1983 (56th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1983. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Betrayal, Horizon Film Production; 20th Century-Fox International Classics. (UK)

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Harold Pinter.

The Big Chill, Carson Productions Group Production; Columbia.

Best Picture. Michael Shamberg, Producer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Glenn Close.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek.

Blue Thunder, Rastar Features Production; Columbia.

Film Editing. Frank Morriss and Edward Abroms.

Boys and Girls, Atlantis Films Limited Production. (Canada)

Short Films (Live Action). Janice L. Platt, Producer.

Carmen, Emiliano Piedra Production. (Spain)

Foreign Language Film.

Children of Darkness, Children of Darkness Production.

Documentary (Feature). Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, Producers.

Cross Creek, Robert B. Radnitz/Martin Ritt/Thorn EMI Films Production; Universal.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Rip Torn.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Alfre Woodard.

Costume Design. Joe I. Tompkins.

Music (Original Score). Leonard Rosenman.

The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK)

Best Picture. Peter Yates, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role. Tom Courtenay.

Actor in a Leading Role. Albert Finney.

Directing. Peter Yates.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Ronald Harwood.

Educating Rita, Acorn Pictures Limited Production; Columbia. (UK)

Actor in a Leading Role. Michael Caine.

Actress in a Leading Role. Julie Walters.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Willy Russell.

Entre Nous, Partners Production. (France)

Foreign Language Film.

Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden, France, West Germany)

Directing. Ingmar Bergman.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Anna Asp.

Cinematography. Sven Nykvist.

Costume Design. Marik Vos.

Foreign Language Film.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Ingmar Bergman.

First Contact, Arundel Production. (Australia, Canada, USA)

Documentary (Feature). Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Producers.

Flamenco at 5:15, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada)

Documentary (Short Subject). Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, Producers.

Flashdance, Polygram Pictures Production; Paramount.

Cinematography. Don Peterman.

Film Editing. Bud Smith and Walt Mulconery.

Music (Original Song). “Flashdance . . . What a Feeling”. Music by Giorgio Moroder; lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara.

Music (Original Song). “Maniac”. Music and lyric by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky.

Goodie-Two-Shoes, Timeless Films Production. (UK)

Short Films (Live Action). Ian Emes, Producer.

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’, Edgar J. Scherick Associates Production.

Documentary (Feature). Emile Ardolino, Producer.

Heart Like a Wheel, Aurora Film Partners/20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Costume Design. William Ware Theiss.

In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?, Impact Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, Producers.

Job’s Revolt, Mafilm Tarsulas Studio/Hungarian Television (Budapest)/ZDF (Mainz) Production. (Hungary)

Foreign Language Film.

Le Bal, Cineproduction S.A. - Films A2 (Paris)/Massfilm (Rome)/O.N.C.I.C. (Alger) Production. (France, Italy, Algeria)

Foreign Language Film.

Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Short Films (Animated). Burny Mattinson, Producer.

Never Cry Wolf, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista.

Sound. Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker.

Overnight Sensation, Bloom Film Production.

Short Films (Live Action). Jon H. Bloom, Producer.

The Profession of Arms, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) [War Series Film #3]

Documentary (Feature). Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers.

The Return of Martin Guerre, Societe Francaise de Production Cinematographique/Societe de Productions des Films Marcel Dassault - FR 3 Production; European International Distribution. (France)

Costume Design. Anne-Marie Marchand.

Return of the Jedi, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe; set decoration by Michael Ford.

Music (Original Score). John Williams.

Sound. Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe.

Sound Effects Editing. Ben Burtt.

Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects). Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett.

Reuben, Reuben, Saltair/Walter Shenson Production presented by The Taft Entertainment Company; 20th Century-Fox International Classics.

Actor in a Leading Role. Tom Conti.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Julius J. Epstein.

The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros.

Best Picture. Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Sam Shepard.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero; set decoration by Pat Pending and George R. Nelson.

Cinematography. Caleb Deschanel.

Film Editing. Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf.

Music (Original Score). Bill Conti.

Sound. Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan.

Sound Effects Editing. Jay Boekelheide.

Seeing Red, Heartland Production.

Documentary (Feature). James Klein and Julia Reichert, Producers.

Sewing Woman, DeepFocus Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Arthur Dong, Producer.

Silkwood, ABC Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Actress in a Leading Role. Meryl Streep.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Cher.

Directing. Mike Nichols.

Film Editing. Sam O’Steen.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.

Sound of Sunshine—Sound of Rain, Hallinan Plus! Production.

Short Films (Animated). Eda Godel Hallinan, Producer.

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, Eisenhardt Production.

Documentary (Short Subject). Robert Eisenhardt, Producer.

The Sting II, Jennings Lang/Universal Pictures Production; Universal.

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score). Adaptation score by Lalo Schifrin.

Sundae in New York, Motionpicker Production.

Short Films (Animated). Jimmy Picker, Producer.

Tender Mercies, EMI Presentation of an Antron Media Production; Universal/A.F.D.

Best Picture. Philip S. Hobel, Producer.

Actor in a Leading Role. Robert Duvall.

Directing. Bruce Beresford.

Music (Original Song). “Over You”. Music and lyric by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Horton Foote.

Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount.

Best Picture. James L. Brooks, Producer.

Actress in a Leading Role. Shirley MacLaine.

Actress in a Leading Role. Debra Winger.

Actor in a Supporting Role. John Lithgow.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Jack Nicholson.

Directing. James L. Brooks.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Polly Platt and Harold Michelson; set decoration by Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondello.

Film Editing. Richard Marks.

Music (Original Score). Michael Gore.

Sound. Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell and Jim Alexander.

Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). James L. Brooks.

Testament, Entertainment Events Production in association with American Playhouse; Paramount.

Actress in a Leading Role. Jane Alexander.

To Be or Not to Be, Brooksfilms Production; 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Charles Durning.

Trading Places, Aaron Russo Production; Paramount.

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score). Adaptation score by Elmer Bernstein.

Under Fire, Lions Gate Films Production; Orion. (USA, Mexico)

Music (Original Score). Jerry Goldsmith.

WarGames, United Artists Presentation of a Leonard Goldberg Production; MGM/UA.

Cinematography. William A. Fraker.

Sound. Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Willie D. Burton.

Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes.

The Year of Living Dangerously, Freddie Fields Presentation of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; MGM/UA. (Australia, USA)

Actress in a Supporting Role. Linda Hunt.

Yentl, United Artists/Ladbroke Feature/Barwood Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA)

Actress in a Supporting Role. Amy Irving.

Art Direction-Set Decoration. Art direction by Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins; set decoration by Tessa Davies.

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score). Song score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.

Music (Original Song). “Papa, Can You Hear Me?”. Music by Michel Legrand; lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Music (Original Song). “The Way He Makes Me Feel”. Music by Michel Legrand; lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei), Brokman/Landis Production. (West Germany, Canada, USA)

Documentary (Short Subject). Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, Producers.

Zelig, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion/Warner Bros. through Warner Bros.

Cinematography. Gordon Willis.

Costume Design. Santo Loquasto.