55th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards
name = 55th
caption = "Gandhi"
date = Monday, April 11, 1983
site = Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
host = Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
producer = Howard W. Koch
director = Marty Pasetta
duration = 3 hours, 15 minutes
network = ABC
last = 54th
next = 56thThe 55th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1983 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau.

Winners & Nominees

Best Picture

"Gandhi"
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*"Missing"
*"Tootsie"
*"The Verdict"

Best Director

"Gandhi - Richard Attenborough"
*" - Steven Spielberg"
*"Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen"
*"Tootsie - Sidney Pollack"
*"The Verdict - Sidney Lumet"

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

"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 Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Original Screenplay

"Gandhi - John Briley"
*"Diner - Barry Levinson"
*" - Melissa Mathison"
*"An Officer and a Gentleman - Douglas Day Stewart"
*"Tootsie - Larry Gelbart , Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire"

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Cinematography

"Gandhi - Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor"

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

"Gandhi - Stuart Craig , Robert W. Laing and Michael Seirton"

Best Costume Design

"Gandhi - John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya"

Best Sound

" - Robert Knudson , Robert Glass , Don Digirolamo and Gene S. Cantamessa"

Best Film Editing

"Gandhi - John Bloom"

Best Effects, Visual Effects

" - Carlo Rambaldi , Dennis Muren and Kenneth Smith"

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

" - Charles L. Campbell and Ben Brutt"

Best Makeup

"Quest for Fire - Sarah Monzani and Michele Burke"

Best Music, Original Song

"An Officer and a Gentleman - Will Jennings , Jack Nitzsche and Buffie Sainte-Marie"

Best Music, Original Score

" - John Williams"

Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation

"Victor Victoria - Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse"

Best Short Film, Animated

"Tango"

Best Short Film, Live Action

"A Shocking Accident"

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

"If You Love This Planet"

Best Documentary, Features

""The Fifth Estate" Just Another Missing Kid"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Starting Over - Spain"