Awards & Winners

1983 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominees of 1983 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 1984 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and 56th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Check Academy Awards winners & nominees for 1983 award ceremonies 1984 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and 56th Academy Awards.
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1984 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

William G. Krokaugger

(for the design and engineering of a portable, 12,000 watt, lighting-control dimmer for use in motion picture production)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Charles J. Watson, Larry L. Langrehr, John H. Steiner

(for the development of the BHP (electro-mechanical) fader for use on continuous motion picture contact printers)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Elizabeth D. De La Mare

(For the progressive development and continuous research of special effects pyrotechnics originally designed by Glenn W. De La Mare for motion picture production.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Douglas Fries, John Lacey, Michael Sigrist

(For the design and engineering of a 35mm reflex conversion camera system for special effects photography.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Jack Cashin

(For the engineering and development of a 4-channel, stereophonic, decoding system for optical motion picture sound track reproduction.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

David J. Degenkolb

(For the design and development of an automated device used in the silver recovery process in motion picture laboratories.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Kurt Larche

(For the research and development of xenon short-arc discharge lamps for motion picture projection.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Jonathan Erland, Roger Dorney

(For the engineering and development of a reverse bluescreen traveling matte process for special effects photography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Gerry Turpin

(For the design, engineering and development of an on-camera device providing contrast control, sourceless fill light and special effects for motion picture photography.)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Gunnar P. Michelson

(For the engineering and development of an improved, electronic, high-speed, precision light valve for use in motion picture printing machines.)

56th Academy Awards »

Academy Award for Best Picture

James L. Brooks

Honored for : Terms of Endearment

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Hobel Tender Mercies
Robert Chartoff The Right Stuff
Irwin Winkler The Right Stuff
Peter Yates The Dresser
Michael Shamberg The Big Chill
James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment
Academy Award for Best Actor

Robert Duvall

Honored for : Tender Mercies
(Role: Mac Sledge)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Caine Educating Rita
Role: Dr. Frank Bryant
Tom Conti Reuben, Reuben
Role: Gowan McGland
Tom Courtenay The Dresser
Role: Norman
Albert Finney The Dresser
Role: Sir
Robert Duvall Tender Mercies
Role: Mac Sledge
Academy Award for Best Actress

Shirley MacLaine

Honored for : Terms of Endearment
(Role: Aurora Greenway)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Meryl Streep Silkwood
Role: Karen Silkwood
Julie Walters Educating Rita
Role: Rita
Debra Winger Terms of Endearment
Role: Emma Horton
Jane Alexander Testament
Role: Carol Wetherly
Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment
Role: Aurora Greenway
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Jimmy Picker

Honored for : Sundae in New York

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jimmy Picker Sundae in New York
Burny Mattinson Mickey's Christmas Carol
Eda Godel Hallinan Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Glenn Farr The Right Stuff
Lisa Fruchtman The Right Stuff
Stephen A. Rotter The Right Stuff
Douglas Stewart The Right Stuff
Tom Rolf The Right Stuff
Frank Morriss Blue Thunder
Edward M. Abroms Blue Thunder
Bud S. Smith Flashdance
Walt Mulconery Flashdance
Sam O'Steen Silkwood
Richard Marks Terms of Endearment
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Jay Boekelheide

Honored for : The Right Stuff

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jay Boekelheide The Right Stuff
Ben Burtt Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jack Nicholson

Honored for : Terms of Endearment
(Role: Garrett Breedlove)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sam Shepard The Right Stuff
Role: Chuck Yeager
John Lithgow Terms of Endearment
Role: Sam Burns
Charles Durning To Be or Not to Be
Role: Col. Erhardt
Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment
Role: Garrett Breedlove
Rip Torn Cross Creek
Role: Marsh Turner
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Linda Hunt

Honored for : The Year of Living Dangerously
(Role: Billy Kwan)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alfre Woodard Cross Creek
Role: Geechee
Amy Irving Yentl
Role: Hadaas
Glenn Close The Big Chill
Role: Sarah
Cher Silkwood
Role: Dolly Pelliker
Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously
Role: Billy Kwan
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey

Honored for : Flashdance... What a Feeling
(Flashdance)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Giorgio Moroder Flashdance... What a Feeling
Flashdance
Keith Forsey Flashdance... What a Feeling
Flashdance
Irene Cara Flashdance... What a Feeling
Flashdance
Michael Sembello Maniac
Flashdance
Dennis Matkosky Maniac
Flashdance
Austin Roberts Over You
Tender Mercies
Robert Luke Harshman Over You
Tender Mercies
Michel Legrand Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Yentl
Alan Bergman Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Yentl
Marilyn Bergman Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Yentl
Michel Legrand The Way He Makes Me Feel
Yentl
Alan Bergman The Way He Makes Me Feel
Yentl
Marilyn Bergman The Way He Makes Me Feel
Yentl
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Honored for : Fanny and Alexander

