55th Academy Awards

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Gandhi E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Missing Tootsie The Verdict	Richard Attenborough – Gandhi Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot Steven Spielberg – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Sydney Pollack – Tootsie Sidney Lumet – The Verdict
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ben Kingsley – Gandhi Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie Jack Lemmon – Missing Paul Newman – The Verdict Peter O'Toole – My Favorite Year	Meryl Streep – Sophie's Choice Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria Jessica Lange – Frances Sissy Spacek – Missing Debra Winger – An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Louis Gossett, Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman Charles Durning – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas James Mason – The Verdict Robert Preston – Victor/Victoria John Lithgow – The World According to Garp	Jessica Lange – Tootsie Kim Stanley – Frances Teri Garr – Tootsie Lesley Ann Warren – Victor/Victoria Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Gandhi – John Briley Diner – Barry Levinson E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison An Officer and a Gentleman – Douglas Day Stewart Tootsie – Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire	Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen Sophie's Choice – Alan J. Pakula The Verdict – David Mamet Victor/Victoria – Blake Edwards
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Original Song
Begin the Beguine (Spain) Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua) Clean Slate (France) The Flight of the Eagle (Sweden) Private Life (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)	*"Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman* – Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyric by Will Jennings** "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III – Music and Lyric by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" from Best Friends – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio – Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman "It Might Be You" from Tootsie – Music by Dave Grusin; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
Just Another Missing Kid – John Zaritsky After the Axe – Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas Ben's Mill – John Karol and Michel Chalufour In Our Water – Meg Switzgable A Portrait of Giselle – Joseph Wishy	If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash Gods of Metal – Robert Richter The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America – Charles Guggenheim and Werner Schumann To Live or Let Die – Freida Lee Mock Traveling Hopefully – John G. Avildsen
Best Live Action Short	Best Animated Short
A Shocking Accident – Christine Oestreicher Ballet Robotique – Bob Rogers The Silence – Michael Toshiyuki Uno and Joseph Benson Split Cherry Tree – Jan Saunders Sredni Vashtar – Andrew Birkin	Tango – Zbigniew Rybczyński The Great Cognito – Will Vinton The Snowman – John Coates
Best Original Score	Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams Gandhi – Ravi Shankar and George Fenton An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche Poltergeist – Jerry Goldsmith Sophie's Choice – Marvin Hamlisch	Victor/Victoria - Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse Annie – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns One from the Heart – Song Score by Tom Waits
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Editing
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene Cantamessa Das Boot – Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke, and Mike Le Mare Gandhi – Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates and Simon Kaye Tootsie – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Les Lazarowitz Tron – Michael Minkler, Bob Minkler, Lee Minkler and James LaRue	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt Das Boot – Mike Le-Mare Poltergeist – Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard Anderson
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Gandhi – Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing; Set Decoration: Michael Seirton Annie – Art Direction: Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Marvin March Blade Runner – Art Direction: Lawrence G. Paull and David L. Snyder; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna La Traviata – Art Direction: Franco Zeffirelli; Set Decoration: Gianni Quaranta Victor/Victoria – Art Direction: Rodger Maus, Tim Hutchinson and William Craig Smith; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell	Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Das Boot – Jost Vacano E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau Sophie's Choice – Néstor Almendros Tootsie – Owen Roizman
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
Quest for Fire – Sarah Monzani and Michele Burke Gandhi – Tom Smith	Gandhi – John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya La Traviata – Piero Tosi Sophie's Choice – Albert Wolsky Tron – Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton Victor Victoria – Patricia Norris
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
Gandhi – John Bloom Das Boot – Hannes Nikel E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial – Carol Littleton An Officer and a Gentleman – Peter Zinner Tootsie – Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth Smith Blade Runner – Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer Poltergeist – Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson