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Best Picture
 COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER - Schwartz, Universal. Produced by Bernard Schwartz
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Brooksfilms, Paramount. Produced by Jonathan Sanger
 ORDINARY PEOPLE (Won 4 Awards) - Wildwood, Paramount. Produced by Ronald L. Schwary
RAGING BULL - Chartoff-Winkler, UA. Produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff
TESS - Renn-Burrill Société Française de Production (S.F.P.), Columbia. Produced by Claude Berri; Timothy Burrill, co-producer
Actor
Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL
Robert Duvall in THE GREAT SANTINI
John Hurt in THE ELEPHANT MAN
Jack Lemmon in TRIBUTE
Peter O'Toole in THE STUNT MAN
Actress
Ellen Burstyn in RESURRECTION
Goldie Hawn in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Mary Tyler Moore in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Gena Rowlands in GLORIA
Sissy Spacek in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Supporting Actor
Judd Hirsch in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Timothy Hutton in ORDINARY PEOPLE
Michael O'Keefe in THE GREAT SANTINI
Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
Jason Robards in MELVIN AND HOWARD
Supporting Actress
Eileen Brennan in PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Eva LeGallienne in RESURRECTION
Cathy Moriarty in RAGING BULL
Diana Scarwid in INSIDE MOVES
Mary Steenburgen in MELVIN AND HOWARD
Director
David Lynch for THE ELEPHANT MAN
Robert Redford for ORDINARY PEOPLE
Martin Scorsese for RAGING BULL
Richard Rush for THE STUNT MAN
Roman Polanski for TESS
Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
W. D. Richter & Arthur Ross - BRUBAKER
Christopher Gore - FAME
Bo Goldman - MELVIN AND HOWARD
Jean Gruault - MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE
Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer & Harvey Miller - PRIVATE BENJAMIN
Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens & Bruce Beresford - BREAKER MORANT
Tom Rickman - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren & David Lynch - THE ELEPHANT MAN
Alvin Sargent - ORDINARY PEOPLE
Lawrence B. Marcus & Richard Rush - THE STUNT MAN
Foreign Language Film
BIZALOM (CONFIDENCE, Hungary)
KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR) (Japan)
LE DERNIER MÉTRO (THE LAST METRO, France)
MOSKVA SLEZAM NE VERIT (MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS, U.S.S.R.)
EL NIDO (THE NEST, Spain)
Art Direction/Set Decoration
John W. Corso - Art Direction, John M. Dwyer - Set Decoration: COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Stuart Craig & Robert Cartwright - Art Direction, Hugh Scaife - Set Decoration: THE ELEPHANT MAN
Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange & Alan Tomkins - Art Direction, Michael Ford - Set Decoration: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Yoshiro Muraki - Art Direction: KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR)
Pierre Guffroy & Jack Stephens - Art Direction: TESS
Cinematography
Nestor Almendros - THE BLUE LAGOON
Ralf D. Bode - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
James Crabe - THE FORMULA
Michael Chapman - RAGING BULL
Geoffrey Unsworth & Ghislain Cloquet - TESS
Costume Design
Patricia Norris - THE ELEPHANT MAN
Anna Senior - MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Jean-Pierre Dorleac - SOMEWHERE IN TIME
Anthony Powell - TESS
Paul Zastupnevich - WHEN TIME RAN OUT...
Documentary (Features)
Ross Spears - Producer: AGEE
Jon Else - Producer: THE DAY AFTER TRINITY
Murray Lerner - Producer: FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA
David Bradbury - Producer: FRONT LINE
Bengt Von Zur Muehlen & Arthur Cohn - Producers: THE YELLOW STAR - THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN EUROPE 1933-45
Documentary (Short Subjects)
John Watson & Pen Densham - Producers: DON'T MESS WITH BILL
George V. Casey - Producer: THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS
Dick Young - Producer: IT'S THE SAME WORLD
Roland Halle & Peter W. Ladue - Producers: KARL HESS: TOWARD LIBERTY
Richard Hawkins & Jorge Preloran - Producers: LUTHER METKE AT 94
Film Editing
Arthur Schmidt - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
David Blewitt - THE COMPETITION
Anne V. Coates - THE ELEPHANT MAN
Gerry Hambling - FAME
Thelma Schoonmaker - RAGING BULL
Music: Original Score
John Corigliano - ALTERED STATES
John Morris - THE ELEPHANT MAN
John Williams - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Michael Gore - FAME
Phillipe Sarde - TESS
Music: Original Song
Michael Gore - Music, Dean Pitchford - Lyric FAME "Fame" 
Dolly Parton - Music & Lyric 9 TO 5 "Nine to Five"
Willie Nelson - Music & Lyric HONEYSUCKLE ROSE "On the Road Again"
Michael Gore - Music, Lesley Gore - Lyric FAME "Out Here on My Own"
Lalo Schifrin - Music, Wilbur Jennings - Lyric THE COMPETITION "People Alone"
Short Films (Animated)
Frédéric Back - Producer: ALL NOTHING
Ferenc Rofusz - Producer: THE FLY
Michael Mills - Producer: HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN THREE MINUTES FLAT
Short Films (Live Action)
Lloyd Phillips - Producer THE DOLLAR BOTTOM
Bob Carmichael & Greg Lowe - Producers: FALL LINE
Sally Heckel - Producer: A JURY OF HER PEERS
Sound
Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler & Willie D. Burton - ALTERED STATES
Richard Portman, Roger Heman & Jim Alexander - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker & Peter Sutton - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding & Chris Newman - FAME
Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball & Les Lazarowitz - RAGING BULL
Special Achievement Award
For Visual Effects: Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren & Bruce Nicholson - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Scientific or Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette):
Linwood G. Dunn & Cecil D. Love (Acme Tool and ManufacturingCompany) - For the concept, engineering and development of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer for motion picture special effects.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque):
 Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron & David W. Samuelson (Samuelson Alga Cinema SA/Samuelson Film Service Ltd.) - For the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane and remote control system for motion picture production.
