American Movie Awards
The American Movie Awards are an award gala at which film prizes are awarded in various categories. The first two awards ceremonies took place in Beverly Hills in 1980 and 1982 , and honored Meryl Streep , Warren Beatty , Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg , among others . The American Movie Awards resumed in Las Vegas in 2013 with an emphasis on independent films .
Award winners
1980
- Best Film: Rocky II
- Best Actor: Alan Alda ( The Seduction of Joe Tynan )
- Best Actress: Sally Field ( Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband )
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall ( Apocalypse Now )
- Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep ( Who Goes Through Hell )
- Best Director: Michael Cimino ( Those Going Through Hell )
- Best script: The China Syndrome
- Best original song: The Man from San Fernando
- Favorite Movie Star - Female: Jane Fonda
- Favorite Movie Star - Male: Burt Reynolds
- Special Marquee: Clint Eastwood
1982
- Best Picture: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Best Actor: Henry Fonda ( At the Golden Lake )
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn ( At the Golden Lake )
- Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud ( Arthur - No Child of Sadness )
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Fonda ( At the Golden Lake )
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg ( Raiders of the Lost Ark )
- Best script: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Best original song: Endless love
- Favorite Movie Star - Female: Sally Field
- Favorite Movie Star - Male: Alan Alda
- Special Marquee: John Williams
- Special Marquee: Hal B. Wallis
- Special Marquee: Warren Beatty ( Reds )
2014
- Grand Jury Prize: Magic Magic
- Best Feature Film: Another Sertao
- Best Narrative Short Film: Living Memories
- Best Documentary: Soldiers' Sanctuary
- Best Documentary Short: Simple As That
- Best animated film: Payada pa 'Satan
- Best Foreign Language Film: Break-Up
- Best student film: Enlightenments
- Best experimental film: Muve
- Best Director: David Jaure ( 3:13 )
- Best Debut Director: Vinod Bharathan ( Karma Cartel )
- Best music video: Korn - Love & Meth
- Best camera: Don't Ask Questions
- Best cut: All About Me
- Best Production Design / Artistic Direction: Korn - Never Never
- Best script produced: Crisis
- Best Actor: Gianpiero Alicchio ( L'appuntamento )
- Best Actress: Lea Thompson ( The Trouble with the Truth )
- Best Supporting Actor: Jared Ward ( Check Please )
- Best Supporting Actress: Cooper Shaw ( Belleville )
- Special Marquee: The Woodsman and The Farmer
- Special Marquee: Femme - Women Healing the World
Footnotes
- ^ The Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Getty Images: Photo from 1980 American Movie Awards, with description of where the event took place.
- ^ British Council Film: About the American Movie Awards. . Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ American Movie Awards - Official Website: About the American Movie Awards. . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ^ Announcement about winning Break-Up at the American Movie Awards. In: Filmecho, May 3, 2014, p. 34.
- ↑ American Movie Awards Official Website: 1980 list of winners . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ↑ American Movie Awards Official Website: 1982 list of winners . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ↑ American Movie Awards Official Website: 2014 list of winners . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
- ↑ SU Independent: Article about winning "Soldiers' Sanctuary" at the American Movie Awards. . Retrieved December 5, 2014.