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Academy Award 1981 (march 31, 1981)

the academy award is the most prestigious and oldest film award, awarded since 1929 by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences (ampas), an honorary professional organization made up of people who have worked in the world of cinema.

Edition number 53 of the event; awards assigned:


Migliore film

poster del film Ordinary People
  for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Ronald L. Schwary
nominations for the movie :


Best director

poster del film Ordinary People
  for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Robert Redford
nominations for the movie :

Best original screenplay

poster del film Melvin and Howard
  for the movie Melvin and Howard
Assigned to
Bo Goldman
nominations for the movie :


best actor

poster del film Raging Bull
  for the movie Raging Bull
Assigned to
Robert De Niro
nominations for the movie :

best actress

poster del film coal miner's daughter
  for the movie coal miner's daughter
Assigned to
Sissy Spacek
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actor

poster del film Ordinary People
  for the movie Ordinary People
Assigned to
Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch
nominations for the movie :

best supporting actress

poster del film Melvin and Howard
  for the movie Melvin and Howard
Assigned to
Mary Steenburgen
nominations for the movie :

Meilleure photographie

poster del film Tess
  for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
nominations for the movie :


best editing

poster del film Raging Bull
  for the movie Raging Bull
Assigned to
Thelma Schoonmaker
nominations for the movie :

best costumes

poster del film Tess
  for the movie Tess
Assigned to
Anthony Powell
nominations for the movie :




best song

poster del film fame
  for the movie fame
Assigned to
Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, Lesley Gore
nominations for the movie :