55th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1983)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Monday, April 11, 1983
  • For films released in: 1982
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Here is a complete list of nominations for the 55th Annual Academy Awards.

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Kathleen Kennedy [Producer]
  • Gandhi
    Richard Attenborough [Producer]
  • Missing
    Edward Lewis [Producer] and Mildred Lewis [Producer]
  • Tootsie
    Sydney Pollack [Producer] and Dick Richards [Producer]
  • The Verdict
    Richard D. Zanuck [Producer] and David Brown [Producer]

Best Directing

  • Das Boot
    Wolfgang Peterson
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Steven Spielberg
  • Gandhi
    Richard Attenborough
  • Tootsie
    Sydney Pollack
  • The Verdict
    Sidney Lumet

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Gandhi
    Ben Kingsley
  • Missing
    Jack Lemmon
  • My Favorite Year
    Peter O'Toole
  • Tootsie
    Dustin Hoffman
  • The Verdict
    Paul Newman

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Frances
    Jessica Lange
  • Missing
    Sissy Spacek
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    Debra Winger
  • Sophie's Choice
    Meryl Streep
  • Victor/Victoria
    Julie Andrews

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
    Charles Durning
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    Louis Gossett Jr.
  • The Verdict
    James Mason
  • Victor/Victoria
    Robert Preston
  • The World According to Garp
    John Lithgow

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Frances
    Kim Stanley
  • Tootsie
    Teri Garr
  • Tootsie
    Jessica Lange
  • Victor/Victoria
    Lesley Ann Warren
  • The World According to Garp
    Glenn Close

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Alsino and the Condor
  • Coup de Torchon ('Clean Slate')
  • The Flight of the Eagle
  • Private Life
  • Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again')

Best Art Direction

  • Annie
    Dale Hennesy [Art Direction] and Marvin March [Set Decoration]
  • Blade Runner
    Lawrence G. Paull [Art Direction], David L. Snyder [Art Direction] and Linda DeScenna [Set Decoration]
  • Gandhi
    Stuart Craig [Art Direction], Bob Laing [Art Direction] and Michael Seirton [Set Decoration]
  • La Traviata
    Franco Zeffirelli [Art Direction] and Gianni Quaranta [Set Decoration]
  • Victor/Victoria
    Rodger Maus [Art Direction], Tim Hutchinson [Art Direction], William Craig Smith [Art Direction] and Harry Cordwell [Set Decoration]

Best Cinematography

  • Das Boot
    Jost Vacano
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Allen Daviau
  • Gandhi
    Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor
  • Sophie's Choice
    Nestor Almendros
  • Tootsie
    Owen Roizman

Best Costume Design

  • Gandhi
    John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya
  • La Traviata
    Piero Tosi
  • Sophie's Choice
    Albert Wolsky
  • Tron
    Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton
  • Victor/Victoria
    Patricia Norris

Best Documentary (Feature)

  • After the Axe
    Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas
  • Ben's Mill
    John Karol and Michel Chalufour
  • In Our Water
    Meg Switzgable
  • Just Another Missing Kid
    John Zaritsky
  • A Portrait of Giselle
    Joseph Wishy

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

  • Gods of Metal
    Robert Richter
  • If You Love This Planet
    Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash
  • The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
    Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann
  • To Live or Let Die
    Freida Lee Mock
  • Traveling Hopefully
    John G. Avildsen

Best Film Editing

  • Das Boot
    Hannes Nikel
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Carol Littleton
  • Gandhi
    John Bloom
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    Peter Zinner
  • Tootsie
    Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp

Best Makeup

  • Gandhi
    Tom Smith
  • Quest for Fire
    Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke

Best Music (Original Score)

  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    John Williams
  • Gandhi
    Ravi Shankar and George Fenton
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    Jack Nitzsche
  • Poltergeist
    Jerry Goldsmith
  • Sophie's Choice
    Marvin Hamlisch

Best Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)

  • Annie
    Ralph Burns [Adaptation Score by]
  • One from the Heart
    Tom Waits [Song Score by]
  • Victor/Victoria
    Henry Mancini [Song and Adaptation Score by] and Leslie Bricusse [Song Score by]

Best Music (Original Song)

  • Best Friends "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
    Michel Legrand [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyric by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyric by]
  • An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong"
    Jack Nitzsche [Music by], Buffy Sainte-Marie [Music by] and Will Jennings [Lyric by]
  • Rocky III "Eye of the Tiger"
    Jim Peterik [Music and Lyric by] and Frankie Sullivan III [Music and Lyric by]
  • Tootsie "It Might Be You"
    Dave Grusin [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyric by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyric by]
  • Yes, Giorgio "If We Were In Love"
    John Williams [Music by], Alan Bergman [Lyric by] and Marilyn Bergman [Lyric by]

Best Short Film (Animated)

  • The Great Cognito
    Will Vinton
  • The Snowman
    John Coates
  • Tango
    Zbigniew Rybczynski

Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • Ballet Robotique
    Bob Rogers
  • A Shocking Accident
    Christine Oestreicher
  • The Silence
    Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson
  • Split Cherry Tree
    Jan Saunders
  • Sredni Vashtar
    Andrew Birkin

Best Sound

  • Das Boot
    Milan Bor, Trevor Pike and Mike Le-Mare
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene Cantamessa
  • Gandhi
    Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates and Simon Kaye
  • Tootsie
    Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Les Lazarowitz
  • Tron
    Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler and Jim La Rue

Best Sound Effects Editing

  • Das Boot
    Mike Le-Mare
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt
  • Poltergeist
    Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard L. Anderson

Best Visual Effects

  • Blade Runner
    Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith
  • Poltergeist
    Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson

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

  • Das Boot
    Wolfgang Peterson
  • Missing
    Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart
  • Sophie's Choice
    Alan J. Pakula
  • The Verdict
    David Mamet
  • Victor/Victoria
    Blake Edwards

Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

  • Diner
    Barry Levinson
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
    Melissa Mathison
  • Gandhi
    John Briley
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
    Douglas Day Stewart
  • Tootsie
    Larry Gelbart [Screenplay and Story by], Murray Schisgal [Screenplay by] and Don McGuire [Story by]
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