Rich Picks
19821984

Awards & Top Films

1983

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1983 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 1983

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FlashdanceNo award data
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Terms of EndearmentNo award data
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YentlNo award data
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Educating RitaNo award data
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Tender MerciesNo award data
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The DresserNo award data
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SilkwoodNo award data
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Fanny & AlexanderNo award data
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CarmenNo award data
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Reuben, ReubenNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

Tootsie
Producers: Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
OscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Educating Rita
Producer: Lewis Gilbert
NBRBAFTA
Yentl
GlobeNBR
Terms of Endearment
Producer: James L. Brooks
Oscar
The Big Chill
Producer: Michael Shamberg
OscarGlobeNBR
The Dresser
Producer: Peter Yates
OscarNBRBAFTA
Local Hero
Producer: David Puttnam
NBRBAFTA
Tender Mercies
Producer: Philip S. Hobel
OscarNBR
The Right Stuff
Producers: Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
OscarNBR
Betrayal, Terms of Endearment
NBR
Cross Creek
NBR
Flashdance
Globe
Heat and Dust
Producer: Ismail Merchant
BAFTA
Testament
NBR
Trading Places
Globe
Zelig
Globe

International Feature

Fanny and Alexander
Producers: Ingmar Bergman and Jörn Donner
NBRBAFTA
Danton
Producers: Andrzej Wajda and Margaret Ménégoz
BAFTA
Fanny & Alexander
Producer: Ingmar Bergman
Globe
La Traviata
Producers: Franco Zeffirelli and Tarak Ben Ammar
GlobeBAFTA
Carmen
Producer: Carlos Saura
Globe
Confidentially Yours
Producer: François Truffaut
BAFTA
Educating Rita
Producer: Lewis Gilbert
Globe
The Dresser
Producer: Peter Yates
Globe
The Grey Fox
Producer: Lewis Gilbert
Globe

Documentary

Schindler
Producer: Jon Blair
BAFTA
Forty Minutes: Female Circumcision
Producer: Louise Panton
BAFTA
The Visit: Part 3: The Boy David
Producer: Alex McCall
BAFTA
Wildlife On One: Night Life
Producer: Dilys Breese
BAFTA

Directing & Editing

Directing

James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
OscarGlobeNBRDGA
Career Achievement Award: Gregory Peck
Career Achievement Award: Gregory Peck
NBR
Barbra Streisand
Yentl
Globe
Bruce Beresford
Tender Mercies
OscarGlobeDGA
Ingmar Bergman
Fanny and Alexander
OscarDGA
Mike Nichols
Silkwood
OscarGlobe
Peter Yates
The Dresser
OscarGlobe
Ingmar Bergman
Fanny & Alexander
Globe
Lawrence Kasdan
The Big Chill
DGA
Philip Kaufman
The Right Stuff
DGA

Editing

Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
Flashdance
OscarBAFTA
Lisa Fruchtman, Glenn Farr, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart
The Right Stuff
Oscar
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Oscar
Michael Bradsell
Local Hero
BAFTA
M. J. Frankovich
M. J. Frankovich
Oscar
Ken Ralston, Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and Phil Tippett.
Return of the Jedi
Oscar
Sam O'Steen
Silkwood
Oscar
Richard Marks
Terms of Endearment
Oscar
Thelma Schoonmaker
The King of Comedy
BAFTA
Susan E. Morse
Zelig
BAFTA

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Tom Conti
Reuben, Reuben
OscarGlobeNBR
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
NBR
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
OscarGlobe
Michael Caine
Educating Rita
OscarBAFTA
The Honorary Consul
BAFTA
Tom Courtenay
The Dresser
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Dustin Hoffman
Tootsie
OscarBAFTA
Albert Finney
The Dresser
GlobeBAFTA
Al Pacino
Scarface
Globe
Eric Roberts
Star 80
Globe
Richard Farnsworth
The Grey Fox
Globe
Robert De Niro
The King of Comedy
BAFTA

Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep
Silkwood
OscarBAFTA
Sophie's Choice
OscarNBRBAFTA
Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
OscarNBRBAFTA
Julie Walters
Educating Rita
OscarBAFTA
Jessica Lange
Tootsie
OscarBAFTA
Phyllis Logan
Another Time, Another Place
BAFTA
Jane Alexander
Testament
Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Nicholson
Terms of Endearment
OscarNBR
Denholm Elliott
Trading Places
BAFTA
Rip Torn
Cross Creek
Oscar
Burt Lancaster
Local Hero
BAFTA
Bob Hoskins
The Honorary Consul
BAFTA
Jerry Lewis
The King of Comedy
BAFTA
Sam Shepard
The Right Stuff
Oscar
Charles Durning
To Be or Not to Be
Oscar

