55th Academy Awards (1983)

Best Picture

Gandhi - Richard Attenborough
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Missing - Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
The Verdict - David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck

Best Director

Gandhi - Richard Attenborough
Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack
The Verdict - Sidney Lumet

Best Original Screenplay

Missing - Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart
Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen
Sophie's Choice - Alan J. Pakula
The Verdict - David Mamet
Victor/Victoria - Blake Edwards

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gandhi - John Briley
Diner - Barry Levinson
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Melissa Mathison
An Officer and a Gentleman - Douglas Day Stewart
Tootsie - Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Gandhi - Ben Kingsley
Tootsie - Dustin Hoffman
Missing - Jack Lemmon
The Verdict - Paul Newman
My Favorite Year - Peter O'Toole

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sophie's Choice - Meryl Streep
Victor/Victoria - Julie Andrews
Frances - Jessica Lange
Missing - Sissy Spacek
An Officer and a Gentleman - Debra Winger

Best Supporting Actor

An Officer and a Gentleman - Louis Gossett, Jr.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Charles Durning
The Verdict - James Mason
Victor/Victoria - Robert Preston
The World According to Garp - John Lithgow

Best Supporting Actress

Tootsie - Jessica Lange
Frances - Kim Stanley
Tootsie - Teri Garr
Victor/Victoria - Lesley Ann Warren
The World According to Garp - Glenn Close

Best Art Direction

Gandhi - Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton
Annie - Dale Hennesy, Marvin March
Blade Runner - Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna
La Traviata - Franco Zeffirelli, Gianni Quaranta
Victor/Victoria - Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson, William Craig Smith, Harry Cordwell

Best Cinematography

Gandhi - Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
Das Boot - Jost Vacano
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Allen Daviau
Sophie's Choice - Nestor Almendros
Tootsie - Owen Roizman

Best Original Song

An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings for "Up Where We Belong"
Rocky III - Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan for "Eye of the Tiger"
Best Friends - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman for "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
Yes, Giorgio - John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman for "If We Were In Love"
Tootsie - Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman for "It Might Be You"

Best Original Score

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams
Gandhi - Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
Sophie's Choice - Marvin Hamlisch

Best Sound Mixing

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene S. Cantamessa
Das Boot - Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, Mike Le-Mare
Gandhi - Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye
Tootsie - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz
Tron - Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler, Jim La Rue

Best Sound Editing

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
Das Boot - Mike Le-Mare
Poltergeist - Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard Anderson

Best Visual Effects

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith
Blade Runner - Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer
Poltergeist - Richard Edlund, Michael Wood, Bruce Nicholson

Best Costume Design

Gandhi - John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
La Traviata - Piero Tosi
Sophie's Choice - Albert Wolsky
Tron - Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton
Victor/Victoria - Patricia Norris

Best Makeup

Quest for Fire - Sarah Monzani, Michele Burke
Gandhi - Tom Smith

Best Animated Short Film

Tango - Zbigniew Rybczynski
The Great Cognito - Will Vinton
The Snowman - John Coates

Best Documentary Feature

Just Another Missing Kid - John Zaritsky
After the Axe - Sturla Gunnarsson, Steve Lucas
Ben's Mill - John Karol, Michel Chalufour
In Our Water - Meg Switzgable
A Portrait of Giselle - Joseph Wishy

Best Documentary Short Subject

If You Love This Planet - Edward Le Lorrain, Terri Nash
Gods of Metal - Robert Richter
The Klan - A Legacy of Hate in America - Charles Guggenheim, Werner Schumann
To Live or Let Die - Freida Lee Mock
Traveling Hopefully - John G. Avildsen

Best Foreign Language Film

Begin the Beguine
Alsino and the Condor
Clean Slate
The Flight of the Eagle
Private Life

Academy Honorary Award

Mickey Rooney for "Recognition of his 60 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances"

Best Live Action Short Film

A Shocking Accident - Christine Oestreicher
Ballet Robotique - Bob Rogers
The Silence - Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Joseph Benson
Split Cherry Tree - Jan Saunders
Sredni Vashtar - Andrew Birkin

Best Film Editing

Gandhi - John Bloom
Das Boot - Hannes Nikel
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Carol Littleton
An Officer and a Gentleman - Peter Zinner
Tootsie - Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Walter Mirisch