British Academy Film Awards 1983

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The 36th British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in London in 1983 . The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards were presented in 21 categories; there was also a special and an honorary award category. For the first time, BAFTAs were awarded in the categories of Best Non-English Language Film , Best Animated Short Film , Best Mask , Best Song and Best Visual Effects . The event honored films from 1982 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Gandhi 16 5
ET - The Alien 12 1
Blade runner 8th 3
Reds 7th 2
Missing 7th 2
At the golden lake 6th 1
Pink Floyd - The Wall 2 2

Award winners and nominations

With 16 nominations, Richard Attenborough's Gandhi on the life and death of Mahatma Gandhi was the great favorite of the evening. He won in five categories and lived up to his role as a favorite. The big loser of the evening was Steven Spielberg's E.T. - The extraterrestrial who received only one award out of twelve nominations.

Best movie

Gandhi - Richard Attenborough

On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond) - Bruce Gilbert
ET the Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg , Kathleen Kennedy
Misses (missing) - Edward Lewis , Mildred Lewis

Best director

Richard Attenborough - Gandhi

Costa-Gavras - Missing (Missing)
Mark Rydell - On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)
Steven Spielberg - ET : The Extra-Terrestrial

Best Actor

Ben Kingsley - Gandhi

Warren Beatty - Reds
Albert Finney - You or Both (Shoot the Moon)
Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)
Jack Lemmon - Missing (Missing)

Best main actress

Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)

Diane Keaton - Reds
Jennifer Kendal - Farewell Street (36 Chowringhee Lane)
Sissy Spacek - Missing (Missing)

Best supporting actor

Jack Nicholson - Reds

Frank Finlay - The Return of the Soldier
Edward Fox - Gandhi
Roshan Seth - Gandhi

The best supporting actress

Rohini Hattangadi - Gandhi
Maureen Stapleton - Reds

Candice Bergen - Gandhi
Jane Fonda - On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)

Best Young Actor

Ben Kingsley - Gandhi

Drew Barrymore - ET : The Extra-Terrestrial
Henry Thomas - ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
Kathleen Turner - Hot Blood - Cold Blood (Body Heat)

Best script

Costa-Gavras , Donald Stewart - Missing (Missing)

John Briley - Gandhi
Melissa Mathison - ET : The Extra-Terrestrial
Ernest Thompson - On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)

Best camera

Jordan Cronenweth - Blade Runner

Allen Daviau - ET the Extra-Terrestrial
Vittorio Storaro - Reds
Ronnie Taylor , Billy Williams - Gandhi

Best production design

Lawrence G. Paull - Blade Runner

James D. Bissell - ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (ET the Extra-Terrestrial)
Stuart Craig - Gandhi
Richard Sylbert - Reds

Best costumes

Michael Kaplan , Charles Knode - Blade Runner

Sue Blane - The Draftsman's Contract (The Draftsman's Contract)
Bhanu Athaiya , John Mollo - Gandhi
Shirley Russell - Reds

Best mask

Michèle Burke , Sarah Monzani , Christopher Tucker - In the beginning there was fire (La guerre du feu)

Robert Sidell - ET the Extra-Terrestrial
Tom Smith - Gandhi
Marvin G. Westmore - Blade Runner

Best film score

John Williams - ET the Extra-Terrestrial

George Fenton , Ravi Shankar - Gandhi
Vangelis Papathanassiou - Blade Runner
Vangelis Papathanassiou - Missing (Missing)

Best song

“ Another Brick in the Wall ” from Pink Floyd - The Wall - Roger Waters

" Eye of the Tiger " from Rocky 3 - The Eye of the Tiger - Jim Peterlike, Frankie Sullivan
" One More Hour " from Ragtime - Randy Newman
"Tomorrow" from Annie - Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse

Best cut

Françoise Bonnot - Missing (Missing)

John Bloom - Gandhi
Carol Littleton - ET the Extra-Terrestrial
Terry Rawlings - Blade Runner

Best tone

James Guthrie , Graham V. Hartstone , Eddy Joseph , Nicolas Le Messurier , Clive Winter - Pink Floyd - The Wall

Bud Alper , Graham V. Hartstone , Gerry Humphreys , Peter Pennell - Blade Runner
Jonathan Bates , Gerry Humphreys , Simon Kaye , Robin O'Donoghue - Gandhi
Charles L. Campbell , Gene Cantamessa , Don Digirolamo , Robert J. Glass , Robert Knudson - ET - The Extra-Terrestrial

Best visual effects

Richard Edlund - Poltergeist

David Dryer , Douglas Trumbull , Richard Yuricich - Blade Runner
Harrison Ellenshaw , Richard Taylor - Tron
Dennis Muren , Carlo Rambaldi - ET - The Extra-Terrestrial

Best short film

The Privilege - Director: Ian Knox

Rating Notman - Director: Carlo Gébler
The Rocking Horse Winner - Director: Robert Bierman
A Shocking Accident - Director: James Scott

Best animated short film

Dreamland Express - Director: David Anderson

Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice - Director: Richard Taylor
Sound Collector - Director: Lynn Smith

Best documentary

The Burden of Dreams - Director: Les Blank

Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography - Director: Bonnie Sherr Klein
The Atomic Café - Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! - Directed by Jim Brown

Best Non-English Language Film

Christ only came to Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) , Italy / France - Director: Francesco Rosi

Das Boot , Germany - Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Diva , France - Director: Jean-Jacques Brilleix
Fitzcarraldo , Germany - Director: Werner Herzog

Special and honorary awards

Academy Fellowship

Richard Attenborough - British actor, film director and producer

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

(Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)

Arthur Wooster - cameraman, former member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT)

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