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    Oscar

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Robert De Niro at an event for A Single Man (2009)
      Winner
      • Robert De Niro
      • Raging Bull
    • Robert Duvall at an event for Four Christmases (2008)
      • Robert Duvall
      • The Great Santini
    • John Hurt
      • John Hurt
      • The Elephant Man
    • Jack Lemmon
      • Jack Lemmon
      • Tribute
    • Peter O'Toole
      • Peter O'Toole
      • The Stunt Man

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Timothy Hutton
      Winner
      • Timothy Hutton
      • Ordinary People
    • Judd Hirsch in Numb3rs (2005)
      • Judd Hirsch
      • Ordinary People
    • Michael O'Keefe
      • Michael O'Keefe
      • The Great Santini
    • Joe Pesci in Love Ranch (2010)
      • Joe Pesci
      • Raging Bull
    • Jason Robards
      • Jason Robards
      • Melvin and Howard

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Sissy Spacek
      Winner
      • Sissy Spacek
      • Coal Miner's Daughter
    • Ellen Burstyn at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      • Ellen Burstyn
      • Resurrection
    • Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower (1969)
      • Goldie Hawn
      • Private Benjamin
    • Mary Tyler Moore
      • Mary Tyler Moore
      • Ordinary People
    • Gena Rowlands at an event for Alpha Dog (2006)
      • Gena Rowlands
      • Gloria

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Mary Steenburgen at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
      Winner
      • Mary Steenburgen
      • Melvin and Howard
    • Eileen Brennan
      • Eileen Brennan
      • Private Benjamin
    • Eva Le Gallienne
      • Eva Le Gallienne
      • Resurrection
    • Cathy Moriarty
      • Cathy Moriarty
      • Raging Bull
    • Diana Scarwid
      • Diana Scarwid
      • Inside Moves

    Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tess

      7.3 (19K)
      Pierre Guffroy
      Jack Stephens
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      John W. Corso
      John M. Dwyer
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      Stuart Craig
      Robert Cartwright
      Hugh Scaife
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      Norman Reynolds
      Leslie Dilley
      Harry Lange
      Alan Tomkins
      Michael Ford
    • [object Object]

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
      Yoshirô Muraki

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tess

      7.3 (19K)
      Geoffrey Unsworth
      Ghislain Cloquet
      Unsworth's nomination and award were posthumous.
    • [object Object]

      The Blue Lagoon

      5.8 (81K)
      Néstor Almendros
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      Ralf D. Bode
    • [object Object]

      The Formula

      5.6 (3K)
      James Crabe
    • [object Object]

      Raging Bull

      8.1 (398K)
      Michael Chapman

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tess

      7.3 (19K)
      Anthony Powell
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      Patricia Norris
    • [object Object]

      My Brilliant Career

      7.1 (5.1K)
      Anna Senior
    • [object Object]

      Somewhere in Time

      7.2 (35K)
      Jean-Pierre Dorléac
    • [object Object]

      When Time Ran Out...

      4.6 (3.4K)
      Paul Zastupnevich

    Best Director

    • Robert Redford
      Winner
      • Robert Redford
      • Ordinary People
    • David Lynch
      • David Lynch
      • The Elephant Man
    • Roman Polanski at an event for To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
      • Roman Polanski
      • Tess
    • Richard Rush at an event for Hollow Man (2000)
      • Richard Rush
      • The Stunt Man
    • Martin Scorsese at an event for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010)
      • Martin Scorsese
      • Raging Bull

    Best Documentary, Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

      7.4 (541)
      Murray Lerner
    • [object Object]

      Agee

      6.4 (59)
      Ross Spears
    • [object Object]

      The Day After Trinity

      7.8 (1.3K)
      Jon Else
    • [object Object]

      Front Line

      8.4 (54)
      David Bradbury
    • [object Object]

      The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945

      7.4 (139)
      Bengt von zur Mühlen
      Arthur Cohn

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

      6.4 (84)
      Roland Hallé
      Peter W. Ladue
    • [object Object]

      Don't Mess with Bill

      3.3 (37)
      John Watson
      Pen Densham
    • [object Object]

      The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!

      7.0 (188)
      George Casey
    • It's the Same World

      6.7 (18)
      Dick Young
    • [object Object]

      Luther Metke at 94

      6.7 (28)
      Richard Hawkins
      Jorge Preloran

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Raging Bull

      8.1 (398K)
      Thelma Schoonmaker
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      Arthur Schmidt
    • [object Object]

      The Competition

      6.6 (3K)
      David E. Blewitt
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      Anne V. Coates
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Gerry Hambling

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

      8.0 (15K)
      Soviet Union
    • [object Object]

      Confidence

      7.5 (1.1K)
      Hungary
    • [object Object]

      Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

      7.9 (40K)
      Japan
    • [object Object]

      The Last Metro

      7.3 (17K)
      France
    • [object Object]

      The Nest

      7.0 (702)
      Spain

    Best Music, Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Michael Gore
    • [object Object]

      Altered States

      6.9 (41K)
      John Corigliano
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      John Morris
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      John Williams
    • [object Object]

      Tess

      7.3 (19K)
      Philippe Sarde

    Best Music, Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Michael Gore(music)
      Dean Pitchford(lyrics)
      For the song "Fame"
    • [object Object]

