1982 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Gandhi - Indo-British Films, Columbia

Best Director: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi

Best Actor: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi

Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr. - An Officer and a Gentleman

Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange - Tootsie

Best Foreign Language Film: Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Best Actor: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi

Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Tootsie

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie

Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Victor Victoria

Other

Best Director: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi

Best Foreign Film: Gandhi, India

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, United States

Yol (The Way), directed by Yilmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany