53rd Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1981 took place on 31 March 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. It was the 53rd Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1980.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Special Achievement Award
- 3.3 John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
- 3.4 Academy Award of Merit
- 3.5 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.6 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
Johnny Carson led for the third consecutive year as a presenter by the Academy Awards. The presenters of the candidates are listed below in the respective categories.
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
Presented by Lillian Gish
Ordinary People ( Ordinary People ) - Ronald L. Schwary
Best Director
Presented by George Cukor and King Vidor
Robert Redford - Ordinary People ( Ordinary People )
Best Actor
Presented by Sally Field
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull ( Raging Bull)
Best Actress
Presented by Dustin Hoffman
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter ( Coal Miner's Daughter)
Best Supporting Actor
Presented by Jack Lemmon and Mary Tyler Moore
Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People ( Ordinary People )
Best Supporting Actress
Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard ( Melvin and Howard)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Presented by Peter Ustinov
Ordinary People ( Ordinary People ) - Alvin Sargent
Best Original Screenplay
Presented by Peter Ustinov
Melvin and Howard ( Melvin and Howard) - Bo Goldman
Best Camera
Presented by Blythe Danner and Steve Martin
Tess - Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
Best Art
Presented by Peter O'Toole and Sissy Spacek
Tess - Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
Best Costume Design
Presented by Nastassja Kinski and Sigourney Weaver
Tess - Anthony Powell
Best Editing
Presented by Richard Pryor and Jane Seymour
Raging Bull ( Raging Bull) - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Sound
Presented by Bernadette Peters and Billy Dee Williams
The Empire Strikes Back ( The Empire Strikes Back ) - Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton
Best Original Score
Presented by Fayard and Harold Nicholas
Fame - The Path To Glory ( Fame ) - Michael Gore
Best Song
Presented by Angie Dickinson and Luciano Pavarotti
"Fame" from Fame - The Path To Glory ( Fame ) - Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford
Best Animated Short Film
Presented by Alan Arkin and Margot Kidder
The Fly (A légy ) - Ferenc Rofusz
Best Short Film
Presented by Alan Arkin and Margot Kidder
The Dollar Bottom - Lloyd Phillips
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty - Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue
Best Documentary
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China - Murray Lerner
Best Foreign Language Film
Presented by Brooke Shields and Franco Zeffirelli
Moscow does not Believe in Tears ( Moskva slezam ne verit ) by Vladimir Menshov - Soviet Union
Prizes
Honorary Oscar
Presented by Robert Redford
Special Achievement Award
Presented by Jack Valenti
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Presented by Lily Tomlin