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80s music
oscars
year wise winners (1980 – 1990)
1980
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : DUSTIN HOFFMAN
Kramer vs. Kramer
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : MELVYN DOUGLAS
Being There
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : SALLY FIELD
Norma Rae
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : MERYL STREEP
Kramer vs. Kramer
ART DIRECTION : ALL THAT JAZZ
Art Direction: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton; Set Decoration: Edward Stewart, Gary Brink
CINEMATOGRAPHY : APOCALYPSE NOW
Vittorio Storaro
COSTUME DESIGN : ALL THAT JAZZ
Albert Wolsky
DIRECTING : KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Robert Benton
FILM EDITING : ALL THAT JAZZ
Alan Heim
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : THE TIN DRUM
Federal Republic of Germany
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : A LITTLE ROMANCE
Georges Delerue
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION -OR- ADAPTATION SCORE) : ALL THAT JAZZ
Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : NORMA RAE
It Goes Like It Goes in “Norma Rae” Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel
BEST PICTURE : KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Stanley R. Jaffe, Producer
SOUND : APOCALYPSE NOW
Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer
VISUAL EFFECTS : ALIEN
H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Denys Ayling
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Robert Benton
1981
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : ROBERT DE NIRO
Raging Bull
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : TIMOTHY HUTTON
Ordinary People
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : SISSY SPACEK
Coal Miner’s Daughter
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : MARY STEENBURGEN
Melvin and Howard
ART DIRECTION : TESS
Art Direction: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
CINEMATOGRAPHY : TESS
Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
COSTUME DESIGN : TESS
Anthony Powell
DIRECTING : ORDINARY PEOPLE
Robert Redford
FILM EDITING : RAGING BULL
Thelma Schoonmaker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) :FAME
Michael Gore
BEST PICTURE : ORDINARY PEOPLE
Ronald L. Schwary, Producer
SOUND : THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (VISUAL EFFECTS) :THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : ORDINARY PEOPLE
Alvin Sargent
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) :MELVIN AND HOWARD
Bo Goldman
1982
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : HENRY FONDA
On Golden Pond
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : JOHN GIELGUD
Arthur
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : KATHARINE HEPBURN
On Golden Pond
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE :MAUREEN STAPLETON
Reds
ART DIRECTION : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Michael Ford
CINEMATOGRAPHY : REDS
Vittorio Storaro
COSTUME DESIGN : CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Milena Canonero
DIRECTING : REDS
Warren Beatty
FILM EDITING : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Michael Kahn
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : MEPHISTO
Hungary
MAKEUP : AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
Rick Baker
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Vangelis
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : ARTHUR
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) in “Arthur” Music and Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen
BEST PICTURE : CHARIOTS OF FIRE
David Puttnam, Producer
SOUND : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (SOUND EFFECTS EDITING) : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson
VISUAL EFFECTS : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : ON GOLDEN POND
Ernest Thompson
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Colin Welland
1983
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : BEN KINGSLEY
Gandhi
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : LOUIS GOSSETT, JR.
An Officer and a Gentleman
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: MERYL STREEP
Sophie’s Choice
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : JESSICA LANGE
Tootsie
ART DIRECTION : GANDHI
Art Direction: Stuart Craig, Bob Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton
CINEMATOGRAPHY : GANDHI
Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
COSTUME DESIGN : GANDHI
John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
DIRECTING : GANDHI
Richard Attenborough
FILM EDITING : GANDHI
John Bloom
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : VOLVER A EMPEZAR (“TO BEGIN AGAIN”)
Spain
MAKEUP : QUEST FOR FIRE
“Quest for Fire” Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
John Williams
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION -OR- ADAPTATION SCORE) : VICTOR/VICTORIA
Song Score by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
Up Where We Belong in “An Officer and a Gentleman” Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyric by Will Jennings
BEST PICTURE : GANDHI
Richard Attenborough, Producer
SOUND : E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
VISUAL EFFECTS :E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : MISSING
Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : GANDHI
John Briley
1984
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : ROBERT DUVALL
Tender Mercies
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : JACK NICHOLSON
Terms of Endearment
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : SHIRLEY MACLAINE
Terms of Endearment
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : LINDA HUNT
The Year of Living Dangerously
ART DIRECTION : FANNY & ALEXANDER
Anna Asp
CINEMATOGRAPHY :FANNY & ALEXANDER
Sven Nykvist
COSTUME DESIGN : FANNY & ALEXANDER
Marik Vos
DIRECTING : TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
James L. Brooks
FILM EDITING : THE RIGHT STUFF
Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : FANNY & ALEXANDER
Sweden
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : THE RIGHT STUFF
Bill Conti
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG SCORE OR ADAPTATION SCORE) : YENTL
Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : FLASHDANCE
Flashdance…What A Feeling in “Flashdance” Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
BEST PICTURE : TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
James L. Brooks, Producer
SOUND : THE RIGHT STUFF
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : THE RIGHT STUFF
Jay Boekelheide
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (VISUAL EFFECTS) : RETURN OF THE JEDI
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
James L. Brooks
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : TENDER MERCIES
Horton Foote
1985
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : F. MURRAY ABRAHAM
Amadeus
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE :HAING S. NGOR
The Killing Fields
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : SALLY FIELD
Places in the Heart
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : PEGGY ASHCROFT
A Passage to India
ART DIRECTION : AMADEUS
Art Direction: Patrizia Von Brandenstein; Set Decoration: Karel Cerny
CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE KILLING FIELDS
Chris Menges
COSTUME DESIGN : AMADEUS
Theodor Pistek
DIRECTING : AMADEUS
Milos Forman
FILM EDITING : THE KILLING FIELDS
Jim Clark
