Academy Awards ke-53

Academy Awards ke-53, yang memberikan penghargaan kepada film-film pada 1980, diadakan pada 31 Maret 1981, di Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Acara tersebut, yang dipimpin oleh Johnny Carson, aslinya dijadwalkan sehari sebelumnya namun dimajukan karena upaya pembunuhan terhadap Presiden Ronald Reagan.

Academy Awards ke-53
Tanggal	Selasa, 31 Maret 1981
Tempat	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Pembawa acara	Johnny Carson
Produser	Norman Jewison
Pengarah acara	Marty Pasetta
Sorotan
Film Terbaik	Ordinary People
Penghargaan terbanyak	Ordinary People (4)
Nominasi terbanyak	The Elephant Man dan Raging Bull (8)
Liputan televisi
Jaringan	ABC
Durasi	3 jam, 13 menit

The Elephant Man karya David Lynch dan Raging Bull karya Martin Scorsese, dengan masing-masing 8 nominasi, menjadi film dengan nominasi terbanyak pada tahun tersebut. Nominasi mereka termasuk Best Picture, Aktor Terbaik dan Sutradara Terbaik. Coal Miner's Daughter karya Michael Apted meraih 7 nominasi sementara Ordinary People dan The Stunt Man juga dinominasikan.

Pemenang kategori akting pada tahun tersebut berumur di bawah 40 tahun ketika memenangkan penghargaan tersebut. Robert De Niro berusia 37 tahun ketika memenangkan penghargaan Aktor Terbaik, Sissy Spacek berusia 31 tahun ketika memenangkan penghargaan Aktris Terbaik, Timothy Hutton berusia 20 tahun ketika memenangkan penghargaan Aktor Pendukung Terbaik, dan Mary Steenburgen berusia 28 tahun ketika memenangkan penghargaan Aktris Pendukung Terbaik. Selain itu, Hutton merupakan pemenang penghargaan Aktor Pendukung Terbaik yang termuda.

Nominasi Aktris Pendukung Terbaik Eva Le Gallienne yang lahir pada 1899, menjadi nominasi akting terakhir yang lahir pada abad kesembilanbelas. Pada 2014, ia merupakan lima nominasi penyutrdaraan Oscar terawal yang masih hidup.

Awards

Robert Redford, Best Director winner

Robert De Niro, Best Actor winner

Sissy Spacek, Best Actress winner

Timothy Hutton, Best Supporting Actor winner

Mary Steenburgen, Best Supporting Actress winner

Bo Goldman, Best Original Screenplay winner

Thelma Schoonmaker, Best Film Editing winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().

Best Picture	Best Director
Ordinary People – Ronald L. Schwary, producer Coal Miner's Daughter – Bernard Schwartz, producer The Elephant Man – Jonathan Sanger, producer Raging Bull – Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producers Tess – Claude Berri, producer; Timothy Burrill, co-producer	Robert Redford – Ordinary People David Lynch – The Elephant Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Roman Polanski – Tess
Best Actor	Best Actress
Robert De Niro – Raging Bull as Jake LaMotta Robert Duvall – The Great Santini as Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum John Hurt – The Elephant Man as Joseph Merrick Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton Peter O'Toole – The Stunt Man as Eli Cross	Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn Ellen Burstyn – Resurrection as Edna Mae McCauley Goldie Hawn – Private Benjamin as Judy Benjamin Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People as Beth Jarrett Gena Rowlands – Gloria as Gloria Swenson
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger Michael O'Keefe – The Great Santini as Ben Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes	Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard as Lynda West Dummar Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Doreen Lewis Eva Le Gallienne – Resurrection as Pearl Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull as Vikki Thailer Lamotta Diana Scarwid – Inside Moves as Louise
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Melvin and Howard – Bo Goldman Brubaker – Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Story by W. D. Richter and Arthur Ross Fame – Christopher Gore Mon Oncle D'Amerique – Jean Gruault Private Benjamin – Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller	Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent based on the novel by Judith Guest Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford based on the play by Kenneth G. Ross Coal Miner's Daughter – Thomas Rickman based on the autobiography by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey The Elephant Man – Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch based on the books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu The Stunt Man – Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Adaptation by Richard Rush based on the novel by Paul Brodeur
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Feature
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Confidence (Hungary) Kagemusha (Japan) The Last Metro (France) The Nest (Spain)	From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China – Murray Lerner Agee – Ross Spears The Day After Trinity – Jon H. Else Front Line – David Bradbury The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45 – Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn
Best Documentary Short Subject	Best Live Action Short Film
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé and Peter Ladue Don't Mess with Bill – John Watson and Pen Densham The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! – George Casey It's the Same World – Dick Young Luther Metke at 94 – Richard Hawkins and Jorge Preloran	The Dollar Bottom – Lloyd Phillips Fall Line – Bob Carmichael and Greg Lowe A Jury of Her Peers – Sally Heckel
Best Animated Short Film	Best Original Score
The Fly – Ferenc Rofusz All Nothing – Frédéric Back History of the World in Three Minutes Flat – Michael Mills	Fame – Michael Gore Altered States – John Corigliano The Elephant Man – John Morris The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams Tess – Philippe Sarde
Best Original Song	Best Sound
"Fame" from Fame – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford "9 to 5" from 9 to 5 – Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton "On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose – Music and Lyrics by Willie Nelson "Out Here on My Own" from Fame – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Lesley Gore "People Alone" from The Competition – Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyrics by Will Jennings	The Empire Strikes Back – Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton Altered States – Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Michael Minkler and Willie D. Burton Coal Miner's Daughter – Richard Portman, Roger Heman and Jim Alexander Fame – Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding and Chris Newman Raging Bull – Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball and Les Lazarowitz
Best Costume Design	Best Art Direction
Tess – Anthony Powell The Elephant Man – Patricia Norris My Brilliant Career – Anna Senior Somewhere in Time – Jean-Pierre Dorleac When Time Ran Out – Paul Zastupnevich	Tess – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens Coal Miner's Daughter – Art Direction: John W. Corso; Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer The Elephant Man – Art Direction: Stuart Craig and Robert Cartwright; Set Decoration: Hugh Scaife The Empire Strikes Back – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange and Alan Tomkins; Set Decoration: Michael Ford Kagemusha – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Yoshirō Muraki
Best Cinematography	Best Film Editing
Tess – Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumous award) and Ghislain Cloquet The Blue Lagoon – Néstor Almendros Coal Miner's Daughter – Ralf D. Bode The Formula – James Crabe Raging Bull – Michael Chapman	Raging Bull – Thelma Schoonmaker Coal Miner's Daughter – Arthur Schmidt The Competition – David Blewitt The Elephant Man – Anne V. Coates Fame – Gerry Hambling

Academy Honorary Award

• Henry Fonda

Special Achievement Award

• The Empire Strikes Back (Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson) for Visual Effects

Referensi

• "The Official Academy Awards Database". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Diakses tanggal 9 September 2009.