British Academy Film Awards 1982

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The 35th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1982 . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were given in 16 categories; there was also a special and an honorary award category. The awards were given to films made in 1981 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The mistress of the French lieutenant 11 3
The hour of the victor 11 3
Hunter of the lost treasure 7th 1
Atlantic City, USA 4th 2
Like a wild bull 4th 2
Gregory's Girl 3 1
Tess 3 1
Arthur - Not a child of sadness 2 0
A perfectly normal family 2 0
Nashville Lady 2 0

Award winners and nominations

The mistress of the French lieutenant and The Hour of the Winner were considered favorites in the run-up to the event and, with three BAFTAs each, also received the most prizes of the evening. A big loser was Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark , who received only one award out of seven nominations.

Best movie

The Chariots of Fire - Director: Hugh Hudson

Atlantic City, USA (Atlantic City) - Director: Louis Malle
The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman) - Director: Karel Reisz
Gregory's Girl - Director: Bill Forsyth

Best director

Louis Malle - Atlantic City, USA (Atlantic City)

Bill Forsyth - Gregory's Girl
Hugh Hudson - The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)
Karel Reisz - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)

Best Actor

Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City, USA (Atlantic City)

Robert De Niro - Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)
Bob Hoskins - Rififi am Good Friday (The Long Good Friday)
Jeremy Irons - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)

Best main actress

Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)

Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People (Ordinary People)
Maggie Smith - Quartet (Quartet)
Sissy Spacek - Nashville Lady (Coal Miner's Daughter)

Best supporting actor

Ian Holm - The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)

Denholm Elliott - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
John Gielgud - Arthur - No Child of Sadness (Arthur)
Nigel Havers - The Hour of the Victory (Chariots of Fire)

Best Young Actor

Joe Pesci - Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)

Klaus Maria Brandauer - Mephisto
Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (Ordinary People)
Cathy Moriarty - Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)

Best script

Bill Forsyth - Gregory's Girl

John Guare - Atlantic City, USA (Atlantic City)
Harold Pinter - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Colin Welland - The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)

Best camera

Ghislain Cloquet , Geoffrey Unsworth - Tess

Freddie Francis - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Douglas Slocombe - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
David Watkin - The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)

Best production design

Norman Reynolds - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Assheton Gorton - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Pierre Guffroy - Tess
Roger Hall - The Hour of the Victory (Chariots of Fire)

Best costumes

Milena Canonero - The Hour of the Victory (Chariots of Fire)

Anthony Powell - Tess
Tom Rand - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Bob Ringwood - Excalibur

Best film score

Carl Davis - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)

Burt Bacharach - Arthur - No Child of Sadness (Arthur)
Vangelis Papathanassiou - The Hour of the Victor (Chariots of Fire)
John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Best cut

Thelma Schoonmaker - Like a Wild Bull (Raging Bull)

John Bloom - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
Michael Kahn - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Terry Rawlings - The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)

Best tone

Bill Rowe , Don Sharpe , Ivan Sharrock - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)

James R. Alexander , Gordon Ecker, Roger Heman Jr. , Richard Portman - Nashville Lady (Coal Miner's Daughter)
Ben Burtt , Roy Charman , Bill Varney - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Bill Rowe, Jim Shields, Clive Winter - Chariots of Fire (Chariots of Fire)

Best animated film

The Sweater - Director: Sheldon Cohen

Beginnings - Director: Clorinda Warny
Creole - Director: Sam Weiss

Best short film

Recluse - Director: Bob Bentley

Couples and Robbers - Director: Clare Peploe
Towers of Babel - Director: Jonathan Lewis

Best documentary

Soldier Girls - Directed by Nick Broomfield , Joan Churchill

Best Boy - Director: Ira Wohl
Return Journey - Directed by Ian Potts
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - Directed by Connie Field

Special and honorary awards

Academy Fellowship

Andrzej Wajda - Polish film director

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

(Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)

David Puttnam - Film Producer ( Noon - Midnight Express , The Victor's Hour )

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