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : DANGEROUS MOVES
Switzerland
MAKEUP : AMADEUS
Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Maurice Jarre
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG SCORE) : PURPLE RAIN
Prince
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) :THE WOMAN IN RED
I Just Called To Say I Love You in “The Woman in Red” Music and Lyric by Stevie Wonder
BEST PICTURE :AMADEUS
Saul Zaentz, Producer
SOUND : AMADEUS
Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (SOUND EFFECTS EDITING) : THE RIVER
Kay Rose
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)
AMADEUS : eter Shaffer
VISUAL EFFECTS : INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson, George Gibbs
1986
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : WILLIAM HURT
Kiss of the Spider Woman
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : DON AMECHE
Cocoon
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : GERALDINE PAGE
The Trip to Bountiful
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : ANJELICA HUSTON
Prizzi’s Honor
ART DIRECTION : OUT OF AFRICA
Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin
CINEMATOGRAPHY : OUT OF AFRICA
David Watkin
COSTUME DESIGN : RAN
Emi Wada
DIRECTING : OUT OF AFRICA
Sydney Pollack
FILM EDITING : WITNESS
Thom Noble
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : THE OFFICIAL STORY
Argentina
MAKEUP : MASK
Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : OUT OF AFRICA
John Barry
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : WHITE NIGHTS
Say You, Say Me in “White Nights” Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie
BEST PICTURE : OUT OF AFRICA
Sydney Pollack, Producer
SOUND : OUT OF AFRICA
Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : BACK TO THE FUTURE
Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge
VISUAL EFFECTS : COCOON
Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : OUT OF AFRICA
Kurt Luedtke
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : WITNESS
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace
1987
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : PAUL NEWMAN
The Color of Money
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : MICHAEL CAINE
Hannah and Her Sisters
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : MARLEE MATLIN
Children of a Lesser God
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE :DIANNE WIEST
Hannah and Her Sisters
ART DIRECTION : A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE MISSION
Chris Menges
COSTUME DESIGN : A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Jenny Beavan, John Bright
DIRECTING : PLATOON
Oliver Stone
FILM EDITING : PLATOON
Claire Simpson
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : THE ASSAULT
The Netherlands
MAKEUP : THE FLY
Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
Herbie Hancock
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : TOP GUN
Take My Breath Away in “Top Gun” Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock
BEST PICTURE :mPLATOON
Arnold Kopelson, Producer
SOUND : PLATOON
John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles “Bud” Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : ALIENS
Don Sharpe
VISUAL EFFECTS : ALIENS
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Woody Allen
1988
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : MICHAEL DOUGLAS
Wall Street
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : SEAN CONNERY
The Untouchables
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : CHER
Moonstruck
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : OLYMPIA DUKAKIS
Moonstruck
ART DIRECTION : THE LAST EMPEROR
Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri
CINEMATOGRAPHY : THE LAST EMPEROR
Vittorio Storaro
COSTUME DESIGN : THE LAST EMPEROR
James Acheson
DIRECTING : THE LAST EMPEROR
Bernardo Bertolucci
FILM EDITING : THE LAST EMPEROR
Gabriella Cristiani
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : BABETTE’S FEAST
Denmark
MAKEUP : HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS
Rick Baker
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : THE LAST EMPEROR
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : DIRTY DANCING
(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life in “Dirty Dancing” Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte
BEST PICTURE : THE LAST EMPEROR
Jeremy Thomas, Producer
SOUND : THE LAST EMPEROR
Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (SOUND EFFECTS EDITING) : ROBOCOP
Stephen Flick, John Pospisil
VISUAL EFFECTS : INNERSPACE
Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : THE LAST EMPEROR
Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : MOONSTRUCK
John Patrick Shanley
1989
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : DUSTIN HOFFMAN
Rain Man
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : KEVIN KLINE
A Fish Called Wanda
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE :JODIE FOSTER
The Accused
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : GEENA DAVIS
The Accidental Tourist
ART DIRECTION : DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James
CINEMATOGRAPHY : MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Peter Biziou
COSTUME DESIGN : DANGEROUS LIAISONS
James Acheson
DIRECTING : RAIN MAN
Barry Levinson
FILM EDITING : WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Arthur Schmidt
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : PELLE THE CONQUEROR
Denmark
MAKEUP : BEETLEJUICE
Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR
Dave Grusin
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : WORKING GIRL
Let The River Run in “Working Girl” Music and Lyric by Carly Simon
BEST PICTURE : RAIN MAN
Mark Johnson, Producer
SOUND : BIRD
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD : WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Special Award
VISUAL EFFECTS : WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Christopher Hampton
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : RAIN MAN
Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow
1990
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE : DANIEL DAY LEWIS
My Left Foot
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : DENZEL WASHINGTON
Glory
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : JESSICA TANDY
Driving Miss Daisy
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : BRENDA FRICKER
My Left Foot
ART DIRECTION : BATMAN
Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
CINEMATOGRAPHY : GLORY
Freddie Francis : COSTUME DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN : HENRY V
Phyllis Dalton
DIRECTING : BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Oliver Stone
FILM EDITING : BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : CINEMA PARADISO
Italy
MAKEUP : DRIVING MISS DAISY
Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) : THE LITTLE MERMAID
Alan Menken
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) : THE LITTLE MERMAID
Under The Sea in “The Little Mermaid” Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
BEST PICTURE : DRIVING MISS DAISY
Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
SOUND : GLORY
Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
SOUND EFFECTS EDITING : INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
VISUAL EFFECTS : THE ABYSS
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM) : DRIVING MISS DAISY
Alfred Uhry
WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) : DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Tom Schulman