Winner

Henry Fonda

On Golden Pond

Nominated

Paul Newman

Absence of Malice

Dudley Moore

Arthur

Burt Lancaster

Atlantic City

Warren Beatty

Reds

Winner

John Gielgud

Arthur

Nominated

James Coco

Only When I Laugh

Ian Holm

Chariots of Fire

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Ragtime

Jack Nicholson

Reds

Winner

Katharine Hepburn

On Golden Pond

Nominated

Diane Keaton

Reds

Marsha Mason

Only When I Laugh

Meryl Streep

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Susan Sarandon

Atlantic City

Winner

Maureen Stapleton

Reds

Nominated

Jane Fonda

On Golden Pond

Elizabeth McGovern

Ragtime

Joan Hackett

Only When I Laugh

Melinda Dillon

Absence of Malice

Winner

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Norman Reynolds

Leslie Dilley

Michael Ford

Nominated

Heaven's Gate

Tambi Larsen

James L. Berkey

Ragtime

John Graysmark

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Tony Reading

George DeTitta Sr.

George DeTitta Jr.

Peter Howitt

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Assheton Gorton

Ann Mollo

Reds

Richard Sylbert

Michael Seirton

Winner

Reds

Vittorio Storaro

Nominated

On Golden Pond

Billy Williams

Ragtime

Miroslav Ondrícek

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Douglas Slocombe

Excalibur

Alex Thomson

Winner

Chariots of Fire

Milena Canonero

Nominated

Ragtime

Anna Hill Johnstone

Pennies from Heaven

Bob Mackie

Reds

Shirley Russell

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Tom Rand

Winner

Warren Beatty

Reds

Nominated

Louis Malle

Atlantic City

Hugh Hudson

Chariots of Fire

Mark Rydell

On Golden Pond

Steven Spielberg

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Winner

Genocide

Arnold Schwartzman

Marvin Hier

Nominated

Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey

Susanne Bauman

Paul Neshamkin

Jim Burroughs

Brooklyn Bridge

Ken Burns

El Salvador: Another Vietnam

Glenn Silber

Teté Vasconcellos

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott

Mary Benjamin

Susanne Simpson

Boyd Estus

Winner

Close Harmony

Nigel Noble

Nominated

Americas in Transition

Obie Benz

Urge to Build

Roland Hallé

John Hoover

Journey for Survival

Dick Young

See What I Say

Pam LeBlanc

Freddi Stevens

Winner

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Richard Edlund

Kit West

Bruce Nicholson

Joe Johnston

Nominated

Dragonslayer

Dennis Muren

Phil Tippett

Ken Ralston

Brian Johnson

Winner

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Michael Kahn

Nominated

Reds

Dede Allen

Craig McKay

The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Bloom

Chariots of Fire

Terry Rawlings

On Golden Pond

Robert L. Wolfe

Winner

Mephisto

Nominated

Three Brothers

Muddy River

The Boat Is Full

Man of Iron

Winner

An American Werewolf in London

Rick Baker

Nominated

Heartbeeps

Stan Winston

Winner

Chariots of Fire

Vangelis

Nominated

Dragonslayer

Alex North

On Golden Pond

Dave Grusin

Ragtime

Randy Newman

Raiders of the Lost Ark

John Williams

Winner

Arthur

Burt Bacharach

Carole Bayer Sager

Christopher Cross

Peter Allen

Nominated

Endless Love

Lionel Richie

For Your Eyes Only

Bill Conti

Ragtime

Randy Newman

The Great Muppet Caper

Joe Raposo

Winner

Chariots of Fire

David Puttnam

Nominated

Atlantic City

Denis Héroux

On Golden Pond

Bruce Gilbert

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Frank Marshall

Reds

Warren Beatty

Winner

Crac

Frédéric Back

Nominated

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

Janet Perlman

The Creation

Will Vinton

Winner

Violet

Paul Kemp

Shelley Levinson

Nominated

First Winter

John N. Smith

Couples and Robbers

Christine Oestreicher

Winner

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Bill Varney

Steve Maslow

Gregg Landaker

Roy Charman

Nominated

Reds

Dick Vorisek

Tom Fleischman

Simon Kaye

Pennies from Heaven

Michael J. Kohut

Jay M. Harding

Richard Tyler

Al Overton Jr.

On Golden Pond

Richard Portman

David M. Ronne

Outland

John Wilkinson

Robert W. Glass Jr.

Robert Thirlwell

Robin Gregory

Winner

On Golden Pond

Ernest Thompson

Nominated

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Harold Pinter

Pennies from Heaven

Dennis Potter

Prince of the City

Jay Presson Allen

Sidney Lumet

Ragtime

Michael Weller

Winner

Chariots of Fire

Colin Welland

Nominated

Arthur

Steve Gordon

Absence of Malice

Kurt Luedtke

Atlantic City

John Guare

Reds

Warren Beatty

Trevor Griffiths