Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Chariots of Fire
David Puttnam, producer
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
Best Director
Winner
Warren Beatty
Reds
Louis Malle— Atlantic City
Hugh Hudson— Chariots of Fire
Mark Rydell— On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg— Raiders of the Lost Ark
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty— Reds
Burt Lancaster— Atlantic City
Dudley Moore— Arthur
Paul Newman— Absence of Malice
Best Actress
Winner
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond
Diane Keaton— Reds
Marsha Mason— Only When I Laugh
Susan Sarandon— Atlantic City
Meryl Streep— The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
John Gielgud
Arthur
James Coco— Only When I Laugh
Ian Holm— Chariots of Fire
Howard E. Rollins Jr.— Ragtime
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Maureen Stapleton
Reds
Melinda Dillon— Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda— On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett— Only When I Laugh
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Colin Welland
Chariots of Fire
Kurt Luedtke— Absence of Malice
Steve Gordon— Arthur
John Guare— Atlantic City
Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths— Reds
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Ernest Thompson
On Golden Pond
Harold Pinter— The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Dennis Potter— Pennies from Heaven
Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet— Prince of the City
Michael Weller— Ragtime
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
Alex North— Dragonslayer
Dave Grusin— On Golden Pond
Randy Newman— Ragtime
John Williams— Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Victor Victoria
Best Original Song
Winner
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" — Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
Arthur
“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” — Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen— Arthur
“Endless Love” — Lionel Richie— Endless Love
“For Your Eyes Only” — Bill Conti, Mick Leeson— For Your Eyes Only
“The First Time It Happens” — Joe Raposo— The Great Muppet Caper
“One More Hour” — Randy Newman— Ragtime
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Vittorio Storaro
Reds
Alex Thomson— Excalibur
Billy Williams— On Golden Pond
Miroslav Ondricek— Ragtime
Douglas Slocombe— Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Film Editing
Winner
Michael Kahn
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terry Rawlings— Chariots of Fire
John Bloom— The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Robert L. Wolfe— On Golden Pond
Dede Allen, Craig McKay— Reds
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Assheton Gorton, Ann Mollo— The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Tambi Larsen, Jim Berkey— Heaven's Gate
John Graysmark, Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Anthony Reading, George de Titta Sr., George de Titta Jr., Peter Howitt— Ragtime
Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton— Reds
Best Costume Design
Winner
Milena Canonero
Chariots of Fire
Tom Rand— The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Bob Mackie— Pennies from Heaven
Anna Hill Johnstone— Ragtime
Shirley Russell— Reds
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Richard Portman, David Ronne— On Golden Pond
John K. Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., Robert M. Thirlwell, Robin Gregory— Outland
Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton— Pennies from Heaven
Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman, Simon Kaye— Reds
Best Visual Effects (Special Achievement)
Winner
Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Brian Johnson— Dragonslayer
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Crac!
Frederic Back, National Film Board of Canada
Frédéric Back— Crac
Will Vinton— The Creation
Janet Perlman— The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Genocide
Arnold Schwartzman — Simon Wiesenthal Center
Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin, Jim Burroughs— Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
Ken Burns— Brooklyn Bridge
Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson, Boyd Estus— Eight Minutes to Midnight
Glenn Silber, Tete Vasconcellos— El Salvador: Another Vietnam
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Mephisto
Hungary — Istvan Szabo
The Boat Is Full
Man of Iron
Muddy River
Three Brothers