54th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1982)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 29, 1982
  • For films released in: 1981
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 54th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • Atlantic City
    Denis Heroux [Producer] and John Kennedy [Producer]
  • Chariots of Fire
    David Puttnam [Producer]
  • On Golden Pond
    Bruce Gilbert [Producer]
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Frank Marshall [Producer]
  • Reds
    Warren Beatty [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Atlantic City
    Louis Malle
  • Chariots of Fire
    Hugh Hudson
  • On Golden Pond
    Mark Rydell
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Steven Spielberg
  • Reds
    Warren Beatty

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Warren Beatty
  • Absence of Malice
    Paul Newman
  • Arthur
    Dudley Moore
  • Atlantic City
    Burt Lancaster
  • On Golden Pond
    Henry Fonda

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Atlantic City
    Susan Sarandon
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
    Meryl Streep
  • On Golden Pond
    Katharine Hepburn
  • Only When I Laugh
    Marsha Mason
  • Reds
    Diane Keaton

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Arthur
    John Gielgud
  • Chariots of Fire
    Ian Holm
  • Only When I Laugh
    James Coco
  • Ragtime
    Howard E. Rollins Jr.
  • Reds
    Jack Nicholson

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Absence of Malice
    Melinda Dillon
  • On Golden Pond
    Jane Fonda
  • Only When I Laugh
    Joan Hackett
  • Ragtime
    Elizabeth McGovern
  • Reds
    Maureen Stapleton

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Boat Is Full
  • Man of Iron
  • Mephisto
  • Muddy River
  • Three Brothers

Best Art Direction

  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
    Assheton Gorton [Art Direction] and Ann Mollo [Set Decoration]
  • Heaven's Gate
    Tambi Larsen [Art Direction] and Jim Berkey [Set Decoration]
  • Ragtime
    John Graysmark [Art Direction], Patrizia Von Brandenstein [Art Direction], Anthony Reading [Art Direction], George de Titta Sr. [Set Decorations], George de Titta Jr. [Set Decoration] and Peter Howitt [Set Decoration]
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Norman Reynolds [Art Direction], Leslie Dilley [Art Direction] and Michael Ford [Set Decoration]
  • Reds
    Richard Sylbert [Art Direction] and Michael Seirton [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • Excalibur
    Alex Thomson
  • On Golden Pond
    Billy Williams
  • Ragtime
    Miroslav Ondricek
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Douglas Slocombe
  • Reds
    Vittorio Storaro

Best Costume Design

  • Chariots of Fire
    Milena Canonero
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
    Tom Rand
  • Pennies from Heaven
    Bob Mackie
  • Ragtime
    Anna Hill Johnstone
  • Reds
    Shirley Russell

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
    Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs
  • Brooklyn Bridge
    Ken Burns
  • Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
    Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus
  • El Salvador: Another Vietnam
    Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos
  • Genocide
    Andrew Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Americas in Transition
    Obie Benz
  • Close Harmony
    Nigel Noble
  • Journey for Survival
    Dick Young
  • See What I Say
    Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens
  • Urge to Build
    Roland Hallé and John Hoover

Best Film Editing

  • Chariots of Fire
    Terry Rawlings
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
    John Bloom
  • On Golden Pond
    Robert L. Wolfe
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Michael Kahn
  • Reds
    Dede Allen and Craig McKay

Best Makeup

  • An American Werewolf in London
    Rick Baker
  • Heartbeeps
    Stan Winston

Best Music (Original Score)

  • Chariots of Fire
    Vangelis
  • Dragonslayer
    Alex North
  • On Golden Pond
    Dave Grusin
  • Ragtime
    Randy Newman
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    John Williams

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Arthur "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
    Burt Bacharach [Music and Lyric by], Carole Bayer Sager [Music and Lyric by], Christopher Cross [Music and Lyric by] and Peter Allen [Music and Lyric by]
  • Endless Love "Endless Love"
    Lionel Richie [Music and Lyric by]
  • For Your Eyes Only "For Your Eyes Only"
    Bill Conti [Music by] and Mick Leeson [Lyric by]
  • The Great Muppet Caper "The First Time It Happens"
    Joe Raposo [Music and Lyric by]
  • Ragtime "One More Hour"
    Randy Newman [Music and Lyric by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • Crac
    Frédéric Back
  • The Creation
    Will Vinton
  • The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
    Janet Perlman

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Couples and Robbers
    Christine Oestreicher
  • First Winter
    John N. Smith
  • Violet
    Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson

Best Sound

  • On Golden Pond
    Richard Portman and David Ronne
  • Outland
    John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., Robert M. Thirlwell and Robin Gregory
  • Pennies from Heaven
    Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler and Al Overton
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Roy Charman
  • Reds
    Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman and Simon Kaye

Best Visual Effects

  • Dragonslayer
    Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston and Brian Johnson
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston

Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)

  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
    Harold Pinter
  • On Golden Pond
    Ernest Thompson
  • Pennies from Heaven
    Dennis Potter
  • Prince of the City
    Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet
  • Ragtime
    Michael Weller

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Absence of Malice
    Kurt Luedtke
  • Arthur
    Steve Gordon
  • Atlantic City
    John Guare
  • Chariots of Fire
    Colin Welland
  • Reds
    Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
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