César Awards 1983

The 1983 César Awards were hosted by Catherine Deneuve. The winners (highlighted in bold) were:

• Best Film:
  La Balance, directed by Bob Swaim
  Danton, directed by Andrzej Wajda
  Passion, directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  Une chambre en ville, directed by Jacques Demy
• Best Foreign Film:
  Victor Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards
  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg
  The French Lieutenant's Woman, directed by Karel Reisz
  Yol, directed by Serif Gören, Yılmaz Güney
• Best First Work:
  Mourir à trente ans, directed by Romain Goupil
  Josepha, directed by Christopher Frank
  Lettres d'amour en Somalie, directed by Frédéric Mitterrand
  Tir groupé, directed by Jean-Claude Missiaen
• Best Actor:
  Philippe Léotard, for La Balance
  Gérard Depardieu, for Danton
  Lino Ventura, for Les Misérables
  Gérard Lanvin, for Tir groupé
• Best Actress:
  Nathalie Baye, for La Balance
  Miou-Miou, for Josepha
  Romy Schneider, for La Passante du Sans-Souci
  Simone Signoret, for L'Étoile du Nord
• Best Supporting Actor:
  Jean Carmet, for Les Misérables
  Gérard Klein, for La Passante du Sans-Souci
  Michel Jonasz, for Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?
  Jean-François Stévenin, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Supporting Actress:
  Fanny Cottençon, for L'Étoile du Nord
  Denise Grey, for La Boum 2
  Stéphane Audran, for Paradis pour tous
  Danielle Darrieux, for Une chambre en ville
• Most Promising Actor:
  Christophe Malavoy, for Family Rock
  Jean-Paul Comart, for La Balance
  Tchéky Karyo, for La Balance
  Dominique Pinon, for The Return of Martin Guerre
• Most Promising Actress:
  Sophie Marceau, for La Boum 2
  Souad Amidou, for Le Grand frère
  Fabienne Guyon, for Une chambre en ville
  Julie Jézéquel, for L'Étoile du Nord
• Best Director:
  Andrzej Wajda, for Danton
  Bob Swaim, for La Balance
  Jean-Luc Godard, for Passion
  Jacques Demy, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Writing - Original:
  Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Vigne, for The Return of Martin Guerre
  Mathieu Fabiani, Bob Swaim, for La Balance
  Éric Rohmer, for Le Beau Mariage
  Élie Chouraqui, for Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?
• Best Writing - Adaptation:
  Jean Aurenche, Michel Grisolia, Pierre Granier-Deferre, for L'Étoile du Nord
  Jean-Claude Carrière, for Danton
  Daniel Schmid, Pascal Jardin, for Hécate
  Robert Hossein, Alain Decaux, for Les Misérables
• Best Cinematography:
  Henri Alekan, for La Truite
  Edmond Richard, for Les Misérables
  Raoul Coutard, for Passion
  Jean Penzer, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Sound:
  William Robert Sivel, Claude Villand, for La Passante du Sans-Souci
  Piotr Zawadzki, Dominique Hennequin, Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Danton
  Pierre Gamet, Jacques Maumont, for Les Quarantièmes rugissants
  Gérard Lamps, André Hervée, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Editing:
  Noëlle Boisson, for Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?
  Françoise Javet, for La Balance
  Henri Lanoë, for Les Quarantièmes rugissants
  Armand Psenny, for Tir groupé
  Jean Ravel, for L'Étoile du Nord
• Best Music:
  Michel Portal, for The Return of Martin Guerre
  Vladimir Cosma, for La Boum 2
  Georges Delerue, for La Passante du Sans-Souci
  Michel Colombier, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Production Design:
  Alain Nègre, for The Return of Martin Guerre
  François de Lamothe, for Les Misérables
  Alexandre Trauner, for La Truite
  Bernard Evein, for Une chambre en ville
• Best Animated Short:
  La Légende du pauvre bossu, directed by Michel Ocelot
  Chronique 1909, directed by Paul Brizzi, Gaëtan Brizzi
  Sans préavis, directed by Michel Gauthier
• Best Fiction Short:
  Bluff, directed by Philippe Bensoussan
  Corre, gitano, directed by Tony Gatlif
  Merlin ou le cours de l'or, directed by Arthur Joffé
  La Saisie, directed by Yves-Noël François
• Best Documentary Short:
  Junkopia, directed by Chris Marker
  L'Ange de l'abîme, directed by Annie Tresgot
  Los Montes, directed by José Martin Sarmiento
  Sculptures sonores, directed by Jacques Barsac

External links

• César Awards 1983 at the IMDb