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1983 Academy Awards

The 1983 Academy Awards were presented April 9, 1984 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Best Picture

The Big Chill, Michael Shamberg, producer (Columbia)

The Dresser, Peter Yates, producer (Columbia)

The Right Stuff, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers (The Ladd Co. through Warner Bros.)

Tender Mercies, Philip S. Hobel, producer (Universal)

Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks, producer (Paramount)

Actor in a Leading Role

Michael Caine, Educating Rita

Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben

Tom Courtenay, The Dresser

Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies

Albert Finney, The Dresser

Actress in a Leading Role

Jane Alexander, Testament

Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment

Meryl Streep, Silkwood

Julie Walters, Educating Rita

Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment

Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment

Archive Photos

Actor in a Supporting Role

Charles Durning, To Be or Not to Be

John Lithgow, Terms of Endearment

Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment

Sam Shepard, The Right Stuff

Rip Torn, Cross Creek

Actress in a Supporting Role

Cher, Silkwood

Glenn Close, The Big Chill

Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously

Amy Irving, Yentl

Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek

Directing

Bruce Beresford, Tender Mercies

Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander

James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment

Mike Nichols, Silkwood

Peter Yates, The Dresser

Writing

Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Ingmar Bergman, Fanny & Alexander
	Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, Silkwood
	Horton Foote, Tender Mercies
	Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek, The Big Chill
	Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, WarGames
Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium	James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
	Julius J. Epstein, Reuben, Reuben
	Ronald Harwood, The Dresser
	Harold Pinter, Betrayal
	Willy Russell, Educating Rita

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel, The Right Stuff

William A. Fraker, WarGames

Sven Nykvist, Fanny & Alexander

Don Peterman, Flashdance

Gordon Willis, Zelig

Art Direction

Anna Asp, art direction and set decoration, Fanny & Alexander

Geoffrey Kirkland, Richard J. Lawrence, W. Stewart Campbell and Peter Romero, art direction; Pat Pending and George R. Nelson, set decoration, The Right Stuff

Polly Platt and Harold Michelson, art direction; Tom Pedigo and Anthony Mondello, set decoration, Terms of Endearment

Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole and James Schoppe, art direction; Michael Ford, set decoration, Return of the Jedi

Roy Walker and Leslie Tomkins, art direction; Tessa Davies, set decoration, Yentl

Sound

Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom and David MacMillan, The Right Stuff

Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom and Tony Dawe, Return of the Jedi

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

Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and Jim Alexander, Terms of Endearment

Alan R. Splet, Todd Boekelheide, Randy Thom and David Parker, Never Cry Wolf

Music

Song	*“Flashdance…What a Feeling,” Flashdance, Giorgio Moroder, music; Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, lyrics*
	“Maniac,” Flashdance, Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, music and lyrics
	“Over You,” Tender Mercies, Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart, music and lyrics
	“Papa, Can You Hear Me?,” Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics
	“The Way He Makes Me Feel,” Yentl, Michel Legrand, music; Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyrics
Original Score	Bill Conti, The Right Stuff
	Jerry Goldsmith, Under Fire
	Michael Gore, Terms of Endearment
	Leonard Rosenman, Cross Creek
	John Williams, Return of the Jedi
Original Song Score or Adaptation Score	Elmer Bernstein, Trading Places
	Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Yentl
	Lalo Schifrin, The Sting II

Film Editing

Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Steward and Tom Rolf, The Right Stuff

Richard Marks, Terms of Endearment

Frank Morriss and Edward Abroms, Blue Thunder

Sam O'Steen, Silkwood

Bud Smith and Walt Mulconery, Flashdance

Costume Design

Santo Loquasto, Zelig

Anne-Marie Marchand, The Return of Martin Guerre

Joe I. Tompkins, Cross Creek

Marik Vos, Fanny & Alexander

William Ware Theiss, Heart Like a Wheel

Sound Effects Editing

Jay Boekelheide, The Right Stuff

Ben Burtt, Return of the Jedi

Short Films

Animated	Mickey's Christmas Carol (Burny Mattinson, producer; Walt Disney Productions)
	Sound of Sunshine—Sound of Rain (Eda Godel Hallinan, producer; Hallinan Plus! Production)
	Sundae in New York (Jimmy Picker, producer; Motionpicker Productions)
Live Action	Boys and Girls (Janice L. Platt, producer; Atlantis Films Ltd. Production)
	Goodie-Two-Shoes (Timeless Films Production; Paramount)
	Overnight Sensation (Jon N. Bloom, producer; Bloom Film Production)

Documentary

Short Subject	Flamenco at 5: 15 (Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky, producers; National Film Board of Canada)
	In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? (Vivienne Verdon-Roe and Eric Thiermann, producers; Impact Production)
	Sewing Woman (Arthur Dong, producer; DeepFocus Productions)
	Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudoph (Robert Eisenhardt, producer; Eisenhardt Productions)
	You Are Free (Ihr Zent Frei) (Dea Brokman and Ilene Landis, producers; Brokman/Landis Production)
Feature	Children of Darkness (Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, producers; Children of Darkness Production)
	First Contact (Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, producers; Arundel Production)
	He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (Emile Ardolino, producer; Edgar J. Scherick Associates Production)
	The Profession of Arms, (War Series Film #3) (Michael Bryan and Tina Viljoen, producers; National Film Board of Canada)
	Seeing Red (James Klein and Julia Reichert, producers; Heartland Production)