British Academy Film Awards 1981
The 34th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1981 . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 14 categories; there was also a special and an honorary award category. The awards were given to films made in 1980 .
Movie | N | A. |
---|---|---|
The elephant man | 7th | 3 |
Behind the spotlight | 6th | 2 |
Kramer versus Kramer | 6th | 0 |
Kagemusha - The warrior's shadow | 4th | 2 |
Fame - the way to fame | 4th | 1 |
Welcome Mr. Chance | 4th | 1 |
The Empire Strikes Back | 3 | 1 |
Flash Gordon | 3 | 0 |
My brilliant career | 2 | 2 |
Don Giovanni | 2 | 0 |
The rose | 2 | 0 |
Award winners and nominations
David Lynch's The Elephant Man led the field of potential winners of the evening with seven nominations , followed by Bob Fosses Behind the Limelight and Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer , who each received six nominations. With three awards, Der Elefantenmensch finally won the most prizes, while Kramer received nothing against Kramer and thus became the big loser of the evening.
Best movie
Der Elefantenmensch (The Elephant Man) - Director: David Lynch
- Kagemusha - The Shadow of the Warrior (影武者) - Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer) - Director: Robert Benton
- Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There) - Director: Hal Ashby
Best director
Akira Kurosawa - Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow (影武者)
- Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
- David Lynch - The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- Alan Parker - Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
Best Actor
John Hurt - The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
- Roy Scheider - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
- Peter Sellers - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
Best main actress
Judy Davis - My brilliant career (My Brilliant Career)
- Shirley MacLaine - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
- Bette Midler - The Rose
- Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
Best Young Actor
Judy Davis - My brilliant career (My Brilliant Career)
- Sônia Braga - Dona Flor and her two husbands (Dona Flor e seus dois maridos)
- Gordon Sinclair - Gregorys Girl (Gregory's Girl)
- Debra Winger - Urban Cowboy
Best script
Jerzy Kosiński - Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)
- Jim Abrahams , David Zucker , Jerry Zucker - The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Airplane (Airplane!)
- Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
- Eric Bergren , Christopher De Vore, David Lynch - Der Elefantenmensch (The Elephant Man)
Best camera
Giuseppe Rotunno - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
- Caleb Deschanel - The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion)
- Freddie Francis - The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- Takao Saitō , Masaharu Ueda - Kagemusha - The warrior's shadow (影武者)
Best production design
Stuart Craig - The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- Danilo Donati - Flash Gordon
- Norman Reynolds - The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
- Philip Rosenberg - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
Best costumes
Seiichiro Momosawa - Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow (影武者)
- Danilo Donati - Flash Gordon
- Frantz Salieri - Don Giovanni
- Albert Wolsky - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
Best film score
John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
- Howard Blake and Queen - Flash Gordon
- Michael Gore - Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
- Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass
Best cut
Alan Heim - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
- Anne V. Coates - The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- Gerald B. Greenberg - Kramer vs. Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer)
- Gerry Hambling - Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
Best tone
Michael J. Kohut , Christopher Newman , Les Wiggins - Fame - The road to fame (Fame)
- Ben Burtt , Peter Sutton , Bill Varney - The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
- Jean-Louis Ducarme , Jacques Maumont , Michelle Nenny - Don Giovanni
- Chris McLaughlin, Kay Rose, Theodore Soderberg , James E. Webb - The Rose
- Christopher Newman, Maurice Schell, Dick Vorisek - Behind the Spotlight (All That Jazz)
Best animated film
Les 3 inventeurs - Director: Michel Ocelot
- Bio Woman - Director: Bob Godfrey
- Seaside Woman - Director: Oscar Grillo
- The Cube - Director: Kamil Pixa
Best short film
Sredni Vashtar - Director: Andrew Birkin
- Box On - Directed by Lindsey Clennell
- The Dollar Bottom - Director: Roger Christian
- Possessions - Director: Andrew Bogle
Special and honorary awards
Academy Fellowship
- Abel Gance - French film director and producer
- Michael Powell - British film director, producer and screenwriter
- Emeric Pressburger - British film director, producer and screenwriter
Outstanding British contribution to cinema
(Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)
- Kevin Brownlow - film historian and curator
Web links
- Winner and nominee 1981 on bafta.org
- 1981 Bafta Awards in the Internet Movie Database