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon Willis Zelig
William A. Fraker WarGames
Caleb Deschanel The Right Stuff
Sven Nykvist Fanny and Alexander
Donald Peterman Flashdance
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Anna Asp

Honored for : Fanny and Alexander

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Lawrence The Right Stuff
Geoffrey Kirkland The Right Stuff
George R. Nelson The Right Stuff
Jim Poynter The Right Stuff
W. Stewart Campbell The Right Stuff
Peter R. Romero The Right Stuff
Polly Platt Terms of Endearment
Tom Pedigo Terms of Endearment
Anthony Mondell Terms of Endearment
Harold Michelson Terms of Endearment
Anna Asp Fanny and Alexander
Fred Hole Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
James L. Schoppe Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Norman Reynolds Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Michael D. Ford Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Roy Walker Yentl
Leslie Tomkins Yentl
Tessa Davies Yentl
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Bill Conti

Honored for : The Right Stuff

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Conti The Right Stuff
Leonard Rosenman Cross Creek
John Williams Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Michael Gore Terms of Endearment
Jerry Goldsmith Under Fire
Academy Award for Best Director

James L. Brooks

Honored for : Terms of Endearment

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Yates The Dresser
Mike Nichols Silkwood
Bruce Beresford Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Horton Foote

Honored for : Tender Mercies

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
Walter F. Parkes WarGames
Lawrence Lasker WarGames
Lawrence Kasdan The Big Chill
Barbara Benedek The Big Chill
Alice Arlen Silkwood
Nora Ephron Silkwood
Horton Foote Tender Mercies
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

James L. Brooks

Honored for : Terms of Endearment

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
James L. Brooks Terms of Endearment
Willy Russell Educating Rita
Julius J. Epstein Reuben, Reuben
Ronald Harwood The Dresser
Harold Pinter Betrayal
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : Fanny and Alexander
(Country: Sweden; in Swedish, German, Yiddish and English)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
Country: Sweden; in Swedish, German, Yiddish and English
Carlos Saura Carmen
Country: Spain; in Spanish
Diane Kurys Entre Nous
Country: France; in French
Ettore Scola Le Bal
Country: Algeria
Imre Gyöngyössy The Revolt of Job
Country: Hungary
Barna Kabay The Revolt of Job
Country: Hungary
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Marik Vos-Lundh

Honored for : Fanny and Alexander

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joe I. Tompkins Cross Creek
Anne-Marie Marchand The Return of Martin Guerre
Marik Vos-Lundh Fanny and Alexander
Santo Loquasto Zelig
William Ware Theiss Heart Like a Wheel
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Emile Ardolino

Honored for : He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Emile Ardolino He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Richard Kotuk Children of Darkness
Ara Chekmayan Children of Darkness
Bob Connolly First Contact
Robin Anderson First Contact
Michael Bryans The Profession of Arms
Tina Viljoen The Profession of Arms
Jim Klein Seeing Red
Julia Reichert Seeing Red
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

Cynthia Scott, Adam Symansky

Honored for : Flamenco at 5:15

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cynthia Scott Flamenco at 5:15
Adam Symansky Flamenco at 5:15
Vivienne Verdon-Roe In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
Eric Thiermann In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
Arthur Dong Sewing Woman
Bob Eisenhardt Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Dea Brokman You Are Free
Ilene Landis You Are Free
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michel Legrand Yentl
Alan Bergman Yentl
Marilyn Bergman Yentl
Lalo Schifrin The Sting II
Elmer Bernstein Trading Places
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)

Janice L. Platt

Honored for : Boys and Girls

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janice L. Platt Boys and Girls
Ian Emes Goodie Two Shoes
John Bloom Overnight Sensation
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan

Honored for : The Right Stuff

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Berger The Right Stuff
Tom Scott The Right Stuff
Randy Thom The Right Stuff
David MacMillan The Right Stuff
Alan Splet Never Cry Wolf
Todd Boekelheide Never Cry Wolf
Randy Thom Never Cry Wolf
David Parker Never Cry Wolf
Ben Burtt Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Gary Summers Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Randy Thom Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Tony Dawe Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Donald O. Mitchell Terms of Endearment
Rick Kline Terms of Endearment
Kevin O'Connell Terms of Endearment
James R. Alexander Terms of Endearment
Michael J. Kohut WarGames
Carlos Delarios WarGames
Aaron Rochin WarGames
Willie D. Burton WarGames
Special Achievement Academy Award

Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund

Honored for : Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
Academy Honorary Award

Hal Roach

(in recognition of his unparalleled record of distinguished contributions to the motion picture art form)