      9 to 5

      6.9 (42K)
      Dolly Parton
      For the song "Nine to Five"
    • [object Object]

      Honeysuckle Rose

      6.3 (2K)
      Willie Nelson
      For the song "On the Road Again"
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Michael Gore(music)
      Lesley Gore(lyrics)
      For the song "Out Here on My Own"
    • [object Object]

      The Competition

      6.6 (3K)
      Lalo Schifrin(music)
      Will Jennings(lyrics)
      For the song "People Alone"

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ordinary People

      7.7 (60K)
      Ronald L. Schwary
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      Bernard Schwartz
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      Jonathan Sanger
    • [object Object]

      Raging Bull

      8.1 (398K)
      Irwin Winkler
      Robert Chartoff
    • [object Object]

      Tess

      7.3 (19K)
      Claude Berri
      Timothy Burrill

    Best Short Film, Animated

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fly

      7.5 (2.1K)
      Ferenc Rofusz
    • [object Object]

      Tout rien

      7.4 (442)
      Frédéric Back
    • [object Object]

      History of the World in Three Minutes Flat

      5.7 (209)
      Michael Mills

    Best Short Film, Live Action

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dollar Bottom

      6.8 (50)
      Lloyd Phillips
    • [object Object]

      Fall Line

      6.2 (37)
      Bob Carmichael
      Greg Lowe
    • [object Object]

      A Jury of Her Peers

      7.1 (74)
      Sally Heckel

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      Bill Varney
      Steve Maslow
      Gregg Landaker
      Peter Sutton
    • [object Object]

      Altered States

      6.9 (41K)
      Arthur Piantadosi
      Les Fresholtz
      Michael Minkler
      Willie D. Burton
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      Richard Portman
      Roger Heman Jr.
      James R. Alexander
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Michael J. Kohut
      Aaron Rochin
      Jay M. Harding
      Christopher Newman
    • [object Object]

      Raging Bull

      8.1 (398K)
      Donald O. Mitchell
      Bill Nicholson
      David J. Kimball
      Les Lazarowitz

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ordinary People

      7.7 (60K)
      Alvin Sargent
    • [object Object]

      Breaker Morant

      7.8 (15K)
      Jonathan Hardy
      David Stevens
      Bruce Beresford
    • [object Object]

      Coal Miner's Daughter

      7.5 (22K)
      Thomas Rickman
    • [object Object]

      The Elephant Man

      8.2 (275K)
      Christopher De Vore
      Eric Bergren
      David Lynch
    • [object Object]

      The Stunt Man

      6.9 (11K)
      Lawrence B. Marcus
      Richard Rush

    Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Melvin and Howard

      6.8 (5.6K)
      Bo Goldman
    • [object Object]

      Brubaker

      7.1 (20K)
      W.D. Richter(screenplay/story)
      Arthur A. Ross(story)
    • [object Object]

      Fame

      6.6 (26K)
      Christopher Gore
    • [object Object]

      My American Uncle

      7.6 (7.2K)
      Jean Gruault
    • [object Object]

      Private Benjamin

      6.2 (30K)
      Nancy Meyers
      Charles Shyer
      Harvey Miller

    Special Achievement Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

      8.7 (1.5M)
      Brian Johnson
      Richard Edlund
      Dennis Muren
      Bruce Nicholson
      For visual effects (statuette).

    Honorary Award

    Edit
    • Henry Fonda "Spencer's Mountain" 1963 Warner Bros.
      Winner
      • Henry Fonda
      The consummate actor, in recognition of his brilliant accomplishments and enduring contribution to the art of motion pictures.

    Medal of Commendation

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Fred Hynes
      In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Academy Award of Merit

    Edit
    • Linwood G. Dunn at an event for The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985)
      Winners
      • Linwood G. Dunn
      • Cecil Love
      For the concept, engineering and development of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer for motion picture special effects.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

    Edit
    • Winners
      • Jean-Marie Lavalou(Samuelson Alga Cinema S.A./Samuelson Film Service, Ltd.)
      • Alain Masseron(Samuelson Alga Cinema S.A./Samuelson Film Service, Ltd.)
      • David Samuelson(Samuelson Alga Cinema S.A./Samuelson Film Service, Ltd.)
      For the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote control system for motion picture production.
    • Winner
        For the engineering and manufacture of the micro-demand drive for continuous motion picture film processors.
      • Winner
          For the concept and development of a system of air guns for propelling objects used in special effects motion picture production.
        • Winner
            For the progressive engineering and manufacture of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture color photography.
          • Winner
            • David Grafton
            For the optical design and engineering of a telecentric anamorphic lens for motion picture optical effects printers.

          Technical Achievement Award

          Edit
          • Winner
              For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer.
            • Winner
                For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer.
              • Winner
                  For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive color motion picture printer.
                • Winner
                    For the development of a versatile general purpose computer system for animation and optical effects motion picture photography.
                  • Winner
                      For the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer.
                    • Winner
                        For the advanced design and manufacture of a film sprocket for motion picture projectors.
                      • Winners
                        • Peter Regla(Elicon)
                        • Dan Slater(Elicon)
                        For the development of a follow-focus system for motion picture optical effects printers and animation stands.

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                      Event date

                      March 15, 1981

                      Event location

                      Los Angeles, California, USA

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