Edward B. Krause (Filmline Corporation) - For the engineering and manufacture of the micro-demand drive for continuous motion picture film processors.
Ross Taylor - For the concept and development of a system of airguns for propelling objects used in special effects motion picture production.
Dr. Bernhard Kuhl & Dr. Werner Block (Osram GmbH) - For the progressive engineering and manufacture of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture color photography.
David A. Grafton - For the optical design and engineering of a telecentric anamorphic lens for motion picture optical effects printers.
Technical Achievement Award (Citation):
 Carter Equipment Company - For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive-color motion picture printer.
Hollywood Film Company - For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive-color motion picture printer.
Andre DeBrie SA - For the development of a continuous contact, total immersion, additive-color motion picture printer.
Charles Vaughn & Eugene Nottingham (Cinetron Computer Systems Incorporated) - For the development of a versatile general purpose computer system for animation and optical effects motion picture photography.
John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik & Charles J. Watson (Bell and HowellCompany) - For the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer.
Worth Baird (LaVezzi Machine Works Incorporated) - For the advance ddesign and manufacture of a film sprocket for motion picture projectors.
Peter A. Regla & Dan Slater (Elicon) - For the development of a follow focus system for motion picture optical effects printers and animation stands.
Honorary and Other Awards
Henry Fonda - The consummate actor, in recognition of his brilliant accomplishments and enduring contribution to the art of motion pictures. Winner presented a Statuette.
 Fred Hynes - Presented in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner presented a Medal of Commendation.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No Award given for 1980.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
No Award given for 1980.
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FIRSTS
· In his film debut, Timothy Hutton (20) becomes the youngest actor to win the Supporting Actor Award.
· Robert Redford wins for directing debut; Michael O'Keefe, Cathy Moriarty and Diana Scarwid nominated for film debuts.
· Supporting Actress nominee Eva Le Gallienne, 82, oldest performer nominated for an Oscar®.
RULE CHANGES
· Visual Effects again considered a Special Achievement Award.
· "Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score" category dropped.
ROLE REVERSALS
Lee Remick was considered for the role of the mother in Ordinary People, but Redford "became interested in the dark side of Mary Tyler Moore."
LIFE IMITATES ART
· Both Robert De Niro and Sissy Spacek won Oscars® for playing real life characters, and when they won both Jake LaMotta and Loretta Lynn were in the audience.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Melvin and Howard, Stardust Memories
Actor: Donald Sutherland - Ordinary People
UNMENTIONABLES
· Loretta Lynn looked through a pile of head shots and stopped when she got to one of red-haired Sissy Spacek. "That's her," the singer said, "there's the coal miner's daughter."
· Orion released The Great Santini in North and South Carolina in November, 1979, but it flopped. They changed the title to The Ace; Son of Heroes; and Reaching Out, but the film still didn't catch on. The studio sold the film to cable TV and to the airlines as an in-flight movie, but refused to sponsor it in NYC. Finally, producer Charles Pratt got the funds together to open the movie in one Manhattan theater, and the critics raved about Robert Duvall and Michael O'Keefe's performances. However, the film never made a cent in any other city.
· Despite Ellen Burstyn's belief in Resurrection, audiences just weren't interested in seeing a film about modern faith healing. A Universal exec said, "We've tried everything, but let's face it -- God isn't commercial."
· Universal also had problems with Melvin and Howard and left it on the shelf for 17 months. With nothing to lose, the studio allowed the film to play the New York Film Festival as the opening night attraction. Critics praised Mary Steenburgen, but outside of NYC nobody cared about the folk tale. Universal's Ned Tanen said, "We couldn't drag 'em in if we gave dishes away."
· Mary Tyler Moore told the press that she drew from her experiences raising her own son for Ordinary People. "I was kind of a perfectionist mother and I demanded a lot of him." A month after the film was released, her son committed suicide at age 23.
· Mel Brooks' The Elephant Man was not a film of the Broadway play of the same name. Since John Merrick's story was in the public domain, Brooks was free to make his own version. However, he made an out-of-court settlement with the play's producers who claimed that his film ruined the film sale of their play.
· Richard Rush tried to make The Stunt Man for nine years, but he couldn't raise any studio support. Independently financed, the film sat for two years while he looked for a studio to distribute it. Finally, Rush arranged for a theater in Seattle to show the movie. When it became the highest-grossing film in Seattle, Fox took another look and decided to release The Stunt Man.
· Filming of Raging Bull was halted for 4 months as Robert De Niro gained 56 pounds for the later scenes. One of those waiting for him to reach obesity was a 37-year-old manager of an Italian restaurant named Joe Pesci, who had given up acting 8 years before. De Niro had seen him in his only movie, The Death Collector, and wanted him to play Joey La Motta.
· Shortly before her murder, wife Sharon Tate gave Roman Polanski a copy of Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and he planned to film it with her. Polanski had fled Los Angeles for France on the day before he was scheduled to be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year- old girl. When he finally made the movie Tess in 1979, he dedicated it to Tate. Columbia exhibited Tess for only one week in LA and NYC in December, 1980.
· John Hinckley Jr. shot President Reagan on March 30, 1981, the day of the Awards show. That afternoon, the Academy rescheduled the show to the night of March 31.
· One fan who was waiting in the bleachers when the show was rescheduled was puzzled: "The thing I don't understand is how can they have all those stars' telephone numbers to call them up and tell them to come back later."
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