54th Academy Awards (1982)
Highlights of 54th Academy Awards ceremony
The 54th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1981.
The award ceremony was held on 29th March 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Anchor(s) - Johnny Carson
Chariots of Fire won the Best Picture award.
Henry Fonda won the Best Actor award for his role in On Golden Pond.
Katharine Hepburn won the Best Actess award for her role in On Golden Pond.
Warren Beatty won the Best Director award for Reds.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Chariots of Fire
- David Puttnam
Atlantic City
- Denis Heroux, John Kemeny
On Golden Pond
- Bruce Gilbert
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Frank Marshall
Reds
- Warren Beatty
Best Director
Reds
- Warren Beatty
Atlantic City
- Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire
- Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond
- Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Steven Spielberg
Best Original Screenplay
On Golden Pond
- Ernest Thompson
The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Harold Pinter
Pennies from Heaven
- Dennis Potter
Prince of the City
- Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
Ragtime
- Michael Weller
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chariots of Fire
- Colin Welland
Absence of Malice
- Kurt Luedtke
Arthur
- Steve Gordon
Atlantic City
- John Guare
Reds
- Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
Best Actor in a Leading Role
On Golden Pond
- Henry Fonda
Reds
- Warren Beatty
Atlantic City
- Burt Lancaster
Arthur
- Dudley Moore
Absence of Malice
- Paul Newman
Best Actress in a Leading Role
On Golden Pond
- Katharine Hepburn
Reds
- Diane Keaton
Only When I Laugh
- Marsha Mason
Atlantic City
- Susan Sarandon
The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur
- John Gielgud
Only When I Laugh
- James Coco
Chariots of Fire
- Ian Holm
Reds
- Jack Nicholson
Ragtime
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Best Supporting Actress
Reds
- Maureen Stapleton
Absence of Malice
- Melinda Dillon
On Golden Pond
- Jane Fonda
Only When I Laugh
- Joan Hackett
Ragtime
- Elizabeth McGovern
Best Art Direction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford
The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Assheton Gorton, Ann Mollo
Heaven's Gate
- Tambi Larsen, Jim Berkey
Ragtime
- John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Anthony Reading, George de Titta, Sr., George de Titta, Jr., Pet
Reds
- Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton
Best Cinematography
Reds
- Vittorio Storaro
Excalibur
- Alex Thomson
On Golden Pond
- Billy Williams
Ragtime
- Miroslav Ondricek
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Douglas Slocombe
Best Original Song
Arthur
- Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen
for "Best That You Can Do"
Endless Love
- Lionel Richie
for "Endless Love"
The Great Muppet Caper
- Joe Raposo
for "The First Time It Happens"
For Your Eyes Only
- Bill Conti, Mick Leeson
for "For Your Eyes Only"
Ragtime
- Randy Newman
for "One More Hour"
Best 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 Sound Mixing
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
On Golden Pond
- Richard Portman, David Ronne
Outland
- John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass, Jr., Robert M. Thirlwell, Robin Gregory
Pennies from Heaven
- Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton
Reds
- Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye
Best Visual Effects
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Dragonslayer
- Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson
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 Makeup
An American Werewolf in London
- Rick Baker
Heartbeeps
- Stan Winston
Best Animated Short Film
Crac
- Frederic Back
The Creation
- Will Vinton
The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
- Janet Perlman
Best Documentary Feature
Genocide
- Arnold Schwartzman, Rabbi Marvin Hier
Against Wind and Tide - A Cuban Odyssey
- Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin, Jim Burroughs
Brooklyn Bridge
- Ken Burns
Eight Minutes to Midnight - A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
- Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson, Boyd Estus
El Salvador - Another Vietnam
- Glenn Silber, Tete Vasconcellos
Best Documentary Short Subject
Close Harmony
- Nigel Noble
Americas in Transition
- Obie Benz
Journey for Survival
- Dick Young
See What I Say
- Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc, Freddi Stevens
Urge to Build
- Roland Halle, John Hoover
Best Foreign Language Film
Mephisto
The Boat Is Full
Man of Iron
Muddy River
Three Brothers
Academy Honorary Award
Barbara Stanwyck
for "Superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting"
Gordon E Sawyer Award
Joseph B. Walker
Best Live Action Short Film
Violet
- Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson
Couples and Robbers
- Christine Oestreicher
First Winter
- John N. Smith
Best Film Editing
Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Michael Kahn
Chariots of Fire
- Terry Rawlings
The French Lieutenant's Woman
- John Bloom
On Golden Pond
- Robert L. Wolfe
Reds
- Dede Allen, Craig McKay
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Danny Kaye