# 36th British Academy Film Awards

The 36th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 20 March 1983 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1982. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1982.
Gandhi won the awards for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film.

## Winners and nominees
### BAFTA Fellowship

* Richard Attenborough

### Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

* Arthur Wooster

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film Gandhi – Richard Attenborough E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy Missing – Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis On Golden Pond – Bruce Gilbert | Best Direction Richard Attenborough – Gandhi Costa-Gavras – Missing Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi Albert Finney – Shoot the Moon as George Dunlap Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer Jack Lemmon – Missing as Edmund Horman Warren Beatty – Reds as John Reed | Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer Diane Keaton – Reds as Louise Bryant Jennifer Kendal – 36 Chowringhee Lane as Violet Stoneham Sissy Spacek – Missing as Joyce Horman |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill Edward Fox – Gandhi as Reginald Dyer Frank Finlay – The Return of the Soldier as William Grey Roshan Seth – Gandhi as Jawaharlal Nehru | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Maureen Stapleton – Reds as Emma Goldman Rohini Hattangadi – Gandhi as Kasturba Gandhi Candice Bergen – Gandhi as Margaret Bourke-White Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond as Chelsea Thayer Wayne |
| Best Screenplay Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison Gandhi – John Briley On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson | Best Cinematography Blade Runner – Jordan Cronenweth E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Reds – Vittorio Storaro |
| Best Costume Design Blade Runner – Charles Knode and Michael Kaplan The Draughtsman's Contract – Sue Blane Gandhi – John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya Reds – Shirley Ann Russell | Best Editing Missing – Françoise Bonnot Blade Runner – Terry Rawlings E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Carol Littleton Gandhi – John Bloom |
| Best Makeup and Hair Quest for Fire – Sarah Monzani, Christopher Tucker and Michèle Burke Blade Runner – Marvin Westmore E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Robert Sidell Gandhi – Tom Smith | Best Original Music E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams Blade Runner – Vangelis Gandhi – Ravi Shankar and George Fenton Missing – Vangelis |
| Best Original Song "Another Brick in the Wall" (Pink Floyd – The Wall) – Roger Waters "Eye of the Tiger" (Rocky III) – Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan "One More Hour" (Ragtime) – Randy Newman "Tomorrow" (Annie) – Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin | Best Production Design Blade Runner – Lawrence G. Paull E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – James D. Bissell Gandhi – Stuart Craig Reds – Richard Sylbert |
| Best Sound Pink Floyd – The Wall – James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier Blade Runner – Peter Pennell, Bud Alper, Graham V. Hartstone and Gerry Humphreys E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Charles L. Campbell, Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo Gandhi – Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys and Robin O'Donoghue | Best Special Visual Effects Poltergeist – Richard Edlund Blade Runner – Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Dennis Muren and Carlo Rambaldi Tron – Richard Taylor and Harrison Ellenshaw |
| Best Documentary Burden of Dreams – Les Blank The Atomic Cafe – Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography – Bonnie Sherr Klein The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! – Jim Brown | Best Film Not in the English Language Christ Stopped at Eboli – Francesco Rosi Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen Diva – Jean-Jacques Beineix Fitzcarraldo – Werner Herzog |
| Best Short Animation Dreamland Express – David Anderson Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice – Richard Taylor Sound Collector – Lynn Smith | Best Short Film The Privilege – Ian Knox Rating Notman – Carlo Gébler The Rocking Horse Winner – Robert Bierman A Shocking Accident – James Scott |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Ben Kingsley – Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi Drew Barrymore – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Gertie Henry Thomas – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Elliott Kathleen Turner – Body Heat as Matty Tyler Walker ||

## Statistics

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 16 | Gandhi |
| 12 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 8 | Blade Runner |
| 7 | Missing |
| 7 | Reds |
| 6 | On Golden Pond |
| 2 | Pink Floyd – The Wall |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | Gandhi |
| 3 | Blade Runner |
| 2 | Missing |
| 2 | Pink Floyd – The Wall |
| 2 | Reds |