Awards & Winners

1981 British Academy Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1981 British Academy Film Awards. Check awards winners of 1981 British Academy Film and Television Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1981 British Academy Film and Television Awards

BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
BAFTA Award for Best Film

Jonathan Sanger

Honored for : The Elephant Man

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jonathan Sanger The Elephant Man
Andrew Braunsberg Being There
Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha
Tomoyuki Tanaka Kagemusha
Stanley R. Jaffe Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

John Hurt

Honored for : The Elephant Man

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Hurt The Elephant Man
Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer
Roy Scheider All That Jazz
Peter Sellers Being There
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Judy Davis

Honored for : My Brilliant Career

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judy Davis My Brilliant Career
Shirley MacLaine Being There
Bette Midler The Rose
Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design

Seiichiro Momosawa

Honored for : Kagemusha

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Nominee Nominated Work
Albert Wolsky All That Jazz
Frantz Salieri Don Giovanni
Danilo Donati Flash Gordon
Seiichiro Momosawa Kagemusha
BAFTA Award for Best Direction

Akira Kurosawa

Honored for : Kagemusha

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Nominee Nominated Work
Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha
David Lynch The Elephant Man
Alan Parker Fame
Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Editing

Alan Heim

Honored for : All That Jazz

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alan Heim All That Jazz
Anne V. Coates The Elephant Man
Gerry Hambling Fame
Gerald B. Greenberg Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

Giuseppe Rotunno

Honored for : All That Jazz

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Nominee Nominated Work
Giuseppe Rotunno All That Jazz
Caleb Deschanel The Black Stallion
Freddie Francis The Elephant Man
Takao Saito Kagemusha
Shoji Ueda Kagemusha
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music

John Williams

Honored for : Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hazel O'Connor Breaking Glass
John Williams Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Gore Fame
Queen Flash Gordon
Howard Blake Flash Gordon
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay

Jerzy Kosi?ski

Honored for : Being There

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Abrahams Airplane!
David Zucker Airplane!
Jerry Zucker Airplane!
Jerzy Kosi?ski Being There
Christopher De Vore The Elephant Man
Eric Bergren The Elephant Man
David Lynch The Elephant Man
Robert Benton Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film

Andrew Birkin

Honored for : Sredni Vashtar

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andrew Birkin Sredni Vashtar
Lindsey Clennell Box On
Roger Christian The Dollar Bottom
Andrew Bogle Possessions
BAFTA Award for Best Sound

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kay Rose The Rose
Theodore Soderberg The Rose
James E. Webb The Rose
Maurice Schell All That Jazz
Chris Newman All That Jazz
Dick Vorisek All That Jazz
Jacques Maumont Don Giovanni
Michèle Neny Don Giovanni
Jean Louis Ducarme Don Giovanni
Ben Burtt Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Bill Varney Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Peter Sutton Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Chris Newman Fame
Les Wiggins Fame
Michael J. Kohut Fame
Chris McLaughlin The Rose
BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

Michel Ocelot

Honored for : The Three Inventors

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Godfrey Bio Woman
Kamil Pixa The Cube
Oscar Grillo Seaside Woman
Michel Ocelot The Three Inventors
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design

Stuart Craig

Honored for : The Elephant Man

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Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Rosenberg All That Jazz
Stuart Craig The Elephant Man
Norman Reynolds Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Danilo Donati Flash Gordon
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

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Nominee Nominated Work
Abel Gance
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

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Nominee Nominated Work
Abel Gance
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

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Nominee Nominated Work
Abel Gance
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Judy Davis

Honored for : My Brilliant Career

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judy Davis My Brilliant Career
Sônia Braga Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
John Gordon Sinclair Gregory's Girl
Debra Winger Urban Cowboy