54th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1982)
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- Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 29, 1982
- For films released in: 1981
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 54th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Atlantic City
Denis Heroux [Producer] and John Kennedy [Producer] - Chariots of Fire
David Puttnam [Producer] - On Golden Pond
Bruce Gilbert [Producer] - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Frank Marshall [Producer] - Reds
Warren Beatty [Producer]
Best Directing
- Atlantic City
Louis Malle - Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson - On Golden Pond
Mark Rydell - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg - Reds
Warren Beatty
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Warren Beatty
- Absence of Malice
Paul Newman - Arthur
Dudley Moore - Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster - On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Atlantic City
Susan Sarandon - The French Lieutenant's Woman
Meryl Streep - On Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn - Only When I Laugh
Marsha Mason - Reds
Diane Keaton
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Arthur
John Gielgud - Chariots of Fire
Ian Holm - Only When I Laugh
James Coco - Ragtime
Howard E. Rollins Jr. - Reds
Jack Nicholson
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Absence of Malice
Melinda Dillon - On Golden Pond
Jane Fonda - Only When I Laugh
Joan Hackett - Ragtime
Elizabeth McGovern - Reds
Maureen Stapleton
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Boat Is Full
- Man of Iron
- Mephisto
- Muddy River
- Three Brothers
Best Art Direction
- The French Lieutenant's Woman
Assheton Gorton [Art Direction] and Ann Mollo [Set Decoration] - Heaven's Gate
Tambi Larsen [Art Direction] and Jim Berkey [Set Decoration] - Ragtime
John Graysmark [Art Direction], Patrizia Von Brandenstein [Art Direction], Anthony Reading [Art Direction], George de Titta Sr. [Set Decorations], George de Titta Jr. [Set Decoration] and Peter Howitt [Set Decoration] - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Norman Reynolds [Art Direction], Leslie Dilley [Art Direction] and Michael Ford [Set Decoration] - Reds
Richard Sylbert [Art Direction] and Michael Seirton [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- Excalibur
Alex Thomson - On Golden Pond
Billy Williams - Ragtime
Miroslav Ondricek - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Douglas Slocombe - Reds
Vittorio Storaro
Best Costume Design
- Chariots of Fire
Milena Canonero - The French Lieutenant's Woman
Tom Rand - Pennies from Heaven
Bob Mackie - Ragtime
Anna Hill Johnstone - Reds
Shirley Russell
Best Documentary (Feature)
- Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs - Brooklyn Bridge
Ken Burns - Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus - El Salvador: Another Vietnam
Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos - Genocide
Andrew Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Americas in Transition
Obie Benz - Close Harmony
Nigel Noble - Journey for Survival
Dick Young - See What I Say
Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens - Urge to Build
Roland Hallé and John Hoover
Best Film Editing
- Chariots of Fire
Terry Rawlings - The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Bloom - On Golden Pond
Robert L. Wolfe - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Michael Kahn - Reds
Dede Allen and Craig McKay
Best Makeup
- An American Werewolf in London
Rick Baker - Heartbeeps
Stan Winston
Best Music (Original Score)
- Chariots of Fire
Vangelis - Dragonslayer
Alex North - On Golden Pond
Dave Grusin - Ragtime
Randy Newman - Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams
Best Music (Original Song)
- Arthur "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Burt Bacharach [Music and Lyric by], Carole Bayer Sager [Music and Lyric by], Christopher Cross [Music and Lyric by] and Peter Allen [Music and Lyric by] - Endless Love "Endless Love"
Lionel Richie [Music and Lyric by] - For Your Eyes Only "For Your Eyes Only"
Bill Conti [Music by] and Mick Leeson [Lyric by] - The Great Muppet Caper "The First Time It Happens"
Joe Raposo [Music and Lyric by] - Ragtime "One More Hour"
Randy Newman [Music and Lyric by]
Best Short Film (Animated)
- Crac
Frédéric Back - The Creation
Will Vinton - The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
Janet Perlman
Best Short Film (Live Action)
- Couples and Robbers
Christine Oestreicher - First Winter
John N. Smith - Violet
Paul Kemp and Shelley Levinson
Best Sound
- On Golden Pond
Richard Portman and David Ronne - Outland
John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., Robert M. Thirlwell and Robin Gregory - Pennies from Heaven
Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler and Al Overton - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Roy Charman - Reds
Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman and Simon Kaye
Best Visual Effects
- Dragonslayer
Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston and Brian Johnson - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston
Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman
Harold Pinter - On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson - Pennies from Heaven
Dennis Potter - Prince of the City
Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet - Ragtime
Michael Weller
Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- Absence of Malice
Kurt Luedtke - Arthur
Steve Gordon - Atlantic City
John Guare - Chariots of Fire
Colin Welland - Reds
Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths