Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough, producer
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
Best Director
Winner
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Sidney Lumet— The Verdict
Wolfgang Petersen— Das Boot
Sydney Pollack— Tootsie
Steven Spielberg— E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman— Tootsie
Jack Lemmon— Missing
Paul Newman— The Verdict
Peter O'Toole— My Favorite Year
Best Actress
Winner
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
Winner
Louis Gossett Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Charles Durning— The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
John Lithgow— The World According to Garp
James Mason— The Verdict
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Jessica Lange
Tootsie
Glenn Close— The World According to Garp
Teri Garr— Tootsie
Kim Stanley— Frances
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
John Briley
Gandhi
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
Missing
Music
Best Original Score
Winner
John Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Score (Adaptation)
Winner
Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
Victor Victoria
Best Original Song
Winner
"Up Where We Belong" — Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings
An Officer and a Gentleman
Technical
Best Cinematography
Winner
Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
Gandhi
Best Film Editing
Winner
John Bloom
Gandhi
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction
Winner
Stuart Craig, Bob Laing, Michael Seirton
Gandhi
Best Costume Design
Winner
John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
Gandhi
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene S. Cantamessa
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth Smith
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — first competitive VFX award (not Special Achievement)
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Tango
Zbigniew Rybczynski, Poland — 36 people in one room looping
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
Just Another Missing Kid
John Zaritsky, CBC
Makeup
Best Makeup
Winner
Rick Baker
An American Werewolf in London — first Makeup Oscar ever awarded
International Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
To Begin Again (Volver a empezar)
Spain — Jose Luis Garci — first Spanish film to win