Actress in a Supporting Role

Linda Hunt
The Year of Living Dangerously
OscarNBR
Tender Mercies
Horton Foote
Oscar
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
Oscar
Jamie Lee Curtis
Trading Places
BAFTA
Cher
Silkwood
OscarBAFTA
Alfre Woodard
Cross Creek
Oscar
Maureen Lipman
Educating Rita
BAFTA
Betrayal
Harold Pinter based on his play
Oscar
Fanny
Ingmar Bergman
Oscar
Alexander
Ingmar Bergman
Oscar
Reuben
Julius J. Epstein based on the play Spofford by Herman Shumlin
Oscar
The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek
Oscar
WarGames
Lawrence Lasker and Walter Parkes
Oscar
Silkwood
Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen
Oscar
The Dresser
Ronald Harwood based on his play
Oscar
Glenn Close
The Big Chill
Oscar
Rosemary Harris
The Ploughman's Lunch
BAFTA
Teri Garr
Tootsie
BAFTA
Educating Rita
Willy Russell based on his play
Oscar
Amy Irving
Yentl
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Horton Foote
Tender Mercies
OscarWGA
Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan
The Big Chill
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
Globe
Paul D. Zimmerman
The King of Comedy
BAFTA
Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen
Silkwood
OscarWGA
Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker, and Walter Parkes
WarGames
OscarWGA
Woody Allen
Zelig
BAFTAWGA
Willy Russell
Educating Rita
Globe
Ingmar Bergman
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar
Bill Forsyth
Local Hero
BAFTA
Julius J. Epstein
Reuben, Reuben
Globe
Paul Brickman
Risky Business
WGA
Ronald Harwood
The Dresser
Globe
Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod
Trading Places
BAFTA

Screenplay (Adapted)

James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
GlobeWGA
Julius J. Epstein
Reuben, Reuben
GlobeWGA
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Heat and Dust
BAFTA
Willy Russell
Educating Rita
GlobeBAFTA
Ronald Harwood
The Dresser
GlobeBAFTA
Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal
Tootsie
GlobeBAFTA
Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark
A Christmas Story
WGA
Harold Pinter
Betrayal
BAFTA
Barbara Benedek
The Big Chill
Globe
Philip Kaufman
The Right Stuff
WGA
Peter Weir, David Williamson, and C.J. Koch
The Year of Living Dangerously
WGA
Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham
To Be or Not to Be
WGA

Visual

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist
Fanny and Alexander
OscarBAFTA
Gordon Willis
Zelig
OscarBAFTA
Donald Peterman
Flashdance
Oscar
Walter Lassally
Heat and Dust
BAFTA
Chris Menges
Local Hero
BAFTA
Caleb Deschanel
The Right Stuff
Oscar
William A. Fraker
WarGames
Oscar

Art Direction

Franco Zeffirelli and Gianni Quaranta
La Traviata
Production design: Franco Zeffirelli and Gianni Quaranta
OscarBAFTA
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Anna Asp
Fanny and Alexander
Production design: Art Direction and Set Decoration: Anna Asp
Oscar
Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford, Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, and Norman Reynolds
Return of the Jedi
Production design: Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford, Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, and Norman Reynolds
OscarBAFTA
Wilfred Shingleton
Heat and Dust
Production design: Wilfred Shingleton
BAFTA
Art Direction: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson, Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo, and Anthony Mondello
Terms of Endearment
Production design: Art Direction: Polly Platt, Harold Michelson, Set Decoration: Tom Pedigo, and Anthony Mondello
Oscar
Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter R. Romero, Set Decoration: Pat Pending, and George R. Nelson
The Right Stuff
Production design: Art Direction: Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell, Peter R. Romero, Set Decoration: Pat Pending, and George R. Nelson
Oscar
Angelo P. Graham
WarGames
Production design: Angelo P. Graham
BAFTA
Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins, and Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
Yentl
Production design: Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins, and Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
Oscar

Costuming

Marik Vos and Marik Vos-Lundh
Fanny and Alexander
OscarBAFTA
Piero Tosi
La Traviata
OscarBAFTA
Joe I. Tompkins
Cross Creek
Oscar
William Ware Theiss
Heart Like a Wheel
Oscar
Barbara Lane
Heat and Dust
BAFTA
Anne-Marie Marchand
The Return of Martin Guerre
Oscar
Ruth Morley
Tootsie
BAFTA
Santo Loquasto
Zelig
Oscar

Effects

Ken Ralston, Dennis Muren, Kit West, and Richard Edlund
Return of the Jedi
BAFTA
Ian Wingrove and Roy Field
The Dark Crystal
BAFTA
William A. Fraker and Colin Cantwell
WarGames
BAFTA
Joel Hynek, Gordon Willis, and Richard Alan Greenberg
Zelig
BAFTA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Giorgio Moroder
Flashdance
GlobeBAFTA
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
BAFTA
Jack Nitzsche
An Officer and a Gentleman
BAFTA
Mark Knopfler
Local Hero
BAFTA
Stewart Copeland
Rumble Fish
Globe
Giorgio Moroder
Scarface
Globe
Jerry Goldsmith
Under Fire
Globe
Michel Legrand
Yentl
Globe

Original Song

Unknown Song
Flashdance
Music & lyrics: Keith Forsey, Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, and Irene Cara
Globe
Unknown Song
Staying Alive
Music & lyrics: Frank Stallone and Vince DiCola
Globe
Unknown Song
Tender Mercies
Music & lyrics: Bobby Hart and Austin Roberts
Globe
Unknown Song
Yentl
Music & lyrics: Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman
Globe

Sound Mixing

Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut, and William Manger
WarGames
BAFTA
Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass, and Jim Webb
Flashdance
BAFTA
Jean-Louis Ducarme
La Traviata
BAFTA
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, and Tony Dawe
Return of the Jedi
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut, and William Manger
WarGames
BAFTA
Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, Robert Glass, and Jim Webb
Flashdance
BAFTA
Jean-Louis Ducarme
La Traviata
BAFTA
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, and Tony Dawe
Return of the Jedi
BAFTA