Oscar Awards: March 31,1981

Best Picture:

• Coal Miner's Daughter - Bernard Schwartz
  
• Elephant Man, The - Jonathan Sanger
  
• Ordinary People - Ronald L. Schwary
  
• Raging Bull - Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
  
• Tess - Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill
  

Best Actor:

• Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
  
• Robert Duvall - Great Santini, The
  
• John Hurt - Elephant Man, The
  
• Jack Lemmon - Tribute
  
• Peter O'Toole - Stunt Man, The
  

Best Actress:

• Ellen Burstyn - Resurrection
  
• Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin
  
• Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People
  
• Gena Rowlands - Gloria
  
• Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
  

Best Supporting Actor:

• Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People
  
• Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
  
• Michael O'Keefe - Great Santini, The
  
• Joe Pesci - Raging Bull
  
• Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard
  

Best Supporting Actress:

• Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin
  
• Cathy Moriarty - Raging Bull
  
• Eva LeGallienne - Resurrection
  
• Diana Scarwid - Inside Moves
  
• Mary Steenburgen - Melvin and Howard
  

Best Director:

• David Lynch - Elephant Man, The
  
• Roman Polanski - Tess
  
• Robert Redford - Ordinary People
  
• Richard Rush - Stunt Man, The
  
• Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

• Brubaker - W.D. Richter, Arthur A. Ross
  
• Fame - Christopher Gore
  
• Melvin and Howard - Bo Goldman
  
• Mon oncle d'Amérique - Jean Gruault
  
• Private Benjamin - Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:

• Breaker' Morant - Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford
  
• Coal Miner's Daughter - Thomas Rickman
  
• Elephant Man, The - Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch
  
• Ordinary People - Alvin Sargent
  
• Stunt Man, The - Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush
  

Best Cinematography:

• Blue Lagoon, The - Néstor Almendros
  
• Coal Miner's Daughter - Ralf D. Bode
  
• Formula, The - James Crabe
  
• Raging Bull - Michael Chapman
  
• Tess - Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
  

Best Music, Song:

• Competition, The - Lalo Schifrin (music), Will Jennings (lyrics) For the song "People Alone"
  
• Fame - Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) For the song "Fame"
  
• Fame - Michael Gore (music), Gore, Leslie (lyrics) For the song "Out Here on My Own"
  
• Honeysuckle Rose - Willie Nelson For the song "On the Road Again"
  
• Nine to Five - Dolly Parton For the song "Nine to Five"
  

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