peter Allen
,
Carole Bayer Sager
, and
Burt Bacharach
Globe
Unknown Song
Butterfly
Music & lyrics:
Ennio Morricone
,
Pia Zadora
, and
Carol Connors
Globe
Unknown Song
For Your Eyes Only
Music & lyrics:
Mick Leeson
,
Bill Conti
, and
Sheena Easton
Globe
Unknown Song
Ragtime
Music & lyrics:
Randy Newman
and
Jennifer Warnes
Globe
Sound Mixing
Ivan Sharrock
,
Bill Rowe
, and
Don Sharpe
The French Lieutenant's Woman
BAFTA
Bill Rowe
Chariots of Fire
BAFTA
Richard Portman
,
James R. Alexander
, and
Roger Heman Jr
Coal Miner's Daughter
BAFTA
Ben Burtt
,
Roy Charman
, and
Bill Varney
Raiders of the Lost Ark
BAFTA
Sound Editing
Ivan Sharrock
,
Bill Rowe
, and
Don Sharpe
The French Lieutenant's Woman
BAFTA
Bill Rowe
Chariots of Fire
BAFTA
Richard Portman
,
James R. Alexander
, and
Roger Heman Jr
Coal Miner's Daughter
BAFTA
Ben Burtt
,
Roy Charman
, and
Bill Varney
Raiders of the Lost Ark
BAFTA